Caroline Oks

Ms. Caroline E. Oks handles a wide range of complex business and commercial litigation matters in both state and federal courts throughout New Jersey and New York. Her practice focuses primarily on various aspects of general and complex commercial litigation, including factual investigation, discovery and strategy, briefing and motions practice, and appellate filings in connection with class action defense, common law fraud, breach of contract, business torts, and multi-party construction disputes.

While serving as a law clerk to the Honorable John C. Kennedy, Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division, she was responsible for composing bench memoranda that analyzed issues on appeal, as well as drafting and editing judicial opinions.

While attending law school, she was involved in the Civil Rights and Constitutional Litigation Clinic, a part of the Seton Hall Law Center for Social Justice, where she primarily researched case law and trends in First Amendment rights.

EDUCATION:

• Seton Hall University School of Law (J.D.)
  • Senior Notes Editor, Seton Hall Legislative Journal
  • Vice President, Student Bar Association
• University of Connecticut (B.A.)
  • New England Scholar

PROFESSIONAL ADMISSIONS:

• State of New Jersey
• State of New York
• United States District Court for the District of New Jersey
• United States District Court for the Southern District of New York
• United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York
• United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES:

• New Jersey State Bar Association
  • Trustee, Women in the Profession Section
• New York State Bar Association
• American Bar Association
  • Class Action and Derivative Suits Committee
• Essex County Bar Association
• New Jersey Women Lawyers Association
• Association of the Federal Bar of New Jersey
• John C. Lifland American Inn of Court