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Michael R. Speer

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425 Eagle Rock Avenue
Suite 302
Roseland, NJ 07068
(973) 618-4108
(973) 618-0685 - Fax
mrspeer@mdwcg.com

Michael began his career with Marshall, Dennehey, Warner, Coleman & Goggin in April 1998 as a member of the Casualty Department. He currently practices in the areas of personal injury defense, no-fault litigation, insurance fraud litigation, SIU investigation and litigation, product liability law, and insurance coverage. In his career, Michael has handled thousands of general liability casualty litigation matters involving evaluation and resolution of personal injury claims. His no-fault experience has also enabled him to handle arbitrations involving medical necessity of treatment, improper billing of medical providers, and insurance fraud issues.

Michael graduated from Kean University and Seton Hall University School of Law, where he received his juris doctor in 1989. Following law school, Michael served a one-year judicial clerkship with The Honorable Carol A. Ferentz, Presiding Civil Judge, Superior Court of New Jersey, Civil Part, Newark, New Jersey. Michael then served as an assistant corporation counsel for the city of Newark, New Jersey, where he was trial counsel on numerous tort claims act cases filed against Newark, New Jersey's largest city.

Michael next worked from 1993-1998 as a senior associate at the firm of Hurley & Vasios, where he defended doctors, lawyers, and public entities from negligence claims and further defended general liability and insurance coverage claims.

Michael is a graduate of the American Inns of Court and a member of the New Jersey State Bar Association, The Essex County Bar Association, and the Defense Research Institute. 

Significant Representative Matters

  • Successfully obtained not only dismissal of multiple pending claims, but obtained $200,000 reimbursement to insurance carrier in insurance fraud litigation. 

  • Successfully resolved complex insurance fraud litigation where the amount in controversy was $1,800,000.

  • Successfully defended wrongful death litigation based on defense of insurance fraud related to insurance application. 

  • Successfully defended multiple National Arbitration Forum arbitration demands saving insurance carriers over $500,000 based on improper billing of medical providers. 

Areas of Practice

Published Works

  • "New Jersey Supreme Court Ratifies New Medical Judgment Charge," Defense Digest, Apr. Vol. 6, No. 2, 2000 

Classes/Seminars Taught

  • Several seminars given to insurance claim professionals in areas of New Jersey Tort Claims Act, New Jersey No-Fault Act, Ambulatory Surgical Centers and Medical Malpractice Defense. 

Past Employment Positions

  • Superior Court of New Jersey, Civil Part, Newark, NJ, Hon. Carol A. Ferentz, Presiding Civil Judge, Law Clerk, 1989 - 1990 

  • City of Newark Corporation Counsel, New Jersey, Assistant Corporation Counsel 

  • Hurley & Vasios, Senior Associate, 1993 - 1998 

  • Ryan & Gannon, Associate  

Education

  • Seton Hall University School of Law, Newark, New Jersey, 1989 J.D. 

  • Kean College, 1986 B.A.

    Honors: magna cum laude 

Areas of Practice

Education

  • Kean University (B.A., magna cum laude, 1986)
  • Seton Hall University School of Law (J.D., 1989)

Bar Admissions

  • New Jersey, 1989
  • U.S District Court of New Jersey, 1989

Associations & Memberships

  • American Inns of Court, 1994 - Present
  • Defense Research Institute
  • Essex County Bar Association
  • New Jersey State Bar Association
  • Union County Bar Association

Year Joined Organization: 1998

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