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E.Drew Britcher, Esq., Recognized by Lawdragon

E. Drew Britcher, Esq., of Britcher, Leone & Sergio, has been selected to Lawdragon's 500 Leading Plaintiff Consumer Lawyers guide

E. Drew Britcher
E. Drew Britcher

E. Drew Britcher, Esq., of Britcher, Leone & Sergio, LLC, of Glen Rock and Morristown, N.J., has been selected to Lawdragon’s 500 Leading Plaintiff Consumer Lawyers guide for 2023, for the third consecutive year (2021-2023). Britcher was previously selected to the Lawdragon 500 Leading Lawyers in America in 2008, 2019 and 2020. Fewer than 20 attorneys representing five law firms in New Jersey were named to the Lawdragon list for 2023.

Britcher, who is co-founder of Britcher, Leone & Sergio and leads its trial practice, focuses on
complex medical negligence claims and has successfully prosecuted and resolved matters
totaling hundreds of millions of dollars. Britcher is certified by the New Jersey State Supreme
Court as a Civil Trial Attorney and has been recertified four times. He has tried nearly 100 cases
to verdict and has served as either counsel of record or amicus counsel in nearly 40 reported
decisions of the New Jersey Supreme Court and Appellate Division, as well as the United States
Supreme Court.

Britcher was included in the 2023 edition of The Best Lawyers in America® and recognized as a
“Lawyer of the Year” which is awarded to only one lawyer within the region and practice area,
specifically in the medical malpractice area for Bergen County, NJ. For nine years, he has also
been named one of the “Top 10” attorneys by New Jersey Super Lawyers. In addition, in 2022,
he was named to the Top 100 by New Jersey Super Lawyers for the 17 th consecutive year, and for
the 18 th consecutive year, was recognized by New Jersey Super Lawyers. He is AV rated by
Martindale Hubbell. In 2017, he received the “Above and Beyond Award” from the American
Association for Justice in 2017, as well as its “Distinguished Service Award” in 2011 and in
2020, and earned similar awards from its predecessor, the Association of Trial Lawyers of
America, in 2009 and 2004.

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He is a Past-President of the New Jersey Association for Justice, formerly the Association of
Trial Lawyers of America-New Jersey Chapter (ATLA-NJ), where he has also chaired its
Amicus and Medical Malpractice committees for over two decades. He is a Fellow of the
American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA) and a member of the Board of Trial Attorneys of
New Jersey (TANJ).

Britcher helped draft the language of New Jersey’s Patients First and Patient Safety Acts and is
an adjunct professor at Seton Hall University School of Law where he teaches courses in
Medical Malpractice Law and Medical Malpractice Litigation.
He is admitted to practice in New Jersey and New York, as well as before the U.S. Court of
Federal Claims. He earned a J.D. from New York Law School and a B.A. from Rutgers College,
where he was inducted as a member of the Order of the Barristers and a Loyal Son, respectively.
He is a resident of Parsippany, NJ.

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About Britcher, Leone & Sergio, LLC
Britcher, Leone & Sergio, LLC, is a law firm specializing in personal injury and medical
malpractice matters, with offices in Glen Rock and Morristown, N.J. The firm is focused on such
matters as serious/catastrophic injury, birth injury, vehicular accidents, product liability, nursing
home negligence, wrongful death, and defective drugs and medical devices. For more
information, visit www.BLSattorneys.com.


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