I met Bruce in 1977 as a college freshman at Brandeis University. At the time, he embodied cool to me. Each of us began our respective undergraduate careers as liberal arts generalists, me as a political science major, Bruce as a philosophy major. What I admire most about Bruce is his self-assured disposition. For example, when his girlfriend and I enrolled in the est Training seminars, he steadfastly declined our invitation to join us. He politely attended the est pitch and promptly advised that he would instead be investing his $300 registration fee in a leather jacket.

Bruce has applied that confidence to his 22-year career as a product liability attorney, representing victims of defective industrial machinery, consumer tools, and other products. Bruce has also dedicated his career to the victims of medical negligence.  In 2007, Bruce obtained a multimillion dollar jury verdict in a medical malpractice case involving a detached retina, the highest verdict of its kind in New Jersey’s history.  Beneath his trial lawyer’s garb, I suspect that Bruce’s success in the courtroom is, in part, attributable to that invisible leather jacket he wears under his skin. Bruce’s efforts in product liability law culminated in 2000 with the publication of the New Jersey Supreme Court’s decision in Cavanaugh v. Skil Corporation. Bruce is a shareholder with Stark & Stark. In 2004, SJ Magazine named Bruce its top product liability attorney in South Jersey.