Mr. Kaufmann primarily handles commercial litigation, including consumer and class action cases. He is also experienced in personal injury and professional malpractice cases.

In 2003, Mr. Kaufmann was named to the Million Dollar Advocates Forum whose membership is limited to those attorneys who have achieved a verdict or settlement in excess of one million dollars.  Mr. Kaufmann is certified as a Civil Trial Attorney by the Supreme Court of the State of New Jersey, and is a Court Approved Mediator pursuant to New Jersey Court Rule 1:40.  He has also served as a Barrister of the Justice Robert L. Clifford American Inns of Court.

He is admitted to practice in New Jersey and in New York, and before the United States Court of Appeals for the Third and Fourth Circuits.

In addition to lecturing for the New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education, Mr. Kaufmann has published an article in the New Jersey Lawyer entitled, “A Need for Experts in Legal Malpractice Cases,” New Jersey Lawyer, October 21, 1996.

Mr. Kaufmann is also a member of the New Jersey State and Bergen County Bar Associations.

Mr. Kaufmann received his J.D. from Rutgers University School of Law.  His B.A. was earned at the University of New Orleans and his masters degree in Social Work from Tulane University.

Selected Published Cases

Lauchheimer v. Gulf Oil, 6 F. Supp. 2d, 339 (D.N.Y. 1998)

Berke v. Buckley Broadcasting Corp., 359 N.J. Super. 587 (App. Div. 2003).