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Protecting Your Rights
MUNICIPAL COURT DEFENSE
Our law office has continued to provide aggressive representation of our clients in all New Jersey municipal court violations, traffic violations, DUI, DWI (blood alcohol, alcohol consumption and narcotics), disorderly persons offenses and petty disorderly persons offenses throughout the State. Our effective representation of our clients includes the review of discovery and retention of DUI and DWI experts; exploration of defenses; plea negotiations; the filing and hearing on motions to suppress evidence; and representation of our clients at trial.
Our office has continued to litigate motions challenging the probable cause for the motor vehicle stop and to challenge the administration of the standardized field sobriety testing on the roadside and the administration of the breathalyzer testing. Our office has continued to aggressively defend the charges of DWI and DUI and to litigate issues of chain of custody of evidence of blood and urine testing and to seek to preclude the admission of the breathalyzer results at trial. With the recent decision by the New Jersey Supreme Court in State v. Olenowski, our office continues to challenge the admissibility of a DRE evaluation at trial.
Our representation of our clients for municipal court charges, traffic violations, DUI and DWI and drug offenses have also included:
- Reckless driving
- Leaving the scene of the accident
- No insurance violations
- Driving while suspended or on the revoked list
- Drug charges
- Disorderly persons and petty disorderly persons offenses
- DUI and underage drinking
- DWI in NJ (for blood alcohol and alcohol consumption cases)
- DWI (DRE for narcotics and other drugs)
- Post conviction and Laurick applications for reopening of prior DWI convictions, and,
- Expungements of municipal court charges, arrest records and ordinance violations.
FAMILY COURT
Our law office has continued to provide advocacy in our representation of our clients in the Family Courts in family court litigation involving custody (legal and physical custody); visitation and grandparent visitation with the filing of motions and appearing at the hearing in the Family Courts. Our representation of our clients in domestic violence proceedings commences with the issuance of the Temporary Restraining Order and through the issuance of the Final Restraining Order at the final hearing in the Family Courts.
Our office will provide diligent representation at the hearing as to the issuance of the Final Restraining Order as to the underlying acts of domestic violence alleged in the Order and as to whether there is a need for a permanent Restraining Order to be issued by the Court. Our office will also handle any related applications for custody, visitation, parenting time and other relief sought to ensure that your needs with your children are met.
LANDLORD TENANT EVICTION PROCEEDINGS
Our office continues to represent our clients in residential and commercial eviction proceedings from the filing of the complaint to mediation and trial proceedings in the Superior Courts of New Jersey. Our office also continues to handle representation of our clients in any proceedings following the issuance of the judgment of possession and warrant of removal in the premises. Our office also handles the related litigation involving the unpaid rents due from residential and commercial leases in the premises that are filed in the Special Civil Part and Law Division of the Superior Courts in New Jersey. Our law office has continued our representation of our clients to provide advice to our clients in pending landlord tenant actions in order to achieve the best results.
EJECTMENT PROCEEDINGS
Our law office also handles the filing of ejectment proceedings in the Superior Courts of New Jersey, which is commenced with the filing of a notice to vacate the premises of an unwanted squatter. An Order to Show Cause and Verified Complaint is then filed with the Court with a return date being provided by the Court. The Court will then make a determination on the return date of the Order to Show Cause.
ESTATE PLANNING AND GUARDIANSHIP ACTIONS
Our law office continues to provide representation to our clients in the preparation of Wills and all different types of Trusts, Living Wills and Powers of Attorney. Our office has continued to be involved in the preparation of Advanced Directive for Health Care and Living Wills tailored to meet the needs of our clients. We provide services of the preparation of Advanced Directive for Health Care to address those clients with mental health issues and tailored to our client's needs.
Our law office continues to provide advocacy to our clients and representation in Probate matters from the probate of a Will and appointment of the Executor, to the administration of the estate, to handling estate and probate matters in the County Surrogate's Offices. Our representation extends to contested proceedings and to uncontested matters in the Chancery Division. Our law office provides advocacy to our clients seeking to file Guardianship proceedings for a family member, who may be incapacitated in the Chancery Division of the Superior Courts of New Jersey. A process is followed for the determination of a Guardian of the person and/or property with a family member or close relative to be appointed by the Court to act as the Guardian. Once capacity is restored, an application can be made by the Guardian to restore the person to capacity in the Superior Courts.
Our law office continues to provide compassionate representation of clients suffering from disabilities and to mental health issues with our expertise in these areas when addressing their needs in estate planning and in guardianship proceedings. Our office is sensitive to the needs of individuals in making difficult end of life decisions and in preparing estate planning documents to best achieve the needs of our clients.
PERSONAL INJURY LITIGATION
If you have been injured in being involved in an automobile accident or if you were injured as a result of a slip and fall or have an injury due to another type of accident, our office will assist you in ensuring that you file a claim and proceed with legal action. Our representation initially will involve obtaining the police reports and medical records for the injury that occurred. Our law office will aggressively represent you in investigating the case and obtain the necessary medical records and treatment for your injuries. Effective medical treatment is important to support your claim for damages at a later point and to ensure that you receive the care you need for your injuries. Our law office will assist you in every step of the process in filing the claim and assisting you with treatment and to prepare your case for the filing of legal action in the Superior Courts.
Once the case is filed with the Superior Courts, our law office will diligently fight your case to ensure discovery is exchanged and that the case is prepared for trial. Our law office will ensure that we provide you with the strongest representation in obtaining the experts necessary to proceed to trial. Our law office will diligently represent you through the discovery process ensuring the exchange of information, documents, and medical records and expert reports and records. Motions practice is utilized when needed during the discovery process to ensure that our office is provided with all the discovery we have requested to prepare the case for trial. Once the discovery process has concluded, our law office provides effective representation in ensuring that the case is prepared for trial to conclusion.
