Brett Gorman

609-429-4600   |   bgorman@gdmlawgroup.com

Brett Gorman is one of the most experienced and well respected school law attorneys in the State of New Jersey. Brett has handled hundreds of complaints and due process petitions filed in multiple courts against many public school districts. Through these matters, he has regularly appeared before the Third Circuit Court of Appeals, District Court of New Jersey, New Jersey Superior Court, and the Office of Administrative Law. Brett has sat across the table or litigated against almost every adverse attorney of a public school district in this State and has also appeared before almost every judge in the Office of Administrative Law.

Due to this extensive experience, Brett is recognized as a skilled litigator and expert on public school education throughout the State. His impressive reputation is well known to public school districts, other school law attorneys, and the judges he appears before. Brett routinely lectures and teaches Continuing Legal Education classes on School Law and Special Education across the State of New Jersey. This experience, credibility across the field, and strategic thinking, allows Brett to succeed through collaboration and creativity to resolve special education matters for all parties involved. However, when negotiations fail, Brett is a seasoned, skilled, and well respected trial attorney who has tried and won many matters on behalf of public school districts.

In addition to his credentials, Brett served as the President for the Burlington County Bar Association for the 2021-2022 year, previously served on the Burlington County Judicial and Prosecutorial Appointments Committee, and is the long-time Chairman of the Burlington County Mock Trial Program. Finally, Brett serves as on the Board of Port Wardens for the Independence Seaport Museum and as the President of the Green Valley Tennis Club.

Professional Activities

• Burlington County Bar Association
  • President (2021-2022)
  • Mock Trial Program Coordinator (2013-Present)
  • Robert W. Criscuolo Award - Young Lawyer of the Year (2015)
  • Burlington County Judicial and Prosecutorial Appointments Committee (2020-2022)
  • Board of Trustees (2013-2022)
• Independence Seaport Museum
  • Board of Port Wardens (2022-Present)
  • Vice-Chairman of the Collections Committee (2023-Present)
• Green Valley Tennis Club
  • President (2019-Present)
  • Board Member (2017-Present)
• Camden County Bar Association
• Cape May County Bar Association
• New Jersey State Bar Association

EDUCATION

• Rutgers University School of Law (J.D., 2009) 
  • Rutgers Law School Trial Team (2008-2009)
    • Tenth in the country at the American Association for Justice’s National Competition
  • Eagleton Institute of Politics, Henry J. Raimondo Fellow (2007-2008)
• Judicial Law Clerk to the Honorable Frederick J. Schuck, J.S.C.
  • Superior Court of New Jersey, Civil Division
• Rutgers University (B.A., History, 2006)
  • Phi Kappa Tau Fraternity

ADMISSIONS

• New Jersey
• Pennsylvania
• U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit
• U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey
• U.S. Supreme Court