Amos Gern

Amos Gern

Morristown, NJ recognized lawyers icon Recognized in Best Lawyers since 2012
Sarno da Costa D’Aniello Maceri Webb LLC

13 Best Lawyers awards

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Awarded Practice Areas

Medical Malpractice Law - Plaintiffs Personal Injury Litigation - Plaintiffs

Biography

Amos Gern is a Past-President of ATLA-NJ (now New Jersey Association for Justice, NJAJ), and served until late July 2008. He is the Senior Managing Partner of Starr, Gern, Davison & Rubin, in Roseland, New Jersey, and specializes in all areas of personal injury litigation, including medical malpractice, product liability, auto negligence, premises liability, construction/workplace accidents, and other complex civil litigation. He has been designated a certified civil trial attorney by the New Jersey Supreme Court since 1985, and a civil trial advocate through the National Board of Trial Advocacy since 1989. He has been a member of the New Jersey Supreme Court Committee on Civil Practice since 2008. Mr. Gern is a 1967 magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Rutgers University and a 1970 graduate of New York University School of Law. He has been selected by NJ Super Lawyers Magazine (2005 – 2018) in the fields of plaintiffs’ Medical Malpractice and Personal Injury (13 years), Top 100 in New Jersey (2014-16, 2018) and Top 10 in New Jersey (2017).

Starr, Gern, Davison,& Rubin, PC has an extensive personal injury practice, including automobile negligence, medical malpractice, professional liability, product liability, construction and industrial accidents, work-related injuries, and complex civil litigation. The firm consists of 21 attorneys and practices extensively in a wide range of corporate, commercial, real-estate, environmental areas, including litigation in all state and federal courts and before arbitration tribunals. The firm’s practice includes counseling and planning for profit and non-profit business organizations, organizational structuring, acquisitions and dispositions, banking, commercial real-estate transactions and litigation, foreclosures, bankruptcy litigation, regulatory and land use matters, estate planning and administration, and securities. Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory - Highest Rating (AV) for legal ability and general reputation.

Sarno da Costa D’Aniello Maceri Webb LLC

13 Best Lawyers awards

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Overview

  • New York University, Juris Doctor, graduated 1970
  • Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, BA, graduated 1967

  • New Jersey, 1971
  • New York, 1971

  • American Association for Justice - Sustaining Member
  • New Jersey Association for Justice - Governor, former President

  • US District Court (NJ)
  • State of New Jersey
  • New York State, Second Judicial Department
  • United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit
  • Supreme Court of the United States of America
  • New Jersey, 1971
  • New York, 1971
  • American Association for Justice - Sustaining Member
  • New Jersey Association for Justice - Governor, former President
  • New York University, Juris Doctor, graduated 1970
  • Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, BA, graduated 1967
  • US District Court (NJ)
  • State of New Jersey
  • New York State, Second Judicial Department
  • United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit
  • Supreme Court of the United States of America

Client Testimonials

Awards & Focus

Lawyer of the Year Badge - 2019 - Medical Malpractice Law - Plaintiffs
Named "Lawyer of the Year" by Best Lawyers® for:
  • Medical Malpractice Law - Plaintiffs, Newark (2019)
Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® 2026 for work in:
  • Medical Malpractice Law - Plaintiffs
  • Personal Injury Litigation - Plaintiffs
Additional Areas of Practice:
  • Product Liability Litigation - Plaintiffs
Awards:
  • Phi Beta Kappa
  • Magna Cum Laude
  • Essex County (NJ) Civil Practitioner Award (2016)

Additional Information

  • Civil Trial Advocate (National Board of Trial Advocacy)
Certified in 1989, and re-certified 1994,1999,2004,2009, and 2014.
  • Certified Civil Trial Attorney, New Jersey Supreme Court
Certified as an expert in civil trials (1985, re-certified every 5 years since)
  • NJ Super Lawyer Magazine (2005-2018)
Chosen by peers in the Top 10 in NJ in 2017, and Top 100 in 2016, 2018

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