Experience
Former Managing Partner and Senior Litigation Attorney in twenty lawyer Monmouth County law firm McLaughlin, Bennett, Gelson & Cramer, P.C. Current Senior Partner of successor firm McLaughlin, Gelson, D'Apolito & Stauffer, LLC. Admitted to practice in 1981. Practice primarily in commercial, construction and personal injury litigation in state and federal courts. Appointed mediator, arbitrator, receiver and special construction agent in civil cases since 1994. Member of first Mediator class appointed by New Jersey Supreme Court to participate in New Jersey Superior Court Mediator Pilot Project in 1993. Counsel to health care facilities throughout New Jersey on confidentiality and risk management issues as well as in construction and information technology contracting.

Professional Certifications/Memberships
"AV rating" by Martindale-Hubbell
2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008 New Jersey Super Lawyer by New Jersey Monthly magazine (Mediation)
Approved by the Supreme Court of New Jersey as a Court Appointed Mediator (1994-Present)
Certified by the Supreme Court of New Jersey as a Civil Trial Attorney (1993) (Recertified 2007)
Member, Justice Marie L. Garibaldi American Inn of Court for Alternative Dispute Resolution (2000-Present)
Chairman, Ocean County Civil Practice Committee (1995-1996)
Member, District III Ethics Committee (1992-1996)
Ocean County Contract Arbitrator (1991-Present)
Personal Injury and Automobile Arbitrator (1991-Present)
Monmouth County Bar Contract Commercial Arbitrator (2000-Present)
Member, New Jersey State and Monmouth and Ocean County Bar Associations

Lecturer
Adjunct Professor, Georgian Court College (1983-1989)
Confidentiality of Medical Records in New Jersey - The Legalities of Utilizing & Maintaining Medical Records (May 27, 1999)
The Legalities of Utilizing & Maintaining
Computerized Medical Records in New Jersey (January 27, 1999)

Representative Clients
Counsel to Saint Barnabas Health Care Corporation and Affiliates; Central Jersey Bank; Jersey Mike's; Work Out World; ISE America; Student Transportation of America; Lakehurst Borough Bond Counsel

Community Affiliations
Notre Dame Alumni Club of the Jersey Shore, President (1993-1995); Trustee (1990-Present)
Delbarton School Alumni Representative (2000-2004)
Point Pleasant Beach Little League, President (1998-2004)
Kimball-Manchester Ambulatory Care Center, Trustee (1985-1998)

Relevant Work History
2002-Present
McLaughlin Gelson, LLC, Wall, New Jersey
Senior Partner

1993 - 2002
McLaughlin, Bennett, Gelson & Cramer, P.C.,Wall, New Jersey
Managing Partner

1983 - 1993
Rothstein, Mandell, Strohm, & Gelson, P.C., Lakewood, New Jersey
Partner

Education
University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana
B.A. English, 1977

University of Notre Dame Law School, London School of Economics
London, England
Programme in International Law (1980)

Drake University Law School, Des Moines, Iowa
J.D. 1981

Military Service
Officer, United States Navy (Reserve) (1979-1981)

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