Robert T. Evers

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    Robert is the supervising attorney for the Health Care Department in the Roseland office. He focuses his practice on medical malpractice, hospital liability, nursing home liability and state board disciplinary actions. He has handled several hundred medical malpractice actions and has represented physicians, nurses and physical therapists at state board disciplinary hearings. As a member of the Health Care Department, Robert's area of practice includes civil defense, primarily medical, hospital, dental, nursing and nursing home liability defense.

    Robert has successfully obtained favorable trial verdicts in medical negligence and wrongful death cases, including matters involving anesthesiology, radiology, dental, emergency medicine, orthopedics, internal medicine, obstetrics/gynecology and general/vascular surgery. He has taken more than 150 cases to trial, almost all of which were tried to a jury. Ninety percent of Robert's verdicts were defense verdicts, and roughly 25 of his cases ended in a verdict or settlement significantly below the settlement demands.

    Robert is admitted to the New Jersey Bar, the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey, and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. He received his juris doctor from Seton Hall University School of Law in 1990. He is also a 1987 magna cum laude graduate of Monmouth College, where he was a W. R. Hotchkiss Foundation Scholar.

    Robert is a member of the Medical Malpractice Committee of the New Jersey State Bar Association and the Essex County Bar Association. He has been appointed as special counsel to the state of New Jersey in connection with the defense of medical malpractice claims. He has also lectured before various medical societies.

    Classes/Seminars Taught

    Mock Trial: A Continuing Education Program for Physicians and Trial Attorneys, MDAdvantage Insurance Company of New Jersey, presented to medical malpractice defense attorneys, April 2018

    Risk Management Rounds in Anesthesia, MDAdvantage, March 17, 2015

    Mock Trial: A Continuing Education Program for Physicians and Trial Attorneys, MDAdvantage Insurance Company of New Jersey, presented to medical malpractice defense attorneys, 2013-2019

    Presentation to incoming resident physicians at UMDNJ/Strafford, New Jersey, regarding responsibilities to patients, pitfalls of the medical legal system and tips for avoiding medical/legal issues, Strafford, New Jersey, 2009-2019

    The Medical Malpractice Case: The Not So Basic Basics, MDAdvantage Insurance Company of New Jersey, presented to medical malpractice defense attorneys, November 2011

    Fundamentals of Pre-Trial Practice (defense of medical negligence cases), MDAdvantage Insurance Company of New Jersey, presented to medical malpractice defense attorneys, May 2009

    Admissions
    New Jersey
    1990
    U.S. District Court District of New Jersey
    1990
    U.S. Court of Appeals 3rd Circuit
    Education
    Seton Hall University School of Law (J.D., 1990)
    Monmouth College (B.S., magna cum laude, 1987)
    Honors & awards
    The Best Lawyers in America®, "Lawyer of the Year," Newark, Medical Malpractice Law - Defendants
    2024
    The Best Lawyers in America®, Medical Malpractice Law - Defendants
    2023-2025

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    New Jersey Super Lawyers
    2023-2024

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    Associations & memberships
    Essex County Bar Association
    New Jersey State Bar Association, Medical Malpractice Committee
    Year joined
    2007