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Position: Member
Mr. Laurence R. Maddock was admitted to the Bar of New Jersey in 1973 and to the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey in 1974. Mr. Maddock has extensive litigation experience, concentrating on corporate defense litigation, including employment discrimination, products liability, fire cause and origin, complex fraud, negligence, and contractual matters. Mr. Maddock’s practice areas also include white collar criminal defense work, plaintiff’s litigation, internal corporate investigations, and worker's compensation.
Mr. Maddock was an Assistant United States Attorney for the District of New Jersey from September, 1974 until August, 1986, during which time he held various positions: Assistant in the Special Prosecutions Division, responsible for complex political corruption cases from September 1974 - 1978; Assistant in the General Criminal Division, 1978; Chief of the Major Traffickers Drug Unit from 1979 - April, 1983; Senior Litigation Counsel, February, 1983 (then one of thirty-three Senior Litigation Counsel among more than 2,000 Assistant United States Attorneys); Deputy Chief of the Frauds Division, April , 1983 - September, 1983; Chief of the Frauds Division, September, 1983 - September, 1986, coordinating and supervising all major federal fraud prosecutions in the District of New Jersey, as well as personally prosecuting major fraud cases. Mr. Maddock’s professional awards include two Special Achievement Awards from the United States Department of Justice (1976 and 1978). Mr. Maddock was an instructor and lecturer for the United States Attorney General’s Advocacy Institute, Washington, D.C., as well as at various economic crime conferences.
Mr. Maddock has been in private practice since September, 1986, with extensive experience in complex corporate defense litigation.
Mr. Maddock has been awarded Martindale-Hubbell’s highest rating of being a pre-eminent lawyer. Mr. Maddock attended Cornell and Rutgers Law School and graduated from Rutgers University Magna Cum Laude and was awarded membership into Phi Beta Kappa.
