If you're searching for a personal injury lawyer in NJ, know this first: New Jersey is one of the most legally complex states to be injured in. It's a no-fault state where your own PIP coverage pays first, the verbal threshold can bar a pain-and-suffering claim entirely, and the two-year filing deadline collapses to 90 days when a public entity is involved. The 25 firms below — updated for 2026 — handle plaintiff-side injury claims across every region of the state.
Every NJ personal injury lawyer and firm here met the same bar: an active New Jersey office, plaintiff-side injury work as a core practice, contingency representation, and a public record verifiable against the New Jersey Attorney Index. This page is published by Onal Injury Law, and our firm appears first — judge us by the same criteria as everyone below. The numbering is for navigation, not a rating: no firm here is ranked against another, and no firm paid for inclusion. Together the 25 firms serve clients across Newark, Jersey City, Paterson, Elizabeth, Edison, Hackensack, Trenton, Camden, Clifton, Cherry Hill and Atlantic City — and every county in between.
Led by personal injury attorney John Onal, the firm represents victims of serious accidents across New Jersey and New York — car, truck and motorcycle collisions, slip and fall, workplace injuries, dog bites, brain and spinal injuries, nursing home abuse and wrongful death. Every case is handled on contingency: you pay nothing unless we recover for you.
What sets us apart: direct access to your attorney rather than a case mill — John Onal personally works the files — and full representation in English, Spanish and Turkish, which makes the firm one of the very few in New Jersey where a Turkish-speaking injury victim can work with counsel in their own language. With offices on both sides of the Hudson, a New York crash doesn't mean finding a second law firm.
Trial-focused firm handling medical malpractice, catastrophic injury and mass tort litigation, with a long trial record in New Jersey courts.
What sets them apart: firm partners have been inducted into the New Jersey Law Journal's Personal Injury Hall of Fame. If a case is going to be tried rather than settled, this is a firm built around trying it.
mazieslater.com
The injury practice of a major Essex County firm — serious motor vehicle collisions, wrongful death, traumatic brain injury and premises liability across North Jersey.
What sets them apart: the resources of a full-service firm behind a dedicated plaintiff-side injury group, with a published awards-methodology page — a transparency signal most injury firms skip.
brachinjurylaw.com
Founded in 1973, representing injury claimants across North Jersey in personal injury, motor vehicle, medical malpractice and premises liability matters.
What sets them apart: five decades of continuous plaintiff-side practice, certified civil trial litigators on staff, and attorneys holding leadership roles in the New Jersey Association for Justice.
epsteinlawyers.com
One of the longest-standing plaintiff firms in the state, known for medical malpractice and birth injury work alongside auto and defective-product claims.
What sets them apart: depth in medical malpractice — the most expert-intensive and expensive category of injury litigation, where firm resources directly determine outcomes.
njatty.com
Long-running North Jersey injury practice covering pedestrian collisions, spinal cord injury and construction site accidents.
dsslaw.com
Hunterdon County firm with more than four decades of personal injury and workplace injury litigation serving Central New Jersey.
What sets them apart: Victor Rotolo is certified by the New Jersey Supreme Court as a Civil Trial Attorney — a designation held by only a small fraction of the state bar — and the firm pairs that with a former county prosecutor's litigation perspective.
rotolokarch.com
Monmouth County injury practice of more than 25 years covering auto, truck and motorcycle collisions, spinal cord injury and wrongful death.
What sets them apart: publishes case-by-case result summaries rather than a single headline number, with particular strength in spinal injury and drunk-driving injury claims.
grossmanjustice.com
Multi-office practice covering auto and motorcycle collisions, medical malpractice and workers' compensation across the state.
What sets them apart: full Spanish-language representation across multiple offices — a real differentiator in New Jersey's largest cities.
garcesgrabler.com
Established statewide injury practice covering slip and fall, truck collisions and general injury litigation from multiple NJ offices.
njlawyers.com
Trial firm handling defective products, workplace injury, trucking collisions and wrongful death matters.
What sets them apart: a genuine trial posture in product-liability work, where most firms refer cases out.
njadvocates.com
Civil litigation firm with a substantial plaintiff practice spanning medical malpractice, product liability, auto negligence and construction accidents.
What sets them apart: senior partners include certified civil trial attorneys and past leadership of the state's plaintiff-bar association (now NJAJ).
starrgern.com
High-volume plaintiff practice with heavy emphasis on rideshare and pedestrian collisions alongside catastrophic injury and wrongful death work.
What sets them apart: one of the more developed Uber/Lyft injury practices in the state — a category with its own insurance-coverage maze.
brandonjbroderick.com
Injury practice concentrated on commercial truck collisions, catastrophic injury and wrongful death claims.
What sets them apart: trucking focus matters — federal motor-carrier rules, black-box evidence and layered insurance make truck cases a distinct discipline.
corradinoandpapa.com
Morris County injury practice with more than three decades of personal injury litigation experience.
