Michael J. Maggiano

Michael Maggiano, the founder and senior partner of Maggiano, DiGirolamo & Lizzi, has specialized in all areas of motor vehicle collisions from auto to trucking and bus accidents as well as train wrecks for over 45 years now! He has worked as part of the trial team in the largest construction accident case in New Jersey and perhaps U.S. history. He was counsel in the In re Amtrak Train Disaster of 2015. He has handled high profile cases around the country in all areas from inadequate motel and hotel security cases, to mishandling of bodies and medical malpractice, achieving seven and eight-figure recoveries routinely. He was awarded the New Jersey Association for Justice Gold Medal Award. Received the Professor Clapp Lecturer Laureate by the New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal education. Received the “Mel” Award for achievements in Civil Litigation by the Melvin M. Belli Society. Received a Life Time Achievement Award from Chicago Kent College of Law as one of the most highly recognized alumni in its one hundred and twenty-five year history. He has been called in as lead trial counsel by many lawyers around the country as he is known to be able to try any type of personal injury successfully and has the documented track record to prove it. He is widely acknowledged by his peers as one of the top trial lawyers in the New York/New Jersey Metropolitan area. He has tried cases throughout this area as well as various other states of the United States.

Maggiano is licensed to practice law before all State and Federal Courts in New Jersey and New York. He is also licensed to practice law before the Supreme Court of the United States Certified as a civil trial attorney by the Supreme Court of New Jersey and the National Board of Trial Advocacy.

Maggiano’s education includes a Bachelor of Science Economics from Fairleigh Dickenson Univirsity in 1970. He went on to receive his Juris Doctor with Honors in 1974 from IIT-Chicago Kent College of Law with a class rank of 17 in a class of 160.

As far as public appearances go, Maggiano has spoken at dozens of conventions and seminars around the country on legal topics and continues to do so actively. His topics range from the intricacies of legal techniques and strategies to specialized medical situations. He has appeared on both local and national television on various topics in the law. His cases and trials have been reported both in the general media and legal reporting journals. He has also had dozens of his articles published about winning for the injured in leading legal journals.

Maggiano is also a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers and an Advocate Member of the American Board of Trial Advocates. He is a past President of the New Jersey Association for Justice and the Melvin M. Belli Society, which is a highly select society of trial lawyers and barristers with notable members throughout the world.

Rival attorneys speak on behalf of Maggiano and say that he consistently displays a depth of knowledge and understanding of medical and complex legal issues that make him an effective force in any courtroom. Known for his thoroughness and exacting approach, Maggiano has achieved a string of seven and eight-figure verdicts and settlements for clients, some of the survivors of those who had given their lives for someone’s negligence.

Founded in the late 1940s and incorporated in 1976, the New Jersey Association for Justice (NJAJ) is headquartered in Trenton, New Jersey. NJAJ is a statewide association of over 2,700 members in private practice and public service, paralegals, law clerks, law students, and law school graduates not yet admitted to the bar. NJAJ is dedicated to protecting New Jersey’s families by working to preserve and strengthen the laws for safer products and workplaces, a cleaner environment and quality health care.

In 1989, Michael Maggiano was voted President of the Association of Trial Lawyers of America, New Jersey Affiliate. With a vision for the association to advocate for the rights of so many injury victims without a voice in Trenton, Mr. Maggiano raised funds to move the association offices to State Street in Trenton, appoint a full-time lobbyist and create one of the most influential consumer advocate groups in the state through NJAJ PAC.

Over the years, Mr. Maggiano has testified and advocated in both assembly and senate hearings on legislation impacting on the rights of consumers and the injured. Mr. Maggiano has been active over the years on national issues, as well as a staunch supporter of the American Association for Justice Leaders Forum. The American Association for Justice’s (AAJ) Leaders Forum is a dynamic group of member firms that help the AAJ fulfill its mission every day. Leaders Forum firms support the AAJ’s work to protect the civil justice system by providing the resources necessary to inform the public and educate members of Congress on dozens of issues crucial to individuals and families, such as forced arbitration, limits on justice for devastating and debilitating injuries, medical negligence, inadequate insurance minimums, environmental toxins, and accountability for dangerous and deadly products.

The AAJ Leaders Forum level of support is vital to the American Association for Justice. The commitment of such firms as Maggiano, DiGirolamo & Lizzi means that the association can pursue its vibrant and effective efforts to protect the civil justice system.

The association established the Leaders Forum more than a decade ago to ensure that every person has access to justice, even when up against the most powerful corporate interests. Leaders Forum firms such as Maggiano, DiGirolamo & Lizzi PC make a difference, enabling the association to communicate its message of accountability and protect every American’s right to the Seventh Amendment.

Mr. Maggiano has spoken throughout the United States for the rights of injury victims who, without such a voice, would never be heard in Congress or the Halls of Justice.