Attorney Scott P. Kessler

Scott Kessler specializes in Personal Injury matters, including Motor Vehicle Accidents, Slip and Fall Accidents, Truck Accidents, and Dog Bite cases. Mr. Kessler also specializes in Workers’ Compensation cases, and was for ten years recognized by the Supreme Court of New Jersey as a Certified Workers’ Compensation Law Attorney.

Mr. Kessler has been named a total of thirteen times to the annual “Super Lawyers” list published in New Jersey Monthly Magazine, for his work in the areas of both Workers’ Compensation and Personal Injury law. Appearing in the New Jersey Supreme Court, Mr. Kessler successfully fought to establish new legal precedents and expand the rights of injured workers in the Supreme Court case of Sager vs. O. A. Peterson Construction Co., and has appeared in New Jersey’s Appellate Division on several additional matters. He was the Acting Municipal Prosecutor for Freehold Borough from 1990 – 1991, and has also served as a Monmouth County Public Defender Pool Attorney, and as a private Criminal Defense attorney. Mr. Kessler has been the Managing Shareholder of Team Law since 2012, and has been the Managing Attorney of the Team Law Workers’ Compensation Department since 1991.

Mr. Kessler graduated from Rutgers University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1980, and received his Juris Doctor degree from New York Law School in 1988. He became licensed to practice law in the State of New Jersey and the United States District Court, District of New Jersey, in 1988. He has served as a Vice-President of The New Jersey Advisory Council on Safety and Health, a workers’ rights advocacy group, since 2008, and is a member of the New Jersey State Bar Association and the New Jersey Association of Justice.

Practice Areas

• Motor Vehicle Accidents
• Workers’ Compensation
• Slip & Falls
• Premises Liability

State Court Admissions

• New Jersey 1988

Federal Court Admissions

• U.S. District Court of New Jersey 1988

Awards and Accolades

• Recognized as Super Lawyer in the New Jersey Monthly Magazine from 2006 – 2009 and from 2011 – 2019
• Certified by the Supreme Court of New Jersey as a Workers’ Compensation Law Attorney from 2005 – 2015

Education

• New York Law School, J.D. 1988
• Rutgers University, B.A. 1980

Affiliations

• Member of the New Jersey Association of Justice
• Member of the New Jersey State Bar Association
• Vice-President of the New Jersey Advisory Council on Safety and Health