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E. Drew Britcher And Stephen “Skippy Weinstein Of Britcher Leone Recognized By The Best Lawyers In America©

Glen Rock, NJ, and Morristown, NJ (August 19, 2021) – E. Drew Britcher, Esq., of Britcher, Leone & Sergio, LLC, of Glen Rock and Morristown, N.J., has been selected by his peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America© for his work in the categories of Medical Malpractice Law-Plaintiffs and Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs for 2022. In addition, Stephen “Skippy” Weinstein, Esq., was also recognized by The Best Lawyers in America for his work in the categories of Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs, Criminal Defense – General Practice, and Criminal Defense – White Collar, for 2022.

E. Drew Britcher

Britcher, who co-founded Britcher Leone, is Certified by the New Jersey Supreme Court as a Civil Trial Attorney. Britcher has successfully prosecuted or resolved hundreds of complex medical negligence, product liability and other personal injury claims and has served as either counsel of record or amicus counsel in nearly 40 reported decisions of the Supreme Court of New Jersey, New Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division and the United States Supreme Court.

He was also named one of the top 10 attorneys for 2021 by New Jersey Super Lawyers, marking the eighth year that Britcher has been honored among the Top Ten. In 2021, New Jersey Super Lawyers also named him to the Top 100 for the 16th consecutive year, and he was also selected as one of Lawdragon’s “500 Leading Plaintiff Consumer Lawyers in America,” marking the fourth year he received this honor.

AV-rated by Martindale-Hubbell, Britcher has received numerous awards for his service to the American Association for Justice, as well as its New Jersey Chapter. In 2015, he was honored with a “Professional Lawyer of the Year” Award by the New Jersey Commission on Professionalism in the Law.

A Member of the Board of Governors of the American Association for Justice (AAJ), he is a Past-President of the New Jersey Association for Justice, where he currently chairs its Amicus and Medical Malpractice Committees and has done so for over a decade. He also helped draft the language of New Jersey’s Patients First and Patient Safety Acts and is an adjunct professor at Seton Hall University School of Law. He is admitted to practice in New Jersey and New York, as well as before the U.S. Court of Federal Claims. He earned a J.D. from New York Law School and a B.A. from Rutgers College, where he has been inducted as a member of the Order of the Barristers and a Loyal Son, respectively. He is a resident of Parsippany, NJ.

Stephen “Skippy” Weinstein

Weinstein, who is Of Counsel at Britcher Leone, has devoted his practice, which spans nearly half a century, 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 recognized by New Jersey Super Lawyers magazine from 2005 to 2018 and again in 2021, 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 he 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. He resides in Harding Township, NJ.

The Best Lawyers in America

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About Britcher, Leone & Sergio, LLC

Britcher, Leone & Sergio, LLC, is a law firm specializing in personal injury and medical malpractice, with offices in Glen Rock and Morristown, N.J. The firm is focused on such matters as personal injury, serious/catastrophic injury, birth injury, vehicular accidents, product liability, nursing home negligence, wrongful death, vaccine injuries, and medical malpractice. For more information, visit www.britcherleone.com.