Areas of Practice

• Criminal Defense
• DUI/DWI (Drunk Driving and Driving Without Insurance)
• Drug Crimes (CDS)
• Shoplifting, Theft, or Vandalism
• Traffic Violations
• Assault or Family Violence
• Robbery and Burglary
• White Collar Crimes
• Internet - Cyberspace Crimes
• Violent Crimes
• Murder and Manslaughter
• Criminal Appeals
• Civil Appeals
• Business & Commercial Litigation
• Residential and Commercial Real Estate Law

Bar Admissions

• New Jersey, 1979
• U.S. District Court District of New Jersey, 1979
• U.S. Court of Appeals 3rd Circuit, 1982
• U.S. District Court Southern District of New York, 1997

Education

• Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey School of Law - Camden, Camden, New Jersey, 1979
  Juris Doctor
  Honors: Dean's List
  
  
• Douglass College, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, 1976
  Bachelor of Arts
  Honors: Dean's List
  Honors: Pi Sigma Alpha - Undergraduate Political Science Honor Society
  Major: Political Science
  
  

Representative Cases

• State v. Cook, 179 N.J. 533 (Supreme Court of New Jersey, 2004 )
• State v. Smith, 155 N.J. 83 (Supreme Court of New Jersey, 1998 )

Honors and Awards

• Undergraduate Associate Fellow of the Eagleton Institute of Practical Politics Masters Program, Rutgers University

Professional Associations and Memberships

• Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers of New Jersey, 1990 - Present
  Member, Board of Trustees
  
  
• Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers of New Jersey, 2002 - Present
  Chair of the Amicus Committee
  
  
• Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers of New Jersey, 2004 - Present
  Representative, Supreme Court Committee on Criminal Jury Instructions
  
  
• Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers of New Jersey, 1999 - 2000
  Member of the Legislative Oversight Committee
  
  
• National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, 2004 - Present
  Member
  
  
• Supreme Court of New Jersey, 1996 - 2000
  Member, District Ethics Committee, District V-B
  
  
• Essex County Bar Association, 1996 - Present
  Member
  
  

Past Employment Positions

• Simon, Sarver and Rosenberg, P.C., Of Counsel, 1990 - 1996
• Partner, Bloom, Borenstein, Hess and Sinemus, P.C., 1989 - 1990
• Associate, Sherman, Kuhn, Justin and Wilson, P.C., 1987 - 1988
• Associate, Ellenport & Holsinger, P.C., 1987
• Essex County Prosecutor's Office, Assistant Prosecutor, Homicide Squad, 1985 - 1987
• Essex County Prosecutor's Office, Assistant Prosecutor, Sexual Assault and Rape Analysis (S.A.R.A.) Unit, 1984 - 1985
• Essex County Prosecutor's Office, Senior Trial Attorney, 1983 - 1984
• Essex County Prosecutor's Office, Prosecutor, Appellate Section, 1980 - 1983
• Honorable Michael Patrick King, Appellate Division, New Jersey Superior Court, Judicial Clerk, 1979 - 1980