Joseph Anthony DeFuria

Certified by the Supreme Court of New Jersey as a Civil Trial Attorney
Joseph DeFuria, Esq. was born and raised in Bloomfield, NJ. Mr. DeFuria has dedicated his practice to representing individuals who have sustained serious injuries due to the negligence of others. Mr. DeFuria has been certified as a Civil Trial Attorney by the Supreme Court of New Jersey since 2010. He received his undergraduate degree from the University of Delaware in 1990 and his law degree from Seton Hall University School of Law in 1993. Mr. DeFuria has been admitted to the Bar of the State of New Jersey since 1993.
Mr. DeFuria’s practice is focused exclusively in the areas of personal injury and worker’s compensation, and he regularly appears in courts throughout the State of New Jersey. He has obtained countless settlements and verdicts on behalf of injured employees and individuals throughout his career.
Mr. DeFuria also serves as a Tax Commissioner for the Essex County Board of Taxation and previously served as the Municipal Judge for the Borough of Caldwell, as well as the Municipal Prosecutor for the Borough of Caldwell and the Township of West Caldwell.
Recent Verdicts & Recoveries:
Mr. DeFuria was lead trial counsel on a $6.75 million settlement, which occurred after mediation, that involved a construction site accident during the installation of underground steel gas pipes.
$825,000 settlement for a client injured in motorcycle accident.
$400,000 settlement for client who injured his knee in a falldown in a commercial parking lot.
$400,000 settlement for client injured in a tractor trailer accident.
$210,000 settlement for a firefighter injured in a fall during a house fire.
Mr. DeFuria has also served as lead trial counsel on many other personal injury trials and worker’s compensations cases that have resulted in many millions of dollars in recoveries for his clients.