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Douglas M.  Alba 
Cherry Hill, New Jersey
Associate
phone (856) 779-6119
fax (856) 414-6077
email dmalba@mdwcg.com

Since joining Marshall, Dennehey, Warner, Coleman & Goggin in 2002, Doug's areas of practice encompass insurance fraud litigation, insurance defense, and personal injury protection benefits litigation. He has handled approximately 600 personal injury protection medical expense benefits litigation matters in his career to date. Doug has also represented a large number of auto insurance carriers in insurance fraud prosecution and personal injury protection medical expense benefits matters. Throughout his career, Doug has had significant experience, taking over 600 examinations under oath. His extensive knowledge in this area has enabled him to conduct seminars on the subject.

Prior to Marshall Dennehey, he spent four years as the Deputy Attorney General in the Education, Health and Human Services Section at the Division of Law for the Attorney General of New Jersey. In this position, Doug handled complex health, civil rights, and tort defense litigation in federal and state courts while representing the Department of Health and Senior Services, Division of Medical Assistance and Health Services and Division of Mental Health Services. Doug was also counsel to the New Jersey Spinal Cord Injury Commission, the Board of Nursing Home Administrators, and the Department of Human Services' HIPAA Compliance Committee. Prior to becoming a Deputy Attorney General, Doug served as a judicial clerk for the Honorable F. Michael Caruso, J.S.C., Law Division, Superior Court in 1997-1998.

Doug received a B.A. in 1992 from Marist College and graduated with a J.D. in 1997 from the Rutgers School of Law at Camden. Doug is a member of the New Jersey State Bar Association. He is admitted to practice in New Jersey and before the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey and the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.

Significant Representative Matters:

  • Allstate New Jersey Ins. Co. v. Cherry Hill Pain & Rehab Institute, 389 N.J. Super. 130 (App. Div. 2007)

  • As a result of filing our Discovery Complaint against a number of medical providers on behalf of our client, a large insurance carrier, the respective medical providers withdrew all of their 55 pending arbitrations within the NAF. The amount contained in the arbitration equaled $147,000.
  • Year Joined Organization:
    2002
    Areas of Practice:
    Insurance Fraud Litigation
    Insurance Defense
    Personal Injury Protection Benefit Litigation
    Bar Admissions:
    New Jersey, 1997
    U.S. District Court District of New Jersey, 1998
    U.S. Court of Appeals 3rd Circuit, 1999
    Education:
    Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey School of Law - Camden, Camden, New Jersey, 1997
    J.D.


    Marist College, 1992
    B.A.


    Published Works:
    Baiting The Mousetrap: Effective Recorded Statements And Examinations Under Oath, Defense Digest, Volume 10, No. 3, September, 2004


    Baiting The Rat Trap: Tools For Taking Statements In Suspected Fraudulent Claims, Fraud Magazine, February, 2005


    Classes/Seminars Taught:
    Effective Recorded Statements and Examinations Under Oath, Insurance Fraud Update Seminar, 2004


    ADR, Mediation & Arbitration, South Jersey Claims Association Continuing Education Class, 2006


    Out of Control Medical Costs...Strategies for Savings - Legal Strategies for Reducing PIP Medical Expense Benefits, 2007 IMX Symposium


    Bus Medical Expense Benefits, Seminar presented to NJM, RLI, and Allstate


    How To Effectively Utilize Statutes and Regulations in Reducing PIP Medical Expense Benefits, Seminar presented to Allstate


    Professional Associations and Memberships:
    American Inn of Court, Graduate of Camden and Burlington Counties


    Delaware Valley Chapter of IASIU, Attendee


    International Association of Special Investigations Units, Attendee


    New Jersey Special Investigations Association, Attendee


    New Jersey State Bar Association


    Past Employment Positions:
    Division of Law, Attorney General of New Jersey, Deputy Attorney General, 1998 - 2002


    The Honorable F. Michael Caruso, J.S.C., Law Clerk, 1997 - 1998


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