David J. Guzik
David J. Guzik is an Associate Attorney in the New Jersey office of Tyson & Mendes, LLP. His practice concentrates on personal injury defense, employment discrimination and retaliation claims, and civil rights litigation, with additional experience defending consumer fraud and construction defect matters.
Mr. Guzik has established a strong track record of achieving favorable outcomes for clients through strategic motion practice and dispositive advocacy. He has obtained dismissal with prejudice in a defamation action that was later affirmed on appeal. He has obtained dismissal at the pleading stage in multiple employment actions against municipal entities. He has also secured summary judgment in numerous premises liability cases by successfully applying the “storm-in-progress doctrine” and defenses under the New Jersey Tort Claims Act. In addition, by obtaining summary judgement, Mr. Guzik has prevailed on qualified immunity defenses on behalf of public employees.
Mr. Guzik earned his Juris Doctor from Seton Hall University School of Law in 2017. During law school, he served as a research assistant to Professor Paula Franzese and co-authored a scholarly article published in the Rutgers University Law Review titled The Implied Warranty of Habitability Lives: Making Real the Promise of Landlord/Tenant Reform, 69 Rutgers L. Rev. (2016). Mr. Guzik is admitted to practice law in the State of New Jersey and the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey. He is a member of the Bergen County Bar Association and the Morris Pashman Inn of Court.
Outside of his legal practice, Mr. Guzik maintains an active lifestyle and has completed both the NYC United Half Marathon and the Staten Island Half Marathon. He is fluent in Polish and enjoys traveling, weightlifting, and supporting the New Jersey Devils.