Nicole M. Crowley
Partner

Nicole M. Crowley is an accomplished litigator with experience across a wide variety of insurance and general liability matters. Her clients include major corporations and small businesses, insurers, and national trucking companies.
Nicole serves as lead attorney for district court, small claims, and contract matters for a Fortune 500 company and small businesses, handling or coordinating all aspects of each matter, including depositions, motion practice, witness preparation, settlement negotiations, and trials. She has also advised general liability insurers on insurance coverage matters and has assisted with declaratory judgment actions in coverage cases. In addition, Nicole advises and represents large national trucking companies in a variety of matters.
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Experience Highlights
Nicole has extensive experience in medical malpractice matters, which includes handling malpractice tribunals, the distinctive challenges of malpractice discovery, taking and defending depositions, and preparing medical professional witnesses for trial. She has also defended long-term health care facilities, handling motion practice, responses to presentment letters, discovery, taking and defending depositions, preparing witnesses for deposition and for trial, and expert case evaluations.
Nicole’s experience in trucking-related matters includes pre-suit investigation and discovery, accident reconstruction, and Engine Control Module (ECM) and Event Data Recorder (EDR) download and analysis.
Honors & Awards
New Jersey Defense Association Young Lawyer of the Year, 2019-20
Massachusetts Super Lawyers Rising Star, 2016
New Jersey Super Lawyers, Rising Stars, 2019-20
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Admissions
- Massachusetts
- New Jersey
- U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey
Education
- New England Law, J.D., cum laude, 2013
- University of Dallas, B.A., 2009
Professional Affiliations
- DRI Trucking Law Committee
- Massachusetts Bar Association
- Law Practice Management Section Council, 2015–17
- New Jersey Defense Association
Community Involvement
- Board Member, Charlestown Youth Soccer Organization, 2015–17
Publications & Events
- “Key Policy Rescission Considerations For Insurers,” (Co-Author), Law360, August 23, 2019
- “An Important Step Forward For Driverless Car Tech Standards,” (Co-Author), Law 360, July 19, 2019
- “Liability Insurers Should Beware Time-Limited Demands” (Co-Author), Law360, February 25, 2019
- “Preserving Electronic Date for Use at Trial” (Co-Author), DRI In Transit, November 2, 2018
- “Autonomous Vehicle Technology – Who is Liable in a Crash?” (Co-Author), New Jersey Defense, Summer 2018
- “Who’s Driving? NJ & Autonomous Vehicles – Perfect Together?” (Co-Presenter), NJDA and ACCNJ Products Liability Seminar, Newark, NJ, February 1, 2019
- Co-Presenter, “MCS-90 Endorsement: 2020 Refresher and Update,” GS GIS Webinar Series, March 24, 2020
Recent Insights
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February 25, 2019