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Francis X. Garrity 
East Hanover, New Jersey
Partner
phone (973) 509-7500 (ext. 2201)
fax 973-509-0414
email Email Me

Graduated magna cum laude from Seton Hall University and Rutgers University Law School

Graduated magna cum laude from Seton Hall University and Rutgers University Law School. Admitted to New Jersey Bar in 1973. Law Secretary to Honorable Morton I. Greenberg, 1974. Entered private practice, joining the firm of Bergamino and DeGonge, P.A. in 1974, and becoming a partner of the firm in 1979. Mr. Garrity has devoted his entire professional career to advising clients on all aspects of insurance issues and has litigated a number of landmark cases in the State and Federal Courts.

Mr. Garrity is a member of the New Jersey Bar Association, Defense Research Institute, and the New Jersey Defense Association. He has lectured extensively on various casualty insurance coverage topics to claim departments of multiple insurance companies, the Women In Insurance of New Jersey, and on several occasions the New Jersey Defense Association.

Areas of Practice:
Affirmative Action -- Employer
Age Discrimination
Arbitration
Bad Faith
Civil Rights
Cleanup & Superfund
Colleges & Universities
Commercial Insurance
Construction Law
Directors' & Officers' Liability Insurance
Education Law
Employment Law -- Employer
Environmental Law
Errors & Omissions Insurance
Insurance and Reinsurance Coverage
Insurance Malpractice
Mediation
Other Professionals Malpractice
Police Misconduct
Private Judging
Professional Malpractice Law
Property & Casualty
Public Schools
Race Discrimination
Reinsurance
Sex Discrimination
Sexual Harassment -- Employer
Special Education
Transportation Law
Trucking
Wrongful Termination -- Employer
Bar Admissions:
New Jersey, 1973
U.S. District Court District of New Jersey
U.S. Court of Appeals 3rd Circuit, 1974
Education:
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey School of Law - Newark, Newark, New Jersey