Michael Maggiano

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Michael Maggiano is an American personal injury attorney based in Bergen County, New Jersey.

Biography

Maggiano attended the Chicago-Kent College of Law, graduating in 1974 and passing the bar the same year. [1] From 1975, he served as Bergen County's first public defender until 1981. He also served as president of the New Jersey Trial Lawyers Association. [2]

In 1988, he was elected as a Democrat to the Borough Council of Fort Lee, New Jersey. [3] The same year, he became president elect of the state trial lawyers association promising to oppose a limitation in liability for auto insurance plans. [4] In 1992, he chaired the relocation of the association's offices across from the State Capitol in Trenton. [5] As a former councilman, he served as counsel to the city in demanding compensation from the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey for improvements related to the George Washington Bridge. [6] He also joined with a partner, Christopher DiGirolamo, to found what would become New Jersey's Maggiano, DiGirolamo & Lizzi law firm.

In 2005, he was elected president of the Melvin Belli Society. At the time, he was described as one of the top trial lawyers of his generation in his state. [7] He was also appointed to the New Jersey Public Broadcasting Authority board [8] and New Jersey Monthly listed him as a top 100 super lawyer of New Jersey. [9] This followed the Trial Attorneys of New Jersey presenting him with its 2004 Trial Bar Award. [10] In 2007, a building he owned on Main Street in Fort Lee burned down. [11]

In 2019, he led a class action against a surgical center that exposed patients to HIV the previous year. [12]

In 2023, his wife of 47 years Alice died. [13]

References

  1. ↑ "Success at the bar". The Record. December 3, 1974.
  2. ↑ 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."
  3. ↑ Warburton, Bob (November 9, 1988). "Democrats Keep Even on Fort Lee Council". The Record.
  4. ↑ Schwaneberg, Robert (September 4, 1988). "Heated battle shaping up to test new car insurance 'reform' law". The Star-Ledger.
  5. ↑ "ATLA moves to Trenton". The Times. April 7, 1992.
  6. ↑ Layton, Mary Jo (January 8, 1992). "Fort Lee mayor set to anchor spending". The Record.
  7. ↑ "Local lawyer named leader". Fort Lee Suburbanite. August 5, 2005.
  8. ↑ "Executive Moves". The Star-Ledger. January 30, 2005.
  9. ↑ "Maggiano named to "super" list". Fort Lee Suburbanite. May 13, 2005.
  10. ↑ "Maggiano receives Trial Bar award". Fort Lee Suburbanite. October 29, 2004.
  11. ↑ Ax, Joseph (December 1, 2007). "Fire hits Main St. stores in Fort Lee". The Record.
  12. ↑ Washburn, Lindy (January 3, 2019). "Awaiting answers; Surgical center patients question handling of tests". The Record.
  13. ↑ "Alice Maggiano". The Record.
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