Greenbaum, Rowe, Smith & Davis LLP

46 Best Lawyers awards

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Awarded Practice Areas

Bet-the-Company Litigation Commercial Litigation Litigation - Banking and Finance Personal Injury Litigation - Plaintiffs

Biography

Mr. North focuses his practice in litigation, with an emphasis on trial practice. He has tried jury and non-jury cases in state and federal courts, including over 75 jury cases to verdict. He is certified by the Supreme Court of New Jersey as a Civil Trial Attorney.

A significant portion of Mr. North’s practice is devoted to the defense of catastrophic injury and other high exposure cases in the areas of negligence, public entity liability and professional liability, including the defense of attorneys, accountants and insurance brokers.

Mr. North’s practice also concentrates in the representation of commercial and residential real estate developers in connection with design and construction defect litigation, as well as the defense of claims brought under New Jersey's Planned Real Estate Full Disclosure Act and Consumer Fraud Act.

Additionally, he has represented major banks and financial institutions in connection with lender liability claims and matters involving negotiable instruments and financial fraud.

Mr. North is the author of the evidence treatise A Trial Lawyer’s Strategic Guide to the New Jersey Rules of Evidence, and is the only New Jersey lawyer selected as a principal author of Business and Commercial Litigation in Federal Courts, contributing the chapter in the treatise devoted to Medical Malpractice. He contributed the chapter on statutory disclosure requirements in Winning Legal Strategies for Construction Law. He has lectured throughout the state on evidence and trial practice.

Greenbaum, Rowe, Smith & Davis LLP

46 Best Lawyers awards

Greenbaum, Rowe, Smith & Davis LLP logo

Overview

  • University of Maryland, J.D. with honors, graduated 1977
  • Lehigh University, BA with high honors, graduated 1971

  • New Jersey, NJ - 1977

  • Association of the Federal Bar of New Jersey - Member
  • American Board of Trial Advocates - Member
  • American College of Trial Lawyers - Fellow
  • International Academy of Trial Lawyers - Fellow
  • Litigation Counsel of America - Fellow
  • Million Dollar Advocates’ Forum - Member
  • New Jersey State Bar Association - Civil Trial Bar Section
  • New Jersey Supreme Court Committee on Jury Selection in Civil and Criminal Trials - Past member
  • Trial Attorneys of New Jersey - Past President
  • New Jersey, NJ - 1977
  • Association of the Federal Bar of New Jersey - Member
  • American Board of Trial Advocates - Member
  • American College of Trial Lawyers - Fellow
  • International Academy of Trial Lawyers - Fellow
  • Litigation Counsel of America - Fellow
  • Million Dollar Advocates’ Forum - Member
  • New Jersey State Bar Association - Civil Trial Bar Section
  • New Jersey Supreme Court Committee on Jury Selection in Civil and Criminal Trials - Past member
  • Trial Attorneys of New Jersey - Past President
  • University of Maryland, J.D. with honors, graduated 1977
  • Lehigh University, BA with high honors, graduated 1971

Client Testimonials

Awards & Focus

Lawyer of the Year Badge - 2022 - Bet-the-Company Litigation Lawyer of the Year Badge - 2013 - Bet-the-Company Litigation
Named "Lawyer of the Year" by Best Lawyers® for:
  • Bet-the-Company Litigation, Woodbridge (2022)
  • Bet-the-Company Litigation, Woodbridge (2013)
Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® 2026 for work in:
  • Bet-the-Company Litigation
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Litigation - Banking and Finance
  • Personal Injury Litigation - Plaintiffs
Additional Areas of Practice:
  • Personal Injury Litigation
Special Focus:
  • Defendants

Case History

Cases
  • Personal Injury
Obtained the largest personal injury verdict in New Jersey in 2006, a $26.2 million verdict in a products liability “crashworthiness” case
  • Construction Loan Litigation
Successfully represented a major bank in a significant jury trial, in a construction loan matter involving complex “lender liability” defenses and counterclaims
  • Contractual Dispute
Successfully represented a managing general agent in a contractual dispute with an insurance carrier involving both injunctive relief in federal court and multi-million dollar damage claims in arbitration
  • Construction Defect Litigation
Successfully defended a major real estate developer in a six month jury trial involving claims by a condominium owners' association of alleged construction defects, financial misrepresentations and consumer fraud

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