Thomas F. Dorn Jr.
Counsel
Thomas Dorn joined the firm in 2002. He has over twenty years experience handling personal injury and workers' compensation matters for injured individuals throughout the State. He is certified by the N.J. Supreme Court in two separate areas of the law--as a Civil Trial Attorney and as a Workers' Compensation Attorney, and Mr. Dorn is currently the only attorney in New Jersey to be certified in both of these areas of the law. Mr. Dorn served on the Morris/Sussex Ethics Committee from April 2006 until September 2010.
Mr. Dorn was previously a law clerk for the Honorable Richard Muscatello and Edward Toy in Union County Superior Court and was a summer intern for the Honorable Dickinson Debevoise in U.S. District Court.
Practice Areas [ expand ]
Litigation Percentage [ expand ]
- 100% of Practice Devoted to Litigation
Certification/Specialties [ expand ]
- Certified as a Civil Trial Attorney, Supreme Court of NJ, 1999;
- Certified as a Workers' Compensation Attorney, Supreme Court of NJ, 2007
Bar Admissions [ expand ]
- New Jersey, 1986
- U.S. Court of Appeals 3rd Circuit, 1990
- U.S. District Court District of New Jersey, 1986
- U.S. Supreme Court, 1989
Published Cases [ expand ]
- State Farm v. Dalton, 234 N.J. Super. 128 (App. Div. 1989), certification denied, 117 N.J. 664 (1989), cert. denied, 493 U.S. 1078 (1990)
- Hart v. Property Management Systems, 280 N.J. Super. 145 (App. Div. 1995)
- Dalton v. Barone, 310 N.J. Super. 375 (App. Div. 1998)
- Swartz v. Myers, 204 F.3d 417 (3d Cir. 2000)
- Solis v. U.S., 252 F.3d 289 (3d Cir. 2001)
- Ruiz v. Mero, 385 N.J. Super. 382 (App. Div. 2006), affirmed 189 N.J. 525 (2007)
- Kibler v. Roxbury Board of Education, 392 N.J. Super. 45, (App. Div. 2007) certification denied, 192 N.J. 292 (2007)
Education [ expand ]
- University of Bridgeport School of Law, Bridgeport, Connecticut, 1985, J.D.
- Duke University, Durham, N.C., 1982, B.A., Major: History
Professional Associations and Memberships [ expand ]
- Morris County Bar Association
- Member, NJ Association for Justice
- Served on Morris/Sussex Ethics Committee, April 2006-September 2010