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Attorney Bio

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April M. Gilmore was born in Greenville, Ohio, on April 3, 1970. She was admitted to the New Jersey bar in 1998, the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey in 1998, the New York bar in 1999, and the United States District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York in 2000. Ms. Gilmore received her B.A. from Rutgers University in 1992, and her J.D. from Rutgers University Law School in 1998. After graduating from law school, she served as a law clerk to The Honorable Arthur D’Italia, Assignment Judge, in the Superior Court of New Jersey from 1998-1999.

Ms. Gilmore is a member of the following organizations: Justice Morris Pashman American Inn of Court, 2000-; Bergen County, New Jersey State and American Bar Associations. Her areas of practice include: Civil Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Personal Injury; Products Liability; and Workers Compensation.

 

Areas Of Practice

Certified Legal Specialties

  • Certified Civil Trial Lawyer, Supreme Court of NJ, 2012

Bar Admissions

  • New Jersey, 1998
  • New York, 1999
  • U.S. District Court District of New Jersey, 1998
  • U.S. District Court Southern District of New York, 2000
  • U.S. District Court Eastern District of New York, 2000

Education

  • Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey School of Law – Newark, Newark, New Jersey
    • J.D. – 1998
  • Rutgers University
    • B.A. – 1992

Classes/Seminars

  • December 2023 – New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education – The Ins and Outs of Motions to Change Venue
  • November 2021 – New Jersey Association for Justice – Ethics Considerations and Rules in Representing Injured Workers
  • October 2021 – New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education – Tort Law Conference “When Workers’ Compensation and Third-Party Cases Intersect”
  • October 2020 – ICLE – Tort Law Conference – Workplace Torts and the Interplay with Workers’ Compensation
  • October 2019 – ICLE – Tort Law Conference – Pitfalls of Medical Bills and Liens
  • June 2019 – ICLE – Handling the Auto Injury Case
  • May 2019 – ICLE – A New Frontier: How NJT v. Sanchez Changed the Relationship Between Workers’ Compensation & Personal Injury Law
  • November 2018 – NJAJ – Ethics Considerations in Workers Compensation
  • October 2018 – ICLE – Tort Law Conference “Charitable Immunity”
  • October 2017 – ICLE – Tort Law Conference “Medical Bills – Payable, Boardable, Lienable?”
  • July 2017 – ICLE – How to Prepare and Try a Medical Malpractice Case
  • October 2015 – ICLE – Handling the Auto Injury Case “UM/UIM Trials”
  • October 2014 – ICLE – Tort Law Conference “Sidewalk Liability”

Honors and Awards

  • Named to the New Jersey Super Lawyers list published by Thomson Reuters
  • Named to the New Jersey Super Lawyers Rising Stars list published by Thomson Reuters
  • Named to the top 50 Women Super Lawyers list, New Jersey, published by Thomson Reuters, 2016

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Representative Cases

  • Henry Keim v. Above All Termite & Pest Control, 2023, Supreme Court

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Professional Associations and Memberships

  • New Jersey Association for Justice, Member
  • Bergen County Bar Association, Member
  • New Jersey State Bar Association, Member

Past Employment Positions

  • Hon. Arthur D’Italia, Assignment Judge, Superior Court of New Jersey, Law Clerk, 1998 to 1999
  • Pitney Hardin Kipp Szuch, 1999 to 2000