Founding Partner
Professional Biography
Boris, a founding partner at Albergo, Shmaruk
& Kofman, LLC, is a seasoned litigator with
over 20 years of experience and brings an
unparalleled record of multi-million settlements
on behalf of his clients.
Boris has represented clients in a wide range of
complex cases, with a focus on plaintiff’s
personal injury and workers’ compensation
matters. He works primarily out of the Hackensack
office and is admitted to practice law in New
Jersey, District of Columbia, New York, by the
New Jersey Supreme Court and by the United States
Federal District Court.
Boris is a graduate of Fair Lawn High School,
where he lettered in baseball. In 1996, Boris
graduated from Rutgers University with a Bachelor
of Arts in History and Political Science.
Following graduation, Boris was employed as a
paralegal with the firm of Thacher, Proffitt
& Wood in New York City, working primarily
on civil litigation issues.
While attending New York Law School, Boris
interned in the Rackets Division of the Kings
County District Attorney’s Office in Brooklyn,
New York. In 2000 he received his Juris Doctorate
from New York Law School.
Boris Shmaruk is a proud member of the American
Bar Association as well as the New Jersey and
New York State Bar Associations. Boris’s
practice consists of all aspects of plaintiff’s
workers’ compensation, motor vehicle,
construction, slip and fall, and medical
malpractice actions.
Boris is an avid supporter of the New Jersey
Association for Justice and the New Jersey
Association for Justice – PAC.
Boris has also been selected as a New Jersey
Super lawyer, an exceptional honor to at comes
once a year for no more than 5% of Lawyers in the
State of New Jersey.
Boris was Born in Kiev, Ukraine, and immigrated
to the United States in 1979 and is active in the
Russian community in New Jersey. Boris is fluent
in Russian.