Richard A. Ulsamer

RICHARD A. ULSAMER is Of Counsel in the Firm鈥檚 Litigation and Insurance Services Practice Group. He has extensive experience in trial advocacy, having handled matters in state and federal courts from inception through resolution. He concentrates his practice on professional malpractice defense, employment litigation on behalf of management, and complex commercial disputes.

Mr. Ulsamer is a member of the Essex County Bar Association. He earned his J.D. from Seton Hall University School of Law and his B.A. from Assumption College.

From 1988-1989, Mr. Ulsamer served as Law Clerk to the Honorable F. Michael Caruso, J.S.C., Superior Court of New Jersey.

  • Listed in Best Lawyers庐 (2015-2026), a Woodward/White, Inc. business and partners with U.S. News & World Report, in the area of Commercial Litigation. A description of the standard or methodology on which the accolade is based can be found (No aspect of the advertisement has been approved by the Supreme Court).

Results may vary depending on your particular facts and legal circumstances

  • Aversano v. Palisades Interstate Parkway Comm鈥檔, 363 N.J. Super. 266 (App. Div.), aff鈥檇 as modified, 180 N.J. 329 (2004). Successfully argued before the Appellate Division and New Jersey Supreme Court that the Tort Claims Act and Landowner鈥檚 Liability Act did not immunize the police for their alleged negligence in failing to initiate the rescue of someone who had fallen from the cliffs in a public park.

  • North Plainfield Bd. of Educ. v. Zurich Am. Ins. Co., 467 F. App鈥檟 156 (D.N.J. 2012). Successfully argued before the United States District Court and the Third Circuit Court of Appeals that exclusionary provisions in a school leaders鈥 E&O policy foreclosed coverage for multiple breaches of construction contract claims.

  • Fishbein Family P鈥檚hip v. PPG Indus., 307 F. App鈥檟 624 (D.N.J. 2009).  Successfully argued before the U.S. District Court and the Third Circuit Court of Appeals that claims of legal malpractice relating to the handling of an underlying environmental contamination suit were barred.

  • Nevins v. Muldoon, 2008 WL 2965140 (N.J. App. Div. Aug. 5, 2008).  Successfully argued before the trial court and on appeal that no successor liability existed for the alleged malpractice of an associate who represented the plaintiff while operating his own law practice.

RICHARD A. ULSAMER is Of Counsel in the Firm鈥檚 Litigation and Insurance Services Practice Group. He has extensive experience in trial advocacy, having handled matters in state and federal courts from inception through resolution. He concentrates his practice on professional malpractice defense, employment litigation on behalf of management, and complex commercial disputes.

Mr. Ulsamer is a member of the Essex County Bar Association. He earned his J.D. from Seton Hall University School of Law and his B.A. from Assumption College.

From 1988-1989, Mr. Ulsamer served as Law Clerk to the Honorable F. Michael Caruso, J.S.C., Superior Court of New Jersey.

  • Listed in Best Lawyers庐 (2015-2026), a Woodward/White, Inc. business and partners with U.S. News & World Report, in the area of Commercial Litigation. A description of the standard or methodology on which the accolade is based can be found (No aspect of the advertisement has been approved by the Supreme Court).

Results may vary depending on your particular facts and legal circumstances

  • Aversano v. Palisades Interstate Parkway Comm鈥檔, 363 N.J. Super. 266 (App. Div.), aff鈥檇 as modified, 180 N.J. 329 (2004). Successfully argued before the Appellate Division and New Jersey Supreme Court that the Tort Claims Act and Landowner鈥檚 Liability Act did not immunize the police for their alleged negligence in failing to initiate the rescue of someone who had fallen from the cliffs in a public park.

  • North Plainfield Bd. of Educ. v. Zurich Am. Ins. Co., 467 F. App鈥檟 156 (D.N.J. 2012). Successfully argued before the United States District Court and the Third Circuit Court of Appeals that exclusionary provisions in a school leaders鈥 E&O policy foreclosed coverage for multiple breaches of construction contract claims.

  • Fishbein Family P鈥檚hip v. PPG Indus., 307 F. App鈥檟 624 (D.N.J. 2009).  Successfully argued before the U.S. District Court and the Third Circuit Court of Appeals that claims of legal malpractice relating to the handling of an underlying environmental contamination suit were barred.

  • Nevins v. Muldoon, 2008 WL 2965140 (N.J. App. Div. Aug. 5, 2008).  Successfully argued before the trial court and on appeal that no successor liability existed for the alleged malpractice of an associate who represented the plaintiff while operating his own law practice.

Education

Seton Hall Law School (J.D. 1988)
Assumption College (B.A. 1983)

Admissions

State of New Jersey
U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey
U.S. Court of Appeals, 3rd Circuit

Memberships

Essex County Bar Association