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Travis L. Francis joined Riker, Danzig as of counsel after serving for 25 years as a Judge of the Superior Court of New Jersey, and as the Assignment Judge of Middlesex County. He is a member of Riker Danzig’s alternative dispute resolution, commercial litigation and insurance groups. His practice focuses on complex discovery issues, general equity, complex commercial litigation, complex construction litigation, internal corporate and municipal investigations, and insurance coverage.
Prior to his appointment as Assignment Judge in 2007, Francis was the Presiding Judge of the Chancery General Equity Court, where he tried complex commercial cases, forfeitures, shareholder oppression actions, orders to show cause and specific performance actions.
After his appointment to the bench in 1992, Francis was initially assigned to the Criminal Division and two years later assigned to the Family Division where he served as the Vicinage Juvenile Court Judge for two years. Following that, he was assigned to the Civil Division where he tried all types of civil cases including but not limited to personal injury, discrimination, medical malpractice, complex construction litigation, product liability and insurance coverage cases.
Francis served on numerous Supreme Court Committees including Minority Concerns, Juvenile Justice and the Family, Supreme Court Bench-Bar-Media, Civil Practice, the Capital Punishment Advisory Committee and the special Committee on Preemptory Challenges and Jury Voir Dire. Francis served as chair of the Conference of Wiretap Judges.
Francis was recognized by the New Jersey State Bar Foundation in 2009 with its Outstanding Volunteer Service Award.
Francis is an adjunct professor at the Rutgers University School of Law in Newark, and has presided over moot court competitions for several schools. He has been a lecturer for the New Jersey Institute of Continuing Legal Education and a guest lecturer at the School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University.
Prior to serving on the bench, Francis worked for the public advocate in the Middlesex County Public Defenders Office, was a trial attorney at Prudential Insurance Company and a snior trial attorney for Fireman’s Fund Insurance Company.