Walter Skrod

Background

About Walter Skrod

The Hon. Walter F. Skrod (Ret.) concentrates his practice in the ADR field. He welcomes and accepts mediation and arbitration referrals of disputes involving wrongful death, personal injury, economic loss, malpractice, negligence, Tort Claims Act liability, product liability, insurance coverage, business law, real estate law, and family law. He consults on trial presentations and is available to manage litigation as a Special Master. He is also available to serve as a Hearing Officer. Appointed as a Superior Court Judge in 2015, Judge Skrod presided over domestic violence and child support trials in the Family Division until early in 2017. At that time, he commenced service as a trial judge in the Civil Division, where he conducted a range of civil jury trials, including several major personal injury cases involving commercial establishments and consumer products. Judge Skrod specialized in the settlement of major cases, inclusive of those involving insurance disputes, and personal injury or death resulting from aircraft crashes, malpractice, commercial establishment accidents, construction site accidents, motor vehicle accidents, and Tort Claims Act liability. Prior to his appointment to the Superior Court bench, Judge Skrod maintained an active civil litigation practice in the negligence field. He tried cases involving serious personal injury and property damage. Judge Skrod was managing attorney for the northern New Jersey staff counsel litigation office of Liberty Mutual for 20 years and served in that same role for GEICO for nearly seven years. He oversaw the preparation of and trial of hundreds of cases. Judge Skrod also served as the Englewood Cliffs municipal prosecutor for approximately five years. Judge Skrod lectured for the Institute of Continuing Legal Education on the issue of defending damages in personal injury cases. Judge Skrod earned his J.D. from Rutgers University Law School and his B.A. degree from the University of Notre Dame, from which he graduated cum laude. Judge Skrod is admitted to the New Jersey Bar, the Washington D.C. Bar, and the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey. Judge Skrod is currently a member of the Bergen County Bar Association and the New Jersey Association for Justice (formerly ATLA-NJ).