Practice Areas: Attorney Ethics; Judicial Discipline; Legal Malpractice; Real Estate Disputes and Complex Business Litigation; Commercial Litigation and Arbitration; Tax Litigation; Lender Liability and Foreclosures; Trials and Appeals in State and Federal Courts Education: Rutgers University School of Law-Newark, J.D., 1983; New York University School of Law, LL.M. in Taxation, 1987; Rutgers-Newark College of Arts and Sciences, B.A., with highest honors and College Honors; 1980 Middlesex County College, A.A., with highest honors, 1978. Mr. Aprile was designated a Rutgers Scholar, was inducted into Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society, was a Member of the Rutgers Moot Court Board and received the David R. Friedlander Memorial Award for Most Outstanding Pre-Law Student. Admitted: 1983, New Jersey and U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey; 1984, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit; 1997, Connecticut Memberships: Mr. Aprile has been a member of various professional organizations including the New Jersey State and American Bar Associations; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America; Trial Lawyers of New Jersey; The Association of Professional Responsibility Lawyers Military Service: U.S. Naval Reserve, 1969-1975; U.S. Navy - active duty, 1970-1972, Meritorious Unit Commendation and National Defence Medal Publications: "An Overview of Attorney Disciplinary Proceedings in New Jersey: Is the System Fair to the Accused?" 18 Seton Hall Law Review 554 (1988); "Defending An Attorney Ethics Matter in N.J.," 123 New Jersey Law Journal 922 (April 13, 1989); "Ethics Defence and a Confidentiality Proposal," 123 New Jersey Law Journal 978 (April 20, 1989). Mr. Aprile's ethics and disciplinary practice encompasses rendering reports and affidavits of merit as an expert and the representation of both lawyers and judges at hearings before the Supreme Court of New Jersey as well as various Supreme Court Committees, including District Ethics Committees, the Disciplinary Review Board, the Committee on Character, and the Advisory Committee on Judicial Conduct. Mr. Aprile provides opinions as an expert on ethics and legal malpractice matters, and has advised other attorneys and law firms regarding ethics matters and the interpretation of the Rules of Professional Conduct and the Code of Judicial Conduct. He has provided advice and guidance to other lawyers and law firms concerning legal malpractice cases and has rendered advice regarding the intricacies of the practice of law on an interstate basis. In addition to handling legal malpractice matters, Mr. Aprile also assists other counsel in the preparation, prosecution and defence of such claims. Mr. Aprile has served as an instructor for The New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education on the topics of Attorney Ethics, Professional Responsibility and Avoiding Legal Malpractice for the Institute's Skills and Methods course for newly-admitted attorneys. Mr. Aprile has authored several Law Journal and Law Review articles on the subject of legal ethics and attorney disciplinary proceedings, and has testified at hearings conducted by the American Bar Association, Commission on Evaluation of Disciplinary Enforcement. Mr. Aprile has also been asked by various publications, including the Wall Street Journal, to provide commentary on subjects including legal ethics and lawyer discipline. 
Dominic J. Aprile
Partner
Biography: Mr. Aprile has been associated with Bathgate, Wegener & Wolf, P.C. for twenty-three years and has been a partner with the firm for the past twenty years. As a senior litigation partner in the firm, Mr. Aprile has successfully appeared before State and Federal trial and appellate courts in New Jersey, New York and Connecticut. He has handled multi-million dollar litigation matters for numerous corporate and individual clients, has obtained favorable verdicts in numerous jury and non-jury trials, and has successfully negotiated and obtained settlements in excess of $10 million. In addition to regularly appearing in State and Federal courts, Mr. Aprile also handles arbitration and mediation matters before the American Arbitration Association, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority and has appeared before the Iran-United States Claims Tribunal in The Hague, the Netherlands. Mr. Aprile has also provided legal advice and guidance to business and corporate clients regarding workplace and employment issues, insurance and claims management matters, tax matters, protection of proprietary information and other business matters.
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