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Badge - Million Dollar Advocates ForumThe Million Dollar Advocates Forum members are attorneys who have won verdicts and settlements in the amount of one million dollars and above. Members of the Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum have won multi-million dollar settlements and verdicts.

Badge - Multi Million Dollar Advocates ForumsVictor A. Rotolo has been a member of the Million Dollar Advocates Forum since June 2002 and in 2016 became a member of the Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum. [No aspect of this advertisement has been approved by the Supreme Court.]


Badge - New Jersey Supreme Court Certified Attorney Victor A. Rotolo is certified by the Supreme Court of New Jersey as a Civil Trial Attorney.

"A certified attorney is more than just an attorney who specializes in a particular area of law. A New Jersey attorney who is certified by the Supreme Court as a civil trial attorney must have:

  • been a member in good standing of the New Jersey bar for over 5 years
  • demonstrated a substantial level of experience in civil trial law
  • been favorably evaluated by other attorneys and judges familiar with his or her work
  • taken and passed a written examination in civil trial law."

Source: Supreme Court of New Jersey, Board on Attorney Certification, Brochure on Certified Civil Trial Attorney. See Rule 1:39: Specialty Certification of Attorneys


Badge - New Jersey's Best Lawyers For Families 2018 Victor Rotolo was selected to the list of "NJ's Best Lawyers for Families," which was announced in the April 2018 issue of New Jersey Family magazine. Attorneys selected to this list are chosen by NJ Family parents and readers who complete a survey nominating attorneys "who made a difference in their family's lives during trying time."


Badge - Rated by Super Lawyers Victor A. Rotolo Victor A. Rotolo has been included on the List of New Jersey Super Lawyers in the years 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, and 2023, marking his eighteenth year of inclusion on this list.


Badge - Rated by Super LawyersThe Firm is also pleased to announce that associate Charles Rifici was named to the list of New Jersey Rising Stars for 2022. This is his sixth year of selection to the Rising Stars list.

The Super Lawyers and Rising Stars lists are generated by the Thomson Reuters organization which employs the following methodology and set of standards to compile the list each year. Super Lawyers Selection Methodology [No aspect of the advertisement has been approved by the Supreme Court.]


Badge - AV Preeminent Victor A. Rotolo In 1996 Victor A. Rotolo achieved and has maintained since then the highest rating of "AV" by Martindale-Hubbell, the oldest nationally recognized legal reference company in the country. Martindale-Hubbell employs the following methodology and set standards to determine ratings. Martindale-Hubbell Peer Review Ratings Methodology[No aspect of the advertisement has been approved by the Supreme Court.]

Further information about Victor A. Rotolo may be obtained from viewing his Avvo Profile, Super Lawyers Profile, Martindale-Hubbell, and the Victor A. Rotolo website page.


Badge - Client Champion Gold 2023 Victor Rotolo has once again received the Gold Client Champion award from Martindale-Hubbell. According to Martindale-Hubbell, this recognition is "based on the quantity and quality of an attorney's Martindale-Hubbell client reviews, [and] demonstrates an ongoing commitment to delivering excellent client service."


Top 80 Family Law Blog Badge Kearns Rotolo Law's Family Law Blog first selected to the "Top Family Law Blogs" list by Feedspot.com on 3/14/2017.


Badge - Top 40 Under 40 Thomas Vaccaro was selected for membership to the National Trial Attorneys Top 40 Under 40 in 2024. The National Trial Lawyers Top 40 Under 40 is a professional organization composed of the top trial lawyers from each state or region who are under the age of 40. Membership into The National Trial Lawyers Top 40 under 40 is by invitation only and is extended exclusively to those trial lawyers practicing civil plaintiff and/or criminal defense law.

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