Date of Birth
March 25, 1947

MILITARY SERVICE
United States Air Force, July 1966 - March 1970;
Honorable Discharge

EDUCATION

UNDERGRADUATE
Rutgers University, Newark, New Jersey
B.A., June, 1973
Phi Beta Kappa, Magna Cum Laude

LEGAL
Rutgers School of Law, Newark, New Jersey
Juris Doctor; June, 1976

BAR ADMISSIONS
New Jersey, 1 2/9/76
District of Columbia, 11/11/77
New York, 5/27/80

EMPLOYMENT
Judicial Clerk
Honorable Theodore W. Trautwein
Assignment Judge
Bergen County Superior Court
1976-1977

BRESLIN AND BRESLIN, P.A., Principal
41 Main Street, Hackensack, New Jersey 07601
February 1978 to Present

AREA OF PRACTICE
Extensive Civil Litigation; General Negligence; Products Liability; Medical Negligence; Municipal Law

Co-Counsel to the Housing Authority of Bergen County
1977 to Present

Assistant Counsel to the Township of River Vale
1977 to 1980

Counsel to the Housing Development Corporation of Bergen County
1978 to Present

Counsel to the Housing Authority of the Township of North Bergen
1980 to 1984

Counsel to the North Bergen Rent Leveling Board
1980 to Present

Special Counsel to the Attorney General of the State of New Jersey to represent the State of New Jersey in tobacco litigation
1996 to 1999

Special Counsel to Borough of Paramus 2006 - Present

Counsel to Borough of Paramus Affordable Housing Corporation 2006 - Present

CERTIFICATIONS
Certified by the Supreme Court of New Jersey as a Civil Trial Attorney (1983)

Certified as a Civil Trial Advocate by the National Board of Trial Advocacy (1989)

Certified as an Advocate by the American Board of Trial Advocates (2000)

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Master, Justice Morris Pashman Inn of Court
1998 To Present

PUBLICATIONS

Co-Author, “Recreation & Sports Equipment”, (Chapter 71), Products Liability Practice Guide, Matthew Bender, Vol. 4, 1988.

“How to Prove Portee or Falzone Emotional Distress Cases”
National Trial Lawyer, Volume 3, Issue 3, May 19, 1991.

Co-Author, “Model Statement Of Procurement Policy For Public Housing Authorities Operating In New Jersey”, 1994

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS AND MEMBERSHIPS

Member, American Bar Association
Member, New Jersey Bar Association
Member, District of Columbia Bar Association
Member, New York Bar Association
Member, Bergen County Bar Association
Sustaining Member, ATLA -1988
Member, ATLA-New Jersey 1981 - Present
Member, Board of Governors, American Association for Justice (formerly Association of Trial Lawyers of America) 2001-2007
Member, Board of Governors, Association of Trial Lawyers of America New Jersey Chapter 1983 - Present
President, ATLA-New Jersey 1994 - 1995
President-Elect, ATLA-New Jersey 1993 -1994
First Vice-President, ATLA-New Jersey 1992 - 1993
Second Vice-President, ATLA-New Jersey 1991 - 1992
Third Vice-President, ATLA-New Jersey 1990 - 1991
Chairman, ATLA, Education Committee, 1989 - 1990
Treasurer, ATLA-New Jersey 1986 - 1987
Secretary, ATLA-New Jersey 1985 - 1986, 1989 -1990
Seminar Committee Chairman, ATLA, 1984 - 1987
Parliamentarian, ATLA-New Jersey 1984 - 1985
Member, Trial Lawyers For Public Justice 1991 - Present
Chairman, ATLA-New Jersey - PAC 2000 - 2001

COMMUNITY AFFILIATIONS
Member, Executive Board, Tomorrows Children’s Fund
Hackensack University Medical Center 1987 - Present

Recipient, Service Award, Community Resource Counsel
Bergen County 1995

AWARDS
Honored Member, Who's Who in Practicing Attorneys
1989 - 1990; 1990 - 1991; 1991 - 1992; 1992 - 1993.
Who’s Who in American Law, 1994 - 1995
Who’s Who in America, 2000, 2004, 2007
Top 10 New Jersey Super Lawyers 2005
Top 100 New Jersey Super Lawyers 2006
Top 100 New Jersey Super Lawyers 2007
Ten Leaders - Personal Injury & Trial Law of Northern New Jersey 2003-2004
Member, Outstanding Lawyers of America 2003 - Present

LECTURE AND SEMINAR
PARTICIPANT OR CHAIRMAN
1980, 1981, 1983, Montclair State College Gymnastic Safety Workshop, "Legal Responsibility During Gymnastic Lesson"
1983, National College of Advocacy, "Basic Course in Trial Advocacy”
1984, American College of Legal Medicine, "Legal Consideration: Review of Law in Evaluating Cases For Selection - Variations In Law Between New York and New Jersey"
1989, ATLA-New Jersey seminar “How To Win Trip, Slip and Fall Cases”
1989 People's Law School, Bergen Community College: "Social Host Liability",
1989,"Auto Insurance: A Problem We All Must Live With"
1990, "Emotional Distress - What Is It and When Is It Actionable"
1991 "Does Auto Insurance Get You Down?" An Analysis of New Jersey's Automobile Insurance Laws
1991, Cranio-Mandibular Society of New Jersey - “Political Action Committees”
1993, "Rights & Limitations Under Today’s Auto Insurance Laws in New Jersey”
1994, ATLA-New Jersey seminar “Hot Tips In Tort Law V”
1995, Institute for Continuing Legal Education, “Civil Trial Preparation”
1996, Institute for Continuing Legal Education, “Hot Tips in Tort Law, VIII” 1997, Institute for Continuing Legal Education, “Litigating A Wrongful Death Case”
1999, Institute for Continuing Legal Education, “Litigating Wrongful Death Cases”
2002, ATLA-New Jersey seminar, Program Chair/Speaker, “How To Stay On Your Feet On The Premises Liability Case”
2002, ATLA-New Jersey seminar “Winning At Trial: Direct & Cross Examination Of Experts”
2003, ATLA-New Jersey seminar “Hot Tips in Tort Law”
2003, Institute for Continuing Legal Education, “Structured Settlement”
2003, ATLA-New Jersey Boardwalk Seminar “Cross Examination: Destroying Adverse Witnesses Using Microsoft Power Point”
2003, Institute for Continuing Legal Education, Moderator, “Litigating the Slip ‘N’ Fall Case”
2004, ATLA-New Jersey Boardwalk Seminar “Premises Liability: Expert Witnesses - Nailing Down the Facts Early through Expert Witnesses”
2004, ATLA-New Jersey, Co Chair/Speaker, Five Concurrent Seminars Program - “Premises Liability”
2005, ATLA-New Jersey Trying The Auto Case “Opening Summation” “Direct Examination Of Plaintiffs’ Expert” 2006, ATLA-New Jersey Boardwalk Seminar Hot Tips In Medical Malpractice “Sexual Misconduct By A Physician”
2007, ATLA-New Jersey Boardwalk Seminar Litigation at Sunrise Legal Medicine: Radiology: “Some Myths About Degenerative Disc Changes”
2007, ATLA-New Jersey Seminar - Exposing Defense Medicine
2007, ATLA-New Jersey Seminar - Behind Enemy Lines: Armed Cross Examination