What sets them apart: 36+ years in the same market — continuity that shows up as institutional knowledge of Morris County courts and adjusters.
toddjleonard.com
Bergen County litigation firm whose plaintiff-side work covers personal injury alongside a substantial medical reimbursement litigation practice.
What sets them apart: the medical-revenue litigation practice gives the firm unusual fluency in how carriers value and fight medical damages.
callagylaw.com
Handles motor vehicle collisions, workplace injuries and premises liability claims through litigation.
reinartzlaw.com
Decades-long Hudson County-area practice spanning motor vehicle collisions, dog bites, premises liability and workers' compensation.
What sets them apart: deep single-county focus — Jersey City and Hudson County juries, judges and adjusters are a specific ecosystem.
anthonycarbonepersonalinjurylawyer.com
Bergen County injury practice handling motor vehicle and premises claims, with attorneys admitted in both New Jersey and New York.
What sets them apart: dual NJ/NY admission — relevant for the enormous population that lives in one state and was injured in the other.
leopoldlawnj.com
Construction accident, asbestos exposure and mass tort work alongside standard motor vehicle injury claims.
What sets them apart: exposure and mass-tort capability — long-latency injury cases most general injury firms can't carry.
keefe-lawfirm.com
Focused on construction site injuries, workplace accidents, premises liability and motor vehicle claims.
What sets them apart: construction-site focus, where OSHA records and site-safety rules drive liability.
clarklawnj.com
Regional firm handling motorcycle and trucking collisions, medical malpractice and product liability claims.
What sets them apart: multi-state footprint (NJ/NY/PA) with a decades-old injury-only practice.
injurylawyer.com
Injury practice spanning auto collisions, medical malpractice, workplace injury and nursing home neglect.
What sets them apart: nursing-home neglect capability — a growing category with its own regulatory framework.
teamlaw.com
South Jersey injury practice covering motor vehicle collisions, slip and fall claims and defective product cases.
What sets them apart: established South Jersey coverage in a list that — like the market — skews north.
consolelaw.com
Atlantic County firm with a strong workers' compensation practice alongside serious injury and motor vehicle claims.
What sets them apart: when a workplace injury carries both a comp claim and a third-party lawsuit, a firm that runs both under one roof prevents the two from undermining each other.
petrocohen.com
| # | Firm | Main NJ office | Case focus | Languages |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Onal Injury Law | Elmwood Park | Auto, truck, slip & fall, workplace, dog bite, wrongful death | EN · ES · TR |
| 02 | Mazie Slater Katz & Freeman | Roseland | Med-mal, catastrophic, mass tort | EN |
| 03 | Brach Eichler Injury Lawyers | Roseland | Auto, wrongful death, brain injury, premises | EN |
| 04 | The Epstein Law Firm, P.A. | Rochelle Park | Injury, med-mal, premises | EN |
| 05 | Blume Forte Fried Zerres & Molinari | — | Med-mal, birth injury, auto, products | EN |
| 06 | Davis, Saperstein & Salomon, P.C. | — | Pedestrian, spinal cord, construction | EN |
| 07 | Rotolo Law (Kearns Rotolo) | Lebanon | Injury, auto, workplace | EN |
| 08 | The Grossman Law Firm, LLC | Freehold Twp | Auto, spinal cord, truck, wrongful death | EN |
| 09 | Garces, Grabler & LeBrocq | — | Auto, motorcycle, med-mal, workers' comp | EN · ES |
| 10 | Levinson Axelrod, P.A. | — | Slip & fall, injury litigation, truck | EN |
| 11 | Eichen Crutchlow Zaslow, LLP | — | Products, workplace, trucking | EN |
| 12 | Starr, Gern, Davison & Rubin | Roseland | Med-mal, product, auto, construction | EN |
| 13 | Brandon J. Broderick | — | Rideshare, pedestrian, catastrophic | EN |
| 14 | Corradino & Papa, LLC | — | Truck, wrongful death, catastrophic | EN |
| 15 | Todd J. Leonard Law Firm | Denville | Auto, injury litigation | EN |
| 16 | Callagy Law | Paramus | Injury, medical revenue litigation | EN |
| 17 | The Reinartz Law Firm | — | Auto, workplace, premises | EN |
| 18 | Law Offices of Anthony Carbone | — | Auto, dog bites, premises, workers' comp | EN |
| 19 | Leopold Law | Hackensack | Injury, auto, premises | EN |
| 20 | Keefe Law Firm | — | Construction, asbestos, mass tort | EN |
| 21 | The Clark Law Firm, P.C. | — | Construction, workplace, premises | EN |
| 22 | The Rothenberg Law Firm LLP | Cherry Hill | Motorcycle, trucking, med-mal | EN |
| 23 | Team Law | — | Auto, med-mal, nursing home | EN |
| 24 | Console & Associates P.C. | — | Auto, slip & fall, products | EN |
| 25 | Petro Cohen, P.C. | — | Workplace, workers' comp, catastrophic | EN |
All 25 firms offer free consultations and contingency representation. Case-focus reflects each firm's own public description of its practice. This list is published by Onal Injury Law, which is listed first; numbering is for navigation only and does not rate any firm against another. See the disclosure at the foot of this page.
