Brian McAlindin cont...
Education:
The T.C. Williams School of Law, University of Richmond, J.D., 1983; Princeton University, A.B. Politics 1980
Admitted:
New Jersey and U.S. District Court – District of New Jersey 1983; U.S. Court of Appeals 3rd Circuit 1997; U.S. Court of Appeals – 4th Circuit 1998; U.S. Supreme Court 1999.
Memberships:
Ocean County, Essex County, New Jersey State and American Bar Associations; Princeton University Class of 1980 Executive Committee.
The T.C. Williams School of Law, University of Richmond, J.D., 1983; Princeton University, A.B. Politics 1980
Admitted:
New Jersey and U.S. District Court – District of New Jersey 1983; U.S. Court of Appeals 3rd Circuit 1997; U.S. Court of Appeals – 4th Circuit 1998; U.S. Supreme Court 1999.
Memberships:
Ocean County, Essex County, New Jersey State and American Bar Associations; Princeton University Class of 1980 Executive Committee.
Mr. McAlindin frequently appears and tries cases in the U.S. District Court for the District of NJ, New Jersey Superior Court, as well as the U.S. District Courts for the Eastern and Southern Districts of New York. He has argued appeals in the Superior Court of New Jersey – Appellate Division, the New Jersey Supreme Court, and the United States Court of Appeals for the 3rd & 4th Circuits. Mr. McAlindin is also admitted to the United States Supreme Court.
Mr. McAlindin served as a Councilmember of the Point Pleasant Borough Council 2002-2008 where he was Chair of the Administration & Finance Committee, and member of the Zoning & Code Enforcement Committee, and Recreation Committee. He is a Princeton University Alumni Area Admissions Interviewer. He served as General Counsel to the 2001 NJ gubernatorial campaign of Republican nominee Bret Schundler. He is former Chairman of the Board of the Teddy Bear Foundation for Achondroplasia Inc., past president of the Republicans for Point Pleasant, a former Trustee of the Bay Head Shores Property Owners Association, past president of the 84 Monroe Street Condominium Association, a former Hudson County Republican Committee member 1992-1996, a former Member of the Hudson County Republican Executive Board 1994-1995, and an Ocean County Republican Committee member 1998-present. He was a candidate for U.S. House of Representatives NJ- District 13 in 1994.
Litigation Results:
Reported Trial and Appellate Decisions:
Publications:
“Mold Litigation Best Practices: The Defense Perspective”, NJ Business and Industry Association (2008); “Tire Litigation”, Emerging Trends in Automobile Product Liability, Defense Research Institute (2007); “An Overview of New Jersey Premises Security Liability Law”, Wilson, Elser Publications (1999); “An Overview of New Jersey Premises and Dram Shop Liability”, Wilson, Elser Publications (2000).
Mr. McAlindin served as a Councilmember of the Point Pleasant Borough Council 2002-2008 where he was Chair of the Administration & Finance Committee, and member of the Zoning & Code Enforcement Committee, and Recreation Committee. He is a Princeton University Alumni Area Admissions Interviewer. He served as General Counsel to the 2001 NJ gubernatorial campaign of Republican nominee Bret Schundler. He is former Chairman of the Board of the Teddy Bear Foundation for Achondroplasia Inc., past president of the Republicans for Point Pleasant, a former Trustee of the Bay Head Shores Property Owners Association, past president of the 84 Monroe Street Condominium Association, a former Hudson County Republican Committee member 1992-1996, a former Member of the Hudson County Republican Executive Board 1994-1995, and an Ocean County Republican Committee member 1998-present. He was a candidate for U.S. House of Representatives NJ- District 13 in 1994.
Litigation Results:
- $3.95 million settlement residential property damage faulty mold remediation and toxic contamination to property.
- $1.2 million settlement commercial insurance coverage bad faith claim.
- $850,000 settlement wrongful death dram shop liability suit.
- $575,000 settlement product liability/workplace accident.
- $500,000 settlement wrongful death dram shop suit.
- $450,000 settlement medical malpractice pharmacology mismanagement.
- $350,000 settlement medical malpractice practice failure to remove surgical stent.
Reported Trial and Appellate Decisions:
- Greenfeder v. Jarvis, 302 N.J.Super. 153 (App. Div. 1997) Dram shop motor vehicle collision affirming directed verdict; conflict of laws, automobile lessor vicarious liability.
- Casamasino v. City of Jersey City, 304 N.J. Super. 226 (App. Div. 1997), rev’d, 158 N.J. 333 (1999) affirming summary judgment dismissing civil rights, wrongful discharge and defamation; NJLAD, CEPA, equitable estoppel, tenure of public officials.
- Schundler v. Paulsen, 340 N.J. Super. 319 (App. Div. 2001), aff’d, 168 N.J. 446 (2001) US Rep. Bob Franks substitution of candidate for Acting Gov. DiFrancesco; retroactive legislation, election law.
- N.J. Democratic Party, Inc. v. Sampson, 175 N.J. 178 (2002) US Sen. Lautenberg substitution of candidate for US Sen. Torricelli; election law, statutory construction.
- Madan Russon v. Posada, 366 N.J. Super. 420 (App. Div.), certif. denied, 180 N.J. 448 (2004), Premises security/sexual assault resort hotel; jurisdiction, forum non-conveniens.
- Ruiz v. Mero, 189 N.J. 525 (2006) Premises security/assault upon uniformed police officer responding to an altercation and the applicability of the “firefighter’s rule”.
- Watkins vs. Professional Security Bureau Limited, 1999 WL 1032614 (4th Cir. 1999); Cert Den 68 U.S.L.W. 3106 (U.S. Oct. 4, 1999)
Publications:
“Mold Litigation Best Practices: The Defense Perspective”, NJ Business and Industry Association (2008); “Tire Litigation”, Emerging Trends in Automobile Product Liability, Defense Research Institute (2007); “An Overview of New Jersey Premises Security Liability Law”, Wilson, Elser Publications (1999); “An Overview of New Jersey Premises and Dram Shop Liability”, Wilson, Elser Publications (2000).
