Adam B. Lederman
Top rated Personal Injury attorney in Teaneck, New Jersey
Davis, Saperstein & Salomon, P.C.
Practice areas: Personal Injury, Medical Malpractice; view more
Licensed in New Jersey since: 2008
Education: Rutgers School of Law - Newark
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Adam Lederman, Esq. is a Partner at the law firm of Davis, Saperstein & Salomon, P.C. He is team leader and an active member of the firm’s litigation group, concentrating his practice on helping the seriously injured get the compensation they deserve. Adam has represented thousands of clients involved in all types of motor vehicle, motorcycle, bus, and trucking accidents. He has also secured substantial verdicts and settlements for various types of fall down accidents and premises liability claims.
Adam has a reputation for treating his clients “like family” and consistently goes “beyond the call of duty” to make sure his clients are satisfied with their legal representation. Adam brings a remarkable depth and breadth of knowledge to each case.
Adam is certified by the Supreme Court of New Jersey as a Civil Trial Attorney, a distinction held by less than three percent of all New Jersey licensed attorneys. Adam attended New York University where he majored in Sociology and minored in Law and Society, graduating magna cum laude, before earning his Juris Doctorate from Rutgers School of-Law. Adam is admitted to practice law in both New Jersey and New York.
Adam is deeply committed to studying and elevating the practice of personal injury law. He is also widely respected in New Jersey’s legal community for regularly sharing his expertise with colleagues through his participation with the New Jersey Association for Justice (NJAJ). In 2013, Adam was appointed to NJAJ’s Board of Governors, where he earned the distinction of serving as the Board’s youngest member. Adam is a past co-chair of NJAJ’s New Lawyers Division and served as the President of the organization from 2024-2025. Adam has also served in other leadership capacities including as Program Chair of multiple deposition and trial examination colleges. In this role, Adam has helped plan and facilitate the annual Meadowlands and Boardwalk conferences and has lectured on a variety of litigation topics including discovery, trial techniques and legal investigative strategies. Most recently, he has lectured on litigation pertaining to Uber and Lyft’s ride-sharing services.
Adam has been an active member of the New Jersey Association for Justice (NJAJ) for well over a decade, having joined as a first-year law student. Prior to finishing his second year of law school, he participated in his first seminar, and joined PAC before completing his bar exam. In 2009, Adam became co-chairman of the New Lawyers Section, which has grown considerably over the years.
Since joining NJAJ, Adam has chaired dozens of seminars. In 2016, Adam joined NJAJ’s Executive Committee. He remains committed to and is Co-Chair of both the Law Student Relations Committee and the Educational Committee. Adam is also a Co-Chair of NJAJ’s Diversity, Equity and Inclusion and Boardwalk Committees. In June 2024, Adam was installed as NJAJ's President.
Adam is also an active member in both the Bergen County and State of New Jersey Bar Associations and has been published in the New Jersey Law Journal.
Over the course of his career, Adam has settled thousands of cases, many of which have resulted in six figures and more. In 2019, he settled a motor vehicle case resulting in spinal injuries for $750,000. In 2020, Adam settled a pedestrian knock down case for $400,000, a lower back injury case due to elevator malfunction for $715,000, an auto accident case for $950,000, and more. In 2021, he settled a pedestrian knock down case for $490,000, a hotel fall-down that resulted in back injuries for $500,000, and a dog bite case for $700,000. Also in 2021, Adam, along with Davis, Saperstein & Salomon P.C. Partner Garry Salomon, won a $4.5 million settlement for a man who was seriously injured when his motorcycle collided with an ambulance.
Practice areas
Personal Injury - General: Plaintiff, Personal Injury - Medical Malpractice: PlaintiffFocus areas
Animal Bites, Brain Injury, Construction Accident, Medical Malpractice, Motor Vehicle Accidents, Personal Injury - Plaintiff, Premises Liability - Plaintiff, Slip and Fall, Trucking Accidents, Wrongful Death
- 90% Personal Injury - General: Plaintiff
- 10% Personal Injury - Medical Malpractice: Plaintiff
First Admitted: 2008, New Jersey
Professional Webpage: https://www.dsslaw.com/our-firm/attorneys/adam-lederman/
Bar / Professional Activity
- American Association for Justice, Member
- New Jersey Association for Justice, Executive Committee and Board of Governors
- New Jersey Association for Justice Young Lawyers Division, Former Chairman
- New York State Bar Association, Member
- American Bar Association, Member
- New Jersey State Bar Association, Member
- New Jersey Association for Justice
- NJAJ, Executive Committee, 3rd Vice President
- NJAJ, New Lawyers Division, Co-Chair
- NJAJ, Board of Governors, 2013
Special Licenses / Certifications
- Certified Civil Trial Attorney, Supreme Court of New Jersey, 2015
Honors
- Bergen’s Top Lawyers (2015)
- Top 10 Personal Injury Attorneys Under Age 40, National Academy of Personal Injury Attorneys
- The National Trial Lawyers, Top 40 Under 40 (2012-2013)
- The National Trial Lawyers, Top 100 Trial Lawyers (2014)
- Top 10 Under 40, American Institute of Personal Injury Attorneys, Selected as Top 10 trial lawyers under 40 years old in New Jersey, 2018
- Super Lawyers, Rising Stars, Personal Injury (2011-2012, 2014-2017)
Educational Background
- New York University, Major: Sociology, Minor: Law and Society, Honors: magna cum laude
Scholarly Lectures / Writings
- Seven lessons I'd like to share with attorneys entering the practice of law, Lessons From a 1st-Year P.I. Associate, New Jersey Law Journal, 2009
- Co-Chair, The Beginning and the End: An In-Depth Look at Openings and Closings, New Jersey Association for Justice, November 2013
- Co-Chaired the first New Lawyers Section seminar at the New Jersey Association for Justice's Boardwalk seminar in April 2011. The seminar was entitled Deposition College - Getting The Most Out Of Your Depositions, Co-Chair, Deposition College, New Jersey Association For Justice, 2011
- Program Chair of Trial Examination College at NJAJ's Boardwalk Convention. Multiple speakers, educating New Jersey trial lawyers about witness examination at trial, Co-Chair, Trial Examination College, New Jersey Association For Justice, 2012
- Program Chair of seminar entitled "Lessons I've Learned from Cases I've Lost" where experienced trial lawyers and Superior Court presiding Judges from Hudson and Essex County educated NJ trial lawyers on courtroom strategy and conduct. Also moderated a discussion with Defense counsel, educating lawyers who represent plaintiffs on what to do and not to do, Program Chair, Lessons I've Learned from Cases I've Lost, New Jersey Association For Justice, 2012
- Program Chair at 2nd Deposition College, focused on educating young lawyers on how to prepare and conduct the best depositions, Program Chair, www.nj-justice.org/NJ/index.cfm?event=showPage&pg=bwDepositionCollege, New Jersey Association For Justice, 2013
- NJAJ - Board Of Governors And Executive Committee - NJAJ - New Jersey Association For Justice
Selections
- Super Lawyers: 2023 - 2026
- Rising Stars: 2011 - 2012, 2014 - 2022
Certificates and credentials
Certified by the Supreme Court of New Jersey as a Civil Trial Attorney