Sherwood, Eric W.

Mr. Sheffet is the founder of Sheffet & Dvorin, P.C. He currently handles a wide variety of personal injury, workers compensation, health care, commercial litigation and corporate transactional matters. He oversees the firm's health care, commercial business and insurance defense practices. He currently represents numerous physicians and health care providers as General Counsel, and numerous public entities in general liability and civil rights matters. He is the former Municipal Prosecutor for the Township of Verona. He has experience handling a wide variety of complex medical and legal negligence, insurance fraud, real estate title, personal injury and other general liability matters. He is admitted to practice law both in New Jersey and Pennsylvania.

Mr. Sheffet graduated cum laude from Rutgers University as a Henry Rutgers Distinguished Scholar. He was the recipient of a four-year merit scholarship, admitted to Rutgers College as a member of the Henry Rutgers General Honors Program and a member of numerous other honor societies while at Rutgers. He is a member of the Delta Sigma Phi national fraternity.

Mr. Sheffet received his Juris Doctor from George Washington University, National Law Center, Washington, D.C., where he was the recipient of a Whitcomb Merit Scholarship.

Upon graduation from law school, Mr. Sheffet served as a law clerk to the Honorable Anthony J. Sciuto, J.S.C, who case managed all medical malpractice lawsuits filed in Bergen County Superior Court. During this clerkship he also served as part time law clerk to the Honorable Arthur Troast, J.S.C. and the Honorable Isabel Stark, J.S.C.

After completion of this Judicial Clerkship, Mr. Sheffet was associated with Bumgardner, Hardin & Ellis, PA a fifty-five attorney insurance defense firm where he defended hospitals, nurses and doctors in medical negligence lawsuits. He also defended insureds and insurance carriers in general negligence cases including automobile, premises liability and Title 59, and insurance coverage matters. Thereafter, Mr. Sheffet was associated with Leonard & Butler, PA where he specialized in representing plaintiffs in medical malpractice, personal injury and general negligence matters. In 1996 Mr. Sheffet formed his own law firm.