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Stephen S., Weinstein Esq.
Britcher, Leone & Sergio, LLCTotal Records: 1Biography
Stephen "Skippy" Weinstein is of counsel at Britcher, Leone & Sergio, LLC, where he focuses on case strategy and new business development. He previously had his own firm, Stephen S. Weinstein, P.C., in Morristown, N.J., where, for over 45 years, he devoted his practice to medical malpractice and personal injury matters, including wrongful death, serious personal injury, brain injury, birth injury, product liability, construction accidents, automobile accidents, and slip and fall accidents.
Additionally, he has handled all aspects of criminal litigation and has tried to verdict more than a dozen murder cases. Over 40 of the cases he has handled have resulted in published opinions.
Weinstein was selected for inclusion in the New Jersey Super Lawyers list as published in the New Jersey Super Lawyers Magazine from 2005 to 2018, including being named among its Top 100 attorneys and its Top 10 in select years. He received the AV Peer Review Rating for Ethical Standards and Legal Ability from Martindale-Hubbell, its highest ranking of professional excellence. A frequent lecturer at the New Jersey Institute of Continuing Legal Education on topics involving demonstrative evidence, no fault insurance, medical malpractice, wrongful death and personal injury cases, he has also lectured at Rutgers Law School and Seton Hall University School of Law. Weinstein is the author of numerous articles on personal injury and criminal law and has consistently been sourced by broadcast media outlets.
Admitted to practice in New Jersey, New York and the District of Columbia, he earned a J.D. from American University Washington College of Law and a B.S. from Fairleigh Dickinson University.
Bar Admission
New Jersey, 1966
U.S. District Court District of New Jersey, 1966
U.S. District Court Southern District of New York, 1980
U.S. District Court Eastern District of New York, 1980
U.S. Court of Appeals 3rd Circuit, 1981
U.S. Court of International Trade, 1989
U.S. Supreme Court, 1969
Other Affiliations
Morris County Democratic Committee, 1971 (Counsel)
Morris County Democratic Committee, 1973 - 1988 (Counsel)
Morris County Democratic Committee, 1992 - 1998 (Counsel)
Morris County Bar Association, 1966 - Present (Member)
Morris County Bar Association, 1974 - 1976 (Trustee)
Morris County Bar Association, 1979 - 1983 (Trustee)
New Jersey State Bar Association, 1966 - Present (Member)
New Jersey State Bar Association, 1967 - Present (Civil Procedure Committee)
New Jersey State Bar Association, 1967 - Present (Criminal Law Committee)
Essex County Bar Association, 1967 - Present
Federal Bar Association, 1966 - Present
American Bar Association, 1966 - Present
National District Attorneys Association, 1968 - Present
Trial Attorneys of New Jersey, 1970 - Present
New Jersey Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, 1985 - Present
American Board of Trial Advocates, 1985 - Present
Association of Trial Lawyers of America, New Jersey (Board of Governors)
American College of Trial Lawyers, 2002 - Present
Morris County 200 Club, 1965 - Present (Member)
Morris County 200 Club, 1965 - 1970 (Trustee)
The American Society of Writers on Legal Subjects, 1983 - Present
Sammy Davis, Jr. National Liver Foundation, University of Medicine and Dentistry, State of New Jersey, 1985 - 1993 (Trustee)
Sammy Davis, Jr. National Liver Foundation, University of Medicine and Dentistry, State of New Jersey, 1990 - 1993 (Chairman, Executive Committee)
New Jersey Electoral College, 1984
New Jersey Electoral College, 1988
New Jersey Electoral College, 1992
New Jersey Electoral College, 1996
New Jersey Electoral College, 2000
Worrall F. Mountain American Inns of Court, 1989 (Treasurer)
Worrall F. Mountain American Inns of Court, 1989 - Present (Member)
Marine Biology Laboratory, Woods Hole, Mass., 1994 - 2004 (Member, Council of Visitors)
American Association of Governing Boards, Chicago, Illinois, 1996 (Trustee)
Stephen S. Weinstein Courtroom, Washington College of Law, Washington, D. C., 1996
Million Dollar Advocates Forum, 1997 - Present (Member)
Fairleigh Dickinson University, 1998 - Present (Trustee)
Judicial Prosecutorial Nominating Committee, Morris County, 2001 - Present
Judicial Prosecutorial Nominating Committee, Morris County, 2006 (Chairman)
University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, 1976 - 1983 (Trustee and Vice Chairman)
University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, 1991 - 2004 (Trustee and Vice Chairman)
Washington College of Law's, 1998 (American Jurist)
Achievements
- Other Sources of Feedback About Stephen S., Weinstein
- Included on the 2021 New Jersey
Past Lists
- 2020 New Jersey Super Lawyers list
- 2019 New Jersey Super Lawyers list
- 2018 New Jersey Super Lawyers list
- 2017 New Jersey Super Lawyers list
- 2016 New Jersey Super Lawyers list
- 2015 New Jersey Super Lawyers list
- 2014 New Jersey Super Lawyers list
- 2013 New Jersey Super Lawyers list
- 2012 New Jersey Super Lawyers list
- 2011 New Jersey Super Lawyers list
- 2010 New Jersey Super Lawyers list
- 2009 New Jersey Super Lawyers list
- 2008 New Jersey Super Lawyers list
- 2007 New Jersey Super Lawyers list
- 2006 New Jersey Super Lawyers list
- 2005 New Jersey Super Lawyers list
Education
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American University, Washington College of Law, Washington, District of Columbia, June, 1965 Juris Doctor
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Fairleigh Dickinson University, Rutherford, New Jersey, June, 1962 B.S.
Honers
- Morris County Legal Secretaries Boss of The Year, - 1994
- Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers, - 2002
- University Medal for Distinguished Leadership and Service, - 2002
- Honoree, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, - 2002
- Honoree of Trial Bar Award, Trial Attorneys of New Jersey, - 2002
- Honoree as Former Member of the Board of Trustees, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, - 2004
- Honoree, Robert Tally Scholarship Program, Board of Concerned Citizens of the City of Newark, - 2004
- The Pinnacle Society Honoree and Member, Fairleigh Dickinson University, 2000 - Present
- "Principal for a Day", Newark Board of Education, Madison Avenue Elementary School, 1998 - 2000
- Honoree of "Many Faces One Family" for Promoting Cultural Diversity, Board of Concerned Citizens for the University of Medicine and Dentistry, - 1997
- Honoree, American Cancer Society, Morris County Unit, - 1994