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Margaret Raymond-Flood

Member | New Jersey

Margaret Raymond-Flood is Co-Chair of the Litigation Practice Group. She devotes her practice to general litigation with an emphasis on complex commercial matters.  She has appeared in the federal and state courts of New Jersey, as well as the federal courts of numerous other jurisdictions. She is particularly experienced in the defense of environmental litigation. Margaret also serves as panel counsel in a variety of professional liability claims, including legal, medical, and environmental matters.

Margaret’s extensive litigation experience includes pretrial procedure, motion practice, and taking and defending depositions of corporate representatives, employees, and expert witnesses throughout the country. She has tried complex matters on both the state and federal levels and used state-of-the-art technology as part of her trial preparation and presentation.  In addition, she has been a speaker in seminars dealing with a variety of insurance-related topics and trial presentations.

Margaret is Chair of the firm’s Response to Electronic Discovery and Information (“REDI”) Group, an interdisciplinary team that helps clients with the identification, preservation, collection, review, and production of the massive amounts of electronically stored information required by federal and state court rules. Margaret authors and presents extensively on this topic as well.

Margaret also has unique experience in defending constitutional claims, particularly defending deliberate indifference claims of medical staff in the state prison system.

Margaret serves on the firm’s Professional Liability Committee and as the Attorney Liaison to the firm’s Practice Support Services Department. She also serves as the Risk Manager for the firm and handles all the placement and renewals of the firm’s insurance.

After graduating from law school, Margaret served as Law Clerk to the Hon. Neil H. Shuster, Presiding Judge of the Mercer County Civil Division in the Superior Court of New Jersey. She also coached the Bridgewater-Raritan High School Mock Trial Team for five years.

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Publications

  • Business Interruptions in the Time of COVID-19,” Somerset County Business Partnership, Zoom Meeting, April 7, 2020
  • “ESI: Where Technology Meets the Law,” Mercer County Bar Association’s 2019 Xtreme CLE, Mercer County Community College, West Windsor Township, NJ, October 17, 2019
  • “The Interplay and Intersection Between Real Estate and Environmental Law in Transactions,” Norris McLaughlin, P.A., Bridgewater, NJ, May 7, 2019
  • “Policies & Procedures for Preventing Harassment and Strategies for Controlling Discovery,” Corporate Counsel Business Journal Webinar, July 10, 2018
  • “The Basics of Environmental Coverage Law in New Jersey, Pennsylvania and New York under Comprehensive/Commercial General Liability (“CGL”) Policies,” Norris McLaughlin, P.A., March 11, 2015
  • “Insider’s Guide to Record Management Contract Review,” New Jersey Health Information Management Association, Atlantic City, NJ, June 20, 2013
  • “The Hidden ‘Gotchas’ That Could Cost Your Organization,” Norris McLaughlin and InfoStore, Bridgewater, NJ, June 13, 2013
  • “Meritas Capability Webinar: E-Discovery Strategies and Trends,” Meritas, Webinar, May 14, 2013
  • “2012 InfraGard Security Summit,” New York, NY, September 12, 2012
  • “Nuts and Bolts of E-Discovery,” New Jersey Institute of Continuing Legal Education, Mt. Laurel, New Jersey, November 2, 2010
  • “Nuts and Bolts of E-Discovery,” New Jersey Institute of Continuing Legal Education, West Orange, New Jersey, September 24, 2010
  • “E-Discovery For Litigators and Transactional Attorneys: Is Paper Discovery a Thing of the Past?” New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education, New Jersey Law Center, New Brunswick, New Jersey, February 24, 2009
  • When to Call Your Lawyer: A Seminar for Business Owners & Executives,” Norris McLaughlin Women’s Forum Seminar, Bridgewater, New Jersey, November 18, 2008
  • 2008 Tort Law Conference, New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education, New Jersey Law Center, New Brunswick, New Jersey, July 11, 2008
  • “E-Discovery: Is Your Business Ready To Navigate Through The Minefield?,” HalfMoon Seminar, November 1, 2007
  • “E-Discovery Federal and State Rule Amendments: What To Expect and How To Prepare,” Construction Law Section Meeting, New Jersey State Bar Association, October 17, 2007
  • “E-Discovery: Is Your Business Ready To Navigate Through The Minefield?,” Norris McLaughlin, P.A. Seminar, September 19, 2007
  • Chair, Litigation Steering Committee, Meritas Annual Litigation Section Meeting, San Diego, California, October 22-23, 2006
  • “2012 InfraGard Security Summit,” New York, NY, September 12, 2012
  • “Nuts and Bolts of E-Discovery,” New Jersey Institute of Continuing Legal Education, Mt. Laurel, New Jersey, November 2, 2010
  • “Nuts and Bolts of E-Discovery,” New Jersey Institute of Continuing Legal Education, West Orange, New Jersey, September 24, 2010
  • “E-Discovery For Litigators and Transactional Attorneys: Is Paper Discovery a Thing of the Past?” New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education, New Jersey Law Center, New Brunswick, New Jersey, February 24, 2009
  • When to Call Your Lawyer: A Seminar for Business Owners & Executives,” Norris McLaughlin Women’s Forum Seminar, Bridgewater, New Jersey, November 18, 2008
  • 2008 Tort Law Conference, New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education, New Jersey Law Center, New Brunswick, New Jersey, July 11, 2008
  • “E-Discovery: Is Your Business Ready To Navigate Through The Minefield?,” HalfMoon Seminar, November 1, 2007
  • “E-Discovery Federal and State Rule Amendments: What To Expect and How To Prepare,” Construction Law Section Meeting, New Jersey State Bar Association, October 17, 2007
  • “E-Discovery: Is Your Business Ready To Navigate Through The Minefield?,” Norris McLaughlin, P.A. Seminar, September 19, 2007
  • Chair, Litigation Steering Committee, Meritas Annual Litigation Section Meeting, San Diego, California, October 22-23, 2006

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