Attorneys / Robert L. Heugle, Jr.
ROBERT L. HEUGLE, JR. is a senior partner and chairman of the Firm's Corporate / Commercial Litigation Department. Mr. Heugle's practice has been exclusively devoted to civil litigation for more than thirty years. He has extensive trial experience in the defense of construction, product liability and general liability / negligence matters. The N.J. Supreme Court has designated Mr. Heugle as a Certified Civil Trial Attorney.
Since joining Lomurro, Davison, Eastman & Muñoz, Mr. Heugle has continued to concentrate his practice in the defense of general liability, product liability and personal injury cases. Mr. Heugle's practice encompasses the defense of architects and engineers; he also continues his practice of business and construction litigation, as well as the defense of employment matters. He represents major corporations in cases regarding workplace / industrial accidents and the defense of industrial and consumer products. Mr. Heugle has also represented property owners and businesses in connection with redevelopment and eminent domain cases.
Prior to joining Lomurro, Davison, Eastman & Muñoz, Mr. Heugle was a partner at Carpenter, Bennett & Morrissey in Newark, NJ. While there for ten years, Mr. Heugle concentrated on personal injury defense and construction litigation including a variety of product liability actions. He has extensive experience in complex civil litigation actions venued in both State and Federal Courts. His experience includes conducting extensive pre-trial discovery, motions, depositions, jury and non-jury trials, AAA arbitrations, and mediations.
Mr. Heugle served as a Deputy Attorney General for the State of New Jersey from 1980 to 1984. While employed as a civil litigator in the Attorney General's Office, Mr. Heugle's responsibilities included construction and contract actions. As a Deputy Attorney General, Mr. Heugle also represented the State at Condemnation (Eminent Domain) hearings and trials, as well as hearings before Administrative Law Judges.
Mr. Heugle received his Bachelor of Arts (1975) and Master of Arts (1976) degrees from Villanova University with honors. He earned his Juris Doctor degree from Loyola University in 1980. Mr. Heugle was a member of the Loyola Law Review and a member of the Loyola Law Clinic working in the Orleans Parish District Attorney's Office.
He is a member of the Defense Research Institute (DRI), American Bar Association (Litigation and Construction Sections) and the Monmouth Bar Association. He has served as a Settlement Judge in the Lawyers for Civil Justice Program. He has also served as a Trustee of the Jersey Shore Pop Warner Football Conference, Inc., a past President and member of the Holmdel Football Association, Inc., and as a member of the Holmdel Juvenile Conference Committee. He is the founder and Executive Director of the Frances Foundation for Kids Fighting Cancer, Inc. In 2009, Mr. Heugle was honored as the "Humanitarian of the Year" by the Holmdel Kiwanis Foundation, Inc.
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