Kersten Kortbawi

Growing up working in a family-owned commercial marine business helped me develop skills that I call upon every day as a litigator. My background enables me to better understand how a dispute can affect my client’s business or their personal life. The perspective gained from working in a business environment also strengthened my ability to present my client’s position to adversaries and the court in familiar contexts that they can appreciate and understand.

Ms. Kortbawi is an experienced commercial litigator who represents plaintiffs and defendants in all forms of civil litigation at both the state and federal level. Her work encompasses all phases of civil litigation, from pre-suit investigation through discovery, trial, and the appellate process. Ms. Kortbawi frequently handles sensitive, unique, and high-exposure matters, including those related to complex construction disputes, consumer fraud claims, private equity fraud, personal injury actions, and product liability matters. Her clients include individuals, privately held companies, publicly traded corporations, and governmental entities.

Ms. Kortbawi’s experience also encompasses insurance defense matters, including those associated with motor vehicle liability, personal injury cases, professional liability, premises liability, environmental claims and general liability cases. She has extensive experience defending sexual assault claims. She has also obtained favorable settlements for her clients in mediation and arbitration, and has served as local New Jersey counsel in multi-jurisdictional litigation.

In addition, Ms. Kortbawi provides business counseling, risk management and corporate advisory services to clients. Prior to commencing her legal practice, she served as the chief operating officer of a family-owned wholesale marine supply company for over a decade.

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