William H. Mergner Jr., Life Fellow, was sworn in as the President of the New Jersey State Bar Association on May 16th. One of the issues that he highlighted is the need to support the state bench moving forward, to ensure that vacancies continue to be filled.
Mergner is currently co-managing partner at Leary, Bride, Mergner & Bongiovanni, who handles the defense of construction site accidents, multiparty construction defect cases, environmental/toxic tort claims, and product liability claims, among other cases.
He previously served the NJSBA as a trustee and chaired multiple committees. He also serves on the Supreme Court Civil Practice Committee and previously served as a member of the Supreme Court Committee on the Rules of Evidence, the Joint Supreme Court/NJSBA E-Courts Committee, and the Supreme Court Committee on Expediting Civil Actions.
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