Tom Quinn’s commercial civil litigation practice spans 30 years and focuses on professional liability defense and insurance coverage. He represents lawyers, accountants, insurance brokers and other miscellaneous professionals in malpractice actions, and represents insurance companies in coverage disputes and rendering coverage opinions. He also has a general commercial litigation practice handling ERISA and environmental matters, including class actions. In addition, Tom is well versed in the substance and subtleties of the London insurance market, leveraging the firm’s London office to provide ready access to our network of attorneys for London-based insurers.

Tom’s trial practice focuses on New Jersey state and federal courts, and he is a New Jersey Certified Civil Trial Attorney. Tom is well known to New Jersey judges and has lectured on both professional liability and insurance coverage issues at their annual Judicial College. He is the immediate past president of the Essex County Bar Association, New Jersey’s second-largest bar organization. Tom is credited with more than 15 reported cases, and more than 20 unreported cases, primarily in the coverage and professional malpractice areas, some of which are landmark New Jersey decisions. In addition to litigation, Tom counsels professionals on risk management techniques and represents them before ethics boards.

Whether defending a lawyer or advising an insurer, Tom has the ability to quickly grasp the subject matter of a case and focus precisely on the core issues to formulate a practical strategy for resolving the case. Tom is cognizant that the best outcome of litigation generally is a resolved case, and he has the requisite experience to determine whether case resolution should be accomplished through motion practice, litigation, settlement or trial.