Julie B. Dorfman

Julie Dorfman joins the Casualty Department as an associate focusing her practice in the areas of premises liability, product liability, restaurant/bar liability, marine, inland marine, construction accidents, automobile, insurance coverage and condominium/community association law.

Prior to joining the firm, Julie served as a law clerk for the Honorable Thomas J. LaConte, J.S.C, where she worked on cases involving environmental law, complex insurance coverage issues, and other complex commercial matters.  Julie was responsible for managing the judge's docket, drafting written opinions, researching applicable case law and statutes, and advising the judge on the appropriate dispositions on motions and trials.

Julie graduated cum laude from Seton Hall University School of Law where she earned her juris doctor in 2010. She participated in Seton Hall's Civil Litigation Clinic where she helped indigent clients defend a foreclosure action and pursue a housing discrimination lawsuit.  As a member of the Interscholastic Moot Court Board, Julie and her teammate won Third Place Team in the Eastern Regional of the Saul Lefkowtiz Moot Court Competition.  Julie also finished as a semi-finalist in the Eugene Gressman Moot Court Competition and received an award for runner-up Best Respondent Brief.  During her final year of laws school, Julie also served as the Gressman Director of the Appellate Advocacy Moot Court Board where she authored the problem and bench memorandum and organized all the rounds of competition, including the final round where the Honorable Julio Fuentes, Honorable Joseph A. Greenaway, and Honorable Roberto Rivera-Soto were in attendance.

Julie is admitted to practice law in New Jersey and New York.