Mr. Carey currently concentrates his practice on litigation and professional malpractice defense, including attorneys, medical professionals, accounting professionals, architects and engineers. He also has experience with respect to D&O defense work and defending public entities. He has significant experience in litigating complex matters in the areas of products liability.

Mr. Carey served as counsel for the City Council of the City of New York from 1982 to 1983 and for the Mental Health Information Service for the Supreme Court, State of New York, Appellate Division, Second Department in 1984. He was an adjunct professor of products liability and torts at Seton Hall University School of Law from 1987 to 1995. Mr. Carey also speaks on professional liability issues before the New Jersey State Bar Association, New Jersey Society of Certified Public Accountants and various other bar associations.

Bar Admissions
New Jersey, 1983
New York, 1983
U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey, 1984
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York, 1984
U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit, 1985
U.S. District Court, Southern, Northern and Western
Districts of New York, 1990
U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada, 1997
U.S. Supreme Court, 1997
U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit, 1999

Education
Seton Hall University School of Law, J.D., 1982
Fordham University, B.A., 1978

Memberships
Bergen County Bar Association
Essex County Bar Association
New Jersey State Bar Association
(Chair, Malpractice Insurance Committee, 2002-2003)
New York State Bar Association
American Bar Association
(Member, Lawyers’ Professional Liability Committee)
DRI
ATLA
American Board of Trial Attorneys (ABOTA)
Professional Liability Underwriting Society
Fellow, American Bar Foundation

Honors
Certified Civil Trial Attorney by the Supreme Court of New Jersey
Certified Professional Liability Attorney by the American Board of Professional Liability Attorneys
Certified Diplomat of the American Board of Professional Liability Attorneys with Special Competence in Legal Professional Liability

Publications
Managing Editor,  Res Ipsa Loquitor, Seton Hall Law School, 1980-1982.
Author, “Naked Prey,” New Jersey Lawyer, February, 2003.
Author,  “Emerging Trends in Legal Malpractice,” 2003
Author,  “Privileged or Veiled Conspiracy,” New Jersey Lawyer, January 27, 2004.
Author,  “To Settle or Not To Settle,” New Jersey Law Journal, Spring 2005.
Author,  “Recent Developments in Legal Malpractice Case Law,” May 2005.
Author,  “The Changing Landscape of Legal Malpractice,” May 2005.
Author,  “New Jersey Malpractice Law:  Comedy or Tragedy?,” New Jersey Law Journal, March, 2006.

Presentations
New Jersey State Bar Association Annual Meeting, Atlantic City, NJ, May 2007
New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education:  Legal Malpractice Update Seminar, March 10, 2007
Accountants and Lawyers Annual Defense Network Conference, Presented to CNA, October 2006
“Trends in Legal Malpractice Across the Country,” Presented to Zurich North America, October 2006
New Jersey State Bar Association Annual Meeting, Atlantic City, NJ, May 2006
New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education:  Legal Malpractice Update Seminar; March 18, 2006
New Developments in Consumer Fraud Litigation, NJICLE, New Brunswick, NJ, April, 2005
Emerging Trends in Legal Malpractice, Great American Insurance Group 2003 Legal Ethics & Malpractice Avoidance CLE Conference, Las Vegas, NV, 2003
Board of Education’s Roles and Responsibilities As Presented in New Jersey State Law, Parsippany, NJ, August 2001

Recently Reported Cases
Circle Chevrolet Co. v. Giordano, Halleran & Ciesla, 142 N.J. 280, 662 A.2d 509 (1995)
NYLife Distributors, Inc. v. Adherence Group, Inc., 72 F.3d 371 (3d Cir. 1995)
Carlyle Towers Condominium Ass’n., Inc. v. Crossland Sav., FSB, 944 F.Supp. 341 (D.N.J. 1996)
Hernandez v. Overlook Hospital, 293 N.J. Super. 260, 680 A.2d 765 (App. Div. 1996)
Olds v. Donnelly, 291 N.J. Super. 222, 677 A.2d 238 (App. Div. 1996)
Tung v. Brian Park Homes, Inc., 287 N.J. Super. 232, 670 A.2d 1092 (App. Div. 1996)
Dunn v. Borough of Mountainside, 301 N.J. Super. 262, 693 A.2d 1248 (App. Div. 1997)
Hernandez v. Overlook Hosp., 149 N.J. 68, 692 A.2d 971 (1997)
Karpovich v. Barbarula, 150 N.J. 473, 696 A.2d 659 (1997)
Lanziano v. Cocoziello, 304 N.J. Super 616, 701 A.2d 754 (App. Div. 1997)
Olds v. Donnelly, 150 N.J. 424, 696 A.2d 633 (1997)
Alan J. Cornblatt, P.A. v. Barow, 153 N.J. 218, 708 A.2d 401 (1998)
RTC Mortg. Trust v. Fidelity Nat. Title Ins. Co., 16 F. Supp. 2d 557 (D.N.J. 1998)
Manley v. Stark & Stark, P.C., 1999 U.S. Dist. Lexis 22088 (D.N.J. 1999)
Provenzano v. Integrated Genetics, 66 F.Supp. 2d 588 (D.N.J 1999)
Alampi v. Russo, 345 N.J. Super. 360, 785 A.2d 65 (App. Div. 2001)
Brach, Eichler, Rosenberg, Silver, Bernstein, Hammer & Gladstone, P.C. v. Ezekwo, 345 N.J. Super. 1, 783 A.2d 246 (App. Div. 2001)
Charter Oak Fire Ins. Co. v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co., 344 N.J. Super. 408, 782 A.2d 452 (App. Div. 2001)
LaBracio Family Partnership v. 1239 Roosevelt Ave., Inc., 340 N.J. Super. 155, 773 A.2d 1209 (App. Div. 2001)
Banco Popular N.A. v. Gandi, 360 N.J. Super. 414 (App. Div. 2003)
Vastano v. Algeier, 178 N.J. 230, 837 A.2d 1081 (2003)
Cherry Hill Manor Assocs. v. Faugno, 365 N.J. Super 313, 839 A.2d 95 (App. Div. 2004)
GSC Partners CDO Fund v. Washington, 368 F.3d 228 (3d Cir. 2004)
Puder v. Buechel, 183 N.J. 428, 874 A.2d 534 (2005)
Liberty Surplus Ins. Corp., Inc. v. Nowell Amoroso, P.A., 189 N.J. 436, 916 A.2d 440 (2007)Prospect Rehab. Servs., Inc. v. Squitieri, 392 N.J. Super. 157, 920 A.2d 135 (App. Div. 2007)