Designated
as a Super Lawyer
in the fields of personal injury & medical malpractice .
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more information (Curriculum Vitae), click
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CYNTHIA
M. CRAIG, Esq., joined Blume Goldfaden as 'of counsel' on April
1, 2004. A New Jersey attorney since 1979, Ms. Craig had
maintained a solo practice in which she represented plaintiffs
in all types of personal injury claims, including medical malpractice,
automobile accidents, fall down and products liability cases.
Ms. Craig has written and lectured extensively in all areas of
personal injury and medical malpractice law and is considered
one of the state's leading authorities on issues of automobile
insurance law. She co-authored the treatise, New Jersey
Auto Insurance Law, now in its 15th edition, and has
been cited as authoritative in more than fifty reported decisions
of New Jersey state and federal courts.
Most
recently, Ms. Craig represented the amicus Trial Attorneys
of New Jersey in the matter of DiProspero v. Penn, 183
N.J. 477 (2005), in which the New Jersey Supreme Court ruled that
the Appellate Division and dozens of lower courts had been applying
the Automobile Insurance Cost Reduction Act of 1998 too restrictively.
The decision resulted in reversals of hundreds of cases that had
been wrongfully dismissed by the courts below. Shortly after
the Supreme Court decision was issued, Ms. Craig argued Imerman
v. Munoz, 379 N.J. Super. 169 (App. Div. 2005) in which the
Appellate Division held that the holding of DiProspero
retroactive to cases 'in the pipeline': those cases that were
on appeal or had not proceeded to final judgment before the DiProspero
decision was published.
Cynthia
Craig has been recognized by the Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers,
which is limited to only the most distinguished law practices:
those that have achieved the AV rating in the Martindale-Hubbell
law directory. She has been honored by the Association of
Trial Lawyers of America for her outstanding pro bono
service to individuals and families who sought compensation under
the September 11 Victim Compensation Fund. She was also
honored by the Association of Trial Lawyers of New Jersey for
her advocacy on behalf of all injured auto accident victims which
led to the successful resolution of the DiProspero case
in the New Jersey Supreme Court. In 2005 she was named by
the New Jersey Law Journal as one of 50 outstanding women
and minority attorneys in New Jersey.
Ms.
Craig received her bachelor's degree magna cum laude
in 1973 from Dickinson College, where she completed her undergraduate
degree in 2 ½ years. She received her Juris Doctor
degree in 1979 from Georgetown University Law Center in Washington,
D.C. She is admitted to the Bars of the State
of New Jersey , the Federal District Courts for New Jersey, the
Southern District of New York and the Eastern District of New
York, and the United States Court of Claims. She is a member
of the Association of the Trial Lawyers of New Jersey and the
New Jersey State and Essex County Bar Associations.
In 2005, Ms. Craig completed the second of two four year terms
on the New Jersey Supreme Court Ethics Committee, her last year
as Chair of District VB. The District Ethics Committees investigate
and, where warranted, prosecute complaints against New Jersey
attorneys for violations of the Rules of Professional Ethics.
