Gerald A. Hughes

Gerald A. Hughes: Attorney with Fenningham, Dempster & Coval LLP
Attorney Awards
  • Martindale-Hubbell Peer Distinguished Rating
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Biography

Assistant Prosecutor, Mercer County, New Jersey, 1970-1972. Associate, Levy, Levy, Albert and Marcus, 1973-1978. Partner, Levy, Levy, Albert and Marcus, 1978-1982. Partner, Law Offices of Gerald A. Hughes, 1983-1984. Partner, Hughes, Hendrix and Wallace, LP, 1985-1995. Partner, Hughes and Hendrix, LP, 1995-2004. Partner, Hughes and Cohen, LP, 2004-2007.

Areas of Practice (4)

  • Construction Law
  • Defamation
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Environmental Law

Education & Credentials

University Attended:
Maryville College, B.A., 1966; Comments Editor
Law School Attended:
University of Tennessee Law School, J.D., Order of the Coif, 1969
Year of First Admission:
1969
Admission:
1969, New Jersey; 1981, Pennsylvania; 1997, U.S. Supreme Court; 1969, U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey; 1981, U.S. District Court, District of Pennsylvania
Birth Information:
Trenton, New Jersey, 1944
Reported Cases:
State v. Young, 57 N.J. 240 (1970) (state statute on disrupting schools upheld as constitutional); State v. Williams, 459 A.2d 641, 93 N.J. 39 (1983) (press and public have right to access of pre-trial proceeding in capital cases); State v. Hibbs, 123 N.J.Super. 124, 301 A.2d 775, N.J.Super.A.D. (1973) (telephone tracing equipment was reliable and accurate); White v. Lewis, 159 N.J.Super. 71 (1978) (NJ tort immunity for Public Officials for prisoner upon prisoner assault upheld for person arrested but not yet convicted); Stuart v. Gambling Times, Inc., 534 F. Supp. 170 (1982) (libel suit dismissed based on opinion exception); Molin v. Trentonian, 297 N.J.Super.153 (App. Div. 1997) (newspaper headlines should normally be read in conjunction with the whole article for determining whether the headline is libelous).
ISLN:
906318513

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