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Gerald H. Baker - Lawyer

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Current Employment Position(s):
Managing Partner
Areas Of Practice:
100% Personal Injury
Litigation Percentage:
100% of Practice Devoted to Litigation
Certifications/Specialties:
Certified Civil Trial Lawyer, New Jersey Supreme Court, 1985
Bar Admissions:
New Jersey, 1968
New York, 1968
U.S. Supreme Court, 1975
U.S. Court of Appeals 2nd Circuit, 1968
U.S. Court of Appeals 3rd Circuit, 1969
U.S. Court of Appeals 4th Circuit, 1998
U.S. District Court District of New Jersey, 1969
U.S. District Court Southern District of New York, 1968
U.S. District Court Eastern District of New York, 1968
Education:
Yale Law School, New Haven, Connecticut, 1967
J.D.

 

Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, 1964
B.A.

 

Published Works:
Automobile Insurance Reporter, Quarterly, 1994 to present, New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education
 
A Look at No Fault, 1994 to present, New Jersey Law Journal
 
Proof of Damages Arising from the Wrongful Death of a Child, Trial Lawyer, Association of Trial Lawyers of America, September, 1993
 
Consumer' Guide to New Jersey Law, New Jersey State Bar Association
 
Medical Proof in Verbal Threshold Cases, 124 N.J.L.J. 990, July 19, 1993
 
A Checklist for Preparing a Personal Injury Case, New Jersey Lawyer, Fall, 1988
 
No Fault Rulings Scorecard: A 1991 Retrospective, 130 N.J.L.J. 1281, April 20, 1992
Representative Cases:
Terminal Warehouse of New Jersey v. Phoenix, 65 N.J. 314 (N.J. Sup. 1970)
 
State by Commissioner of Transportation v. Bakers Basin, 74 N.J. 103 (N.J. Sup. 1977)
 
Caroff v. Liberty Lumber, 146 N.J. Super. 353 (App. Div. 1977)
 
Livingston v. Gribetz, 549 F.Supp. 238 (S.D.N.Y. 1982)
 
Matter of Romano, 104 N.J. 306 (N.J. Sup. 1986)
 
Cobo v. Market Transition Facility, 293 N.J. Super. 174 (App. Div. 1996)
 
Saez v. S & S Corrugated Paper, 302 N.J. Super. 545 (App. Div. 1997)
 
Edwards v. United States, 173 F.3d 424 (4th Cir. 1999)
 
Oswin v. Shaw, 250 N.J. Super. 461 (App. Div. 1991)
 
Oswin v. Shaw, 129 N.J. 290 (N.J. Sup. 1992)
Classes/Seminars Taught:
New Jersey No Fault--The Practical Aspects of Handling Automobile Negligence Cases, New Jersey Institute of Continuing Legal Education, 1984 - 1985
 
Premises Liability--The Liability of Possessors of Land, New Jersey Institute of Continuing Legal Education, 1985
 
Handling Uninsured and Underinsured Motorists' Claims and Arbitration of Automobile Negligence Cases, New Jersey Institute of Continuing Legal Education, 1986
 
Preparation of Personal Injury Cases, New Jersey Institute of Continuing Legal Education, 1987
 
Proving Your Personal Injury Case, New Jersey Institute of Continuing Legal Education, 1987
 
The Evaluation of Personal Injury Cases, New Jersey Institute of Continuing Legal Education, 1988
 
The New Jersey Verbal Threshold, New Jersey Institute of Continuing Legal Education, 1989 - 1990
 
Personal Injury Workshop, New Jersey Institute of Continuing Legal Education, 1990
 
Hot Tips in Tort Law, New Jersey Institute of Continuing Legal Education, 1990
 
Automobile Insurance Update, New Jersey Institute of Continuing Legal Education, 1991
Honors and Awards:
American Trial Lawyers Association, Gold Medal, 1994
 
Hudson County Bar Association, Merit Award, 1998
 
New Jersey State Bar Association, Distinguished Legislative Service Award, 1998
 
Million Dollar Advocates Forum, 1998
 
New Jersey Institute of Continuing Legal Education, Alfred C. Clapp Laureate, 2000
Professional Associations and Memberships:
American Bar Association
 
New Jersey State Bar Association, 1988 - 1992
Board of Trustees
 
New Jersey State Bar Association
Chair, Automobile Reparations Committee
 
New York State Bar Association
 
Association of Trial Lawyers of New Jersey, 1985 - Present
Board of Governors
 
Roscoe Pound Foundation
 
Hudson County Bar Association, 1970 - Present
Board of Trustees
 
Hudson County Bar Association, 1983
President
 
Hudson County Bar Foundation, 1990 - Present
Treasurer
Past Employment Positions:
New Jersey Superior Court, Hon. Robert Matthews, Law Clerk, 1967 - 1968
Birth Information:
1943, Hoboken, New Jersey, United States of America