Deborah B. Rosenthal

PRIMARY PRACTICE

Ms. Rosenthal's practice principally focuses on litigation where she has been responsible for all phases of litigation in State and Federal Courts including the following areas: civil rights, employment law, malicious prosecution, public entity/employee liability, premises liability, motor vehicle liability, construction, insurance coverage, and commercial litigation. She also conducts seminars on employment discrimination and ethics law and conducts internal investigations into claims of employment discrimination. She also provides legal advice to employees and employers on employment agreements and severance packages. Her practice also includes public entity representation where she is responsible for appearing at municipal meetings, drafting ordinances, resolutions, bylaws and contracts and providing opinion letters for various municipalities and Joint Insurance Funds.

REPRESENTATIVE EXPERIENCE

Ms. Rosenthal has handles a wide variety of litigated mattes. Recently she successfully defended a police department and its officers regarding a claim for alleged mishandling of a 911 call, and a not-for-profit theatre company in a claim for injury when a patron tripped during a performance.

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND

Ms. Rosenthal graduated from Duke University in Durham, N.C. in 1989 with a B.A. in Political Science. In 1992, Ms. Rosenthal graduated from the Rutgers University School of Law in Newark, New Jersey, where she was the managing editor of the Women's Rights Law Reporter and a Legal Research and Writing Instructor. She was admitted to the New Jersey State Bar and Pennsylvania State Bar in 1992. Ms. Rosenthal was also admitted to the bar of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit in 1997.

From 1992-1993, Ms. Rosenthal served as a law clerk for the Honorable William R. Albrecht, J.S.C. in Warren County New Jersey. She has been an associate with Gebhardt & Kiefer since 1993.

PROFESSIONAL AND COMMUNITY AFFILIATIONS

Ms. Rosenthal is a member of the New Jersey State Bar Association, the Hunterdon County Bar Association, and is a trustee with the Branchburg Education Foundation.