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Craig L. Klafter is primarily engaged in the representation of plaintiffs and defendants in cases involving product liability, personal injury, professional malpractice, workers compensation, commercial litigation and consumer litigation matters. Mr. Klafter also has extensive experience representing criminal defendants in municipal and state courts.
Mr. Klafter obtained substantial experience in the area of products liability while associated with a multi-state law firm specializing in the defense of product liability claims against manufacturers of automobiles, trucks, tires, woodworking, food processing and other industrial machines, and has defended warranty and lemon law claims pending against several automobile manufactures on a state wide basis. He received his B.A. Degree from Rutgers College, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey in 1981 and his J.D. Degree from New York Law School in 1984. He has been admitted to practice in New Jersey and New York since 1985.
Since admission to the bar, Mr. Klafter has gained years of litigation experience in the areas of personal injury, products liability, criminal defense, warranty litigation, lemon law, consumer fraud, commercial and real estate law. He has also served as either court-appointed counsel, or counsel for the plaintiff in connection with claims of the abuse, neglect or exploitation of vulnerable adults. He is currently a member of the Association of Trial Lawyers of America, Product Liability Section, the Monmouth County Bar Association and serves as a director of the Jersey Shore Chapter of Trout Unlimited.
Areas of Practice:
Bankruptcy
Commercial Litigation
Consumer Litigation
Criminal/Municipal Court Defense
Elder Law
Personal Injury
Product Liability
Residential/Commercial Real Estate
Workers Compensation
Bar Admissions:
New Jersey, 1985
New York, 1985
Education:
New York Law School, New York, New York, 1984
J.D.
Rutgers The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, New Jersey, 1982
B.A.
Representative Cases:
D'Amico v. Great American Recreation, Inc., 265 N.J. Super. 496 (Law Div. 1992)
Robbins v. Toyota Motor Distributors, 95 N.J.A.R.2d (CMA) 19 ( 1993)
Wall v. Mazda Motor of America, Inc., 95 N.J.A.R.2d 16 ( 1993)
Katz v. Mazda Motor of America, Inc., 93 N.J.A.R.2d (CMA) 108 ( 1993)
Frison v. Toyota Motor Sales, USA, 92 N.J.A.R.2d (CMA) 75 ( 1992)
Garganian v. Toyota Motor Sales, USA, 92 N.J.A.R.2d (CMA) 65 ( 1992)
Davis v. Mazda Motor of America, 92 N.J.A.R.2d (CMA) 52 ( 1991)
Professional Associations and Memberships:
Monmouth County Bar Association, Product Liability Section
Member
Middlesex County Bar Association
Member
American Bar Association
Member
Monmouth County Adult Protective Services, 1995 - Present
Counsel
Association of Trial Lawyers of America
Member
Jersey Shore Chapter of Trout Unlimited
Member
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Klafter & Mason, L.L.C.
Attorneys at Law
Manalapan, New Jersey
Serving central New Jersey clients in Freehold, Marlboro, Manalapan, Monroe, Old Bridge, Morganville, Matawan, Colts Neck, Hazlet, Aberdeen, Neptune, Lakewood, Toms River, New Brunswick, and other communities in Monmouth County, Ocean County, and Middlesex County. |
