Every day, New Jersey’s courts are packed with offenders who are accused of violating their probation. With a probation rate at 11 percent above the national average, the state sees its fair share of violators for a variety of reasons. While it might seem easy to think that everyone who violates their probation does so […]

Nobody ever accused New Jerseyans of mincing words — and if they did, they shouldn’t have. Residents of the Garden State have a way of cutting through the doublespeak like few others. This attitude even extends to the state’s embezzlement laws. In many states, if you choose to “clandestinely borrow” money from the company you […]

Experience is an obvious prerequisite for choosing an attorney when you’re facing serious criminal charges. You want to know that your lawyer is comfortable and has a successful track record trying your kind of case. However, there may be another type of experience that you haven’t considered: prosecutorial experience. It’s not uncommon for former prosecutors […]

There is one thing you can count on for sure in Atlantic City, crime doesn’t pay. In April, 21 New Jersey residents were indicted on charges that they used phony checks to get cash advances in some of Atlantic City’s casinos. If convicted, the ringleader faces up to 10 years in prison and $150,000 in […]

The news has been dominated by headlines of racial bias among law enforcement as of late. Most recently the City of Baltimore has erupted in protest over the death of 25-year-old African-American resident Freddy Gray while in police custody. Before that, it was the Michael Brown death that had Ferguson, Missouri in a months-long state […]