MELVILLE D. LIDE
Melville D. Lide
Melville D. Lide joined Nicholas G. Radano in establishing the firm of Radano and Lide
in 1984. His practice is focused upon the field of personal injury with an emphasis on motor vehicle and premises liability claims, including matters involving complex insurance coverage issues.
After graduating from Lehigh University with a Major and two Minor Degrees, Mr. Lide attended Rutgers - The State University Law School - Camden, from which he graduated in 1980. Thereafter, in 1980, he was admitted by the Supreme Court of New Jersey to practice before the Courts of the State of New Jersey and he was also admitted to practice before the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey.
Mr. Lide has successfully argued hundreds of motions on behalf of personal injury Plaintiffs before the New Jersey Trial Courts and has also successfully briefed and argued matters before the Appellate Division and the Supreme Court of New Jersey.
Since shortly after the Mandatory Superior Court Arbitration Program was implemented in New Jersey for personal injury cases more than 20 years ago, Mr. Lide has regularly served as an Arbitrator in Cumberland County and has also served, periodically, in Gloucester, Salem, Atlantic and Cape May Counties. Mr. Lide is a member of the New Jersey State and Cumberland County Bar Associations.
Mr. Lide is a past recipient of the Cumberland County Bar Association Professional Lawyer of the Year Award and he is currently serving his third term on the New Jersey Supreme Court Professional Responsibility Rules Committee, having been appointed to serve by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of New Jersey.
Mr. Lide is a past recipient of the Cumberland County Bar Association Professional Lawyer of the Year Award and he is currently serving his third term on the New Jersey Supreme Court Professional Responsibility Rules Committee, having been appointed to serve by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of New Jersey.