Location:
Bedminster, New Jersey Office

Education:
B.A. - Business Administration, Fairfield University (1959)
J.D. - Fordham University School of Law (1962)

Bar Admissions:
New Jersey (1963)

Practice Areas:
Product liability, medical malpractice, personal injury, mass torts,, employment complex civil litigation, insurance coverage, drugs, drug products, blood and pharmaceutical efficacy

Certifications:
Certified Civil Trial Attorney (1982)

Reported Decisions :
Figueroa v. Hartford Ins. Co. , Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division, 241 N.J. Super. 578 (1990)

Bloom v. Seton Hall Univ. , Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division, 307 N.J. Super. 487 (1998)

Whitaker v. Devilla , Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division, 287 N.J. Super. 370 (1996)

Capelli v. Twin City Fire Ins. Co. , Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division, 209 N.J. Super. 552 (1986)

Butler v. PPG Industries, Inc. , Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division, 201 N.J. Super. 558 (1985)

Lyons v. Hartford Insurance Group , Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division, 125 N.J. Super. 239 (App. Div. 1983)

Fantini v. Alexander , Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division, 172 N.J. Super. 105 (1980)

Hartford Acc. & Ind. Co. v. Travelers Ins. Co. , Superior Court of New Jersey, Law Division, 167 N.J. Super. 335 (1979)

Erickson v. Winthrop Laboratories , Superior Court of New Jersey, Law Division, 249 N.J. Super. 137 (1991)

Jackson v. Muhlenberg Hospital , Superior Court of New Jersey, Law Division, 96 N.J. Super. 314 (Law Div. 1967)

De Cicco v. Anderson , Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division, 99 N.J. Super. 243 (1968)

Brody v. Overlook Hospital , Superior Court of New Jersey, Law Division, 121 N.J. Super. 299 (1972)

Titles

Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers

Fellow, American Bar Foundation

Past President and Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Trial Attorneys of New Jersey

Charter Member of the New Jersey Chapter of The American Board of Trial Advocates (1984)

Diplomate, New Jersey Chapter of The American Board of Trial Advocates

1998 Recipient of the Annual Trial Bar Award by the Trial Attorneys of New Jersey for Distinguished Service in the Cause of Justice.

2004 Recipient of The McLaughlin Award presented by the New Jersey State Bar Association, Civil Trial Bar Section, for his competence and success as a trial attorney and demonstration of civility and professionalism in the practice of law.

Notables
Served as Law Secretary to The Honorable Alexander P. Waugh, Assignment Judge, Superior Court, Essex County, NJ (1964 to 1965).

Judge, Municipal Court, Passaic Township (now Longhill Township), 1980-1985.

Founded the firm of Purcell and Ries in 1973.

Memberships:

Federation of Insurance & Corporate Counsel

American Bar Association

New Jersey State Bar Association

Somerset County Bar Association

Defense Research Institute, Inc.

New Jersey Defense Association