Carol
L. Forte
Tel.
(973) 635-5400
Fax. (973) 635-9339
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Designated
as a Super Lawyer (top
10 in 2008) in the field of medical malpractice.
Click here to read about significant verdicts won by Carol.
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According
to the National Law Journal, Carol L. Forte is often cited by
other attorneys as the leading female trial attorney in the state
of New Jersey. In a May 2000 article entitled 'Jersey Giants',
the Journal recognized Ms. Forte as one of the top ten (10) litigators
in the state. She has been recognized by the National Law
Journal on multiple occasions as one of America's top fifty women
litigators.
Carol
was elected a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers,
in 2008. The College consists of the best of the trial bar from
the United States and Canada. Membership is by invitation only,
extended after careful investigation to ensure that this honor
is offered only to those trial lawyers who have mastered the art
of advocacy, and whose careers have been marked by the highest
standards of ethical conduct, professionalism, civility and collegiality.
Membership in the College is limited to one percent of the attorneys
in the country.
She
joined the firm in 1984 after graduating from Seton Hall University
School
of Law. Her prior experience as a registered nurse has proved
useful in the medical malpractice cases she has handled.
Some
of her achievements include a $12,682,500.00 jury verdict for
the parents of a severely brain damaged boy whose twin died in
utero; an $8,000,000.00 settlement on behalf of a brain damaged
child whose delivery was delayed when physicians and nurses caring
for his mother in labor did not recognize fetal distress; $5,000,000.00
settlement in a product liability case; numerous multi-million
dollar settlements in brain damaged baby cases and $3,000,000.00
settlement for a baby born prematurely who suffered from an infection
in the newborn nursery which caused brain damage.
Carol
has represented large numbers of women whose breast cancers were
not diagnosed in a timely fashion. She has also handled
cases involving delays in the diagnosis of cervical cancer.
She is one of the leading attorneys in New Jersey handling brachial
plexus injury cases in which the nerves controlling a child's
shoulder and arm were damaged during delivery.
Carol
is a member of the Essex, Morris and New Jersey State Bar Associations,
the American Board of Trial Advocates and American Trial Lawyers
Association. She is on the Supreme Court Board on Attorney
Certification and the Seton Hall Law School Board of Visitors.
She has lectured for the American Trial Lawyers Association
and the Institute for Continuing Legal Education in New Jersey.
Carol
Forte was recognized by the Woman's Law Forum of Seton Hall with
their Woman of Substance Award in 2003, and was the recipient
of the 2002 Outstanding Civil Trial Attorney Award given by the
Essex County Bar Association. |
