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Associate Attorneys

Peter Cipparulo III 
East Hanover, New Jersey
Of Counsel
phone 973-509-7500
fax 973-509-0414
email Email Me

Graduated magna cum laude and Phi Betta Kappa from Rutgers College in 1987.  Graduated from Seton Hall School of Law in 1990.  Completed one year judicial clerkship with the Honorable Stephen F. Smith, Jr., Presiding Judge of Criminal Division, New Jersey Superior Court, Morris County, NJ in 1991.  Mr. Cipparulo is admitted to the New Jersey Bar and before the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.  He is a Certified Civil Trial Attorney by the Supreme Court of New Jersey (since 2006).

Mr. Cipparulo joined the firm Of Counsel in 2007.  His practice focuses on complex civil and class action litigation including commercial, employment, products, directors and officers, errors and omissions, and Fair Debt Collection Practice Act litigation.  Representative cases include Agostino v. Quest Diagnostics, et al., 256 F.R.D. 437 (D.N.J. 2009).  Mr. Cipparulo has also received a favorable ruling in a case of first impression which permitted a debt collector to advise a consumer that it may contest a disputed amount with an insurance carrier.  That decision was cited in Wright & Miller:  Federal Prac. & Proc. (2010).

Mr. Cipparulo has been General Counsel to the Hillsborough Municipal Utilities Authority since 2008.

Areas of Practice:
CGL - Casualty Defense
Construction Law
Commercial Law
Coverage
Education
E & O and D & O
Employment
Financial and Fiduciary
Health Care and HPL
Professional Liability
Transportation
Certification/Specialties:
Civil Trial Attorney, N.J. Supreme Court, 2006


Bar Admissions:
New Jersey, 1991
U.S. District Court District of New Jersey, 1991
Education:
Seton Hall University School of Law, Newark, New Jersey, 1990
J.D.


Rutgers College, New Brunswick, NJ, USA, 1987
B.A.
Honors: Magna Cum Laude
Honors: Phi Beta Kappa


Professional Associations and Memberships:
PLUS


Past Employment Positions:
Sullivan & Graber, Partner


American International Group, Complex Claims Director


Pro Bono Activities:
Somerset County Legal Services, 1996