Practice

James H. Coleman, Jr. is Of Counsel to Porzio, Bromberg & Newman, P.C. He joined Porzio, Bromberg & Newman following a long judicial career. He focuses his practice on advising attorneys and clients on appellate strategy and on acting as a mediator or arbitrator of complex, private and public disputes.

Prior Relevant Experience

• New Jersey Supreme Court, Associate Justice, 1994–2003
• New Jersey Superior Court, Appellate Division, Presiding Judge, 1987–1994
• Justice Pro Tempore New Jersey Supreme Court, 134 N.J. 569 (1993); 121 N.J. (1991); 115 N.J. 491 (1989)
• New Jersey Superior Court, Appellate Division, Judge, 1981–1987
• New Jersey Superior Court, Law Division, Judge, 1978–1980
• Special Three-Judge Resentencing Panel, 1979–1981
• Union County Court, Judge, 1973–1978
• New Jersey Workers’ Compensation Court, Judge, 1964–1973

Honors and Awards

• Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America, Appellate Practice, Arbitration and Mediation, 2011-2013

Organizations/Memberships

• Member, Board of Trustees of University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey
• Judicial Advisory Panel, Co-Chair
• Legal Services of New Jersey, Chairman, Board of Trustees
• Death Penalty Study Commission
• Member, Board of Advisors to President of University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey
• New Jersey Judicial College, Committee on Judicial Seminars
• New Jersey Supreme Court, Appellate Division Management Committee
• New Jersey Supreme Court Committee on Criminal Practice
• New Jersey Supreme Court Committee on Legal Ethics
• New Jersey Supreme Court Committee on Medical Malpractice
• New Jersey Supreme Court Committee on Minorities in the Judiciary, Chairman
• New Jersey Supreme Court Committee on Probation
• New Jersey Supreme Court Committee to Review the ABA and the N.J. Code of Judicial Conduct
• New Jersey Supreme Court Committee on Sentence Disparity, Chairman
• CPR Panel of Distinguished Neutrals, Member
• New Jersey Supreme Court Committee to Study Court Reporting Services
• Union County Legal Services, Incorporator and Board of Directors
• James H. Coleman, Jr. New Jersey Workers’ Compensation American Inn of Court, 2003–present
• CPR Institute for Dispute Resolution
• New Jersey State Bar Foundation, Fellow, 2003–present
• American Bar Foundation, Fellow, 1995–present
• American Law Institute, 1985–present
• Garden State Bar Association, 1980–present
• Judicial Council of the National Bar Association, 1973–present
• American Bar Association, 1971–present
• American Judicature Society, 1965–present
• New Jersey State Bar Association, 1962–present
• Union County Bar Association, 1962–present
• National Bar Association, 1960–present

Speaking Engagements

• Presenter, "Supreme Court Review", Porzio Employment Law Forum, Morristown, NJ, October 6, 2009.
• “Pioneering in and Perfecting a New and Modern Judiciary,” 60^th Anniversary of the New Jersey Supreme Court, Trenton, NJ, September 8, 2008.
• Lecturer, American Academy of Judicial Education
• Lecturer, American Law Institute/American Bar Association on Products Liability
• Lecturer, Black Congress on Health and Law
• Lecturer, Foster Parents Association
• Lecturer, International Association of Industrial Accidents, Boards and Commissions
• Lecturer, National Bar Association
• Lecturer, New Jersey Judicial College
• Lecturer, Rutgers and Seton Hall School of Law Moot-Courts
• Lecturer, Rutgers University School of Law—Newark and Camden
• Lecturer, Seton Hall University School of Law
• Lecturer, Various Trial Lawyer Associations