Juan L. Icaza

JUAN L. ICAZA, was born in Cuba in 1965. He and his family came to America in 1971 and resided in New York City. He graduated from Seton Hall University and Seton Hall Law School. Mr. Icaza then joined the Newark firm of Bross, Strickland, Cary & Grossman as an associate and rose to become its managing partner at the age of 29. He and Robert R. Cary formed the firm of Cary & Icaza in 1996 and in 2009 renamed the firm to Icaza & Burgess maintaining a relationship with Robert Cary as office counsel.

Mr. Icaza has been practicing law since 1990 specializing in personal injury cases involving medical malpractice, lead and toxic torts, automobile accidents and products liability. He is admitted to practice in New Jersey , Federal District Court of New Jersey and the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. Mr. Icaza is a member of the New Jersey Bar Association, Essex County Bar Association and The Association of Trial lawyers of America. He is fluent in Spanish and Portuguese.

Seton Hall University B.A., 1987
Seton Hall Law School, J.D., 1990

Phone: (973) 799-0700

Listed in Best Lawyers in America, 2004 to 2016

New Jersey State Bar Association

New Jersey State Bar Association

Essex County Bar Association

The Association of Trial lawyers of America

New Jersey

Federal District Court of New Jersey

U.S. Court of Appeals 3rd Circuit

DOUGLAS D. BURGESS, was born in 1959 in New Jersey. Mr. Burgess is managing litigation partner in the law firm of Icaza & Burgess. He concentrates his practice on products liability and medical malpractice litigation. In addition, he represents individuals injured by defective products.

He graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Rutgers University, and earned his law degree from Seton Hall School of Law.

Mr. Burgess also advises numerous attorneys concerning issues of medical malpractice and health. Mr. Burgess represents individuals and companies seeking to recover for the economic loss or property damage sustained by lead and toxic substance exposure.

Phi Beta Kappa from Rutgers University
Seton Hall School of Law

Phone: (973) 799-0700

American Trial Lawyers Association

Listed in Best Lawyers in America, 2004 to 2016

New Jersey Bar Association

New Jersey

New Jersey

Federal District Court of New Jersey

U.S. Court of Appeals 3rd Circuit

CHARLES M. GROSSMAN has been a member of the New  Jersey Bar since January, 1965. He has also been admitted to practice before the third Circuit Court of Appeals as well as the United States Supreme Court.

Rutgers University B.S, 1959

Rutgers Law School B.S, 1964

CHARLES M. GROSSMAN  served as an Assistant Essex County Prosecutor from 1966 to 1968. He also served as Special Counsel to the Essex County Executive from 1999 to 2000. Mr. Grossman has been involved with the Hispanic community for over 40 years. He has been Counsel to the to Hispanic Law Enforcement Society since its inception in 1984. Mr. Grossman also served as a Board Member of La Casa Don Pedro from 2008 to 2010. Mr. Grossman was appointed as. Commissioner for the Essex County improvement Authority in 1991 and served until 1996. As part of the service he was elected Chairman for the years 1995 and 1996 for that agency.

973-799-0700

JOHN L. ICAZA attended Muhlenberg College where received a bachelors in Business Administration. He then went on to work at Morgan Stanley in the Alternative Investments Operations Department. In 2019 he was accepted to Widener University Commonwealth Law School. At his time at Widener, John was certified legal intern for the Central Pennsylvania Law Clinics where he assisted indigent and impoverished clients with Civil Matters. John graduated with his law degree in may of 2022 and passed the February 2023 bar exam where he will pursue his career as a lawyer with his father at Icaza Burgess and Grossman

Education

Muhlenberg College B.A. 2017

Widener University Commonwealth Law School J.D. 2022

Phone: (973) 799-0700

New Jersey Bar Association

New Jersey

Federal District Court of New Jersey

ANTHONY  M. PRIETO has been a member of the New  Jersey and Pennsylvania Bar since December, 1993. 

University of California B.A 1990

Rutgers Law School 1993

ANTHONY M. PRIETO has tried over three hundred cases to jury verdict, including ones for $100,000.00, $150,000.00, $175,000.00, $200,000.00, $250,000.00, $350,000.00, $600,000.00, $600,000.00 and $800,000.00. Settled numerous cases in excess of seven figures.

• Municipal Prosecutor. Borough of Kenilworth: 01/15 - 12/16; 01/22 - Present 

• Municipal Prosecutor. Town of Westfield: 09/10 - 02/18

• Honorable Maurice J. Gallipoli. P.J.Cy.: Jersey City, NJ: Judicial Clerk: 1993-1994

Assisted with the daily processing of litigation - discovery disputes; settlement conferences; pretrial, trial and post-trial motions. Interacted with attorneys and Court personnel; attended pretrial conferences and observed the trial of cases; participated in the development and composition of opinions; supervised judicial inter.

• Honorable Maurice J. Gallipoli, J.S.C.; Jersey City, NJ: Intem: 09/92 - 01/93

Assisted the law clerk with his daily duties; wrote memoranda of law to be used by the Judge in his decision-making process.

973-799-0700

New Jersey Bar Association

Pennsylvania Bar Association