Background
CHAZEN, BERNARD was born on September 14, 1923 in New York, New York, United States.
CHAZEN, BERNARD was born on September 14, 1923 in New York, New York, United States.
Middlebury College; Columbia University (Juris Doctor, 1948). Rutgers University (Master of Laws, 1951). Administrator, Moot Court Program, Rutgers Law School, 1949-1952.
Member, 1965-1969.
President, 1968-1969, Board of Education, Englewood, New Jersey. Associate Editor, New Jersey Law Journal, since 1967. Associate General Counsel, Englewood Redevelopment Agency, 1970-1973.
Member, Board of Trustees, New Jersey Federation of Young Men’s Hebrew Association’s and YWHA’s, 1970-1973.
Member, New Jersey State Rules of Court Review Commission, New Jersey Legislature, 1971-1972.
Henningsen v. Bloomfield Motors, 32 New Jersey 358, 161 A 2d. 69 (1959); Cintrone v. Hertz Truck Leasing, 45 New Jersey 434, 212 A 2d. 769 (1959); Johnson v. Mountainside Hospital, 239 New Jersey Super, 312, 571 A 2d. 318 (Anno Domini 1990); 199 New Jersey Super 114, 488 A 2d. 1029 (Anno Domini 1987); Lorenc v. Chemirad Corporation, 37 New Jersey 56, 179 A 2d. 401 (1962); Snyder v. I.J. Realty, 30 New Jersey 303, 153 A 2d. 1, 78 ALR 2d. 95 (1959); Daily v. Somberg, 28 New Jersey 372, 146 A 2d. 676, 69 ALR 1024 (1958); The M/U Tungus v. Skovgaard, 358 United States. 588, 79 South. Court 503, 3 L.ED 2d. 524 (1959); Schweitzer v. Consolidated Rail Corporation, 758 F 2d. 936 (3 Circuit 1984); Zuck v. Blair, 317 F 2d. 727 (2 Circuit 1963).Worked at Chazen & Chazen (Englewood, New Jersey) specializing in Products Liability, Personal Injury, Motor Vehicle, Worker"s Compensation, Medical Malpractice, Negligence, Criminal Law, Maritime, Landlord-Tenant, General Practice. Admitted to the bar, 1949, New Jersey. 1950, United States. Court of Military Appeals.
Administrator, Moot Court Program, Rutgers Law School, 1949-1952.
Member, 1965-1969; President, 1968-1969, Board of Education, Englewood, New Jersey. Associate Editor, Editorial Board, New Jersey Law Journal, 1967.
Associate General Counsel, Englewood Redevelopment Agency, 1970-1973. Member, New Jersey State Rules of Court Review Commission, New Jersey Legislature, 1971-1972.
Member, Supreme Court Committee on Relations with the Medical Profession, 1979-1982.
Member, New Jersey Law Revision Commission, 1986. Master, Inns of Court for Bergen County, 1989. Member: Bergen County and New Jersey State (Chairman, Special Committees on: International and Comparative Law, 1954-1965.
Methods of Judicial Appointments, 1965-1967.
Chairman: Citizens Conference Committee, 1969-1971. Member: Committee Judicial Selection, 1968.
Legislative Committee, 1967-1969. Chairman: Inter Professional Relations Committee, 1978-1980.
Chairman, 1982-1984 and Member, 1984, Section on Certified Trial Attorneys) Bar Associations.
Trial Attorneys of New Jersey. Military: Captain, Judge Advocate General"s Corps, United States Naval Reserve (Certified Civil Trial Attorney, Supreme Court of New Jersey, Board on Trial Attorney Certification). The present firm consists of two partners, father and son, which succeeded to the sole practice conducted by Bernard Chazen, Esq., in Englewood, New Jersey since 1971.
Prior to that Bernard Chazen, Esq., had been a partner in a maritime-personal injury firm in Hoboken, New Jersey.
The present firm is substantially involved in product liability work, representing plaintiffs and defendants. Bernard Chazen, Esq. won the appeal in a leading case in product liability law, Henningsen v.
Bloomfield Motors 32 New Jersey 358, 161 A. 2d. 69 (1959). The firm is involved in all types of personal injury matters including motor vehicle and workers" compensation cases.
Bernard Chazen, Esq. lectures from time to time in post-legal education programs, is a Master at a local Inn of Court, and he is a member of the New Jersey Law Revision Commission since 1986.
David Chazen, Esq. is involved in product liability and personal injury work, criminal law cases, and he is a public defender in the Tenafly Municipal Court. He is also involved in landlord-tenant litigation for local housing authorities. The firm represents defendants in asbestos litigation and conducts a general practice for individual clients.
Both attorneys are certified trial attorneys.
Member, 1965-1969; President, 1968-1969, Board of Education, Englewood, New Jersey. Associate Editor, Editorial Board, New Jersey Law Journal, 1967. Associate General Counsel, Englewood Redevelopment Agency, 1970-1973.
Member, New Jersey State Rules of Court Review Commission, New Jersey Legislature, 1971-1972.
Member, Supreme Court Committee on Relations with the Medical Profession, 1979-1982. Member, New Jersey Law Revision Commission, 1986.
Master, Inns of Court for Bergen County, 1989. Member: Bergen County and New Jersey State (Chairman, Special Committees on: International and Comparative Law, 1954-1965.
Methods of Judicial Appointments, 1965-1967.