Robert D. Brown, Jr.

Mr. Brown, a litigator in the state and federal courts of New Jersey and New York and state courts of Connecticut, has over twenty years of experience handling mass tort, products liability, general liability, business and commercial, construction, and insurance coverage matters for a broad range of firm and personal clients. Based out of Gibbons’ Newark, New Jersey office, Mr. Brown routinely represents manufacturers, distributors, and retailers of personal care products, home improvement products, automobiles and automotive products, HVAC equipment, heavy industrial equipment, material handling equipment, outdoor power equipment, power tools, recreational vehicles, construction materials, healthcare products, and general consumer goods in all facets of litigation.

Mr. Brown also has experience representing professionals in the fields of construction services, engineering, environmental services, medicine, and insurance, defending them in breach of contract claims, contract enforcement claims, collections, environmental claims, consumer fraud actions, construction litigation, personal injury claims, and insurance coverage disputes.

Mr. Brown is well versed in all aspects of litigation, from fact discovery to trial, and brings his experience, determination, and focus to every case, regardless of its magnitude.

Results may vary depending on your particular facts and legal circumstances.

• Defending personal care product manufacturer and distributor in numerous mass tort claims filed in New Jersey, New York, and Connecticut
• Successfully extricated heavy construction material supplier, via summary judgment, wrongfully sued on successor liability theory in mass tort litigation
• Represented a home improvement product manufacturer in numerous major mass tort matters throughout the tri-state area
• Represented a commercial premises owner in numerous major mass tort matters
• Defended a manufacturer of consumer goods against product liability claims
• Defended a material handling equipment manufacturer against product liability claims
• Defended a manufacturer of residential outdoor power equipment in numerous products liability claims
• Defended a manufacturer and seller of document reproduction equipment in commercial matters
• Represented premises owners in complex personal injury litigation
• Represented automobile manufacturers in products liability litigation
• Defended a recreational vehicle manufacturer against a products liability action
• Represented environmental consultants in consumer fraud and commercial matters
• Defended a global insurance carrier in multimillion-dollar insurance coverage disputes
• Defended contractors in multimillion-dollar construction litigation
• Defended healthcare providers against medical malpractice claims

Representative Decisions

Yaccarino v. Motor Coach Indus., 2006 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 82017 (E.D.N.Y. Nov. 9, 2006)

Yaccarino v. Motor Coach Indus., 2006 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 97208 (E.D.N.Y. Sept. 29, 2006)