Garry R. Salomon is a personal injury trial attorney certified by the Supreme Court of New Jersey as a Civil Trial Attorney. He is a founding member and serves as the managing partner of Davis, Saperstein & Salomon, P.C. Garry Salomon’s main areas of concentration include all areas of personal injury law. During his more than 35 years of practicing law he has successfully represented thousands of clients. He most particularly enjoys the courtroom environment and concentrates on bringing his cases to the trial stage. He is quoted as saying, “An insurance company will only consider paying fair and just compensation only if they see that the plaintiff is ready to let a jury decide the case; however, if an insurance company is unwilling to deal fairly with the plaintiff, then I trust a jury to decide the outcome.”
Garry R. Salomon Esq.Garry Salomon is the author of a book entitled “The Consumer’s Guide to New Jersey Personal Injury Claims.” Although the book is available for purchase through amazon.com, free copies are available upon calling the office. The book’s purpose is to serve as a guide for those who have recently been involved in a car accident or were injured due to a fall. The 141 page guide includes a glossary of definitions of terms and words commonly used in personal injury cases and contains a handy appendix including the New Jersey Police Accident Report Grid, the full section of the law pertaining to the Limitation on Lawsuit Threshold, also known as the Limited Tort Option, jury instructions pertaining to pre-existing medical conditions, prior injuries, wrongful death jury instructions and the Court Rule regarding New Jersey’s legal contingency fees. The book is also available in Korean and Polish.
Garry Salomon has been appointed, for the past consecutive 20 years, to serve as a member of the Board of Governors of the New Jersey Association for Justice. He has served as Chairman and program chair for New Jersey Association for Justice Trial Academy where he has lectured on “The Art of Direct Examination.” He also has lectured at New Jersey Association for Justice’s annual Boardwalk Convention. He founded and acted as moderator and Co-Chairman of the 2000-2017 annual New Jersey Association for Justice’s “Litigation at Sunrise” Boardwalk Seminar. On February 23, 2012, Garry Salomon delivered a sample closing argument for verbal threshold cases to an education seminar given to over 100 members of NJAJ. In April of 2013 he lectured trial lawyers about pre-trial deposition techniques.
On February 25, 2006 Garry Salomon presented a lecture to New Jersey Association for Justice on “Summation: Bringing it Home.” With the seminar the New Jersey Lawyer published an article by Mr. Salomon with the same title.
Garry Salomon grew up in Bergen County, N.J. where he met his future partners, Sam Davis and Marc Saperstein. After graduating Bergenfield High School he attended Fairleigh Dickinson University where in 1974 he received his Bachelor of Science Degree. Three years later he received his Juris Doctorate degree from the University of Akron. In 1977 he was admitted to the New Jersey Bar and began to practice law. His hobbies include playing his Les Paul guitar, martial arts, skiing, boating and spending time with his family.
EDUCATION
University of Akron School of Law, Akron, Ohio, 1977, Juris Doctorate
Fairleigh Dickinson University, Teaneck, New Jersey, 1974, Bachelor of Science
CLASSES/SEMINARS TAUGHT
Lecturer, “The Art of Direct Examination”, New Jersey Association for Justice Trial Academy, 1998
Moderator, “Litigation at Sunrise”, New Jersey Association for Justice 1998 – Present
Lecturer, “Summation: Bringing it Home”, New Jersey Association for Justice, February 25, 2006
Moderator, ATLA NJ Dream Team Trial of a Premises Case, Pines Manor Seminar, 2008
Participating Attorney: ATLA-NJ “Dream Team Seminar”, Live Demonstration of Cross Examination of a Chiropractor Expert Witness, 2007
Moderator, ATLA-NJ Sherlock Holmes Seminar: Nailing Down the Facts, Meadowlands Seminar, 2008
Lecturer, Testifying in Court as an Expert Witness, Association of New Jersey Chiropractors, 2008
Lecturer, Gaining the Best Settlement in Auto Injury Cases, National Business Institute, 2009
Co-Moderator and Presenter, Objection, Objection, Objection, New Jersey Association for Justice, Meadowlands Seminar, 2014
Lecturer, Bringing it Home: Maximizing Damages in Closing Statements, New Jersey Association for Justice, November 2013
Co-Chair, Litigation at Sunrise, New Jersey Association for Justice, November 2013
Lecturer, To Settle or to Litigate – Client and Economic Considerations, New Jersey Association for Justice, November 2013
Co-Chair, The Insider’s Guide to Settling Personal Injury Cases, New Jersey Association for Justice, November 2013
PUBLICATIONS
The Consumer’s Guide to New Jersey Personal Injury Claims – 2010
“Bringing It Home” published in the New Jersey Law Journal – 2005
ASSOCIATIONS & MEMBERSHIPS
New Jersey Association for Justice, Board of Governors 1997-Present
New Jersey Association for Justice, 2009 -Present , Secretary
New Jersey Association for Justice, 2008 – 2009, Officer-Asst Secretary
New Jersey Association for Justice, 1997 – 2009, Statewide Membership Chair
New Jersey Association for Justice, 1998 – 1999, Trial Academy Co-Chair
New Jersey Association for Justice, Automobile Reparations Committee
New Jersey Association for Justice, Long Range Planning & Finance Committee
New Jersey Association for Justice, Member, Executive Committee
New Jersey Association for Justice, Boardwalk Convention Committee
New Jersey Association for Justice, 2009, Co-Chair, Fundraising Committee
American Association of Justice, 1977-Present
American Association of Justice, Trucking Accident Section
American Association of Justice, Motor Vehicle Accident Section
American Association of Justice, Medical Malpractice Section
New Jersey Association for Justice, Civil Rights Section
Million Dollar Advocates Forum
National Crime Victims Association
Bergen County Bar Association 1977 – Present
New Jersey State Bar Association, 1977-Present
American Bar Association
Teaneck Bar Association Founder, 2003 – 2012
Teaneck Chamber of Commerce Trustee 2009-Present
TANJ Trial Attorneys of New Jersey
American Academy of Trial Advocacy
Public Justice, Member
Truth in Justice, 2009, Contributor and Member, 2012 Chairman
NJAJ Legal PAC
SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS
Is it Ethical? – Program Co-Chairperson – Meadowlands Conference – 2012
Litigation at Sunrise – Program Co-Chair – Boardwalk Conference – 2011
Program Co-Chair and Moderator – Boardwalk Seminar: Litigation at Sunrise – 2010
Top Ten Cases of 2009 – Boardwalk Conference – 2010
Trial Evidence and Objections – NJAJ Meadowlands Convention – 2009
Litigation at Sunrise Seminar – NJAJ Meadowlands Convention – 2009
Is It Ethical? NJAJ Meadowlands 2011, 2012
Closing Argument and Summation – NJAJ 2006 and 2012
