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C.V.
of Louis J. DeVoto, Esq.
Areas of Practice:
75% Plaintiff's Personal Injury
25% Business Litigation
Admitted:
- New Jersey
- Pennsylvania
- District of New Jersey
- Eastern District of Pennsylvania
- Third Circuit Court of Appeals
- U.S. Supreme Court
Board Certification:
- Certified as a Civil Trial Attorney by the
Supreme Court of
New Jersey
- Certified as a Board Certified Trial
Advocate by the National
Board of Trial Advocates
Education:
- Ohio Northern University Pettit College of Law, Ada, OH, 1993
J.D., Doctor of Jurisprudence
Law Publication: Executive Editor, Ohio Northern University
Law Review
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St. Joseph's University, Philadelphia, PA, 1987
B.S. Bachelor of Science
Major: Management
Past Positions:
- Superior Court of New Jersey, Burlington County,
Honorable Marvin E. Schlosser, Judicial Clerk, 1993-1994
Affiliations:
- Trial Lawyers of New Jersey (TANJ)
Board Of Trustees 1999
Strategic Planning Committee 1999
-
Association of Trial Lawyers of America
Member
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Association of Trial Lawyers of America - New Jersey
Member
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Camden County Bar Association
Member - Personal Injury Law Committee 1997
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Burlington County Bar Association
Civil Practice Committee 1997
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Brain Injury Foundation
Member
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Civil Justice Foundation
Member
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Trial Lawyers for Public Justice
Member
Honors:
- Named to: The Best Lawyers in America. (A
definitive guide to legal excellence in the United States)
- Martindale-Hubbell A-V Rating (Highest Rating for
an attorney)
- New Jersey Law Journal's Top 40 under 40:
selected as one of the top 40 attorneys in New Jersey under the
age of
40, New Jersey Law Journal, August 2002.
- Who's Who in American Law - Eleventh
Edition, 2000.
- Million Dollar Advocates Forum.
- Executive Editor, Ohio Northern University
Law Review, 1992-1993.
- Judicial Clerk, Honorable Marvin E.
Schlosser,
Superior Court of New Jersey, Burlington County,
1993-1994.
Community Activities:
- Bancroft Brain Injury Services Corporation, Haddonfield, NJ
Board of Directors,
- Board of Trustees, Bancroft NeuroHealth,
Haddonfield, NJ (2001 ).
- Board of Trustees, Bancroft Brain Injury
Services Corp.,
A Division of Bancroft NeuroHealth, Haddonfield, NJ (1999 -
2001).
- Shawnee Ice Hockey, Assistant Ice Hockey
Coach, Metro High
- School Hockey League, Pennsauken, NJ
(1999)
- Sponsor: March of Dimes Foundation,
(Fight against Birth Defects),
Annual Fundraising Banquets
Cherry Hill, NJ (1995 - 2000).
- Sponsor: New Jersey State Aquarium,
Annual Fundraising
Banquets (1995 - 1999).
- Sponsor: Academic All Stars, Courier Post
Newspaper, Annual
Selection of South Jersey and vicinity
High School Academic
All Stars. (1997 - 2000).
- Sponsor: Bancroft Foundation, Annual
Fundraising
Banquets, Philadelphia, PA. (1998 - 2001 ).
Classes/Presentations/Seminars Taught:
- “History of Jury Selection and Voir Dire in New
Jersey,” moderator, presented to Trial Attorneys of NJ,
Essex County and Union County Bar Associations, Paradise
Island, Bahamas, February 23, 2008.
- “Litigating to Win Through Advanced Trial Advocay”,
speaker, presented to National Business Institute,
Cherry Hill, New Jersey, January 23, 2008.
- “History of Jury Selection and Voir Dire in New
Jersey,” moderator,
presented to Trial Attorneys of NJ, Essex County and
Union County Bar
Associations, Paradise Island, Bahamas, February 23,
2008.
- “Litigating to Win Through Advanced Trial Advocacy”,
speaker, presented to National Business Institute,
Cherry Hill, New Jersey, January 23, 2008.
- “Jury Selection & Perceptions,” speaker, presented
for the Camden County Bar Association, Voorhees, New
Jersey, February 27, 2007.
- "Drafting Effective Trial Documents”, speaker,
presented for ICLE-NJ, Mount Laurel, New Jersey, January
27, 2007.
