Maggiano, DiGirolamo & Lizzi

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Maggiano, DiGirolamo & Lizzi is a personal injury law firm located in Fort Lee, New Jersey.

History

Maggiano, DiGiralamo & Lizzi P.C. traces its roots to Michael Maggiano's admission to the bar in 1974. [1] [2] The firm represents clients in a variety of personal injury cases including worker's compensation. [3] [4] In the 1980s, Maggiano served as president of the New Jersey branch of the Association of Trial Lawyers of America. [5] [6] In 1992, Christopher DiGirolamo joined the firm as managing partner. [7] The firm now has locations in Fort Lee and New York City. [8] In June 2025, the firm added a new office near the Bergen County Court House in Hackensack. [9]

In 2017, DiGirolamo represented the family of a college student killed recovering a settlement. [10] [11] In 2018, Maggiano represented patients affected by lapses in infection control at a Saddle River surgery center in a class action. [12] [13] In 2020, DiGirolamo was appointed to the Council of the Borough of Saddle River following a vacancy, and was reelected in 2021 as a Republican. [14] [15]

In 2020 the firm represented parents whose child was featured in a campaign video for President Donald Trump's reelection campaign without authorization. [16] They also represented a man who plunged through a defective bridge. [17] In 2022, the firm represented a Korean-American family suing for $50 million who suffered from a mix-up when their mother's body was swapped in the casket by a funeral home. [18] [19] [20] In 2023, the firm successfully represented a woman whose thumb was severed by a pit bull settling for $1.6 million. [4]

References

  1. "Success At The Bar". The Record. December 3, 1974.
  2. "About Maggiano, DiGirolamo & Lizzi P.C." Maggiano, DiGirolamo & Lizzi P.C. Retrieved August 6, 2025.
  3. Chokhliad, Anastasiia (October 26, 2024). "Michael Maggiano Christopher DiGirolamo". Bergen Magazine. Retrieved August 6, 2025.
  4. 1 2 "Severed Thumb Suffered in Dog Attack Yields $1.6 Million Settlement in Bergen". Law.com. Retrieved August 6, 2025.
  5. Warburton, Bob. "Democrats keep even on Fort Lee Council", The Record , November 9, 1988. Accessed August 6, 2025, via Newspapers.com. "Democrats Jack Alter and Michael Maggiano swept the Borough Council election, preventing the Republican party's first outright council majority since 1972.... Maggiano is president-elect of the New Jersey Trial Lawyers Association, and he was the borough's first public defender, serving from 1975 to 1981."
  6. Sampson, Peter (October 16, 1988). "GOP shows strength in Forth Lee". The Record.
  7. Chokhliad, Anastasiia (October 26, 2024). "Michael Maggiano Christopher DiGirolamo". Wainscot Magazines. Retrieved August 6, 2025.
  8. "Maggiano, DiGirolamo & Lizzi P.C. Ranking | BCGSearch.com". BCG. Retrieved August 6, 2025.
  9. Burd, Joshua. "Personal injury law firm takes 1,400 sq. ft. at Sanzari's Court Plaza campus in Hackensack – Real Estate NJ". Real Estate NJ. Retrieved August 6, 2025.
  10. Attrino, Anthony (August 17, 2017). "Family of college student killed by a car to receive $900K settlement". The Jersey Journal.
  11. Burrow, Megan (August 19, 2017). "Crossing upgrades ahead". The Herald-News.
  12. Washburn, Lindy. "Patients at unsanitary surgery center await results of tests for HIV and hepatitis". North Jersey Media Group. Retrieved August 6, 2025.
  13. Janoski, Steve. "A surgery center may have exposed more than 3,000 patients to HIV. Now a lawsuit has been filed". Herald-Mail Media. Retrieved August 6, 2025.
  14. Stoltz, Marsha (March 26, 2020). "Saddle River fills empty council seat". The Town Journal.
  15. Stoltz, Marsha (January 13, 2021). "Saddle River's newest councilmen are a doctot and a businessman". The Herald-News.
  16. "Anti-money Laundering Startup First AML Raises $8 Million Anti-money Laundering Startup First AML Raises $8 Million -". September 18, 2020. Retrieved August 6, 2025.
  17. NJ.com, Anthony G. Attrino | NJ Advance Media for (May 6, 2020). "Worker who plunged through N.J. bridge while plowing snow sues state, PSE&G for $10M". nj. Retrieved August 6, 2025.
  18. "New Jersey Family Sues Funeral Home for $50 Million After Body Mix-Up". Inside Edition. August 2, 2022. Retrieved August 6, 2025.
  19. "Family sues after wrong body in casket revealed mid-funeral". Hawaii News Now. July 27, 2022. Retrieved August 6, 2025.
  20. "They lowered her casket into the ground. It wasn't their mother inside". The Washington Post. July 27, 2022. ISSN   0190-8286 . Retrieved August 6, 2025.