Ben Folkman was named, by his peers, New Jersey Super Lawyer for the last seven years running and Top Lawyer in SJ Magazine for the last six.  In 2014, he was named to the Top 100 Super Lawyers for the state of New Jersey.    His $100 million verdict was listed by the NJ Law Journal as the largest personal injury verdict for New Jersey in 2009.    Licensed to practice law in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, New York, Arizona, Vermont and Washington D.C., Ben Folkman opened Folkman Law Offices, P.C. in October of 1998. Ben is highly accessible to clients and prides himself on working diligently to make sure that each and every one of their needs is met.  

EDUCATION

  J.D. : Dickinson School of Law, 1982    Editor-In- Chief/Founder, Dickinson Journal of International Law, now Penn State International Law Review  President, International Law Society  Law Clerk, Pennsylvania Attorney General's Office in Anti-Trust Division  B.A. : Dickinson College, 1979    Phi Delta Theta Fraternity  

BAR ADMISSIONS

  Supreme Court of New Jersey  Supreme Court of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York  District of Columbia Court of Appeals  United States Supreme Court  United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit  United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit  United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania  United States District Court for the District of New Jersey  United States District Court for Colorado  United States District Court for Vermont  United States District Court for the Southern District of New York  United States Court of Appeals for First, Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth Seventh, Eighth, Ninth, Tenth, Eleventh, District of Columbia and Federal Circuits.  

CERTIFICATIONS

  Certified by the Supreme Court of New Jersey as a Civil Trial Attorney  Board Certified Trial Advocate, National Board of Trial Advocacy  

AWARDS AND HONORS

  New Jersey Super Lawyer, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 as voted by his peers  Top 100 Attorney for New Jersey Super Lawyers, 2014  Top Lawyer as voted on by their peers in SJ Magazine, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018  Awesome Attorney by South Jersey Magazine, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018  Member, Million Dollar Advocates Forum  

AFFILIATIONS

  Chair of the Self-Insurers and Risk-Management Committee, American Bar Association, Torts and Insurance Practice Section  Member of the American Bar Association, New Jersey Bar Association, Pennsylvania Bar Association, Philadelphia Bar Association and the Camden County Bar Association  Member of the New Jersey Association for Justice  Member of the American Association for Justice  Serves as an Arbitrator in Federal and State Courts in both Pennsylvania and New Jersey  

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