Background
M. Eisenstat, Gerald was born on May 27, 1935 in Denver, Colorado, United States.
M. Eisenstat, Gerald was born on May 27, 1935 in Denver, Colorado, United States.
Dickinson College (Bachelor of Arts. Dickinson Law School (Bachelor of Laws, with honors, 1959). Managing Editor, Dickinson Law Review, 1958-1959.
Representative, National Moot Court Competition, Dickinson School of Law, 1958-1959.
Worked at Eisenstat, Gabage, Berman & Furman, A Professional Corporation (Vineland, New Jersey) specializing in General Litigation, Personal Injury Litigation, Matrimonial Law, Malpractice Law, Appellate Practice. Admitted to the bar, 1960, New Jersey, United States. District Court, District of New Jersey and United States.
Tax Court; 1963, United States. Supreme Court; 1970, United States. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.
Managing Editor, Dickinson Law Review, 1958-1959. Representative, National Moot Court Competition, Dickinson School of Law, 1958-1959. Author: "Administrative Law-Judicial Review of Agency Decrees-Competitor's Standing to Sue," 62, Dickinson Law Review 182, 1958: New Jersey Practice, Automobile Law and Practice (Contributing Author).
"New Jersey Practice Series Text and Forms on No-Fault Insurance," West Publishing Company, 1982. Lecturer: Suggested Changes in the Code of Professional Responsibility, Judicial Conference, 1975. Procedure for No Fault Application, New Jersey Judicial Conference, 1979.
Institute for Continuing Legal Education on New Jersey Rules of Civil Procedure, 1974. Rules of Evidence, 1976. Trials of Actions, Suits and New Jersey Torts Claim Act, 1975 and 1983.
Co-Author: "The Imposition and Enforcement of Discovery and Pretrial Sanctions in the Third Circuit: Even-Handed or Errant?" Federal Bar Journal, Volume 2, 1985. Member: Cumberland County Ethics Committee, 1965-1969 and 1972-1976. New Jersey Supreme Court Committees on Publication of Opinions, 1972-1975.
New Jersey Supreme Court Civil Practice Committee, 1978-1986. Co-Chairman, Committee on Contingency Fee Rule. Chairman, Committee on Fluctuating Post-Judgment Interest Rates.
Member, Pretrial Discovery Committee on Pretrial Conferences, Committee to Rule to Amend the Botta Decision, Committee on Civil Court Programs, Committee on Sanctions. Ad Hoc Committee on Trial Attorney Specialization Certification, 1978-1979. Member: Board of Trial Attorney Certification Certification, 1979-1982, 1982 to 1986.
Committee on Effective Dispute Resolution, 1983. Co-Chairman, Superior Court Effective Dispute Resolution Automobile Arbitration Committee, 1982-1984. Chairman, Special Committee to Develop Plan for Distribution of Accumulated Excess Interest Earned on Funds on Deposit in the Superior Court Trust Fund, 1979-1985.
Member, Executive Committee, Task Force on Dispute Resolution, 1988. Chairman, United States District Court for the District of New Jersey Committee on Trial Advocacy Specialization, 1979-1980. Trustee and Chairman, Advisory Committee of Lawyers Encouraging Government and Law, 1980.
Speaker, American Bar Association Convention, 1981. Committee on Reeducation of Courts Costs and Delay, addressing the subject of Telephone Motions, New Orleans, Louisiana. Delegate, Third Circuit Judicial Conference, 1976-1984, 1986, 1987, 1989, 1990 and 1991.
Member, Advisory Board, Public Advocate's Center for Public Dispute Resolution, 1984. Member, Board of Legal Services Corporation of New Jersey, 1988. Director, Vice President and Member of Board of Trustees, Vineland Y.M.C.A., 1970.
Chairman, Vineland, Beth Israel Synagogue Board of Education, 1968-1972. President, Beth Israel Synagogue, 1976-1978. President, Vineland Exchange Club, 1972.
Member: Cumberland County (Trustee, 1975-1979. President, 1980; Chairman, Committee on Medical-Legal Relations, 1978. Member, Legislative Committee, 1972.
Chairman: Committee on Public Education on No-Fault Insurance, 1972-1974. Committee on Continuing Legal Education, 1982), New Jersey State (President-Elect, 1988-1989. President, 1989-1990.
