CURRICULUM VITAE - CAROL L. FORTE

Date: March 2006

PERSONAL:

Name:  Carol L. Forte
Address:  One Main Street, Chatham, New Jersey   07928
http://www.njatty.com/lawyers/fortec.html

PRESENT POSITION:

Partner - Blume, Goldfaden, Berkowitz, Donnelly, Fried &  Forte, P.C.

EDUCATION:

l98l  Wagner College, B.S. Nursing, Magna Cum Laude                                            
l984  Seton Hall School of Law, Cum Laude

LICENSURE:

New Jersey, l984

EXPERIENCE:

l984 - present:  Blume, Goldfaden, Berkowitz, Donnelly,  Fried & Forte, P.C.; specializing in plaintiff's medical malpractice litigation

CERTIFICATION: 

Certified Civil Trial Attorney, State of New Jersey l992; 1999

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS, ORGANIZATIONS AND BOARDS:

American Board of Trial Advocates
American Trial Lawyers Association
(Birth Trauma Litigation Group Board of Directors l996; 
Birth Trauma Litigation Group  co-chair l997 - 1999)
New Jersey State Bar Association
(Past member Civil Trial Practice Committee)
Essex County Bar Association
(Past co-chair Joint Medical Legal Committee)
William J. Brennan Inns of Court, Master (1997 - 1999)
Supreme Court Board on Attorney Certification l997 - to the   present)
Trial Attorneys of New Jersey, (Board of Trustees l997) 
Seton Hall School of Law Advisory Board (2004 - 2007)
State of New Jersey Medical Care Availability Task Force  2005 - 2007
Morris County Judicial and Prosecutorial Nominating Committee  2001 – 2008

HONORS AND AWARDS:

National Law Journal, One of Top 10 Litigators in New Jersey, 2000

National Law Journal, One of America’s Top 50 Women Litigators, 2000

National Law Journal, One of America’s Top 50 Women Litigators, 2001

Outstanding Civil Trial Attorneys’ Award, Essex County Bar Association, April 2002

Woman’s Law Forum of Seton Hall, Woman of Substance Award, 2003

PRESENTATIONS:

June l996 Ontario, Canada, Birth Trauma Litigation Group of American Trial Lawyers Association:  Overcoming the "ACOG l63" Defense in Brain Damaged Baby Cases

July l996 Boston, MA, Birth Trauma Litigation Group of American Trial Lawyers Association:  Anticipating the Defenses to Shoulder Dystocia cases

April l997, Atlanta, Georgia, Birth Trauma Litigation Group of American Trial Lawyers Association, panelist:  Causation and Timing Issues in the Catastrophic Injury Case

February 1999, Maui, Hawaii, Birth Trauma Litigation Group of American Trial Lawyers Association: Special Problems of the Premature Infant

July 2000, Chicago, Illinois, Professional Negligence Section of the American Trial Lawyers Association: Vicarious Liability for Healthcare Providers

November 2003, Invited Speaker, New Jersey Judicial College Medical Malpractice Forum

November 2003, ICLE Seminar - Expert Cross Examination

February 2004, ATLA “Back to Basics” Proximate Causation in Medical Malpractice Cases

October 2004, “Hot Topics in Medical Malpractice: Update 2004", Proximate Causation, Saturday, October 16, 2004, New Jersey Law Center, New Brunswick, sponsored by New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education

ATLA Boardwalk Seminar Speaker, Proximate Causation – April 28, 2006

Faculty, Masters in Trial Program, sponsored by ABOTA - May 13, 2006