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ALERT – Wall, NJ DWI checkpoint this Friday 10/27/23

DWI checkpoint in Wall Twp. 10/27/23 Friday at Route 138 West and Maxwell

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NJ Court paves way for trade names.

Court Approves Lawyers’ Use Of Trade NamesBennett J. Wasserman and Raphael M. Rosenblatt This past term we saw our Supreme Court’s ethics engine firing on all cylinders. In the attorney discipline arena, there were more than 200 reported decisions. Fee

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COVID-19 Law Grads can practice without license.

4/6/20 – The NJ Supreme Court issued an Order today that will allow 2020 Law School Graduates to Temporarily Practice Law Despite Postponement of Bar Exam New Jersey’s July 2020 bar exam because of the COVID-19 pandemic. There is a caveat that they

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Rivas Steps down for sexually provocative remarks.

Middlesex County, NJ Chief Superior Court Judge Alberto Rivas has been censured after he suggested a woman testifying in his court sell naked pictures of herself to Playboy Magazine founder Hugh Hefner. He has agreed to step down from his position as

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Inmates being released!

By a consent order signed this morning, the Supreme Court has ordered the release from county jails municipal court-sentenced inmates and others who are serving jail sentences as a condition of probation. This action was taken to mitigate the danger of the

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Monmouth County Prosecutor allows PTI for aggravated sexual assault crime …if you are a female.

Kalee Warnick, a former Wall Township teacher was indicted for allegedly having sex at her home with a minor student when she was 22 and he was 15 in 2013. The charges were Aggravated Sexual Assault, Sexual Assault and Endangering the Welfare of a Child.

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NJ Gun Carry Denials Require Hearings Now

Up until now, citizens seeking a carry permit in New Jersey had to get the approval of their local police chief and then seeks authorization from a Superior Court Judge. The Authorizations have been and still are non-existent to regular citizens but whats

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JUDGE THOMPSON DISBARRED

The New Jersey Supreme Court disbarred former Municipal Court Judge Richard Thompson, criminally convicted of ticket-fixing (roughly 4,000 tickets or $600,000 to Bradley Beach, Colts Neck, Eatontown, Middletown, Neptune City, Oceanport, Rumson, Tinton Falls

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DWI Plea Bargaining allowed now

Pursuant to N.J. Const. Art. Vl., sec. 2 par. 3, it is ORDERED that, effectiveimmediately and until further order, the “Guidelines for Operation of Plea Agreements inthe Municipal Courts of New Jersey,” which is an Appendix to Part Vll of the

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NJ Atty General puts Muni Prosecutors on short leash.

In an apparent lack of confidence in the local/municipal prosecutors, the NJ Attorney General has pulled on the reins. To wit, in 2020 every municipal prosecutor will have to register annually with the Division of Criminal Justice (DCJ). Prosecutors who

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New DWI Sentencing in NJ

Friday, August 23rd, 2019 Gov. Murphy signed into law changes to the sentencing of first-time DWI offenders. Previously, if convicted of DWI or refusal you were looking at seven (7) months loss of your NJ driving privilege. Now the loss is less but you must

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8am Probation visits for Conditional Discharge Participants

2C:36A-1 codifies Conditional discharge for certain first offenses; basically whenever any person who has not previously been convicted of any offense to marijuana etc and is charged with or convicted of any disorderly persons offense or petty disorderly

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