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Jay Lavroff
Westfield: 908-301-5615
jlavroff@lindabury.com
Jay Lavroff concentrates his practice in litigation, with an emphasis in the areas of insurance coverage, defense of construction and products liability claims, and contract disputes. Insurance coverage issues that Jay has litigated range from interpretation of provisions in motor vehicle policies to the availability of coverage for the remediation of contamination of soil air and water, costing hundreds of millions of dollars.
In addition to trial work in the state and federal courts, Jay has also successfully prosecuted and defended appeals in the New Jersey Supreme Court and the Appellate Division. Jay represents personal and commercial lines insurance carriers, with respect to both property and liability coverages at the primary and excess levels.
Jay is admitted to practice in the state and federal courts in New Jersey and regularly practices pro hac vice before courts in other states. He is currently a Special Ethics Master of the New Jersey Supreme Court and a former Chairman of the District XII Ethics Committee.
Jay is a former president of the Union County Bar Association and now serves as a past president trustee. He is a former Union County representative for the Young Lawyers' Division of the New Jersey State Bar Association and former chairman of the steering committee of the Young Lawyers Division of the Union County Bar Association. Jay also serves as an arbitrator in the Union County Commercial/Contract compulsory arbitration program and is the former chairman of the Plainfield Zoning Board of Adjustment.
When not practicing law, Jay is an active musician. He has played in numerous symphonic bands and orchestras, as well as swing bands, dixieland bands and clarinet choirs. For the past 10 years he has played first clarinet with the Westfield Symphonic Band.
Bar Admissions:
New Jersey, 1985
U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey, 1985
U.S. District Court, Western District of Pennsylvania, 2000
U.S. Supreme Court, 2006
Honors/Awards:
Listed as "Super Lawyer" in the area of Insurance Coverage by New Jersey Super Lawyers*. For methodology, see http://www.superlawyers.com/about/selection_process.html.
Memberships:
American Bar Association
New Jersey State Bar Association
Union County Bar Association (President, 2003)
Richard J. Hughes American Inn of Court (Barrister)
Education:
Seton Hall University School of Law, J.D., 1985
Boston College, B.A., cum laude, 1982
*No aspect of this advertisement has been approved by the Supreme Court of New Jersey.
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Practice:
Insurance Litigation
Commercial Litigation
Zoning, Planning and Land Use
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