West Atlantic City, NJ

Tom Vesper

Tom is a skilled and respected trial lawyer and legal expert in serious personal injury, TBI (traumatic brain injury), wrongful death, complex litigation, product liability, professional negligence, and consumer fraud cases. One of the few NJ attorneys recognized and published as an authority on wrongful death law, settlement strategies and damages. Tom has handled thousands of serious injury and death cases and tried hundreds of cases to jury verdicts or binding arbitration awards. He is listed as one of “The Best Lawyers in America” in the personal injury category, and “Best Personal Injury Lawyers in New Jersey.” These peer reviewed list of the nation’s and NJ’s best lawyers by specialty area are selected by other lawyers and published nationally and statewide. Tom Vesper is credited with helping change the legal rights of fire, police and emergency personnel and their families to recover damages in third party cases when they are seriously injured or killed on the job; also he has developed new ethical techniques for establishing money damages. Member of the International Academy of Trial Lawyers; Past President of the New Jersey Association of Trial Lawyers (now NJAJ); Charter member of South Jersey Chapter of American Board of Trial Advocates; Founding member of Trial Lawyers for Public Justice; Sustaining & Stalwart Member of American Association for Justice; Faculty Member of National College of Advocacy; Founding Member, Past President, Past Executive Director of Academy of Catastrophic Injury Attorneys (now ATA); Founding Member and Board of Directors of Association of Plaintiff Interstate Trucking Lawyers of America (APITLA); Founding Member and Executive Director of The Aletheia Institute, dedicated to “Truth in Advocacy, Full Disclosure in Discovery, and a Fair Measure of Justice.” Certified as a civil trial attorney by the New Jersey Supreme Court and the National Board of Trial Advocacy. Author of 30 books or chapters and more than 200 published articles on damages, wrongful death, trial advocacy, settlement, discovery and trial practice, including, The Trial Notebook, 7th ed. (2013 West Pub. Co.), The Deposition Notebook 6th ed. (2013 West); Uncle Anthony’s Unabridged Analogies, 3nd ed. (2013 West); “Ante-Mortem Damages,” Ch. 20, Medical - Legal Aspects of Pain and Suffering, (2003 Lawyers & Judges Pub. Co., Inc.); “Consortium” Chapter 25, Vol 2, Litigating Tort Cases (2013 West); The Canadian Settlement Notebook (2012 BC Trial Lawyers; 2009 Alberta TLA) “Wrongful Death” Ch, Vol 2,VII, Handbook of Death & Dying, (2004 Sage); All About Auto Cases: Winning Trial Strategies (2004 Vermont Trial Lawyers Association); The Ethics Blitz, (2005, New Hampshire TLA) Teaches and lectures nationally and statewide at trial lawyer conferences, Webinars and Video Workshops including the National College of Trial Advocacy at Harvard and Duke University law schools, the New Jersey Judicial Conference of Judges, AAJ, APITLA, and The Aletheia Institute. Member of the Million Dollar Advocates Forum, one of four attorneys in the firm who has tried and settled cases bringing more than one million dollars to the client. Graduate of Villanova University with a BA cum laude; juris doctorate in law from Rutgers University Law School, writer and member of the Rutgers Camden Law Review. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve for 23 years; 27 (b) certification as Trial and Defense Counsel for Courts Martial; retired as CWO4. Born in Philadelphia, PA., raised in Pennsauken, NJ and a homeowner in Margate, NJ since 1973. Enjoys watching movies, shows, dining, traveling with his family: Mary Alice and their two daughters Maggie and Catie.

Dara A. Quattrone

Dara A. Quattrone is certified by the Supreme Court of New Jersey as a Civil Trial Attorney with extensive trial experience in personal injury claims including injuries related to auto crashes, dangerous conditions of property and professional negligence. She is a graduate of the National College of Trial Advocacy of the Association of Trial Lawyers of America, and the Plaintiff Trial Academy of the New Jersey Trial Lawyers Association. Born in Queens, New York, and raised in Teaneck, New Jersey, she obtained her BA at Fairleigh Dickinson University. She received her JD from Rutgers University School of Law-Camden in 1984 and was admitted to the bar of New Jersey and Pennsylvania that year. She served as judicial clerk to the Hon. Michael R. Connor before joining the firm in 1985. Dara has practiced in both State and Federal courts and has successfully argued before Appellate Division resulting in a change of the law benefitting minors faced with alternative medical treatment choices. Dara has served as a member of the Supreme Court of New Jersey District I Ethics Committee and as the Atlantic County Bar Association liaison to the New Jersey State Bar Association. She is a member of the Board of Governors of New Jersey Association of Justice (formerly ATLA-NJ) and co-chair of the education committee. She is designated by the Superior Court as an Arbitrator and also serves as a court appointed Superior Court Special Part Mediator in both Atlantic & Cape May Counties. Dara has lectured for New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education as well as the American Association for Justice and New Jersey Association of Justice teaching trial advocacy, premises liability, auto insurance, paralegal litigation assistance and trial preparation. Her activism has extended to community affairs where she is on the Advisory Counsel of CASA of Atlantic & Cape May Counties, Bd. of Trustees for the Margate Community Church, and Mission volunteer traveling to hurricane and tornado torn communities rebuilding homes, MANNA & Atlantic City Rescue Mission food preparation and Shultz-Hill Foundation. She is also the mock-trial coach for Egg Harbor Township High School, which won the county championship in 2020. She is a past president of the Greater Atlantic City Jaycees, and was named a “Woman of Distinction” for her community service by The Press of Atlantic City.

Rudy Westmoreland

Rudy represents clients in commercial litigation, corporate, real estate and banking matters. Highly skilled with over 45 years of experience serving clients, Rudy negotiates most of the firm’s largest and complex legal matters, including serious personal injury and wrongful death matters. He has an extremely successful record on appeals. He has appeared before the United States Supreme Court and multiple times before the 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals and the New Jersey Supreme Court. The firm’s managing partner since 1988, he has focused on the firm’s commitment to excellence. Obtained the single largest CAFRA permit ever issued by the Department of Environmental Protection. Tried and settled a case for more than $2 million in damages against Columbia Gas. Represented one of France’s largest builders (Anjou Inc.) for the purchase of more than 1000 acres in Atlantic County. Represented a large consortium of British insurance companies with The Bank of Scotland. Member of the Million Dollar Advocates Forum, one of three attorneys in the firm who has tried and settled cases bringing more than one million dollars to the client. Attorney for and founding director of Mainland Bank. Attorney for and founding director of American Suburban Title Company. Solicitor for Carnegie Bank, the Bank of New York, the First American Title Insurance Company and National Community Bank. Member of the National Panel of Arbitrators of the American Arbitration Association. Lecturer at the Institute of Continuing Legal Education on the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (RESPA). Participated in law office management retreats with large and small firms nationwide. Graduated law school at the University of Miami, where he also earned his BA degree. Born in Miami, Florida, raised in Atlantic City; homeowner in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Enjoys tennis and travel.