New Brunswick, NJ

Dennis M. Abrams

Dennis Abrams is the Senior Trial Partner with Lowenthal & Abrams, Injury Attorneys, P.C., focusing on medical malpractice litigation. He is recognized as a Pennsylvania Super Lawyer, a member of The National Trial Lawyer’s Top 100, The American Society of Legal Advocates, and a top Pennsylvania medical malpractice lawyer by Main Line Today. He is also a member of the Multi-Million Dollar and Million Dollar Advocates Forum and co-founded the Christian Legal Clinics of Philadelphia.

Michael J. Pappa

Since 2007, Attorney Michael J. Pappa has been honored as a New Jersey Super Lawyer in criminal defense by New Jersey Monthly Magazine, putting him in a small and select group of criminal attorneys. In 2011, he was made a member of the Nation Trial Lawyers Top 100 Trial Lawyers by meeting the standards of excellence for selection. Mr. Pappa began his career in 1978 as Assistant Monmouth County Prosecutor, starting in the juvenile division and working his way up the ranks handling all types of cases, including several murder prosecutions and other major crimes. In 1982, Mr. Pappa entered private practice with the firm. His first noteworthy criminal case involved the successful defense of an ex-state trooper charged with murder. Since then, he has been representing clients charged with white-collar offenses, property crimes, violent crimes, drug offenses, and sex offenses. He has handled many high-profile cases in both state and federal court. He is a member of a select list of criminal lawyers in the Legal Protection Plan for police officers. He recently participated as an instructor in courtroom testimony for members of the Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office. Mr. Pappa’s experience in criminal defense also extends to juvenile matters with the specialized knowledge needed to understand and deal with the nuances of the juvenile justice system. Over the years, Mr. Pappa’s trial experience has provided him with the basis to successfully represent clients in personal injury and sexual harassment cases. His personal injury verdicts include a million-dollar plus award in a motorcycle accident case. Mr. Pappa also has an active municipal court practice locally and throughout the State defending clients charged with DWI, driving offenses, assaults, drug offenses and domestic violence. He successfully defended a Municipal Judge charged with driving while intoxicated and refusal to submit a breath test by winning an acquittal for both offenses.

Joseph A. Ginarte is the founding partner and general counsel of the firm. His background as a factory worker, and his father's work injury, inspired him to pursue a legal career representing workers. He earned his J.D. from Rutgers School of Law and launched his career in 1982. He has achieved numerous multi-million dollar verdicts and settlements, including a $9.5 million settlement in a construction accident case. Ginarte is recognized for his commitment to clients and has been an appointee to the New Jersey Supreme Court’s Civil Practice Committee and a former president of the Top 100 National Trial Lawyer by the National Trial Lawyers Association. He is admitted to practice law in New York, New Jersey, and Washington, D.C. He is also involved in charitable work.

Mr. Davis is a co-founder of Davis & Brusca and the firm’s managing partner. He has devoted his practice to helping seriously injured people and their families for over 20 years, and has recovered millions of dollars on behalf of his clients. Mark understands that the true focus of any injury case is the impact which the injury causes on the lives of those affected and therefore no two “accidents” are truly the same. He works tirelessly to create client-focused plans which deliver results targeted to each client’s unique needs & interests. Mr. Davis has a record of success in trial which has earned him multiple professional and peer honors. He holds Board Certification as a civil trial lawyer from both the New Jersey Supreme Court and by the National Board of Trial Advocacy. He is an avid cyclist, and resides in Mercer County with his wife and two children.

Howard N. Wiener

Howard Wiener received his bachelor’s degree from Rutgers College and his law degree from Seton Hall University. After law school, he was Law Secretary to the Honorable Julius A. Feinberg, J.S.C., in the Essex County Superior Court. He was an Assistant Essex County Prosecutor for four years. He then became an Assistant Prosecutor in Union County for ten years. He had several assignments, including eight years as supervisor of the investigative units, which included homicide, sex crimes, economic crimes, child abuse, arson, drugs, and welfare fraud. While serving as Investigations Supervisor, he was cross-designated as a Special Assistant United States Attorney and worked with the Newark Federal Strike Force on an organized crime investigation. He joined Tobin Kessler in 1988 and for the past thirty-five years has been handling personal injury cases, primarily premises liability and auto crash cases. He has had more than 150 jury trials go to verdict and has been certified by the Supreme Court of New Jersey as a Civil Trial Attorney for 30 years, a distinction held by a small percentage of New Jersey lawyers. He has been designated by the Superior Courts in Hudson, Union, and Middlesex Counties to serve as an Arbitrator for mandatory arbitrations of personal injury cases. Arbitrators must be highly experienced in handling these cases to be appointed to the arbitration panels. Mr. Wiener is dedicated to compensating people who were injured because of someone else’s negligence. He works with liability and medical experts to make sure that his clients’ cases achieve maximum value.

Andrew J. Rossetti is a shareholder and founding member at the firm and an accomplished trial attorney, focusing his practice on significant personal injury, medical malpractice, and wrongful death cases for more than 30 years. A former Assistant Prosecutor of Camden County, he is Certified as a Civil Trial Attorney by both the Supreme Court of New Jersey and the National Board of Trial Advocacy.

Daniel M. Santarsiero

Daniel Santarsiero has been practicing in the areas of personal injury and workers’ compensation for over twenty-five (25) years. He has handled over a thousand cases, with many going to trial. He is a member of the Million Dollar Advocates Forum and has been designated a Rising Star by Super Lawyers. He is also certified as a Civil Trial Attorney by the Supreme Court of New Jersey, a designation reserved for less than two percent of attorneys licensed to practice in New Jersey.