• Leary, Bride, Mergner & Bongiovanni, P.A.

About Us

Founded in 1976, we are a firm of nineteen attorneys with total personnel of fifty and a combined excess of two hundred and fifty years of experience in civil litigation, trial, and appellate practice.  The firm consistently has been rated “AV,” the highest rating possible for a firm, by Martindale Hubbell. 

The firm’s scope of work covers, from inception through trial and appeal, the handling of a broad range of defense cases, including Construction Defect and Injury Claims, Products Liability, Premises Liability, Environmental/Toxic Tort, Commercial Liability, Insurance Coverage Law, Trucking and Transportation Litigation, Section 1983/False Arrest Claims, Workers’ Compensation, Employment Discrimination/Wrongful Discharge, Professional Liability (healthcare, senior residential, attorney, accounting, architects/engineers, and insurance agents), Motor Vehicle Law, and Public Entity Defense.

We have developed long-standing client relationships with many national insurers.  In addition, we represent the self-insured interests of many businesses, including Fortune 500 companies, midsized, and small privately held companies. 

Our firm has a well-earned reputation for being exceptionally skilled, aggressive, and professional trial attorneys.  We pride ourselves on out-preparing and outworking the opposition, and we do so on a consistent basis.  These skills allow us to enjoy an excellent reputation with the courts and our adversaries, which enhances our ability to leverage results that consistently exceed client expectations.

Contact Us

New Jersey Office: Headquarters

7 Ridgedale Avenue
Cedar Knolls, New Jersey 07927

Phone: 973-539-2090
Fax: 973-539-0806
Email: info@lbmblaw.com

New York City Office

43 West 43rd Street, Suite 50
New York, New York
10036-7424

Phone: 212-709-8193
Fax: 973-539-0806
Email: info@lbmblaw.com

Albany, NY Office

1540 Dean Street
Niskayuna, New York
12309-5102

Phone: 518-280-6291
Fax: 973-539-0806
Email: info@lbmblaw.com

Philadelphia, PA Office

100 South Juniper 3rd Floor, #200
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19107

Phone: 973-539-2090
Email: info@lbmblaw.com