Michael F. J. Romano is an American lawyer who has practiced in New Jersey and Pennsylvania courts since 1992, when he established his own practice in Woodbury. Admitted to the bar in California in 1985 and in New Jersey in 1988, he began his career in Oregon and later concentrated on commercial litigation, creditors' rights, and insurance defense.
Education
Romano earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Dickinson College in 1982. Founded in 1773 as Carlisle Grammar School in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, the institution was chartered as a college in 1783, making it one of the first colleges established after the formation of the United States. Dickinson is a private liberal arts college known for its international education, including study centers abroad. Romano was a student at the Dickinson College Center for European Studies in Bologna, Italy, from 1980 to 1981.
He then entered California Western School of Law in San Diego, where he received a Juris Doctor cum laude in 1985. The school was founded in 1924 as Balboa Law College, received American Bar Association approval in 1962, and joined the Association of American Law Schools in 1967. It is the oldest law school in San Diego.
At California Western he held a Presidential Scholarship and served as Head Notes & Comments and Civil RICO Symposium Editor of the California Western Law Review, an editorial position within his legal studies. His student article 'Churning and the Death of Low Risk Larceny' appeared in volume 21 of that journal in 1985.
Career
Romano's legal career began in Oregon. From 1985 to 1987 he worked as an associate attorney in general commercial litigation with the firm Sussman, Shank, Caplan, Wapnick & Stiles in Portland, Oregon.
From 1987 to 1992 he was an associate attorney with the law firm LaBrum and Doak, where his practice focused on secured creditors' rights, commercial litigation, and insurance defense. In 1992 he established his own practice in Woodbury, New Jersey, continuing to concentrate on secured creditors' rights, insurance defense, and general commercial litigation.
His litigation work has been conducted in the Superior Courts of New Jersey, the Courts of Common Pleas of Pennsylvania, federal courts in both states, and bankruptcy courts in New Jersey and Pennsylvania. His matters have included bankruptcy, automobile negligence, complex products liability, subrogation, and architectural, engineering, and construction losses.
He was admitted to the California bar in 1985 and to the New Jersey bar in 1988. He is currently a partner at Resident Members.
Works
law review article
Churning and the Death of Low Risk Larceny
(Student article published in volume 21 of the California ...)
1985
Membership
Romano is a member of the New Jersey State Bar Association, a voluntary professional association founded in 1899 that serves attorneys, judges, and legal professionals in New Jersey. The association's mission includes educational opportunities for New Jersey attorneys and education for the public about the legal profession and legal system.
He is also a member of the Pennsylvania State Bar Association, reflecting his practice before Pennsylvania courts.
New Jersey State Bar Association
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United States
Pennsylvania State Bar Association
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United States
References
Michael F. J. Romano firm profile
Firm biography summarizing his education at Dickinson College and California Western School of Law, his bar memberships, and his 1985 student law review article.
