Michael D. Schottland

Of Counsel

Monmouth Executive Center
100 Willow Brook Road
Suite 100
Freehold, NJ 07728

P: (732) 462-7170
F: (732) 409-0292

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Attorneys / Michael D. Schottland

"The law controls the relationship of an individual to their society and government. I see the role as a lawyer to protect my client and improve their condition in society and with the government. Our system encourages lawyers to be creative and innovative in their role. I enjoy bringing creativity and innovation in my legal efforts."
Mike Schottland

MICHAEL SCHOTTLAND is chief of the medical malpractice section of the Civil Litigation and Personal Injury Departments of the firm. Since 1984, he has been designated by the Supreme Court of New Jersey as a Certified Civil Trial Attorney.

Since his admission to the Bar in 1965, Mr. Schottland has been an active litigator in Civil, Chancery and Criminal Courts and has appeared before various administrative agencies. He has served as trial and appellate counsel in several pivotal and highly publicized cases, including State v. Bruce Curtis, a murder trial which went to the Superior Court, Appellate Division with a reported opinion that clarified the law on aggravated manslaughter and resulted in a treaty with Canada. That trial was the subject of a television movie and several books. Mr. Schottland has been counsel in favorable Supreme Court Decisions in Kelly v. Gwinnell, Herman v. Sunshine Chemical, Clohesy v. Food Circus, Cook v. PERS, Fink v. Thompson, and Ahn v. Carrier Foundation. These matters extended liability to the host of private parties, clarified the law on punitive damages, established store owner liability for incidents in mall parking lots, clarified the law for accidental retirement pensions and malpractice matters. These and several other reported cases established precedents in various aspects of civil tort law and administrative law matters.

Mr. Schottland has written several articles that have appeared in the New Jersey Law Journal on various topics from no-fault/verbal threshold law to comments regarding judicial evaluation and the publication of ethics matters. He has also had articles on various topics of public interest published in the New York Times and local area newspapers.

He has been a member of the Monmouth Bar Association for many years, and served as Chairman of its Civil Practice Committee, is a member emeritus of the New Jersey State Bar Association, and a member of the New Jersey Chapter of the American Association for Justice. Mr. Schottland currently serves on the Judicial Evaluation Committee and previously served on the Blue Ribbon Panel of the New Jersey State Bar Association with respect to the review of the Michels Committee's recommendations for changes to the rules of ethics.

Over his career, which has spanned more than forty-five years, he has achieved several substantial and notable results in the courts. He is currently active in malpractice matters, general civil litigation and cases related to racing law. Previously he was active in public and private labor relations matters. He has served as an arbitrator in many serious matters. He is married, the father of five children and resides in Monmouth Beach, New Jersey with his wife, Rosanne.