Mark R. Scirocco Esq.

Mark R. Scirocco Esq.

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Scirocco Law, P.C.

Lawyers in Morristown, NJ in Morristown, NJ

Morristown, NJ973-988-7058

About Mark R. Scirocco Esq.

Mark R. Scirocco is a partner at Scirocco Law, P.C. He specializes in insurance defense, insurance coverage, construction defect, toxic tort, employment, dram shop, professional negligence, premises liability, and employment law. Mark has a long record of successfully handling high-profile matters in New Jersey state and federal trial courts. He is also an experienced appellate advocate, having argued multiple times before the Supreme Court of New Jersey and the New Jersey Appellate Division. His precedent setting cases include The Estate of Narleski v. Gomes, 244 N.J. 199 (2020), which involved social host liability for those under the age of 21 who facilitate underage drinking in their homes, and Pareja v. Princeton Int'l Props., 246 N.J. 546 (2021), involving liability for commercial property owners during snowstorms. Prior to joining the firm, Mark clerked for a judge on the Fairfax Circuit Court in Fairfax, VA. He is a graduate of the George Mason University Antonin Scalia Law School. He achieved his undergraduate degree from Providence College, where he graduated summa cum laude. While in law school, Mark was one of 12 students selected as part of the George Mason Supreme Court Clinic and worked on several matters before the Supreme Court of the United States. He also interned in various capacities for the Federal Government including at the U.S. House of Representatives, Committee on Oversight and Government Reform; the U.S. Court of Federal Claims, chambers of Judge Lawrence Block; and the U.S. Department of Justice, Criminal Division, Fraud Section. In 2012, Mark’s Moot Court team won First Place at the Billings, Exum & Frye National Moot Court Competition at Elon University School of Law. He was named Best Oral Advocate in the final round of that competition, which was argued before a panel of current and retired justices of the North Carolina Supreme Court. Mark has previously served as a Trustee of the Morris County Bar Foundation. He is currently appointed by the Supreme Court of New Jersey to the District X Fee Arbitration Committee. Awards and Honors Super Lawyers® Selectees Mark R. Scirocco Esq. included in a Super Lawyers® list Honors National Law Journal: 2021 Insurance Law Trailblazer New Leader of the Bar: New Jersey Law Journal, 2020 Professional Excellence Awards Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch Super Lawyers: Rising Stars Other Sources of Feedback About Mark R. Scirocco Esq. Included on the 2026New Jersey Super Lawyers list Past Lists 2025 New Jersey Super Lawyers list 2024 New Jersey Super Lawyers list 2023 New Jersey Super Lawyers list 2022 New Jersey Super Lawyers list 2021 New Jersey Super Lawyers list

Education

Legal Education

  • George Mason University School of Law, Arlington, Virginia
  • Honors: George Mason University Civil Rights Law Journal, Symposium Editor
  • Honors: Best Oral Advocate for the Final Round of the Billings Exum & Frye National Moot Court Competition
  • Honors: Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy, General Editor, Thirty-First Annual National Student Symposium on Law and Public Policy (Vol. 36, No. 1)
  • Honors: Outstanding Advocate, South Texas Mock Trial Challenge
  • Honors: Trial Advocacy Award, Virginia Trial Lawyers Association

Non Legal Education

  • Providence College
  • Honors: summa cum laude

Past Positions

  • The Honorable Michael F. Devine, 19th Judicial Circuit of Virginia, Fairfax, Virginia , Law Clerk
  • U.S. Department of Justice, Criminal Division, Fraud Section, Intern
  • U.S. House of Representatives, Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Intern
  • U.S. Court of Federal Claims, Chambers of the Honorable Lawrence J. Block, Intern

Representative Cases

  • Pareja v. Princeton Int'l Props., 246 N.J. 546 (2021)
  • Estate of Narleski v. Gomes, 244 N.J. 199 (2020)
  • Burga v. Unifirst Corp., N.J. Super. Unpub. LEXIS 1570 (App. Div. Aug. 18, 2025).
  • Weidlich v. 313-319 First St. Condo. Ass’n, 2025 N.J. Super. Unpub. LEXIS 1366 (App. Div. July 22, 2025)
  • Johnson v. Nat'l Sch. Bus Serv., 2023 N.J. Super. Unpub. LEXIS 1446 (App. Div. Aug. 18, 2023)
  • Riva Pointe at Lincoln Harbor Condo. Ass'n v. Tishman Constr. Corp., 2020 N.J. Super. Unpub. LEXIS 1142 (App. Div. June 15, 2020)
  • Estate of Narleski v. Gomes, 459 N.J. Super. 377 (App. Div. 2019)

Published Works

Articles

  • Social Host Liability After 'Narleski' , New Jersey Law Journal, 2020
  • Visible Intoxication and Civil Liability , New Jersey Law Journal, 2021
  • How Not to Use the Forum Defendant Rule, New Jersey Defense, 2021

Bar Admissions

  • New Jersey
  • Virginia
  • U.S. District Court District of New Jersey
  • U.S. Court of Appeals 3rd Circuit

Attorney Details

Full NameMark R. Scirocco Esq.
FirmScirocco Law, P.C.
Address143 Washington St., Morristown, NJ 07960
Phone973-988-7058
Phone973-691-3353
Websitewww.sciroccoesq.com
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