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Caroline E. Oks
Partner
Newark, NJ
Washington, D.C.
Partner
Newark, NJ
Washington, D.C.
Caroline handles a wide range of complex business and commercial litigation matters in both state and federal trial and appellate courts, as well as in the full range of alternative dispute resolution arenas. Her practice focuses on various aspects of general and complex commercial litigation, including factual investigation, discovery and strategy, briefing and motions practice, and appellate filings in connection with class action defense, common law fraud, breach of contract, business torts, and healthcare disputes. Representative clients include major insurance companies, building and construction product manufacturers, food and beverage manufacturers, multinational industrial companies, and a multistate natural resource company.
Representative Cases:
Garcia v. Build.com, No. 3:22-cv-01985-DMS-KSC, Opinion Granting Motion to Dismiss (March 29, 2024)
Ferrari v. Vitamin Shoppe Indus. LLC, 70 F.4th 64 (1st Cir. June 9, 2023)
Ferrari, et al. v. Vitamin Shoppe, Inc., No. 17-10475-GAO, 2022 WL 974048 (D. Mass. March 31, 2022)
Eisenband v. PineBelt Automotive, Inc. d/b/a Pine Belt Nissan, No. 17-8549-FLW-LHG, 2020 WL 1486045 (D.N.J. Mar. 27, 2020)
Africare, Inc. v. Xerox Complete Document Solutions Maryland, LLC, __ F.3d__ (D.D.C. 2020)
Duke v. All American Ford, Inc., No. A-0795-15T3, 2018 WL 3596274 (N.J. Super. Ct. App. Div. July 27, 2018)
Stern v. Maibec Inc., No. 11-CV-3951(PGS)(TJB), 2018 WL 1586323 (D.N.J. Apr. 2, 2018)
Stern, et al. v. Maibec Inc., Civil Action No. 11-03951 (PGS), Opinion Denying Motion for Class Certification (D.N.J. March 27, 2017)
Walters v. Dream Cars Nat’l, LLC, 2016 N.J. Super. Unpub. LEXIS 498 (Law Div. Mar. 7, 2016)
Bohus v. Restaurant.com, Inc., 784 F.3d 918 (3d Cir. N.J. 2015)
Shelton v. Restaurant.com, 2014 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 93731 (D.N.J. July 10, 2014)
Seton Hall University School of Law, J.D.
University of Connecticut, B.A.
Law clerk to the Honorable John C. Kennedy, J.A.D., Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division, Newark, NJ, 2012-2013
Judicial intern to the Honorable John C. Kennedy, J.S.C., Superior Court of New Jersey, Civil Division, 2010
New Jersey
New York
Connecticut
District of Columbia
United States District Court for the District of New Jersey
United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York
United States District Court for the Southern District of New York
United States District Court for the District of Columbia
United States District Court for the District of Connecticut
United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
Exemplary Service Award, Seton Hall University school of Law, 2025 Alumni Gala
Recognized in Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America, 2025 Edition: Commercial Litigation; Health Care Law
Included on the New Jersey Super Lawyers Rising Stars list, Business Litigation
Included on the Benchmark Litigation “40 & Under List,” 2022, 2023, 2025, 2026
Exemplary Service Award, Seton Hall University School of Law 2025
Seton Hall Law Alumni Council
President (2022-2024)
New Jersey State Bar Association
Class Actions Committee member
Women in the Profession Section Trustee (2015-2021)
New York State Bar Association
American Bar Association
Co-Chair, Class Action and Derivative Suits Committee
Young Lawyers Subcommittee Co-Chair (2017-2023)
Essex County Bar Association
New Jersey Women Lawyers Association
Association of the Federal Bar of New Jersey
John C. Lifland American Inn of Court
Barrister
Gibbons Law Alert blog (www.gibbonslawalert.com)
Editor