Samuel M. Gaylord

Partner

Sam Gaylord

Phone: 609.771.8611
Fax: 609.779.6044
sgaylord@szaferman.com

120 Sanhican Drive
Trenton, NJ 08628

Practice Areas

Workers’ Compensation

Samuel M. Gaylord practices in the areas of Workers’ Compensation, Social Security Disability and Disability Pension Appeals. Mr. Gaylord is certified by the New Jersey Supreme Court as a workers’ compensation law attorney and is licensed to practice in New Jersey and Pennsylvania. He received his B.A. degree from Syracuse University and his J.D. degree from Seton Hall School of Law. He then served as a judicial intern with the Honorable Charles A. Delehey, and since 1996 has worked primarily in the area of workers’ compensation. In 2002, Sam was named Young Lawyer of the Year for Mercer County and in 2003 received the Young Lawyer of the Year Service to the Bar award from the New Jersey State Bar Association. In January 2004, Mr. Gaylord formed Gaylord & Yuska, and in June of 2007, Lawrence E. Popp, Esq. joined the firm.

He is a former Barrister member of The American Inns of Court Foundation for workers compensation in New Jersey and a member of the New Jersey State, Mercer County, and American Bar Associations as well as the Association of American Justice and the Council on Safety and Health. He is former President of the Mercer County Bar Association, a member of the Ewing Democratic Club and Vice-president of Clara‘s Heart. He has lectured and written on a variety of workers’ compensation, Social Security Disability, and Disability Pension issues and is an accomplished trumpet player. He is married to Amy for these past 29 years and has two daughters Rachel, age 24, and Anna, age 22, and a son, Benjamin, age 17.
Mr. Gaylord is the former Managing Partner and founder of Gaylord Popp, LLC.

New Jersey
Pennsylvania

New Jersey Super Lawyers List Issued by Thomson Reuters – Workers’ Compensation, 2006 – 2022
Young Lawyer of the Year Service to the Bar Award – New Jersey State Bar Association, 2003
Young Lawyer of the Year – Mercer County Bar Association, 2002

J.D. – Seton Hall University School of Law
B.A. – Syracuse University

American Bar Association – Member
Association for American Justice
The American Inn of Court Foundation for Workers’ Compensation – Barrister Member
Council on Safety & Health
Ewing Democratic Club – Member
New Jersey State Bar Association – Member
Mercer County Bar Association – Past President

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