Retired Judge Francis J. Orlando, Jr.,
A.J.S.C.,
has
joined the firm as Counsel in our
Alternative Dispute Resolution Practice
Group. He has spent twenty years in service
as Judge in the Camden Vicinage - one of
the New Jersey Superior Court’s largest and
busiest subdivisions.
Judge Orlando was appointed to the bench in
1991, after holding a position as senior
partner in the law firm of Orlando, Kearny &
Brady where he concentrated his practice on
civil litigation and on representing
governmental agencies. He was the Presiding
Judge of the Civil Division in
Camden
before taking on the role of Assignment
Judge from which he led the Camden Judiciary
for 16 years.
Judge Orlando has presided over and
managed hundreds of complex matters
including products liability, medical
malpractice, insurance coverage, land use
and zoning law, eminent domain, personal
injury, governmental disputes, and
employment and election law cases.
Other additional public
service positions Judge Orlando has held
include elected Mayor of the Borough of
Haddon Heights and numerous Judicial Council
committees, including a term as Chair of the
Judicial Council Labor Relations Committee.
He has been a member of the Supreme Court
Committee on Civil Practice, the Public
Access Committee, the Outside Activities
Committee and the Albin Committee.
Judge Orlando is widely
sought after as a featured speaker,
including at forums presented by the Camden
County Bar Association, the Institute of Continuing
Legal Education
and the Judiciary.
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