The Resolution Group, LLP

 William A. Dreier, Esq.

Current Employer-Title:  Norris, McLaughlin & Marcus, P.A. - Member

Profession:  Attorney

Work History: Member, Norris, McLaughlin & Marcus, P.A., 1998-present; Presiding Judge/Judge, Appellate Division, Superior Court of New Jersey, 1983-98; Judge, Chancery Division, Superior Court of New Jersey, 1980-83; Judge, Law Division, Superior Court of New Jersey, 1973-80; Corporation Counsel, City of Plainfield, 1969-73; Partner/Associate, Mackenzie, Welt & Dreier (and predecessor, Gordon, Mackenzie and Welt), 1962-73.

Experience: Legal expertise in all areas of civil law and procedure. Emphasis on tort law (products liability), commercial law (former banking attorney), construction and municipal law (former municipal attorney). Twenty-five years of experience on the bench.

Alternative Dispute Resolution Experience:  Arbitrator, mediator and judge on several hundred ADR matters. Faculty member for annual New Jersey Judicial College New Judge Dispute Resolution Training Courses, from 1977 to date; national lecturer on ADR; sole, chair, and panel arbitrator in complex commercial matters, telecommunication industry disputes, product liability, environmental and other claims.

Alternative Dispute Resolution Training: AAA Commercial Arbitrator II Training, Somerset, 4/01; AAA Commercial Arbitrator Training, Somerset, 4/00; Center for Dispute Settlement, Mediation Training, Washington, DC, 4/99; National Judicial College, Dispute Resolution Training, 1995.

Professional Licenses:  Admitted to the Bar: New Jersey, 1961; New York, 1988; U.S. District Court: District of New Jersey, 1961; Southern District of New York, 1999; U.S. Court of Appeals: Third (1972) and Second (1999) Circuits.

Professional Associations: American Law Institute; Columbia Law School Board of Visitors; New Jersey Law Journal Editorial Board; New Jersey State Bar Association; American Bar Association; Master, Garabaldi ADR Inn of Court.

Education: Massachusetts Institute of Technology (BS-1958); Columbia Law School (JD-1961).  

Publications and Speaking Engagements:  Author: “New Jersey Products Liability and Toxic Torts Law," Gann Law Books, annual editions: 1995-date; "Products Liability and Toxic Torts in New Jersey - A Practitioner's Guide ,"NJICLE, six editions, with annual supplements, 1978 to 1993; "Chancery Practice in New Jersey," NJICLE, five editions, 1983 to 2001; "Secured Transactions Under the Uniform Commercial Code," NJICLE, eight editions from 1965 to1989;over 30 law review and journal articles; approximately 380 published judicial opinions.  Regular lecturer nationally and in New Jersey on ADR and other topics for ALI-ABA, NJICLE and other organizations.