Attorneys

Certified Civil Trial Attorney: Mr. Hardin is a cum laude graduate of Seton Hall University School of Law and a former judicial law clerk in the Superior Court of New Jersey, Essex County. Prior to his law career, Mr. Hardin was employed as a labor relations representative for General Motors Corporation. At that time, he gained extensive corporate experience, including a working knowledge of manufacturing processes and the labor field.

Mr. Hardin is admitted to the New Jersey and New York State Bars, the Bar of the United States District Courts for the District of New Jersey and the Southern District of New York, the Bar of the United States Courts of Appeals for the Second and Third Circuits, and the Bar of the United States Supreme Court. He is a litigation and appellate attorney with extensive experience in matters involving insurance coverage, professional liability and errors and omissions claims, products liability, and construction claims. He represents clients in mediation, arbitration, and alternative dispute resolution proceedings. Mr. Hardin has been handling insurance and product liability cases since first entering the practice of law, and has had extensive involvement in multi-party environmental, toxic tort, and asbestos litigation cases which have arisen over the past three decades. He has also been involved in defending claims against public entities and public employees under Title 59, the New Jersey Tort Claims Act.

Mr. Hardin is certified by the Supreme Court of New Jersey as a civil trial attorney. He has successfully conducted, through trial and appeal, many cases involving large exposures and significant issues to the firm's clients. He oversees the firm's litigation practice encompassing multi-party, complex, and high-exposure cases.

Current Employment Position(s):

Partner

Areas of Practice:

Insurance Law

Products Liability

Toxic and Mass Torts

Professional Liability

Construction Law

Alternative Dispute Resolution

Litigation and Appeals

Certification/Specialties:

Civil Trial Attorney, Supreme Court of New Jersey

Bar Admissions:

New Jersey

New York

U.S. District Court District of New Jersey

U.S. District Court Southern District of New York

U.S. Court of Appeals 2nd Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals 3rd Circuit

U.S. Supreme Court

Education:

Seton Hall University School of Law; Newark, New Jersey; 1974
Honors: Cum Laude

Seton Hall University;  South Orange, New Jersey; 1968
B.A.

Representative Cases:

Continental Casualty Co. et al. v. Employers Ins. of Wausau, et. als., 601037/03

Uniroyal, Inc. v. American Re-Insurance, et als, MID-L-8172-94

Lambs Road Assoc. v. United States Fire Ins. Co., GLO-L-1189-93

Spectraserv Inc. and Modern Transportation Company v. Crum & Forster, Inc. and North River Ins. Co., MID-L-8510-93

Celotex, Inc. and Carey Canada v. United States Fire Ins. Co., ADR Trial Proceeding

Digilio v. Lincoln Electric Company, L-090494-86

John W. Wallace Co. v. American Mut., Continental Ins. Co., et als, L-067304-86

Sykes, adm ad pros v. Zook Enterprises, L-40666-84

Magripolis v. Mr. Bar-B-Q, Linwo Industries, L-56679-80

Acanfora v. Chrysler Corporation, L-3354-79

State Farm Mutual Auto Ins. Co. v. Simmons' Estate, L-9428-75

Galanty v. Chrysler Corporation, C-4784-78

Professional Associations and Memberships:

American Bar Association, Tort and Insurance Practice Section

Member

New Jersey State Bar Association

Member

Defense Research Institute

Member

Union County Bar Association

Member, Judicial and Prosecutorial Appointments Committee

New Jersey State Bar, 1983 - 1999

Past Member, Appellate Practice Committee

Essex County Bar

Past Member, Products Liability Committee

Essex County Bar Association

Past Trustee

Essex County Bar Association

Past Chair, Legal/Medical Committee

Past Employment Positions:

Superior Court of New Jersey, Essex County, Judicial Law Clerk

General Motors Corporation, Labor Relations Representative