New Jersey Criminal Defense Lawyers

Criminal Defense Law

60 Park Pl, Newark, NJ 07102, USA

Krovatin has more than 30 years of experience trying criminal and civil cases. Krovatin is a graduate of Columbia College and Rutgers School of Law, Newark. He was admitted as a Fellow to both the prestigious American College of Trial Lawyers and the International Academy of Trial Attorneys in 2003. Krovatin is a past President of the Association of the Federal Bar of New Jersey. He taught the Criminal Trial Seminar at Rutgers Law School as an Adjunct Professor of Law for four years and is the author of Caution Flags for Corporate Managers, 12 Cardozo Law Review 1291 (1991).

Criminal Defense Law

140 E Ridgewood Ave #415, Paramus, NJ 07652, USA

Solo practitioner: RUTH M. LIEBESMAN, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, New York, New Jersey & Massachusetts. Conduct trials and appeals of federal criminal cases, including four and a half month racketeering trial of U.S. v. Melendez; conducted medical and psychological competency hearings in U.S. v. Gambino. Defended various Federal Racketeering, Murder, Drugs and Gun Running cases in District Courts of New York and New Jersey, as well as drug, robbery and murder trials in the state courts of New York and New Jersey. Conducted numerous federal appeals and habeas corpus proceedings before the United States Court of Appeals for the First, Second, Third and Ninth Circuits. Wrote and argued post-trial motions in U.S. v. Gotti (LoCascio) with 2nd circuit panel including Sandra Day O’Connor. Guest commentator/analyst on Court TV; guest commentator/analyst on News Talk Television and CNBC, discussing OJ Simpson trial on numerous occasions, debating various issues, including Habeas Corpus Reform, Asset Forfeiture, Medical Marijuana and other issues.

Criminal Defense Law

254 Brick Blvd, Suite 14, Brick, NJ 08723

After graduating from Rutgers School of Law in 1989, I served as a prosecutor in over 20 New Jersey municipalities. Now dedicated solely to defense practice, I founded my office to advocate for clients in DWI/DUI, drug, traffic, and municipal court matters throughout New Jersey. I focus not only on the law but also any emotional/family/medical/psychological challenges facing each client. After all, you are an individual person, not a file number, and no two cases or people are alike. I have extensive experience representing individuals in DWI/DUI, drug, traffic, accidents and municipal court matters and have handled thousands of cases. I am one of the limited number of defense attorneys in New Jersey to have been trained by the Office of the New Jersey Attorney General and the New Jersey State Police regarding the use and operation of the Alcotest breath testing instrument. I am an experienced trial attorney and always fight for my client to the best of my ability. www.spinellolaw.com

Criminal Defense Law

247 Livingston Ave, New Brunswick, NJ 08901, USA

Steven D. Altman is a partner and founding member of the firm. After graduating from Suffolk Law School in Boston in 1969, he enlisted in the New Jersey National Guard, where he spent six years. Once he completed basic training, Mr. Altman started his legal career in the New Jersey Attorney General’s Office as a member of the Criminal Justice Division. Fortunately, Mr. Altman found an opportunity to fulfill his goal of becoming a criminal trial attorney when he was offered a position in the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office. He remained there for five years, when he left to enter private practice. During that five-year period, he tried a wide variety of cases, ranging from murder and rape, to narcotics, wiretap cases, and thefts. For two of those years he was Supervisor of the Narcotics and Organized Crime Task Force. In 1978, decided to form a partnership with his former colleague from the Prosecutor’s Office, Joseph Benedict. Mr. Altman’s entire legal career has exclusively been devoted to criminal law. More particularly, he has been involved in countless trials for capital murder, narcotics, political corruption, and financial crimes. He is one of the few lawyers who had tried wiretap cases, as well as a significant number of cases pertaining to different forms of sexual abuse, and numerous trials alleging vehicular homicide. Mr. Altman is certified by the New Jersey Supreme Court as a Criminal Trial Attorney. He has been named in New Jersey Super Lawyers magazine every year since 2005; and in “Best Lawyers in America” every year since 1995. In 2012 and 2014, Best Lawyers named him “Lawyer of the Year” for New Jersey in the area of Criminal Defense. New York Magazine annually rates him as one of the top criminal lawyers in the metropolitan New York City area, and “American Trial Lawyers” considers him one of the top 100 trial lawyers in the area of criminal law. Martindale Hubbell, one of the oldest rating services, continuously awards him an “AV” rating, their highest.

Criminal Defense Law

186 N Ave E, Cranford, NJ 07016, USA

Steven F. Wukovits was raised in Union, New Jersey, and graduated from Seton Hall University. He was awarded a Juris Doctorate from Capital University Law School in 1987, and is admitted to practice in the State and Federal Courts of New Jersey. From 1989 to 1994, Mr. Wukovits served as an Assistant Essex County Prosecutor and Special Deputy Attorney General. He gained extensive litigation experience prosecuting a wide range of criminal cases. In 1995, the New Jersey Supreme Court designated Mr. Wukovits a certified Criminal Trial Attorney. As the principal litigator of the firm's Federal and State criminal defense work, Mr. Wukovits was reappointed as a Certified Criminal Trial Attorney in July 2002. He is a member of the National Association of Criminal Defense Attorneys, The Association of Trial Lawyers of America and the District XII Ethics Committee. Mr. Wukovits is also engaged in civil litigation including personal injury, workers compensation and family law matters.