• Born in Paterson, New Jersey, January 28, 1941
  
  
• Admitted to bar, 1965, New Jersey
  
  
• Education: Rutgers University (B.A., 1961);
  Georgetown Law School (J.D., 1964);
  New York University. Phi Delta Phi
  
  
• Trustee: Passaic County Legal Aid Society, 1972-1984
  
  
• Member: Board of Education, Wayne, New Jersey, 1973-1975
  Assistant Counsel, Wayne Township, 1982-1983.
  Passaic County Counsel, 1986-
  
  
• Member: Panel of Arbitrators, American Arbitration Association
  
  
• Member: Passaic County (Chairman, Legal-Medical Committee, 1972- ) and New Jersey State Bar
  
  
• Associations; New Jersey Trial Lawyers Association (Certified Civil Trial Attorney, Supreme Court of New Jersey, Board on Trial Attorney Certification)
  
  
• Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Personal Injury Law; Products Liability Law; Medical Malpractice Law; Workers Compensation Law

Phone (973 790-1661 Fax (973) 790-8237 email vivinolaw@aol.com

EDUCATION

       RUTGERS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW, Newark , NJ

J.D., May, 1998

G.P.A. 3.25

RUTGERS COLLEGE , RUTGERS UNIVERSITY , New Brunswick , NJ

B.S., Accounting, May, 1995

G.P.A. 3.34

Honors:     Dean’s List - Spring and Fall semesters, 1992

                 Golden Key National Honor Society

WAYNE VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL , Wayne , NJ

Honors/ Activities:             National Honor Society, Varsity Soccer and Tennis

                                         Yearbook Section Editor                    

LEGAL EXPERIENCE

VIVINO & VIVINO LAW OFFICE,  401 Hamburg Tpk., Wayne , NJ

Partner, September 1999 to Present  

Partner in established law firm in Passaic County .  Litigation for negligence, contracts, commercial, products liability, medical malpractice, and wrongful death actions.  Law practice in State and Federal courts in civil and criminal actions, bankruptcy, worker’s compensation, real estate and family law.  Jury trial experience, as well as non-jury civil and municipal trials, tenancy and domestic violence trials.  Town of Bloomingdale Prosecutor . Active member of New Jersey Bar Association, Association of Trial Lawyers, Robert Clifford Inns of Court.  Certified mediator by the Administrative Office of the Courts.

TOWNSHIP OF WAYNE, Wayne NJ

Municipal Prosecutor, Sept. 2006 to Present  

Representative attorney for State of New Jersey in traffic and criminal summonses heard in Municipal Court.  Manages weekly list of violations, including special sessions of DWI and criminal trials.  Extensive trial work prosecuting DWI violations. 

NEW JERSEY SUPERIOR COURT, CIVIL PART, Paterson , NJ

Law Clerk to the Honorable Anthony J. Graziano, Fall 1998-Fall 1999  

Managed motion calendar for civil trial judge.  Directed two week cycles of over 100 discovery and summary judgment motions.  Performed legal research for court motions and trials.  Drafted legal memoranda and orders on motions involving products liability, insurance, personal injury, and prerogative writs.    Mediator in Special Civil and landlord and tenant disputes.