Resume of GEORGE W.C. McCARTER
1996 Photo, very dated but I like it
48 Drs. James Parker Blvd.
Red Bank, New Jersey 07701
(732) 450-1138
PROFESSIONAL
1996-2013 Partner, McCarter & Higgins, Red Bank, New Jersey. General practice of law.1983-1996 Partner, McCarter & English, Newark, New Jersey. Specialized in business, toxic tort, and product liability litigation.
1975-1983 Associate, McCarter & English.
Reported cases:
- Brennan v. N.Y.C. Board of Education , 260 F.3d 123, 50 Fed. R. Serv.3d 61, 156 Ed. Law Rep. 79 (2nd Cir. 2001)
- Fortenbaugh v. New Jersey Press, Inc., 317 N.J. Super. 439, 722 A.2d. 569 (App. Div. 1999)
- Daewoo Electronics Corp. v. Western Auto Supply Co., 975 F.2d 474 (8th Cir. 1992)
- Ironbound Health Rights Advisory Commission v. Diamond Shamrock Chemicals Company, 578 A.2d 1248, 243 N.J. Super. 170 (App. Div. 1990)
- AlliedSignal Inc. v. Purex Industries , 576 A.2d 942, 242 N.J. Super. 362 (App. Div. 1990)
- Vuocolo v. Diamond Shamrock Chemicals Company, 573 A.2d 196, 240 N.J. Super. 289 (App. Div. 1990)
- Allied Corporation v. Frola, 730 F. Supp. 626 (D.N.J. 1990)
- Allied Corporation v. Frola, 701 F. Supp. 1084 (D.N.J. 1988)
- Hellenic Lines v. Commodities Bagging, 611 F. Supp. 665 (D.N.J. 1985).
FIDUCIARY LITIGATION
For a somewhat irreverent discussion of my practice representing aggrieved victims of bank trust departments, click here .
NEW JERSEY COMMITTEE ON CHARACTER
I was never on this Committee. The link above is to a disturbing account of how a local panel of the New Jersey Committee on Character tried to deny a young man admission to the bar due to his politics, by fraudulently distorting his testimony. The major perpetrator, Mary Maudsley, incredibly later served two terms as chair of the New Jersey Disciplinary Review Board, 2003-2005. Her partner in deception, Richard Fauntleroy, became chair of the New Jersey Committee on Character, 2004-2005. As of 2007 he was serving as Board Chair of the Interest on Lawyers’ Trust Accounts (IOLTA) Fund of New Jersey! No further comment seems necessary.
Center for Individual Rights, Washington, D.C., Lawyers Advisory Board, 1993-1996.Federalist Society for Law and Public Policy Studies, Chairman, Professional Responsibility Section, Washington, D.C., 1996-2001
General Counsel, Rumson Country Day School, Rumson, N. J., 2000-2013
EDUCATION
University of Virginia, J.D., 1975.
Princeton University, A.B., History, magna cum laude, 1971.
- Awarded C.O. Joline Prize for best Senior Thesis on a topic in American Political History .
PUBLICATIONS
Look Before You Leap“, 6 Seton Hall Constitutional Law Journal 991 (1996), a discussion of the infamous decision of the Supreme Court of New Jersey compelling all Princeton University eating clubs to admit women. As of 2018, no such ruling applies to fraternities at Rutgers.
Medical Sue-veillance: A History and Critique of the Medical Monitoring Remedy in Toxic Tort Litigation, 45 Rutgers Law Rev. 227 (1993)
co-author with William P. Higgins, Jr., Discovery in Business Litigation in New Jersey State and Federal Courts, appearing in Commercial Litigation in New Jersey, Law Practice Handbooks, Inc., Springfield, Ill. (1996).
Review of Closed Chambers by Edward Lazarus in the Spring 1999 edition of “Professional Responsibility News”, a publication of the aforementioned Federalist Society. The review commends a former Supreme Court clerk for exposing occasional fraud and intellectual dishonesty committed by the nation’s highest judges.
I have written an as-yet unpublished biography of my namesake, Philadelphia philanthropist and publisher George William Childs (1829-1894). I will be posting some excerpts from the book soon.
OTHER
Major investor, Discovery Wines, 16 Avenue B, New York, New York 10009. We opened September 27, 2004 at another location and moved to our present address in 2011. Discovery Wines has received favorable reviews in New York Magazine, The New York Sun, Time Out New York, and in 2010 the Village Voice declared us the Best Wine Store in New York City! If you like wine, it’s worth a trip to the Lower East Side (two blocks from the Second Avenue stop on the F train).
Two no longer recent articles have described the many health benefits of wine consumption. The one from Food & Wine is simple and direct; the one from Nature is quite esoteric. Take your pick. One of the most useful articles about wine I have ever read was Dorothy Gaiter and John Brecher’s final column for 2006 in the Wall Street Journal. Yes, I added the emphasis on “Find a good merchant”.
CIVIC
Chairman, Board of Trustees, Cap and Gown Club of Princeton University , 2003 – 2010 ; previously Secretary, 1990-2003; Trustee 1983-
Trustee, Monmouth Museum , Lincroft, N.J., 1993-2013.
Chairman, Board of Trustees, Navesink House Continuing Care Retirement Community , Red Bank, N.J. 2000-2002; 2004-2006. Trustee, 1998-2006. On July 1, 2006 Navesink House (now the Atrium) was merged into Presbyterian Homes of Red Bank, and a new board took over the facility.
Chairman, Rumson (N.J.) Zoning Board of Adjustment, 1996-2002. Member, 1991-2002. The Hub cartoon linked to “Chairman” erroneously called it the Planning Board, and referred to the fact that I cast the sole vote in favor of the expansion of Holy Cross Church in Rumson, which happened anyway due to litigation, despite the Zoning Board vote.
Vestry, St. George’s by the River Church, Rumson, N.J., 1996-1998; Sunday School teacher, 1993-2001.
Graduate Treasurer, Princeton University Class of 1971 , 1996-2001
Member, Finance Committee, United Way of West Hudson and Essex, 1994-96
Trustee, Greater Newark Urban Coaltion, 1980-84.
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