About Paul Garfield
Paul A. Garfield is a partner at Davis, Saperstein & Salomon, P.C. and has been licensed to practice law in New Jersey and Pennsylvania since 1989. He is certified by the Supreme Court of New Jersey as a Civil Trial Attorney and has represented clients in diverse personal injury matters including auto accidents, premises liability, product liability, medical malpractice, and civil rights litigation in both federal and state courts. After graduating from The College of New Jersey with a B.S. in Finance and earning his J.D. with honors in Taxation from Rutgers University in 1989, Garfield worked at one of the world's largest accounting firms before joining an insurance defense firm, giving him a broad perspective on both sides of litigation.
He has tried or settled cases resulting in verdicts and settlements of six figures and several exceeding $1 million. He has lectured for over a decade for the New Jersey State Bar on a wide range of topics and served as an arbitrator for Bergen County from 2005 to 2009. He is a member of the New Jersey Association for Justice and the American Association for Justice.
Proven verdicts and settlements at Davis Saperstein & Salomon
These results are credited to Davis Saperstein & Salomon. A result appears under an attorney's own name only when a published source names them as counsel on the case.
Carlos Gomez was burned over 60 percent of his body when an electrical panel exploded while he worked in a Newark office building in 2019. His suit against IDT Corp. and other defendants settled for $28 million, approved by the Essex County Superior Court in February 2023 and ranked by the New Jersey Law Journal as the largest reported New Jersey personal injury settlement of the court's 2022-2023 term.
A 10-year-old girl lost two toes and underwent 22 surgeries after her foot was pulled into a decades-old, poorly maintained Macy's escalator at Garden State Plaza in Paramus; three years later, Macy's and ThyssenKrupp Elevator settled for $15 million.
A Bergen County jury awarded $9.5 million to sisters Gina and Jamie Franzino after a 31-foot Boston Whaler collided with their small skiff in the Manasquan Inlet on Memorial Day weekend 2009, killing a third passenger and leaving both women with severe injuries.
Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.
