Choosing the right lawyer is like choosing the right doctor or financial advisor. Each must have considerable skills at what they do but must also be able to instill trust and confidence for the client. To that end, communication is as important as litigation or negotiation.

Becoming associated with a firm that has made communication with clients a hallmark of their practice is to be among the best. Prior to joining with CLDD&S, I was a criminal prosecutor, house counsel for a major insurance company, a private practitioner, and a long time partner of a law firm specializing in civil litigation for both plaintiffs and defendants. I have tried cases throughout New Jersey for a variety of corporate and individual clients, on legal issues involving personal injuries, contracts and commercial matters and have been appointed as an arbitrator by the assignment judges in Middlesex, Monmouth and Ocean Counties as well as a neutral arbitrator for the defense industry and the plaintiffs' bar. I first served as a Deputy Attorney General for the Division of Criminal Justice as a trial attorney handling multi-defendant, State Grand Jury cases and then became a staff attorney with the house counsel arm of Continental Insurance Company. I also served as a member of the Monmouth County Tourism Advisory Council and became its chairman in 1981. I am presently a member of the Executive Committee of the New Jersey Civil Trial Bar, a member of the Ocean County District IIIA Ethics Committee, and a trustee of the Ocean County Bar Association.

Sailboat racing as a member of the United States Sailing Association compliments my legal career by honing those same competitive instincts that make for good trial lawyer, and the Shrewsbury River Yacht Club in Fair Haven has been the place to relax after a day on the water.

Ronald E. Prusek

My college years were spent at Princeton University, where I started for the Tigers football team, and then Indiana University Law School, where I served as a moot court competitor and clinic Chairman. I am a proud member of the Ocean, Monmouth, New Jersey State and American Bar Associations as well as the American Association for Justice, and have been admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court.