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Thomas J. Pryor

Shareholder
Thomas J. Pryor is a Shareholder and member of Stark & Stark’s Litigation and Alternative Dispute Resolution Groups as well as the Chair of Stark & Stark's Insurance Coverage & Liability Group. Mr. Pryor has been engaged since 1982 in sophisticated corporate and commercial litigation involving a wide range of practice areas: complex insurance coverage, environmental litigation, complex commercial litigation, construction litigation, mediation, partnership disputes, real estate and land use litigation.

Mr. Pryor has litigated complex commercial cases for the past 25 years and has been certified as a Civil Trial Attorney by the New Jersey Supreme Court since 1993. He has represented parties in mediation resulting in settlement of virtually all the significant cases he has handled over the past several years, resulting in total settlements approaching ten million dollars. He is included in the New Jersey Supreme Court Statewide Roster of Civil Mediators. Click here to read more about Mr. Pyror's Mediation Experience.

In 2006, Mr. Pryor was a speaker at Reed Logic’s Alternative Dispute Resolution Conference. He has also taught Appellate Advocacy as an adjunct professor at Seton Hall University School of Law and "Communications and Conflict Resolution" at Kean University. He has lectured widely, as well as having published numerous articles in areas related to litigation.  Mr. Pryor is a board member of Anchor House, a non-profit organization which provides emergency childcare services. He serves as a trustee of the Friends of Washington Township, a non-profit organization created to preserve historic structures.

Mr. Pryor has been honored by his inclusion in New York Area's Best Lawyers by New York Magazine in 2006 and 2009, his inclusion in the list of  New Jersey Super Lawyers in 2009 and 2010 and his inclusion in Woodward/White's 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012 editions of The Best Lawyers in America.*

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

Education

J.D., Seton Hall University School of Law, 1982
Member, The Law Review

B.A., English and History; Seton Hall University, 1978
Magna cum laude

Bar Admissions

United States Supreme Court
Third Circuit Court of Appeals
United States District Court, District of New Jersey
New Jersey
Supreme Court of New Jersey, Civil Dispute Resolution; mediator

Professional Organizations

American Bar Association

New Jersey State Bar Association

Mercer County Bar Association

District III Ethics Committee, 1990 to 1993

New Jersey Supreme Court Board Certified Trial Attorney

Authored Articles

Martindale Hubbell Peer Review Rated




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