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
Family Law Lawyers in Hackensack, NJ
6 firms have an office in Hackensack, Bergen County. These firms list family law.
Firms with offices in Hackensack
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
Weinberg & Cooper, LLC
Hackensack, NJ
Hackensack boutique handling only family law: divorce, custody, support, relocation, domestic violence and mediation.
Family Law
Weinberger Divorce & Family Law Group, LLC
Freehold, NJ
Practices only family and matrimonial law, led by Certified Matrimonial Attorney Bari Z. Weinberger, with offices in Freehold, Hackensack, Parsippany and Mount Laurel.
Family LawEstate Planning
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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