1st Vice President, 1987-1988. Secretary, 1986-1987. Treasurer, 1985-1986.
Trustee from Cumberland County, 1978-1989. Member, 1970 and Chairman, 1975-1980, Prepaid Legal Services Committee. Representative, New JerseyState Bar Association New Jersey Automobile Reparations Advisory Council, 1972.
Member, Executive Committee New Jersey State Bar Association General Council, 1978-1979. General Council Moderator, Diversity in the Practice of Law and Bar Association Activities, 1997. Chairman: Committee on Effective Dispute Resolution, 1983-1985.
Special Committee on Alternate Dispute Resolution Program, 1985-1986. Meeting, Arrangements and Travel Committee, 1987-1988. Co-Chairman, Finance and Operations Committee, 1987-1988.
Representative, New Jersey State Bar Association, New Jersey Automobile Reparations Advisory Council, 1972. Member: Executive Committee, New Jersey State Bar Association General Council, 1978-1979. Certified Trial Attorney Committee.
Prepaid Legal Services Committee, 1970. Matrimonial Mediation Committee, 1983. Inter-Bar Relations Committee.
Long-Term Planning Committee, 1984. By-Laws Committee, 1985. Committee on Attorney Business Accounts, 1984.
Member: Board of Trustees, Legal Services of New Jersey, 1988-1989) and American (House of Delegates, 1990. Chairman Bench Bar Relations Committee, Judicial Administration Division Lawyers Conference, 1990. Member, Committee on Meetings and Travel, 1992.
Chairman, Bench and Bar Relations Committee, 1991. Member, Standing Committee on Membership) Bar Associations. Association of the Federal Bar of the State of New Jersey.
Trial Attorneys of New Jersey (President, 1980-1981. Chairman, Board of Trustee, 1981-1982. Recipient, Trial Bar Award, 1994).
American Judicature Society. Fellow, American Bar Foundation. (Certified Civil Trial Attorney, Supreme Court of New Jersey, Board on Trial Attorney Certification).
Member: Cumberland County Ethics Committee, 1965-1969 and 1972-1976. New Jersey Supreme Court Committees on Publication of Opinions, 1972-1975. New Jersey Supreme Court Civil Practice Committee, 1978-1986.
Co-Chairman, Committee on Contingency Fee Rule. Chairman, Committee on Fluctuating Post-Judgment Interest Rates. Member, Pretrial Discovery Committee on Pretrial Conferences, Committee to Rule to Amend the Botta Decision, Committee on Civil Court Programs, Committee on Sanctions.
Ad Hoc Committee on Trial Attorney Specialization Certification, 1978-1979. Member: Board of Trial Attorney Certification Certification, 1979-1982, 1982 to 1986. Committee on Effective Dispute Resolution, 1983.
Co-Chairman, Superior Court Effective Dispute Resolution Automobile Arbitration Committee, 1982-1984. Chairman, Special Committee to Develop Plan for Distribution of Accumulated Excess Interest Earned on Funds on Deposit in the Superior Court Trust Fund, 1979-1985. Member, Executive Committee, Task Force on Dispute Resolution, 1988.
Chairman, United States District Court for the District of New Jersey Committee on Trial Advocacy Specialization, 1979-1980. Trustee and Chairman, Advisory Committee of Lawyers Encouraging Government and Law, 1980. Speaker, American Bar Association Convention, 1981.
Committee on Reeducation of Courts Costs and Delay, addressing the subject of Telephone Motions, New Orleans, Louisiana. Delegate, Third Circuit Judicial Conference, 1976-1984, 1986, 1987, 1989, 1990 and 1991. Member, Advisory Board, Public Advocate's Center for Public Dispute Resolution, 1984.
Member, Board of Legal Services Corporation of New Jersey, 1988. Director, Vice President and Member of Board of Trustees, Vineland Y.M.C.A., 1970. Chairman, Vineland, Beth Israel Synagogue Board of Education, 1968-1972.
President, Beth Israel Synagogue, 1976-1978. President, Vineland Exchange Club, 1972. Member: Cumberland County (Trustee, 1975-1979.
President, 1980; Chairman, Committee on Medical-Legal Relations, 1978. Member, Legislative Committee, 1972. Fellow, American Bar Foundation.
(Certified Civil Trial Attorney, Supreme Court of New Jersey, Board on Trial Attorney Certification).