Practice Areas

Environmental & Toxic Torts · Labor & Employment Law · Public Entity Claims Insurance Law · Product & Premises Liability · Subrogation & Recovery
Law Enforcement Defense · Professional Liability · White Collar Crime
Risk Management

Insurance companies, corporations, and individuals depend on the Caruso Pope Edell Picini defense law firm to work quickly and effectively and get the job done right. Our experienced attorneys have the experience you need when facing litigation or when managing the risks to minimize liability.

Caruso Pope Edell Picini PC
Defending Client Rights and Interests

In all of our practice areas, our attorneys have the ability, experience, staff, and technology to handle large, complex cases:

• Transportation Liability :When someone is injured by a commercial vehicle or while a passenger on a common carrier; or when a party sustains damages due to the loss or delay of a cargo shipment, either on the roads, rails or by sea, you need the services of an attorney who is familiar with the issues peculiar to the defense of shippers and carriers (land or sea).
• Toxic Torts: Since 1978, our lawyers have defended cases involving toxic materials including lead, chromium, asbestos, assorted heavy metals, silica; benzene; PCBs; petrochemicals; radiation; electromagnetic frequencies; pesticides; latex; and other miscellaneous exposures and occupational disease claims.
• Environmental Claims: We defend clients involved in Hazardous Waste Litigation; Landfill Closure Requirements; Underground Storage Tank Liability; Ground Water Pollution Claims; Industrial Site Remediation Act (ISRA)
• Product Liability: Our product liability defense lawyers handle claims arising from machine injuries and accidents allegedly due to defective products.
• Insurance Law: In addition to insurance defense, we also perform claims audits and render coverage opinions. We also litigate claims involving the following policy types: reinsurance; Fidelity; Homeowners; Directors and Officers; Life; Disability; Automobile Liability; CGL; Excess (Umbrella Liability); All Coverage Matters Relating to Environmental Claims on both Property and Liability Policies.
• Law Enforcement Defense: Our lawyers defend law enforcement officers against administrative actions and federal civil rights claims.
• Claims against Public Entities: We represent municipalities and municipal agencies in a 60-member joint insurance fund. Some examples of the services we provide to public entity clients are: negotiation and preparation of collective bargaining agreements, preparation, implementation and updates of policy manuals, sexual harassment training and employee orientation, representation in PERC hearings, arbitrations and matters before administrative agencies. Our firm has a long tradition of successfully representing public entities and individuals employed by public entities in a wide variety of litigated matters including the defense of 42 U.S.C. §1983 claims, wrongful discharge claims, sexual harassment claims, hostile work environment claims, and internal affairs matters. We also provide services in the areas of public financing litigation and election law litigation.
• Labor and Employment: The Labor and Employment Group is unique in that its lawyers represent both employers and employees in labor matters. This has given our lawyers the ability to truly see both sides of each case and determine the very best strategy for proceeding with and handling a wide variety of matters. The attorneys in this group have been involved in litigation and mediation of many labor and employment matters. We have represented employers who have been accused of violations of state and federal employment laws, including the New Jersey Laws Against Discrimination and the Conscientious Employee Protection Act, in federal and state courts and administrative agencies in various jurisdictions. The members of this group recognize that each case is different and devote their energies to representing the client aggressively in a cost-effective manner. Clients are consulted in each step of the litigation/arbitration process, in the development of a litigation plan and are kept apprised of the status of their case.
• White Collar Criminal Defense: We defend people charged with white collar crimes such as tax evasion and mail fraud.
• Risk Management: We counsel company owners and managers in ways to minimize liability risks.
• Subrogation Recovery: We help insurers recover their costs from liable parties.
• Premises Liability: Our law firm defends property owners and managers, including government entities, against liability claims.
• Professional Malpractice: Our attorneys defend engineers, allied health professionals, architects, and other design professionals accused of malpractice.

If you require in-depth experience and a record of effective defense, contact the insurance defense lawyers at the Caruso Pope Edell Picini law firm. We defend clients nationwide from our offices in New Jersey, New York, California, and Pennsylvania.