Attorney Arnold Lakind, Szaferman, Lakind, Blumstein, Blader & Lehmann, P.C., Lawrenceville, New Jersey

Arnold C. Lakind
Lawrenceville, New Jersey


phone	(609) 275-0400
fax	(609) 275-4511
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Arnold Lakind, a founding shareholder of Szaferman Lakind, represents the firm's clients in commercial, environmental and land use litigation. He has over thirty reported judicial decisions and has argued several landmark cases before the Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Arnold was instrumental in obtaining damages in one of the largest toxic tort cases on behalf of several hundred residents of Jackson Township. Ayers v. Jackson Tp. remains the Supreme Court's seminal case on the types of compensable damages recoverable by individuals exposed to toxic chemicals.

Arnold has served as a Trustee of the Mercer County Bar Association, a member of the Board of Editors of the New Jersey Lawyer, and as the Executive Director of the Mercer County American Inn of Court.

Representative Cases:: Atlantic City Electric Company v. Bardin; Ayers v. Jackson; Ayers v. Jackson; Board of Chosen Freeholders, Bergen County v. Miller; Camden County Recovery Coalition v. Camden City Board of Education for Public School System; Cipriano v. Department of Civil Service of State of NJ; Matter of Critchlow; Distributec, Inc. v. Deparment of Environmental Protection and Energy, Division of Coastal Resources; Eagle Group of Princeton v. Zoning Board of Adjustment of Hamilton; Gibson v. State; Local 866, Intern. Broth. of Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Warehousemen and Helpers of America v. Lodi Board of Education; Loveladies Property Owners Ass'n, Inc. v. Raab; Macysyn v. Hensler; Midland Glass Co., Inc. v. Department of Environmental Protection of State of N.J.; Murphy v. Department of Civil Service; Omrod v. New Jersey Department of Civil Service; Saletta v. Civil Service Commission; Scarillo v. Department of Civil Service; Schaad v. Ocean Grove Camp Meeting Ass'n of United Methodist Church; State v. Cantalupo; Paterson Tallow Co., Inc. v. Royal Globe Ins. Companies; Wawa Food Market v. Planning Bd. of Borough of Shipp Bottom; Matter of Fidek; State, Department of Environmental Protection v. Middlesex County Bd. of Chosen Freeholders 206 N.J. Super. 414, 502 A.2d 1188

Areas of Practice:: Litigation; Commercial Law; Land Use Litigation

Litigation Percentage:: 90% of Practice Devoted to Litigation

Education:: Harvard University Law School, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1973
J.D.; Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA, 1969
B.A.

Past Employment Positions:: Department of Environmental Protection and the Department of Personnel, Deputy Attorney General, 1973 - 1977

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