Thomas M. Comer is Chairman of the firm’s civil litigation and personal injury departments. Mr. Comer has been designated by the New Jersey Supreme Court as a Certified Civil Trial Attorney. Since 1988, he has been handling civil matters that range from complex products liability and professional malpractice cases, to actions involving serious personal injuries caused by automobile accidents, poor property maintenance and other acts of negligence.

After law school Mr. Comer became the judicial clerk for Michael D. Farren, J.S.C., the presiding Judge, Civil Division of the Superior Court of New Jersey, Monmouth County. Between 1988 and 2003, he was a member of a firm that eventually became known as Rudnick, Addonizio, Pappa & Comer, in Hazlet, NJ. He was the attorney for the Neptune Township Zoning Board of Adjustments from 1993 to 1997. In 2003, Thomas joined LDEM as a senior associate and then became a partner in our litigation department, focusing almost exclusively on plaintiff’s injury claims.

Mr. Comer is active in professional associations that educate and support trial attorneys. He is a member of the American Association for Justice. He is also a member of the American Trial Lawyers Association – New Jersey where he serves on the Executive Committee, the Board of Governors, as well as the Insurance Bad Faith Committee. He is active in the Monmouth Bar Association where he is a member of the Unauthorized Practice of Law Committee.

Lectures/Seminars

Lecturer:

December 2005

Insurance Bad Faith Law
ATLA-NJ Education Foundation

May 2006

Hot Tips For Hot Litigators
N.J. State Bar Association
Certified Attorney Section

December 2006

Valuable Trial Tactics for Litigating Auto Cases
ATLA-NJ Education Foundation

May 2007

Exposing Defense Medicine:
Winning the Courtroom Battle
Disarmament: Limiting the Damages
ATLA-NJ Education Foundation

Moderator:

April 2007

David Ball on Damages
Damages Seminar: Update 2007

May 2007

Hot Tips for Hot Ligitators
N.J. State Bar Association
Certified Attorney Section

Seminar Speaker:
“Discovery in Bad Faith Assignment Cases,” ATLA-NJ How to Hold Insurance Carriers Responsible for their Bad Faith Seminar, December 2005
“Motions to limit the Defense Doctor’s Testimony,” ATLA-NJ Seminar, March 2007
Moderator:
“David Ball on Damages,” ATLA-NJ Boardwalk Seminar, Atlantic City, NJ, April 2007
“Hot Tips for Hot Litigators”, NJ State Bar Association, Certified Trial Attorney Section, May 2007