Attorney Profiles
Douglas M. Alba Cherry Hill, New Jersey
| Shareholder | |
| phone | (856) 779-6119 |
| fax | (856) 414-6077 |
| dmalba@mdwcg.com | |
Since joining Marshall, Dennehey, Warner, Coleman & Goggin in 2002, Doug's areas of practice encompass insurance fraud litigation, insurance defense, and personal injury protection benefits litigation. He has handled approximately 600 personal injury protection medical expense benefits litigation matters in his career to date. Doug has also represented a large number of auto insurance carriers in insurance fraud prosecution and personal injury protection medical expense benefits matters. Throughout his career, Doug has had significant experience, taking over 600 examinations under oath. His extensive knowledge in this area has enabled him to conduct seminars on the subject.
Prior to Marshall Dennehey, he spent four years as the Deputy Attorney General in the Education, Health and Human Services Section at the Division of Law for the Attorney General of New Jersey. In this position, Doug handled complex health, civil rights, and tort defense litigation in federal and state courts while representing the Department of Health and Senior Services, Division of Medical Assistance and Health Services and Division of Mental Health Services. Doug was also counsel to the New Jersey Spinal Cord Injury Commission, the Board of Nursing Home Administrators, and the Department of Human Services' HIPAA Compliance Committee. Prior to becoming a Deputy Attorney General, Doug served as a judicial clerk for the Honorable F. Michael Caruso, J.S.C., Law Division, Superior Court in 1997-1998.
Doug received a B.A. in 1992 from Marist College and graduated with a J.D. in 1997 from the Rutgers School of Law at Camden. Doug is a member of the New Jersey State Bar Association. He is admitted to practice in New Jersey and before the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey and the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.
Significant Representative Matters:
- Year Joined Organization:
- 2002
- Areas of Practice:
- Insurance Fraud Litigation
- Insurance Defense
- Personal Injury Protection Benefit Litigation
- Bar Admissions:
- New Jersey, 1997
- U.S. District Court District of New Jersey, 1998
- U.S. Court of Appeals 3rd Circuit, 1999
- Education:
- Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey School of Law - Camden, Camden, New Jersey,
1997
J.D. - Marist College,
1992
B.A.
- Published Works:
- Baiting The Mousetrap: Effective Recorded Statements And Examinations Under Oath, Defense Digest, Volume 10, No. 3, September, 2004
- Baiting The Rat Trap: Tools For Taking Statements In Suspected Fraudulent Claims, Fraud Magazine, February, 2005
- Classes/Seminars Taught:
- 2011 - NJSIA - Anti-Fraud Training Seminar, Acupuncture Fraud and Abuse, October
- 2011 - The Appropriate Response to the Fallout from the Bergen Ambulatory, Selective and Tubelis Decisions; and How to Investigate/Defend Acupuncture Claims
- 2010 - Combating Insurance Fraud Conference, Conshohocken, PA - The Art of Being Proactive and Its Impact on SIU Investigations
- 2009 - Delaware Valley IASIU and NJSIA - Know Your Statutes and Regulations When Combating Insurance Fraud
- 2009 - Insurance Carrier Presentation - Understanding Insurance Fraud; Its Impact on Bodily Injury Lawsuits' and Tools to Reduce Exposure
- 2008 - Insurance Carrier Presentation - Identifying Red Flags for SIU Referrals
- 2008 - Insurance Carrier Presentation - Combating Insurance Fraud as It Relates to Buses
- 2007 - IMX Symposium - Out of Control Medical Costs...Strategies for Savings - Legal Strategies for Reducing PIP Medical Expense Benefits
- 2006 - South Jersey Claims Association - Understanding Binding Arbitration and Its Impact on PIP Claims
- 2006 - MDWCG SIU Summit - Investigating Auto Theft Fraud
- 2005 - MDWCG SIU Summit - Baiting the Mousetrap: Recorded Statements and Examinations Under Oath
- 2004 - South Jersey Claims Association - How to Effectively Use Examinations Under Oath to Defend Claims
- Professional Associations and Memberships:
- American Inn of Court, Graduate of Camden and Burlington Counties
- Delaware Valley Chapter of IASIU, Attendee
- International Association of Special Investigations Units, Attendee
- New Jersey Special Investigations Association, Attendee
- New Jersey State Bar Association
- Past Employment Positions:
- Division of Law, Attorney General of New Jersey, Deputy Attorney General, 1998 - 2002
- The Honorable F. Michael Caruso, J.S.C., Law Clerk, 1997 - 1998