West New York, NJ

Michael P. Burakoff

Michael P. Burakoff is the principal attorney at The Law Offices of Michael P. Burakoff, P.A., with over 40 years of experience representing accident victims in New Jersey. He has achieved numerous six and seven-figure recoveries through negotiations and trial. Mr. Burakoff serves as a Superior Court arbitrator for automobile accidents and personal injury cases, and also arbitrates uninsured and underinsured motorist claims. He was co-counsel for several New Jersey municipalities in mass tort litigation against the lead paint industry. His practice is exclusively dedicated to personal injury litigation, and he is recognized for his expertise by insurance companies and other attorneys. He provides personalized service, handling critical aspects of cases himself and working on a contingency fee basis.

Jeffrey M. Bloom

Jeffrey M. Bloom is a family law, personal injury and workers’ compensation lawyer for people in the Bergen County, Hudson County, and North Jersey Areas. He has over 37 years of experience and is licensed in New Jersey, New York, and the District of Columbia, as well as various federal courts including the Supreme Court of the United States. He is AV Preeminent rated by Martindale-Hubbell and has been designated a SuperLawyer for 13 consecutive years.

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.

Roy J. Konray

Roy Konray is certified by the New Jersey Supreme Court as a Certified Civil Trial Attorney. He has extensive jury trial experience in the areas of medical malpractice, legal malpractice, catastrophic personal injury cases, and employment law. He has served as chair of the New Jersey State Bar Association’s Medical Malpractice committee. He is a shareholder in the firm and chairs its Complex Litigation Department. Martindale-Hubbell is America’s oldest lawyer rating organization. Based on peer reports from judges and lawyers, it awards Mr. Konray the highest ratings in both legal ability and ethical conduct (pre-eminent). NationalTrialLawyers.org places Mr. Konray on its “Top 100 Trial lawyers list. Based on surveys of New Jersey lawyers published in New Jersey Monthly magazine, Mr. Konray has been selected as a “Super Lawyer in every year the survey has been taken (2005 to 2015). He serves as a Master in the Richard J. Hughes American Inn of Court. Lawyers.com reports Mr. Konray has client ratings of 5 out of 5, as well as peer ratings of 5 out 5. Mr. Konray is the co-author of a book chapter on detecting fraud in medical records and has authored several articles concerning civil litigation. He is a frequent lecturer on various issues related to trial work. Some legal matters he has handled have received national and worldwide media coverage. Mr. Konray has appeared on the Today show, CNN’s Joy Behar Show, ABC Nightly News and other television shows as a result of legal cases he has handled.

Scott P. Kessler

Scott Kessler specializes in Personal Injury matters, including Motor Vehicle Accidents, Slip and Fall Accidents, Truck Accidents, and Dog Bite cases. Mr. Kessler also specializes in Workers’ Compensation cases, and was for ten years recognized by the Supreme Court of New Jersey as a Certified Workers’ Compensation Law Attorney. Mr. Kessler has been named a total of thirteen times to the annual “Super Lawyers” list published in New Jersey Monthly Magazine, for his work in the areas of both Workers’ Compensation and Personal Injury law. Appearing in the New Jersey Supreme Court, Mr. Kessler successfully fought to establish new legal precedents and expand the rights of injured workers in the Supreme Court case of Sager vs. O. A. Peterson Construction Co., and has appeared in New Jersey’s Appellate Division on several additional matters. He was the Acting Municipal Prosecutor for Freehold Borough from 1990 - 1991, and has also served as a Monmouth County Public Defender Pool Attorney, and as a private Criminal Defense attorney. Mr. Kessler has been the Managing Shareholder of Team Law since 2012, and has been the Managing Attorney of the Team Law Workers’ Compensation Department since 1991. Mr. Kessler graduated from Rutgers University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1980, and received his Juris Doctor degree from New York Law School in 1988. He became licensed to practice law in the State of New Jersey and the United States District Court, District of New Jersey, in 1988. He has served as a Vice-President of The New Jersey Advisory Council on Safety and Health, a workers’ rights advocacy group, since 2008, and is a member of the New Jersey State Bar Association and the New Jersey Association of Justice.

Andrew S. Prince

Andrew S. Prince is an experienced New Jersey personal injury attorney specializing in motorcycle accident cases. With over 25 years of experience, he has a deep understanding of motorcycle law and litigation, representing thousands of injured riders. He is dedicated to improving rider safety and is a member of several motorcycle organizations. He was named a New Jersey Premier Super Lawyer in 2013.

Andrew Prince

Andrew Prince earned his B.S. from the University of Maryland in 1978 and his J.D. from Seton Hall Law School in 1981. He served as a law clerk in the Chancery Division of Essex County for the Hon. Arthur C. Dwyer. He is admitted to the New Jersey State Bar and is a member of the New Jersey State Bar Association, the Association of Trial Lawyers of New Jersey (NJAJ) and the Middlesex and Union County Bar Associations. Andrew’s law firm is a leader in the State representing individuals who have been seriously injured in an accident of any kind as a result of someone else’s negligence. Andrew has recovered millions of dollars over the past 25 years on behalf of his clients. Andrew Prince has been named as a top attorney in the State of New Jersey. Andrew Prince offers free seminars on a variety of topics on safety, insurance and the law as it pertains to automobile and motorcycle riders. Clubs and organizations can schedule to host a presentation by Andrew at a meeting or event. Andrew also distributes material that would be useful in times of an emergency or accident. Since 1982, attorney Andrew Prince has been at the forefront in representing people injured in motorcycle accidents. He understands the special circumstances that riders face on the road. As an attorney, he knows the law specific to motorcycle riding and his experience in the field over the past 25 years is unmatched. Andrew is New Jersey born and raised, so he not only specializes in motorcycle litigation but his expertise is specific to New Jersey law. Andrew Prince has worked to ensure the rights and improve the safety of New Jersey riders. He is on the Board of Directors of Rider Education of New Jersey (RENJ), the largest and best school teaching motorcyclists of all levels from beginner to advanced. He is also an active member of Garden State ABATE, which is a non-partisan legislative organization that represents the interests of over 165,000 registered motorcyclists in New Jersey.