Nagel Rice, LLP

Profile

In 2008, Nagel Rice, LLP will celebrate 25 years as one of the premier trial firms in New Jersey, specializing in unique and cutting-edge litigation. Nagel Rice consistently wins multimillion-dollar verdicts and settlements, and in 2007 the firm garnered more than $100 million in settlements and verdicts. Attorneys in the firm have more than 60 settlements and jury verdicts in excess of $1 million.

PRACTICE AREAS

The firm has a broad range of experience in personal injury, business litigation, medical malpractice, wrongful birth/wrongful life, products liability, professional malpractice, class actions, environmental litigation, estate litigation, criminal defense, corporate, real estate and land use.

RESULTS-ORIENTED

“We are the true courtroom warriors,” says Bruce Nagel. “We never forget the bottom line for our client,” says Jay Rice. Both Nagel and Rice have been named to the Top 100 Super Lawyers® list.

SUCCESSFUL RECORD

Nagel Rice is home to six attorneys named to this year’s New Jersey Super Lawyers list:

Bruce H. Nagel, a founding partner, is widely recognized as one of New Jersey’s leading trial and appellate lawyers. He specializes in medical malpractice, class actions, business tort and personal injury. He has achieved numerous multimillion-dollar verdicts and settlements, including the highest settlement in the state in a wrongful birth/wrongful life case. He has also argued nine cases before the New Jersey Supreme Court and is special counsel to the state of New Jersey in natural resource damage litigation.

Jay J. Rice, managing and founding partner, is one of New Jersey’s leading commercial litigators. He specializes in business tort and chancery law, with expertise in shareholder disputes, construction litigation, estate litigation, business litigation and corporate law. He is frequently court appointed to act as fiscal agent or discovery master.

Barry M. Packin has nearly 30 years of experience in medical malpractice and personal injury. He has achieved numerous million-dollar settlements and verdicts.

Robert H. Solomon is a seasoned attorney and has litigated numerous business and personal injury cases, including a partnership dispute in which he won a $4.5 million judgment against a major developer.

Wayne D. Greenstone is one of the state’s leading environmental attorneys and is currently special counsel to New Jersey’s Department of Environmental Protection.

Herbert I. Waldman has more than 34 years of trial and appellate experience. A certified criminal and civil trial attorney, he has tried more than 100 criminal and civil jury trials and has argued numerous appeals in state and federal courts.