Eric G. Kahn
 
   Decisions
 
Estate of Williams vs. Division of Youth and Family Services, 398 N.J. Super. 344 (App. Div. 2008)
Prado vs. State of New Jersey, 376 N.J. Super. 231 (App. Div. 2005), reversed and remanded 186 N.J. 413 (2006), modified 388 N.J. Super. 359 (App. Div. 2006)
Brooks v. New Jersey Transit, 150 N.J. 395 (1997)
Prevratil v. Mohr, 279 N.J. Super. 652 (App. Div. 1995), rev'd 145 N.J. 180 (1996)
 
   Awards
 
New Jersey State Bar Association Amicus Award - December 2009
Union County Bar Association Pro Bono Award - October 2009
Selected, Ten Leaders - Top 10 New Jersey Civil Trial Lawyers Age 45 & Under - March 2009
New Jersey Super Lawyer, 2007-2011
Lawdragon's 3000 Leading Plaintiffs' Lawyers in America, 2007 - 2011
New Jersey Super Lawyers Rising Star, 2006
New Jersey Law Journal's 40 under 40, 2004
 
   Presentations
 
Speaker, NJAJ Educational Foundation, “The Ethics of Attorney Solicitation”, April 26, 2012

Moderator, NJAJ Educational Foundation, “Personal Injury Seminar”, April 26, 2012

Speaker, NJAJ Educational Foundation, “Managing a Personal Injury Law Firm”, January 16, 2012

Panelist, NJAJ Educational Foundation, “The Ethics of Attorney Solicitation”, April 14, 2011
Moderator-- NJAJ Educational Foundation, “Premises Liability” February 26, 2011
Speaker,  Union County Bar Association - “Civil Case Update - November 2010
Speaker,  NJAJ Educational Foundation - “New York and New Jersey: When Laws Collide” - November 2010
Speaker,  NJAJ Educational Foundation - “Auto Insurance Seminar - Expedited Trials and Hi-Lo Agreements” - November 2010
Moderator, NJAJ Educational Foundation - “Reptilian Brain, Mammalian Heart, Alien Jurors - April 2010

Speaker,  NJAJ Educational Foundation - “Top Ten Personal Injury Cases in New Jersey - April 2010

Moderator, NJAJ Educational Foundation - “Eric Oliver - Facts Can’t Speak for Themselves - April 2009

Speaker, NJAJ Educational Foundation - “The Role of the Paralegal in Reviewing Medical Records" - April 2009

Speaker, Trial Attorneys of New Jersey (TANJ) - “Puerto Rico Litigation and Local Civil Law” - February 2009

Speaker, Trial Attorneys of New Jersey (TANJ) - “Jury Selection and Voir Dire” - February 2008

Speaker, "Hot Tips in Medical Malpractice 2007," Association of Trial Lawyers of America, New Jersey Educational Foundation, April 2007
Speaker, "Valuable Trial Tactics for Litigating Auto Cases," Association of Trial Lawyers of America, New Jersey Chapter, December 2006
Speaker, "DiProspero-What You Need to Know," Union County Bar Association, November 2005
Moderator, "Legal Malpractice-Recent Changes in the Law," Union County Bar Association, June 2005
Speaker, "Everything You Need To Know About Automobile Cases," Institute for Continuing Legal Education, January 2003
Speaker, "Building a Winning Auto Case," New Jersey Educational Foundation, October 2002
Moderator, "What's New in Personal Injury Law," Union County Bar Association, March 2002
Panelist, "The Uninsured Motorist," Union County Bar Association, April 2001
 
   Publications
 
Editor, "Library of New Jersey Personal Injury Forms," New Jersey Law Journal Books, October 2006
 
 
 
 

As a Certified Civil Trial Attorney and member of the American Board  of Trial Advocates  (ABOTA), Eric Kahn handles a broad spectrum of significant and complex claim including automobile negligence, trucking accident, construction site accidents, product liability claims, medical malpractice cases, and claims against public entities.   Notably, Mr. Kahn recently represented five construction workers in a case against a co-worker who cheated them out of their share of a Mega-Millions Lottery Jackpot obtaining a $20 million dollars jury verdict in March 2012.  More recently, he represented a high school student who was assaulted and seriously injured by another student at school and obtained a jury verdict in excess of $16 million dollars in October 2012. In the past, Mr. Kahn represented the Estate of Faheem Williams, the seven-year old who was found dead in his relative caretaker's basement in 2003, obtaining a $7.5 million dollar settlement from the Division of Youth  and Family Services.  Mr. Kahn also was involved in defending Molly Wei, one of the Rutgers students charged with invasion of privacy in the Tyler Clementi case, in defense of the criminal charges filed against her. 

In 2012, Mr. Kahn was named one of the Top 100 Lawyers in the State of New Jersey by Super Lawyers. Also, in 2012, he was named as one of the Best Lawyers in the New York-New Jersey Metropolitan area.  In 2007 Mr. Kahn was named to Lawdragon's  3000 Leading Plaintiffs' Lawyers in America list, which includes less than 1% of all lawyers in America.  In 2006, he was certified as a member of the Million Dollar Advocates Forum, one of the most prestigious groups of trial lawyers in the country.  Membership is limited to attorneys who have demonstrated exceptional skill, experience and excellence in trial advocacy and who have obtained recoveries on behalf of their clients in excess of $1 million dollars. In September 2004, Mr. Kahn was selected as one of the New Jersey Law Journal's  40 Under 40, which features 40 of New Jersey's top lawyers under the age of 40.  A member of the Javerbaum firm since 1993, Mr. Kahn is also the firm's managing partner.

 
   Associations
  • Union County Bar Association, Trustee and Co-chair of the Civil Practice Committee
  • District XII Ethics Committee
  • Union County Judicial and Prosecutorial Appointments Committee
  • Association of Trial Lawyers of America-New Jersey, Board of Governors
  • American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA)
  • New Jersey State Bar Association, Automobile Reparations Committee
  • Richard J. Hughes Inns of Court, Master
  • Arbitrator, Union and Essex County Automobile and Personal Injury Negligence Arbitration Programs
 
   Bar Admissions
  • New Jersey State Bar
  • Pennsylvania State Bar
  • Federal District Court District of New Jersey
  • Federal Eastern District of Pennsylvania
  • United States Supreme Court
   Bar Positions
  • President-Elect, Union County Bar Association
  • Assistant Secretary, New Jersey Association for Justice
   Amicus Curiae Appearances
  • Agha vs. Feiner, 198 N.J. 50 (2009)-co-author of brief on behalf of the New Jersey State Bar Association
  • Fernandez vs. Nationwide Mututal Insurance Company, 199 N.J. 591 (2009)-co-author of brief on behalf of the New Jersey State Bar Association
 
Partner
Phone: (973) 379-4200
Fax: (973) 379-7872
ekahn@javerbaumwurgaft.com
Legal Secretaries: Dana Satterwhite
and Irene Muniz
 
   Education

Rutgers–Newark School of Law, J.D.—1993

Haverford College, B.A.—1990

 

 
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