Whichever firm you choose, these six rules govern your claim. They most often end a case before it starts — or decide what it pays.
New Jersey's statute of limitations gives most injury claims two years from the date of injury to be filed in court. Wrongful death carries the same two-year window from the date of death. Miss it and the claim is generally barred, however strong it was.
If the party at fault is a public entity — a county road, an NJ Transit bus, a public hospital, a school district — you must serve a notice of claim within 90 days before any lawsuit is possible. The two-year deadline lulls people into blowing this one constantly.
New Jersey is a no-fault auto state. Your own Personal Injury Protection pays medical bills after a crash regardless of fault, separate from any claim against the other driver. Treat early — gaps in treatment get used against you — and PIP running out does not mean your claim is over.
Your auto policy has either "limitation on lawsuit" or "no limitation." The cheaper option restricts pain-and-suffering claims to specific injury categories — displaced fracture, permanent injury, significant scarring, and others. A box you ticked years ago can decide whether your claim is worth a meaningful sum or nothing. Full breakdown.
NJ uses modified comparative negligence: your recovery is reduced by your share of fault, and above 50% at fault you recover nothing. This is why insurers work so hard to pin a little responsibility on you — often from statements you gave an adjuster in week one.
Contingency fees in tort cases are capped by court rule: 33⅓% of the first $750,000 recovered, then 30%, 25% and 20% on each next $750,000. Above $3M the attorney must apply to the court for a reasonable fee. Minors' pre-trial settlements cap at 25%.
Evidence has its own clock too: commercial-vehicle black-box data, dashcam and security footage are routinely overwritten within weeks. In truck cases an early preservation letter is often worth more than anything that happens later — the evidence clock in NJ truck claims.
Every firm on this list — ours included — will tell you it's experienced and aggressive. None of that is checkable. These seven things are.
Search the attorney's name in the New Jersey Attorney Index on njcourts.gov. Free, thirty seconds. You want active status and no disciplinary history.
A New Jersey Supreme Court certification with real requirements — years of practice, trial experience, peer review, an exam. Only a small fraction of NJ attorneys hold it, and it's the most verifiable credential in this market.
At many high-volume firms, the lawyer in the advertisement is not the lawyer working your case. Get the name. Ask to meet them.
Then check it against Rule 1:21-7. More than 33⅓% proposed on the first $750,000 of an ordinary injury case? Ask why.
Experts, filing fees, depositions and records are separate from the fee. Is the percentage calculated before or after costs come out — and who eats the costs if the case loses?
"We've recovered millions" is a marketing sentence. "We tried four cases to verdict in Bergen County last year" is a fact. Insurers price cases partly on whether opposing counsel actually tries them.
Interview more than one firm if you can — but not over six months. The two-year deadline, and especially the 90-day public-entity notice, do not pause while you decide. More on choosing a NJ injury lawyer.
There's no single "right" firm for everyone — the personal injury lawyer New Jersey courts will see across the table from the insurer should match your injury type, your county, and the complexity of the case. A New Jersey injury lawyer who tries truck cases isn't automatically the fit for a nursing-home claim. The list above starts with Onal Injury Law (our own firm, disclosed throughout) and includes 24 other NJ plaintiff firms across every region and specialty, from medical malpractice to trucking. Use it to interview two or three and compare — the seven-point checklist above tells you exactly what to ask.
Nothing up front. Every personal injury lawyer NJ courts allow to take tort cases on contingency is bound by the same fee caps, and Court Rule 1:21-7 caps the fee at 33⅓% of the first $750,000 recovered, with lower percentages above. No recovery, no fee — though case costs may be treated separately depending on your agreement, so ask.
Generally two years from the injury (N.J.S.A. 2A:14-2). If a public entity is involved, a notice of claim is due within 90 days under the Tort Claims Act. Claims involving minors and certain malpractice claims can run differently.
Not always. No injuries and simple property damage — your insurer can handle it. The moment there's a medical bill, a missed day of work, or any dispute over fault, the calculation changes, because the verbal threshold and the 51% bar are exactly where unrepresented claimants lose value.
Up to 33⅓% of the first $750,000 recovered, then 30%, 25% and 20% on each next $750,000, under Court Rule 1:21-7(c) — these are court-imposed maximums, not negotiated rates. Above $3 million the fee requires court approval, and pre-trial settlements for minors cap at 25%. Ask any firm whether case costs come out before or after the percentage is applied.
It depends on the case, not the personal injury attorney. Clear liability, modest injuries, cooperative insurers: months. Disputed liability with serious injuries in litigation: commonly one to three years. Anyone quoting a timeline before reading the file is guessing.
Yes — Onal Injury Law provides full representation in Turkish as well as English and Spanish, from its Bergen County office, and is one of very few NJ injury firms to do so. Türkçe bilgi için buraya tıklayın.
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