RAM Law

Craig M. Aronow

Craig, a RAM Law partner, focuses on civil trial practice and litigation in the areas of personal injury, construction and commercial law.  He is licensed in both New Jersey and New York.

He graduated in 1995 from Pennsylvania State University with a B.A. in Political Science and a minor in Philosophy.  In 1998, Craig earned his Juris Doctor with honors, Cum Laude, from Quinnipiac University School of Law.  He graduated in the top 10% of his class.

While at Quinnipiac Law, Craig served as the Associate Editor of the Quinnipiac Probate Law Journal (1997-98), the vice president of the Student Bar Association (1997-98), and president of the Mock Trial Law Society (1997-1998). He also received the following awards: Scholarship for Academic Achievement (1996-98); The Award for Distinguished Academic Achievement (1995-96, 1997-98); The Award for Outstanding Legal Scholarship; The Award for Outstanding Performance in Oral Advocacy, and the Sayegh-Oberst Mock Trial Award.  Following law school, Craig served as Law Clerk to the Honorable Alan A. Rockoff, Judge of the Superior Court of the State of New Jersey in Middlesex County (1998-99).

Craig has attained Martindale Hubbell’s highest peer review rating of AV Preeminent. This rating means that Craig’s peers have rated him as having the highest professional ability.

Craig has substantial litigation and trial experience in personal injury claims, including: construction site accidents, premises liability, products liability, slip and falls, trip and falls, motor vehicle accidents, assault, legal malpractice and medical malpractice. His construction law experience includes the litigation, arbitration and mediation of multi-million dollar architectural, engineering, and land surveying malpractice claims; design defect cases; contractor delay damage claims; contract disputes and copyright disputes.  He has also assisted homeowners in bringing claims for faulty construction, represented contractors in bid disputes and claims against owners and design professionals. Craig has advised homeowners, small businesses, community service organizations and design professionals on risk management issues both within the general business community and the construction industry.

Craig has provided legal service on a pro bono basis. He assisted 9/11 widows in obtaining compensation for the loss of their loved ones.  Craig is actively involved in professional organizations at the local, state and national levels.  He is the secretary of the Middlesex County Bar Association, chair of the MCBA Civil Trial Practice Committee and Lawyer Referral Service Committee and past chair of MCBA’s Young Lawyers Committee.  With respect to the New Jersey State Bar Association, Craig is chair of the Solo and Small Firm Section, a member of the Nominating Committee and organizer of New Jersey’s first ever Solo and Small Firm Practice Conference.  He has previously served as a New Jersey Delegate to the American Bar Association’s Young Lawyers Division and is a barrister in the Joseph Halpern Civil Inn of Court.

Craig received the NJSBA Young Lawyer Division’s Award for Service to the Bar in 2008.

Craig has presented the following lectures and panel discussions:

• Fee Agreements that Work, NJICLE (August 2009)
• Building and Marketing Your Law Practice, NJICLE (June 2009)
• How to Take a Deposition, NJSBA and MCBA (3 times 2007-2009)
• How to Take an Expert Deposition, NJSBA and MCBA (2 times 2008-2009)
• Building a Law Practice Panel, Moderator for NJSBA (2008)
• Negotiating Settlements Panel, Moderator for NJSBA (2008)
• Professional Ethics, Panelist for NICLE Skills and Methods (2007)
• Careers in the Law, Panelist for NJSBA (May 2007)