Michael J. Paragano
AREAS OF PRACTICE
  • Class Actions
  • Medical Malpractice
  • Personal Injury
  • Complex Litigation
EDUCATION
  • Seton Hall University School of Law, Newark, New Jersey, 2011
  • Rutgers University, Criminal Justice and Sociology, 2008
BAR ADMISSION
  • New Jersey, 2011
  • U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey, 2011
  • New York, 2012

Michael J. Paragano is a partner at Nagel Rice. He concentrates his practice in the areas of personal injury, medical malpractice, class actions and civil litigation.

Prior to joining Nagel Rice in 2016, Michael was an associate at a New Jersey law firm where he exclusively focused his practice representing plaintiffs in civil litigation, including personal injury and medical malpractice matters.

Michael attended college at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey where he obtained his Bachelor of Arts in Criminal Justice and Sociology, with honors. Thereafter, Mr. Paragano received his Juris Doctor from the Seton Hall University School of Law, cum laude.

While in law school, he was a member of the Mock Trial Team and received the Joseph P. Lordi Memorial Scholarship based on academics after his first year. Following law school, he served as law clerk for the Honorable Donald W. De Leo, Surrogate of Hudson County.

He was admitted to practice law in New Jersey and the District of New Jersey in 2011 and New York in 2012. He is a member of the Middlesex County Bar Association as well as the New Jersey Association for Justice (NJAJ). He currently serves as the Co-Chairman of the Young Lawyers Division for the Middlesex County Bar Association, a position he has held since 2017. Michael was named the 2022 Middlesex County Bar Association Young Lawyer of the Year.

Michael has been named to the Super Lawyer’s Rising Stars list each year from 2017-2023.

  • Balducci v. Cige, 456 N.J. Super. 219 (App. Div. 2018)
  • Balducci v. Cige, 240 N.J. 574 (2020)
  • B.B. v. Mell, 465 N.J. Super. 331 (App. Div. 2020)
  • $8,000,000 – settlement for injured man who fell down an elevator shaft
  • $5,700,000 – settlement for injured worker who was assaulted and burned by travelling nurse
  • $4,000,000 – settlement for injured pedestrian struck by drunk driver
  • $1,500,000 – settlement for an injured driver and passenger when another vehicle struck them head on
  • $1,100,000 – settlement for an injured driver when another vehicle crossed over into his lane and struck him head on
  • $1,000,000 – settlement for injured woman struck by golf cart
  • $762,500- settlement for victim of vibrio paraheamolyticus at restaurant
  • $500,000 – settlement for a dog bite resulting in permanent facial scarring and emotional distress
  • $500,000 – settlement for an injured man struck by a dropped umbrella at restaurant
  • $460,000 – settlement for a family injured when a motor vehicle struck their vehicle from behind on the Garden State Parkway.
  • $442,500– settlement for victim of dog bite
  • $430,000- settlement for injuries as a result of a recreational boating accident
  • $400,000 – settlement for customer injured when she slipped and fell on liquid in a restaurant
  • $400,000 – settlement for injured concert-goer after fall on liquid
  • $350,000 – settlement for motorist killed on highway when struck by another vehicle
  • $325,000 – settlement for an injured woman after condo fall
  • $312,500 – settlement for a passenger injured when a garbage truck made an improper left turn and struck the vehicle she was traveling in.
  • $300,000 – settlement for injured driver struck by turning vehicle
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