- “Legal and Ethical Issues Surrounding Bad Faith and
Excess Verdicts”, panelist, presented for Trial
Attorneys of New Jersey, Las Vegas, NV, April 1, 2006
- “Essentials of Evidence”, speaker, presented for
ICLE-NJ, New Brunswick, New Jersey, November 21, 2005.
- “How the Experts Prepare for Trial” panelist ;
presented for Trial Attorneys of New Jersey, Annual
Conference, Long Boat Key, Florida March 4, 2005.
- ICLE seminar, "Civil Motion Practice." January 20,
2005
- Medical Education for Lawyers, “New
Techniques in the Treatment
of Injuries to the Spine”, ICLE, New Brunswick, NJ,
March 27, 2004.
- Strengthening Your Case through
Expert Witnesses, Camden County
- Bar Association, Voorhees, NJ,
October 22, 2003.
Experts by Experts, Institute for Continuing Legal
Education, Iselin,
NJ April 5, 2003.
- Civil Trial Advocacy- Summer
Institute, “The Art of Cross Examination”,
Institute for Continuing Legal Education, New Brunswick, NJ,
July 23, 2003.
- Guest Speaker-Camden County Bar
Association seminar "Expert
Witnesses" October 22, 2003
- Lou DeVoto and Andrew Rossetti to
give the Key Note Address
"The Medical Malpractice Litigation Crisis: What is the
real story?"
|at the 10th Annual Statewide Paralegal Convention held
in Eatontown,
NJ on March 28, 2003.
- "The Role of a Paralegal in a
Personal Injury Practice" presented for
Gloucester County College Paralegal Club, Gloucester
County College,
November, 1996.
- "Demonstrative Evidence for Use
During a Medical Negligence Case"
presented for ATLA-NJ, Pines Manor, Edison, NJ,
November, 1997.
- "HMO Litigation - under what
circumstances can they be sued?"
presented for the Sixth Annual Garden State Paralegal
Convention,
Eatontown, NJ March, 1999
- "The Complexities of Alternative
Dispute Resolution" presented for
ATLA-NJ, Advanced Support Staff Program, Boardwalk
Seminar
Atlantic City, NJ April, 1999.
- "Medical Chart Falsification - How
Can You Stop the Fraud?" presented
for Bancroft NeuroHealth's NeuroHealth for the New
Millenium,
Philadelphia, PA September, 1999
- "Preparing and Using Demonstrative
Evidence to Influence a Jury"
presented for Camden County Bar Association, Cherry
Hill, NJ,
February, 2000
- "What Every Paralegal Should Know
About Preparing for Product
Liability Trials" presented for the Eighth Annual
Statewide
Paralegal Convention, Eatontown, NJ March,
2001"Considerations
During Opening Statements, Golden Opportunities for
Plaintiffs"
- Lawyers During Opening Statements,
"Things You Can Say and
Things to Avoid" presented for ATLA-NJ, Boardwalk
Seminar,
Atlantic City, NJ April 2001.
- "Litigating the Closed Head Injury
Case presented for Camden
County Bar Association, Voorhees, NJ February 25, 2002
- "Drafting Effective Trial Documents"
presented for ICLE-NJ,
New Jersey Law Center, New Brunswick, NJ March 2002.
- "Effectively Dealing with Those Cases
which Keep You Awake at
Night", for ATLA-NJ, Boardwalk Seminar, Atlantic City,
NJ April 2002
TELEVISION APPEARANCES:
- Appearance on Fox Network News, WTXF-TV
David Schratwiser
Investigative report on "Store Dangers
- Home Depot, February 11, 2001
- Legal Line, "What to do if your
Product is Defective".
WPSJ-TV, December 7, 1999
- Legal Line, "Medical Mistakes"
presented by Camden
County Bar Foundation, WPSJ-TV, September, 2001
PAPERS:
- "The Importance of Medical
Documentation in Brain Injury Cases",
Brain Injury
Association of New Jersey Winter Newsletter, 1999
- "Medical Chart Falsification - How
Can You Stop the Fraud?"
presented for Bancroft NeuroHealth's NeuroHealth for the New
- Millenium,
Philadelphia, PA September, 1999
- "HMO Litigation - under what
circumstances can they be sued?"
presented for the
Sixth Annual Garden State Paralegal Convention,
Eatontown, NJ March, 1999
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