Michael Maggiano
Michael Maggiano is an American personal injury attorney based in Bergen County, New Jersey.
Biography
[edit]Maggiano attended the Chicago-Kent College of Law, graduating in 1974 and passing the bar the same year.[1] From 1975, he served as Bergen County's first public defender until 1981. He also served as president of the New Jersey Trial Lawyers Association.[2]
He was elected to the Fort Lee Council in 1988.[3] The same year, he became president elect of the state trial lawyers association promising to oppose a limitation in liability for auto insurance plans.[4] In 1992, he chaired the relocation of the association's offices across from the State Capitol in Trenton.[5] As a former councilman, he served as counsel to the city in demanding compensation from the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey for improvements related to the George Washington Bridge.[6]
In 2005, he was elected president of the Melvin Belli Society. At the time, he was described as one of the top trial lawyers of his generation in his state.[7] He was also appointed to the New Jersey Public Broadcasting Authority (NJPBA) board[8] and New Jersey Monthly listed him as a top 100 super lawyer of New Jersey.[9] In 2007, a building he owned on Main Street in Fort Lee burned down.[10]
In 2019, he led a class action against a surgical center that exposed patients to HIV the previous year.[11]
In 2023, his wife of 47 years Alice died.[12]
Bibliography
[edit]- ^ "Success at the bar". The Record. December 3, 1974.
- ^ Sampson, Peter (October 16, 1988). "GOP shows strength in Forth Lee". The Record.
- ^ Warburton, Bob (November 9, 1988). "Democrats Keep Even on Fort Lee Council". The Record.
- ^ Schwaneberg, Robert (September 4, 1988). "Heated battle shaping up to test new car insurance 'reform' law". The Star-Ledger.
- ^ "ATLA moves to Trenton". The Times. April 7, 1992.
- ^ Layton, Mary Jo (January 8, 1992). "Fort Lee mayor set to anchor spending". The Record.
- ^ "Local lawyer named leader". Fort Lee Suburbanite. August 5, 2005.
- ^ "Executive Moves". The Star-Ledger. January 30, 2005.
- ^ "Maggiano named to "super" list". Fort Lee Suburbanite. May 13, 2005.
- ^ Ax, Joseph (December 1, 2007). "Fire hits Main St. stores in Fort Lee". The Record.
- ^ Washburn, Lindy (January 3, 2019). "Awaiting answers; Surgical center patients question handling of tests". The Record.
- ^ "Alice Maggiano". The Record.