Email: Contact Mr. Michelson  |   Phone: (908) 889-5200   |   Fax: (908) 889-5005

Admitted: 
    

• New Jersey, Supreme Court and U.S. District Court, 1982
• Iowa, 1979 (honorably inactive)
• U.S. District Courts in Iowa and U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, 1981
• U.S. Court of Appeals, 3rd Circuit, 1984
• U.S. Supreme Court, 1987

Education:

• University of Iowa, J.D. 1979
• University of Iowa, M.A. (Urban & Regional Planning) 1979
• Rutgers University (Rutgers College), A.B. 1975

Member: 

• New Jersey State and American Bar Associations

Other Credentials: 
    Certified Civil Trial Attorney, Supreme Court of New Jersey, since 1999. 
    Superior Court Mediator since 2003, has handled over 120 cases in this capacity.
    Commissioner, Plainfield Historic Preservation Commission, since 2007, currently Vice-Chair.
    Commissioner, Plainfield Planning Board, 1994 – 2000, Vice-Chair in 1996 and 1998. 
    Chief Counsel for Architects and Engineers, New Jersey FRT Plywood litigation 1990-1995 
        (one of the first great mass tort cases involving over 200 condo developments).  
    Faculty, New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education, since 2006, Seminar Panelist in Legal  
        Malpractice and Instructor in Skills and Methods Course, in Ethics and Professional Responsibility.

Some of My Appellate Cases:

• Michelson v. Wyatt, 379 N.J. Super. 611 (App.Div. 2005)
• Philogene v. CPR Holdings, 2009 WL 425469 (App. Div. 2009)
• Fischer v. Canario, 277 N.J. Super. 302 (App. Div. 1994), reversed 143 N.J. 235 (1996)
• Jefferson Insurance Company v. Health Care Insurance Exchange, 247 N.J. Super. 241 (App.Div. 1991)
• Iafelice v. Zarafu, 221 N.J. Super. 278 (App.Div. 1987)
• King v. Iowa Civil Rights Commission, 334 NW2d 598 (Iowa 1983)
• Greene v. District Court I and II, 312 NW2d 598 (Iowa 1981) and 342 NW2d 818 (Iowa 1983)
• Greene v. Friend of the Court, 406 NW2d 433 (Iowa 1987)

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