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Bruce
Evan Chase
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Education:
- American University, B.A.
1975; graduated Magna Cum Laude, with honors
- Who's Who in American
Colleges and Universities, 1975.
- George Washington
University Law Center, Washington, D.C.1975-1976
- Rutgers University Law
School, Newark, New Jersey, 1976-1978, J.D. 1978
Bar Admissions:
- Admitted to New Jersey Bar
- December 6, 1978
- Admitted to District Court
of New Jersey Bar - December 6, 1978
- Admitted to U.S. Supreme
Court - December 12, 1983
Professional Experience:
- Associate, Law Office of
Seymour Chase, 1978-1981
- Partner, Chase &
Chase, 1981 to present
- Managing Partner, 1993 to
present
Career Highlights:
- Participated in the
preparation of the brief to the Supreme Court of
the United States
in New Jersey District Court Association, Inc., v.
New Jersey Supreme Court, an
action challenging the New Jersey Rule of Court
providing for service of process
by mail in the Special Civil Part.
- Wrote the brief in the
matter of State in Interest of A.W.S., in which
the
Appellate Division determined that in 1980, New
Jersey’Äôs definition
of manslaughter did not include the death of a
fetus.
Professional Activities &
Bar Affiliations:
- Bergen County Bar
Association, 1978 to present
- New Jersey Bar
Association, 1978 to present
- American Bar Association,
1978 to present
- Association of Trial
Lawyers of America, 1978 - 1988
- Association of County Bar
Presidents, 1996 to present
- American Academy of
Matrimonial Attorneys, 1996 - present
New Jersey State Bar
Association:
- Trustee from Bergen
County, 2000-2003
- Family Law Section,
Executive Committee, 1998 to present
- Member General Counsel,
1980 to present
Bergen County Bar
Association:
- President, 1997 - 1998
- President Elect, 1996 -
1997
- 1st Vice President, 1995 -
1996
- 2nd Vice President, 1994 -
1995
- Secretary, 1993 - 1994
- Treasurer, 1992 - 1993
- Trustee , 1985 - 1992
- Member, Finance Committee,
1994 - 1995
- Chairperson, Monthly
Dinner Meetings
- and Monthly Dinner Meeting
Programs, 1978 - 1985
- Chairperson, Monthly
Dinner Meetings, 1985 - 1996
- Chairperson, Annual Golf
and Tennis Outings, 1985 to 2000
- Member, Annual Dinner
Committee, Activities Committee, Ad-Hoc Committee
for
refurbishing of Bar Headquarters;
- Member, Bench-Bar Liaison,
Monthly Meetings with Assignment Judge, 1993 to
1998
- Member, Judicial Selection
Committee, 1989-1990
- Co-Chairperson, Family Law
Committee, 1991-1992
- Member, Judicial
Appointments Committee, 1999-2000
Bergen County Legal Services:
- Director, 1979 - 1985
- Treasurer, 1985 - 1988
- Chairman, 1988 ’Äì 1997
Miscellaneous:
- Lecturer, Bergen County
Bar Association Seminar on attorney’Äôs fees
- Co-Author, Matrimonial Law
Section of 1986 Digest Day Publication
- Pro Bono appointments for
matrimonial cases, guardians ad. litem and as
public defender in municipalities of Woodcliff
Lake,
Oakland and Montvale, 1983-1986; 1983-1986
- Author of several Family
Law related articles for the Bergen Barrister,
BCBA’Äôs official publication
- Speaker, BCBA Continuing
Legal Education Program
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