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Kevin M. Hart

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Kevin M. Hart has over twenty-five years of experience as a trial lawyer. Mr. Hart has litigated civil and criminal cases in both federal and state courts representing businesses and individuals in matters ranging from the sale and break-up of corporations, class actions, securities fraud, construction litigation, mass torts, shareholder disagreements, criminal fraud and embezzlements. He has also represented both the FDIC and RTC in various types of litigation involving Banks and Real Estate.

Mr. Hart has a significant amount of experience representing companies and individuals. He has an in-depth understanding of the prosecution function based on his experience as a prosecutor.

Corporate investigations are sensitive by nature. Many, including those in which our efforts have ended in a significant result, will never become public knowledge. Even those that have come to public attention remain sensitive issues for our clients. Accordingly, in this area we do not disclose client names. The scope of our experience in these investigations relates to almost every significant area of White Collar Crime, including securities fraud, healthcare fraud, RICO, public corruption and environmental crimes.

Mr. Hart is the chairman of the Stark & Stark Mass Tort/Pharmaceutical Litigation Team. The Mass Tort/Pharmaceutical Litigation Team is dedicated to applying its extensive experience in successfully prosecuting and defending large, complex class and mass tort actions, to pharmaceutical injury claims on behalf of individuals and their families.

From 1978 to 1980, Mr. Hart was a Deputy Attorney General with the State of New Jersey, focusing on white-collar criminal matters. In 1986, he was certified by the Supreme Court of New Jersey as a Certified Civil Trial Attorney and was re-certified in 1994, 2002, and 2008.

Mr. Hart has been an adjunct professor of Business Environment and Policy at Rider University since 1983. He has lectured frequently on topics related to business and litigation issues including fraud, white-collar crime, shareholder disputes and acquisitions and mergers. Mr. Hart serves as a legal analyst in these areas for Fox News, NBC News and Comcast CN8.

Mr. Hart has been honored by his inclusion in Woodward/White's 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010 editions of The Best Lawyers in America. In 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, and 2009 Mr. Hart was named as a New Jersey Super Lawyer by New Jersey Monthly Magazine*.

Mr. Hart is a frequent contributor to the New Jersey Law Blog. You can read Mr. Hart's most recent blog post here.

Education

L.L.M., New York University School of Law, 1981

J.D., Seton Hall University School of Law, 1978
Business editor, The Law Review

B.A., History; Rutgers University, 1975

Bar Admissions

New Jersey

Professional Organizations

American Bar Association

New Jersey State

Mercer County Bar Association

New Jersey Trial Lawyers Association

Association of Trial Lawyers of America

Defense Research Institute

New Jersey Defense Association

New Jersey Supreme Court Board Certified Trial Attorney

Featured Articles

Panelist on September 2007 GC Mid-Atlantic Legal Roundtable, Internal Investigations: Current Issues, Practical Guidance

Martindale Hubbell Peer Review Rated





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