Roy D. Curnow
Attorney Profile
Top Rated Medical Malpractice Attorney in Spring Lake, NJ
Spring Lake, NJ 07762
- Personal Injury - Medical Malpractice: Plaintiff (20%),
- Personal Injury - General: Plaintiff (50%),
- Workers' Compensation: Claimant (20%),
- Personal Injury - Products: Plaintiff (10%)
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Roy D. Curnow focuses his practice on personal injury claims and medical malpractice matters including motor vehicle accidents, fall down cases, nursing home negligence, construction site accidents, workers compensation and product defect cases. An experienced litigator with more than 35 years representing injured clients, Mr. Curnow has conducted almost 200 personal injury jury trials. He is admitted to practice before all state courts in New Jersey and has held board certification as a civil trial attorney since 1995.
Mr. Curnow has established a solid reputation as a determined attorney who deftly overcomes obstacles to turn challenging cases into successful verdicts and settlements for his clients. Because of his experience and insight, he is often referred cases from others among his profession as well as former satisfied clients. He enjoys these difficult and complex cases and believes that challenges can be overcome with dogged persistence, preparation and hard work.
Attorney Curnow is also a member of the Million Dollar Advocates Forum, a prestigious organization limited to exceptional trial attorneys who have secured seven-figure verdicts on behalf of their clients.
His recent successes include: $1.9 million verdict on behalf of a pedestrian struck by a motor vehicle; $1.1 million in compensation awarded to a client in an automobile accident; $725,000 medical malpractice settlement involving misdiagnosis of internal injuries; $600,000 medical malpractice settlement involving failure to diagnose infection; $650,000 gross verdict against public utility for causing fall down w/ spinal surgery (verdict was upheld on appeal establishing when and if expert testimony is required vis a vis claims against public utilities) ; $975,000 wrongful death from defective electical wiring/house fire; $825,000 settlement construction site accident; $232,000 verdict with offer of judgment for verbal threshold/chiropractic treatment only; and, $675,000 settlement car crash after verdict on liability: $125,000. settlement in a novel case against underage drunken trespasser who plaintiff attempted to restrain and sustained injury in the process.
Mr. Curnow earned his Juris Doctor from Western New England University School of Law in Springfield, Massachusetts, and he was admitted to practice in New Jersey in 1978. Prior to attending law school, he earned his undergraduate degree from Albright College in Reading, Pennsylvania.
Certificates and Credentials
- New Jersey Board on Attorney Certification - Certified by the Supreme Court of New Jersey as a Civil Trial Attorney
About Roy Curnow
Admitted: 1978, New Jersey
Professional Webpage: http://www.curnowlaw.com/
Honors/Awards:
- Forum Member, Million Dollar Advocates
Special Licenses/Certifications:
- Certified Civil Trial Attorney, 1995 - Present
Bar/Professional Activity:
- New Jersey, 1978, 1978
- Monmouth/Ocean County Bar Association New Jersey Association For Justice Million Dollar Advocate Forum Member National Top 100 Trial Lawyers Association American Association For Justice Political Action Committee 2020 preparing an article for New Jersey Association for Justice entitled from Scoreboard to Stewardship and will be presenting a webinar with the intention of refocusing attorneys from the mistaken "what about me on the Scoreboard" to the stewardship of our highest ideals/principles., 2019
Verdicts/Settlements:
- His recent successes include: $1.9 million verdict on behalf of a pedestrian struck by a motor vehicle; $1.1 million in compensation awarded to a client in an automobile accident; $725,000 medical malpractice settlement involving misdiagnosis of internal injuries; $600,000 medical malpractice settlement involving failure to diagnose infection; $650,000 gross verdict against public utility for causing fall down w/ spinal surgery (verdict was upheld on appeal establishing when and if expert testimony is required vis a vis claims against public utilities) ; $975,000 wrongful death from defective electical wiring/house fire; $825,000 settlement construction site accident; $232,000 verdict with offer of judgment for verbal threshold/chiropractic treatment only; and, $675,000 settlement car crash after verdict on liability: $125,000. settlement in a novel case against underage drunken trespasser who plaintiff attempted to restrain and sustained injury in the process. , 2019
Other Outstanding Achievements:
- New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education approved of a webinar concept entitled "From Scoreboard to Stewardship", a course for attorneys to refocus from the "winning isn't everything it is the only thing" mistaken perspective to a perspective grounded in the highest ideals of our profession including civility, decency and kindness with the underlying premise that attorney happiness is a function of our individual stewardship of what it means to be a responsible citizen-lawyer. I continue working with ICLE to get the course up and running as we have been delayed by Covid-019 but the concept has been approved. , 2020
Educational Background:
- Albright College, Reading, Pennsylvania, B.A., 1974
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Last Updated: 4/8/2021