William R. Stoltz

William R. Stoltz is an associate at the law offices of Rosemarie Arnold representing plaintiffs in the areas of personal injury, employment litigation, and appellate practice.

Mr. Stoltz grew up in Bergen County, and graduated from Northern Highlands Regional High School in 2002. He subsequently attended Michigan State University, where he graduated with a B.A. in Political Theory and Constitutional Democracy in 2006. He then attended Hofstra University School of Law, where he graduated cum laude in 2011. While at Hofstra Law School, Mr. Stoltz served as an Articles Editor for the Hofstra Law Review, and was named Articles Editor of the Year by his peers. Since graduating law school, Mr. Stoltz has represented clients in a wide range of legal matters, ranging from simple traffic tickets all the way to arguing complex appeals.

Mr. Stoltz is currently admitted to practice in New Jersey, New York, the Federal Eastern District of New York, the Federal Southern District of New York, and the District of New Jersey

Areas of Practice

• Personal Injury, including, but not limited to:
  • Motor Vehicle Accidents
  • Premises Liability
  • Wrongful Death
  • Dog Bites
• Employment Litigation, including, but not limited to:
  • Employment discrimination
  • Harassment/Hostile Work Environment
  • Wrongful Termination
• Appellate Practice

Notable Cases*

• Yong Sok Kim v. 1655 Valley Road, LLC, et al., N.J. Appellate Division Docket No. A-1752-22: Successfully appealed lower court’s dismissal of client’s premises liability claims on summary judgment
• Georganne Youngclaus v. Residential Home Funding Corp., et al, N.J. Appellate Division Docket No. A-1404-22: Successfully appealed lower court's dismissal of client's various employment-based claims at the pleading stage.
• Andrea Bregman, et al, v. Simon DeGirolamo, et al., N.J. Appellate Division Docket No. A-2594-21: Successfully appealed lower court’s dismissal of client’s premises liability claims on summary judgment.
• Dana Mitzmacher, et al., v. Bay Country Owners, et al., N.Y. Appellate Division, Second Department Docket No. 2020-00101 & 2020-00102: Successfully appealed lower court’s dismissal of Plaintiff’s premises liability claims on summary judgment.
• Armando Rios v. Meda Pharmaceuticals Inc., et al., N.J. Supreme Court Docket No. 084746: Successfully appealed to the New Jersey Supreme Court for reversal of lower court’s dismissal of Plaintiff’s racial hostile work environment claims on summary judgment.
• Akintola Hanif Martin v. University Hospital Newark, et al., N.J. Appellate Division Docket Number A-000051-19: Successfully appealed a lower court’s dismissal of a plaintiff’s medical malpractice claims for failure to file a notice of claim pursuant to the New Jersey Tort Claims Act.

Bar Admissions

• New Jersey (December 2011)
• New York (February 2012)
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of New York (September 2014)
• U.S. District Court Southern District of New York (October 2014)
• U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey (January 2019)

Education

• Hofstra University School of Law, Hempstead, New York (J.D., 2011)
• Michigan State University (B.A., 2006)

*DISCLAIMER: Descriptions and summaries about the attorney's prior cases and settlements found on this website are intended only to provide information about the activities and experience of said attorney, and should not be understood as a guarantee or assurance of future success in any matter. The results portrayed were dependent on a variety of facts and circumstances unique to the particular matters described, and do not reflect the entire record of the individual attorney(s) involved. Past results are not a guarantee of future results, and the outcome of your particular case or matter cannot be predicted using a lawyer's or law firm's past results. Every case is unique and different and should be evaluated on its own merits, without comparison to other cases that may have had different facts and circumstances.