Michael F. Nestor Roseland, New Jersey
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MICHAEL F. NESTOR is a former judicial clerk to the Honorable James J. Petrella, J.S.C., Superior Court of New Jersey, Chancery Division, Bergen County. His practice is divided between labor law, personal and commercial litigation in the areas of personal injury, professional negligence, products liability, including prescription drugs and chemicals, toxic torts and insurance coverage matters. Mr. Nestor also is instrumental in obtaining court approval for his client's purchase of structured settlement annuities. He continues to be appointed as an Arbitrator in cases involving UM/UIM automobile insurance matters and has been chosen to mediate matters by private litigants as well as being appointed Mediator through the New Jersey Court Approved Mediation program.
Mr. Nestor has prosecuted Municipal Court matters in the Borough of Roseland and the Township of West Caldwell, New Jersey. He has served as a Barrister in the Seton Hall Law School American Inn of Court and participated as a Mentor in the Mentoring Program of the Essex County Bar Association. For many years, he has been a member of the Allendale, New Jersey Zoning Board of Adjustment, which experience has proven invaluable when handling land use matters for his clients. In January 2008 he had to resign his position as a board member, after 10 years of service, to become the Zoning Board attorney for the Borough. He continues to handle land use and zoning matters for the Firm. He is admitted to practice in New Jersey, Pennsylvania and most recently, New York.
- Areas of Practice:
- Contracts
- Insurance Law
- Labor Law
- Land Use and Zoning
- Litigation & Appeals
- Medical Malpractice
- Motor Vehicle Accidents -- Plaintiff
- Municipal Law
- Personal Injury -- Defense
- Personal Injury -- Plaintiff
- Products Liability Law
- Professional Malpractice Law
- Purchase of Structured Settlement Annuities
- Toxic Torts
- Bar Admissions:
- New Jersey, 1980
- Pennsylvania, 1981
- U.S. Court of Appeals 3rd Circuit, 1990
- U.S. District Court District of New Jersey, 1980
- New York, 2008
- Education:
- Duquesne University School of Law, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania,
1980
J.D., Doctor of Jurisprudence
Honors: Law Review, 1978-1980 - Siena College, Loudonville, New York,
1977
B.A., Bachelor of Arts
Honors: Cum Laude
- Published Works:
- Divorce Reforms: Pennsylvania Attempts to Break With the Past (Comment) 18 Duquesne Law Review 877, 1980
- Professional Associations and Memberships:
- American Bar Association
- Member
- New Jersey State Bar Association
- Member
- Essex County Bar Association
- Member
- Pennsylvania Bar Association
- Member
- Allendale New Jersey Zoning Board of Adjustment
- Board Attorney
- Past Employment Positions:
- Honorable James J. Pretrella, J.S.C., Superior Court of New Jersey, Chancery Division, Bergen County, N.J., Judicial Clerk, 1980 - 1981
- Lum Biunno and Tompkins, 1981 - 1984
- Tompkins McGuire and Wachenfeld, 1984 - 2001











