Abbott S. Brown

Abbott S. Brown is a partner with Lomurro, Munson, Comer, Brown and Schottland in Freehold, New Jersey, where he concentrates on civil litigation with an emphasis in medical and legal malpractice litigation.

Mr. Brown attended Rutgers College in New Brunswick and received his J.D. in 1978 from Rutgers University School of Law, Newark. He is admitted to practice in New Jersey and before the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern and Southern Districts of New York, and the Second and Third Circuit Courts of Appeal. Mr. Brown was certified by the New Jersey Supreme Court as a Certified Civil Trial Attorney in 1994, 2001, 2006 and 2013. Mr. Brown is the co-author of New Jersey Legal Malpractice and Litigation Ethics (JAG Press 2021) New Jersey Medical Malpractice Law, (11th Ed., New Jersey Law Journal Books, Newark, N.J., 2021) and New Jersey Medical Malpractice Cases, (3d Ed., Institute for Continuing Legal Education, New Brunswick, N.J. 2009). Mr. Brown is also the author of a chapter titled "Medical Experts," found in New Jersey Trial and Evidence Law (NJICLE 2003). Mr. Brown has had editorials published in the New Jersey Star Ledger, The New York Times and the New Jersey Law Journal. Mr. Brown has also authored over 50 articles for numerous professional publications, and has delivered more than 100 lectures for NJICLE, the Association of Trial Lawyers of America, the New Jersey Association for Justice and other organizations.

Mr. Brown served on the Supreme Court Committee on Model Civil Jury Charges, the Supreme Court Committee on Jury Selection and Voir Dire, and the Board of Governors of the Association of Trial Lawyers of America - New Jersey. He was awarded the Gold Medal for Distinguished Service by the Association of Trial Lawyers of America - New Jersey in April of 2001. Mr. Brown was recognized as one of the 50 Most Powerful People in New Jersey Healthcare in 2012.

Mr. Brown was an Adjunct Professor at Seton Hall University School of Law in the Health Law and Policy Program, where he taught medical malpractice law from 1998 to 2010. He also lectured at the New Jersey Judicial College and served on the Board of Trustees of the Trial Attorneys of New Jersey and the District V-B Ethics Committee, and as Chair of the Medical Malpractice Committee of the New Jersey State Bar Association. Mr. Brown has also served as a delegate to the New Jersey State Bar Association - Third Annual Judicial Administration Forum, and on the Special Committee on Implementation of a Pilot Medical Malpractice Mediation project.