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Badolato Wins “Outstanding
Achievement Award” from Peter W. Rodino Jr. Law
Society at Annual Banquet
Roseland, NJ, October 18, 2007 –
Richard
J. Badolato has won the “2007
Outstanding Achievement Award” from the Peter W. Rodino Law Society
of Seton Hall Law School.
Mr. Badolato was
presented with the award at the society’s annual banquet on October
17, 2007 at the Newark Center. The honoree graduated from Rutgers
Law School in 1965. Upon graduation, Mr. Badolato clerked for the
Honorable James R. Giuliano, the then Assignment Judge of Essex
County. He worked for another firm prior to joining Connell Foley
as partner in 1982.
During his
forty-one years of private practice, Mr. Badolato developed an
expertise in civil trial litigation. He has tried more than 300
litigated civil matters to conclusion and has also handled more than
30 appeals. His experience on the trial and appellate levels in
both State and Federal Courts has included: medical, legal and
dental malpractice; product liability; all forms of general
liability; construction litigation; automobile litigation; insurance
coverage and policy interpretation; subrogation recovery; fire and
theft losses; and, declaratory judgment proceedings.
Mr. Badolato has
managed and administered two bar associations of 3,500 and 18,000
members as President; an Ethics Committee as Chairman; and a law
firm as managing partner. He has also managed and has been lead
counsel in the largest piece of civil litigation in U.S. history.
Founded almost thirty years ago, the
Rodino Law Society has a long-established tradition of supporting
the local community. Every year, members of the society work with
disadvantaged children in the homeless shelters of Newark, hosting
craft days and other special events. Compassion, honor and wisdom
are three words that exemplify what Congressman Peter W. Rodino, Jr.
represented and three things that the society that bears his name
looks for in honoring its award recipients each year.
Congressman Rodino was known for his sponsorship of legislation that
made Columbus Day a national holiday and for acting as the “fair
moderator” of the partisan impeachment hearings of President Nixon.
He was respected by people in the local, regional and national
communities and his legacy will endure forever.
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