Archer & Greiner, P.C.
Voorhees, NJ
A South Jersey based firm with 175+ attorneys in nine offices and more than 90 years of history.
LitigationBusiness & CorporateBankruptcy+13
Bergen County
Criminal Defense Lawyers in Hackensack, NJ
7 firms have an office in Hackensack, Bergen County. These firms list criminal defense.
Firms with offices in Hackensack
Cole Schotz P.C.
Hackensack, NJ
Founded in 1926 and marking its 100th year in 2026, best known nationally for corporate restructuring.
BankruptcyReal EstateBusiness & Corporate+7
Connell Foley LLP
Roseland, NJ
Founded in 1938, with strong commercial litigation and insurance coverage practices.
LitigationBusiness & CorporateReal Estate+10
Einhorn, Barbarito, Frost, Botwinick, Nunn & Musmanno, PC
Parsippany, NJ
Parsippany firm founded in 1961, known for family and matrimonial law, with injury, criminal, estates and employment work.
Family LawPersonal InjuryCriminal Defense+6
Hartmann Doherty Rosa Berman & Bulbulia LLP
Hackensack, NJ
A full-service firm serving companies and individuals across New Jersey, New York and Florida, with offices in Hackensack and Short Hills.
LitigationBusiness & CorporateEmployment+6
Pashman Stein Walder Hayden, P.C.
Hackensack, NJ
Known for commercial litigation, appeals and white collar defense; named New Jersey Law Journal Law Firm of the Year in 2023.
LitigationBusiness & CorporateReal Estate+10
Focused on criminal and DWI defense, with offices in Hackensack, Morristown, Newark, New Brunswick and Middletown.
Criminal Defense
Other firms in Bergen County
Cohn Lifland Pearlman Herrmann & Knopf LLP
Saddle Brook, NJ
Saddle Brook firm since 1924 with a deep family law team, plus injury, criminal, estate and real estate work.
Family LawPersonal InjuryCriminal Defense+7
Oradell firm pairing consumer bankruptcy work with criminal defense, including Megan's Law and sex crime cases led by a former prosecutor.
BankruptcyCriminal Defense
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In New Jersey, a first DWI is a motor vehicle offense handled in municipal court, not a crime, but the penalties are real: fines of $250 to $500, 12 to 48 hours at an Intoxicated Driver Resource Center, a $1,000 yearly insurance surcharge for three years, and possible jail of up to 30 days. Since the 2019 law took effect, most first offenders install an ignition interlock device instead of facing a long license suspension. Refusing a breath test carries similar penalties.
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Drug possession charges in New Jersey after cannabis legalization
Since February 2021, adults in New Jersey can legally possess up to six ounces of marijuana, and possessing that amount is no longer any kind of offense. Possessing other controlled dangerous substances like cocaine, heroin or pills without a prescription is still generally a third degree crime under N.J.S.A. 2C:35-10. First-time defendants may qualify for diversion like conditional discharge or PTI, and past marijuana cases were largely vacated.
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