Power from Within

In 1988, the New Jersey Supreme Court certified Mr. Krompier as a Civil Trial Attorney. Throughout his career, Mr. Krompier has been recertified six times (1995, 2002, 2007, 2012, 2017 and 2022) by the New Jersey Supreme Court as a Civil Trial Attorney. In 2012, he received certification in Civil Trial Advocacy by the ABA-accredited National Board of Trial Advocacy and certification in Civil Pretrial Practice Advocacy by the ABA-accredited National Board of Civil Pretrial Practice Advocacy. In 2017 and 2022, Mr. Krompier was recertified in Civil Trial Law and Civil Practice Advocacy by the National Board of Trial Advocacy. He is a member of the American Bar Association, American Board of Trial Advocates with Advocate ranking and is a lifetime charter member of Rue Ratings’ Best Attorneys of America. For the last 18 consecutive years (2007–2024), he was named a New Jersey Super Lawyer and has been listed in Super Lawyers magazine corporate counsel (2009–2011) and business (2011–2018) editions. In 2014, Mr. Krompier was named an Elite American Lawyer and honored for excellence in the law (2014–2015) by Worldwide Registry. In each of the years 2014 through 2019, he was named one of America’s Most Honored Professionals by the American Registry, which also named Mr. Krompier one of America’s Most Honored Lawyers in 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023. He also was identified as a Distinguished Attorney by Martindale-Hubbell each year from 2014 through 2024. In addition, Mr. Krompier is a named expert in the field of medical and dental malpractice defense litigation by Worldwide Who’s Who and in 2015 became a lifetime member of Trademark Who’s Who Honors Edition. In 2017, he was included in Worldwide Publishing’s Top Lawyers – The Secrets to Their Success. In 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024, Mr. Krompier was named one of America’s Top 100 High Stakes Litigators for New Jersey and one of America’s Top 100 Civil Defense Litigators for New Jersey. In 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024, he was named one of America’s Top 100 Medical Malpractice Litigators for New Jersey. Mr. Krompier is a member of the New Jersey Bar (1980) and the New York Bar (1988) and has been admitted to the U.S. District Court for the District of NJ (1980) and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit (1986). In 2021, Mr. Krompier was admitted to the Bar of the Supreme Court of the United States. Mr. Krompier has defended in excess of 700 malpractice lawsuits involving most medical specialties and has served as defense counsel in more than 100 malpractice trials from jury selection through verdict. This is Mr. Krompier’s second book. In 2012, he published Defense From Within – A Guide to Success As a Dental Malpractice Defense Expert for dental practitioners

Preface 1: INTRODUCTION - BASIC REQUIREMENTS 2: ATTORNEY’S PERSPECTIVE 3:JURY’S PERSPECTIVE 4: CASE PARTICIPATION 5:THE EXPERT OPINION 6: THE DEPOSITION 7: THE TRIAL 8: CREATING AN EFFECTIVE CURRICULUM VITAE 9: GETTING STARTED 10: RULES OF CONDUCT 11: ACCEPTING THE CHALLENGE