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
Employment Lawyers in Hackensack, NJ
9 firms have an office in Hackensack, Bergen County. These firms list employment.
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
Deutsch Atkins, P.C.
Hackensack, NJ
Hackensack employee rights firm handling wrongful termination, discrimination, harassment, retaliation and wage claims for workers.
EmploymentLitigation
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
Consumer bankruptcy and more, with offices in Wayne, Hackensack, Newark, Secaucus and Clifton.
BankruptcyPersonal InjuryWorkers' Compensation+6
A Hackensack injury and workers' comp firm founded by a former big-firm trial lawyer.
Personal InjuryWorkers' CompensationEmployment
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
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