Richard A. Ulsamer
RICHARD A. ULSAMER is Of Counsel in the Firm’s Litigation and Insurance Services Practice Group. He has extensive experience in trial advocacy, having handled matters in state and federal courts from inception through resolution. He concentrates his practice on professional malpractice defense, employment litigation on behalf of management, and complex commercial disputes.
Mr. Ulsamer is a member of the Essex County Bar Association. He earned his J.D. from Seton Hall University School of Law and his B.A. from Assumption College.
From 1988-1989, Mr. Ulsamer served as Law Clerk to the Honorable F. Michael Caruso, J.S.C., Superior Court of New Jersey.
Listed in Best Lawyers® (2015-2026), a Woodward/White, Inc. business and partners with U.S. News & World Report, in the area of Commercial Litigation. A description of the standard or methodology on which the accolade is based can be found HERE (No aspect of the advertisement has been approved by the Supreme Court).
Results may vary depending on your particular facts and legal circumstances
Aversano v. Palisades Interstate Parkway Comm’n, 363 N.J. Super. 266 (App. Div.), aff’d as modified, 180 N.J. 329 (2004). Successfully argued before the Appellate Division and New Jersey Supreme Court that the Tort Claims Act and Landowner’s Liability Act did not immunize the police for their alleged negligence in failing to initiate the rescue of someone who had fallen from the cliffs in a public park.
North Plainfield Bd. of Educ. v. Zurich Am. Ins. Co., 467 F. App’x 156 (D.N.J. 2012). Successfully argued before the United States District Court and the Third Circuit Court of Appeals that exclusionary provisions in a school leaders’ E&O policy foreclosed coverage for multiple breaches of construction contract claims.
Fishbein Family P’ship v. PPG Indus., 307 F. App’x 624 (D.N.J. 2009). Successfully argued before the U.S. District Court and the Third Circuit Court of Appeals that claims of legal malpractice relating to the handling of an underlying environmental contamination suit were barred.
Nevins v. Muldoon, 2008 WL 2965140 (N.J. App. Div. Aug. 5, 2008). Successfully argued before the trial court and on appeal that no successor liability existed for the alleged malpractice of an associate who represented the plaintiff while operating his own law practice.
RICHARD A. ULSAMER is Of Counsel in the Firm’s Litigation and Insurance Services Practice Group. He has extensive experience in trial advocacy, having handled matters in state and federal courts from inception through resolution. He concentrates his practice on professional malpractice defense, employment litigation on behalf of management, and complex commercial disputes.
Mr. Ulsamer is a member of the Essex County Bar Association. He earned his J.D. from Seton Hall University School of Law and his B.A. from Assumption College.
From 1988-1989, Mr. Ulsamer served as Law Clerk to the Honorable F. Michael Caruso, J.S.C., Superior Court of New Jersey.
Listed in Best Lawyers® (2015-2026), a Woodward/White, Inc. business and partners with U.S. News & World Report, in the area of Commercial Litigation. A description of the standard or methodology on which the accolade is based can be found HERE (No aspect of the advertisement has been approved by the Supreme Court).
Results may vary depending on your particular facts and legal circumstances
Aversano v. Palisades Interstate Parkway Comm’n, 363 N.J. Super. 266 (App. Div.), aff’d as modified, 180 N.J. 329 (2004). Successfully argued before the Appellate Division and New Jersey Supreme Court that the Tort Claims Act and Landowner’s Liability Act did not immunize the police for their alleged negligence in failing to initiate the rescue of someone who had fallen from the cliffs in a public park.
North Plainfield Bd. of Educ. v. Zurich Am. Ins. Co., 467 F. App’x 156 (D.N.J. 2012). Successfully argued before the United States District Court and the Third Circuit Court of Appeals that exclusionary provisions in a school leaders’ E&O policy foreclosed coverage for multiple breaches of construction contract claims.
Fishbein Family P’ship v. PPG Indus., 307 F. App’x 624 (D.N.J. 2009). Successfully argued before the U.S. District Court and the Third Circuit Court of Appeals that claims of legal malpractice relating to the handling of an underlying environmental contamination suit were barred.
Nevins v. Muldoon, 2008 WL 2965140 (N.J. App. Div. Aug. 5, 2008). Successfully argued before the trial court and on appeal that no successor liability existed for the alleged malpractice of an associate who represented the plaintiff while operating his own law practice.
