Experience
Throughout his career, Alan I. Dunst has represented clients in the defense of civil litigation. He has represented numerous insurance companies, self-insureds, and trucking companies and has defended cases involving products liability, legal and medical malpractice and all types of general liability claims. He has tried hundreds of cases in both the federal and state courts, and was one of the first group of trial lawyers to be certified by the New Jersey Supreme Court as a Certified Civil Trial Attorney. Due to his vast trial experience, Alan has qualified as an Advocate of the American Board of Trial Advocates and has served as a member of its National Board of Directors since 1996. Alan also specializes in all forms of Alternate Dispute Resolution and serves as both a mediator and arbitrator in resolving these types of disputes.
Affiliations
· Member, Middlesex County Bar Association
· Member, New Jersey State Bar Association
· Member, American Bar Association
· Member, American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA), Board of Directors, 1996-Present
· Member, Middlesex County Trial Lawyers Association (President 1982-1983)
· Member, Ethics Committee 1982-1985
· President, Joseph Halpern Inn of Court 1991-1993
· Member, Trial Attorneys of New Jersey
· Member, Middlesex County Assignment Judges Civil Lawyers' Committee
· Certified Civil Trial Attorney by the New Jersey Supreme Court
Awards
· 2010, Recipient of the John B. LaVecchia Award from the Northern New Jersey Chapter of the American Board of Trial Advocates
· 2005-2012 New Jersey Super Lawyers® list
· The Best Lawyers in America® list 2012
· 2011, New Jersey Edition of Best Lawyers®
· 2004, Professional Lawyer of the Year, N.J.Commission on Professionalism in the Law and The Middlesex County Bar Association
· 2006, Honorable Herman L. Breitkopf Trial Lawyer of The Year Award, Trial Lawyers Association of Middlesex County
Success Stories
· Rhodes v. Universal Supply
Legal Updates
· Appellate Court Upholds the Dismissal of the case NJDEP v. Dimant as Argued by Jacob Grouser of the Environmental and Toxic Tort Department
Events
· Partner Alan Dunst Co-Chairs ABOTA's Leadership Conference (02.28.2008)
· Truth-Compassion-Tolerance International Fine Arts Exhibit (02.13.2008)
· Alan Dunst Attends ABOTA National Board of Directors Meeting (10.25.2007)
Clerkships
· Judicial law clerk for the Honorable Abe Schwartz and John B. Molineux in the New Jersey Superior Court, Law Division, Middlesex County