Attorneys & counselors at law · New York & New Jersey
A personal injury firm in East Orange, serving North Jersey since 2000. Michael C. Meribe spent the start of his career defending insurance companies against the claims he now brings — so he knows how the other side reads a file. Every new client hears back within 24 hours.
The firm
Michael C. Meribe, P.C. is a highly responsive personal injury firm in East Orange, New Jersey, with more than twenty-five years of practice behind every file it takes. We answer the phone, we return calls, and we tell you where your matter stands without being chased for it.
Michael Meribe has practiced law since 1997 and opened this firm in 2000. He began at Clarence Barry-Austin, defending insurance companies against the kinds of claims he now brings — which means he knows how an adjuster values a file, what the other side looks for, and where it gives ground. A paralegal supports the practice, but one attorney reads your file and the same one argues it.
Practice areas
Three areas of practice. Select one to read what it covers.
Vol. I
Most of what we do. Collisions on the road, and injuries from a fall on someone else's property. We put the insurers and the adverse parties on notice the day we take the case, so the claim is moving while the evidence is still fresh.
Vol. II
Closings, residential and commercial. We negotiate and finalize the contract, handle the title work and the mortgage closing, and sit with you at the table when title passes.
Vol. III
Injuries that happened at work. We bring the claim petition and pursue the permanent disability award you are owed — and where someone outside your employer caused the accident, the injury claim that runs alongside it.
Working with us
Vol. I
Five minutes, on your phone. Tell us what happened and how to reach you.
Go to the client intake form →Vol. II
We contact the insurance companies, the adverse parties and their lawyers to tell them you are represented.
Vol. III
Every new client hears from this office within 24 hours. Not a voicemail — a conversation.
Vol. IV
A written agreement of representation, and copies of the initial letters sent on your behalf.
The first consultation costs nothing. Personal injury and workers compensation matters are taken on a contingency fee — no legal fee unless we recover for you. Costs and expenses are separate from the fee, and we go through them with you before you sign anything.
New clients
Tell us what happened and how to reach you. It takes about five minutes and it goes straight to the firm — an attorney reads every submission before anyone calls you back.
The last question asks you to print your full name. That printed name is your acknowledgment of the retainer agreement. Nothing is owed until the firm has reviewed your matter and confirmed it in writing.
Visiting the office
Send the intake form first and we will call you to fix a time. If you would rather arrange it on the phone, call the office during working hours and you will reach a person.
For an accident matter. Missing something? Come anyway — we can chase most of it.
Where we practice
The office is on Evergreen Place in East Orange, and there is parking. We travel to clients and to courts outside Essex County, and we meet by phone or by video when that gets you seen sooner. Admitted in New Jersey and New York.
Contact
Call during office hours and you will reach a person. Outside them, the intake form is the fastest way to put your matter in front of an attorney.
Client intake form