Richard Badolato Receives
Middlesex
County Trial Lawyers of
the Year Award
ROSELAND, N.J./December 23, 2010 ---
Connell Foley partner
Richard J. Badolato was honored by the Midddlesex County
Trial Lawyers Association with the 2010
Herman L.
Breitkopf Trial Lawyers of the Year Award.
"Recognition of one's work among peers is a deep honor,"
stated attorney Richard J. Badolato, about the occasion of
his naming by the Middlesex County Trial Lawyers Association
as one of two chosen 2010 Trial Lawyers of the Year.
In the organization's 50th year, the Herman L. Breitkopf
Award was jointly bestowed to Badolato, one of the founders
of the Middlesex County Trial Lawyers Association and
Certified Civil Trial Attorney, and Robert G. Goodman,
Palmisano & Goodman P.A. The distinction is accorded
annually to trial lawyers who embody the characteristics of
"honesty, integrity, intelligence and an unwaivering concern
for the welfare of both the bar and its members" – those
exemplified by the award's namesake.
During the event held at the Colonia Country Club on October
21, remarks were offered by
Glenn T. Dyer,
Trustee of the Middlesex County Trial Lawyer's Association
and Connell Foley partner, and Heidi Willis Currier,
Middlesex County Superior Court Judge and former partner of
Connell Foley.
"The achievement is even more personally humbling as it is
tendered by the most powerful trial lawyers’ association in
New Jersey," stated Badolato.
Badolato's lengthy record of service in the practice of law
encompasses current presidency of the New Jersey State Bar
Foundation (NJSBF), along with past positions as vice
president, treasurer and secretary. He has served as a
trustee of the NJSBA, as well as chair and member of a
number of committees and position as officer of the NJSBA’s
Civil Trial Bar Section. For the Essex County Bar
Association, his leadership roles have included president,
vice president, secretary and trustee. On behalf of the
American Bar Association (ABA), Badolato is a past member of
the House of Delegates and a member of the Standing
Committee on Dispute Resolution, and is a current member of
the ABA's Standing Committee
on Constitution and By-Laws and its Litigation Section. He
serves as a member of the National Conference of Bar
Presidents Executive Committee and is a member of the
Membership and Program Committees. He is the State Chairman
of the Fellows of the
ABA
and is a sustaining Member.
In his position as partner of Connell Foley LLP, Badolato
focuses his practice on Product Liability, and on Tort Law
and Insurance Law.
