I appear frequently in Superior and Municipal Courts in all of Essex, Bergen, Passaic, Union, and Morris Counties and Northern Hudson County and Southern Sussex County. I have over 30 years experience in handling criminal, traffic, drunk driving aka DUI/DWI cases from the most basic to the most complex with a high rate of success for my clients. My fees are reasonable and I try to work with my clients regarding payments. If you have an legal problem in a practice area not listed, please contact me and I will try to help you. Thanks.
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1360 Clifton Avenue, Suite 130, Clifton, NJ, 07012
33 Plymouth St, Montclair, NJ, 07042
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Posted by anonymous | January 25, 2026 | Hired Attorney | Ethics & Professional Responsibility
Don’t waste your time
Read all of the reviews on google. May be good for very simple cases but this man is all around just confused and a bit unprofessional. Fails to communicate and will have you stressing more than not having a lawyer. Told him I wanted an itemized bill of what was done on his part and he blocked me. In...
Posted by anonymous | November 09, 2023 | Hired Attorney | Criminal Defense
Stay Away, Find Another Lawyer
I hired Mr. Pentangelo for a criminal matter. He seemed to have a grasp of the law and the courts. The problem with him for me is that he doesn't do anything he is supposed to do in preparation. I would Not recommend him and in fact, I think it is hard to do worse. I interviewed quite a few attorney...
I do not recognize who "anonymous"is and why he or she will not reveal their identity I do not know. It appears this is a client whose case I won-apparently that is not good enough for him nor is the more reasonable price I quoted him compared to other lawyers he talked to. This person claims that HE won the case, although I could have blown it in half a dozen ways. Bottom line is here is a client whose case I (not he) won and who paid less money for legal representation then he might have. An unreasonable and disgruntled individual. Maybe he thinks that it was HIS brilliance that won the case.
Posted by Jacqueline | March 22, 2021 | Lawsuits & Disputes
Extremely helpful
Mr. Pentangelo was so helpful in answering my questions about my case here in Florida. I’m so glad I found this avvo website and that he was able to guide me in the right steps! If you’re contemplating on talking to him, do it. He was very straightforward, patient & right to the point. All while maki...
Posted by Jatinder | March 10, 2021 | Hired Attorney | Speeding & Traffic Ticket
Knowledgeable, Professional, and Honest
We had a ticket given to our son in a complicated road where the speed went from 50->35->25->35->50 within a short distance and obviously not fair. So if you are driving 50 MPH and it becomes 25 MPS, oops you are at fault now. Robert was very helpful in getting the police videos, analyzing them, ...
Posted by Tony | March 06, 2021 | Hired Attorney | Ethics & Professional Responsibility
Dwi DEFENCE
The most rude unprofessional attorney !!! STEALS YOUR MONEY AND RUNS !!!! STAY FAR AWAY !!! After having given him $700 to retain services weeks and months passed with no updates answers or anything to show for the $700 given. Avoids your calls and tells you he will call back but never once did . ...
The comments here by "Tony" are almost all as false as the alias he hides behind here. I have to be careful since I do not want to go beyond the waiver of the attorney client privilege done by Tony here. This goes back some time when my job was to review a case (not where I was the attorney) long closed where there was a plea deal that "Tony" was under a long suspension for. After reviewing the file including the transcript of the plea and finding out that the officers were still on staff with the police department the result was even if a motion was successful, Tony was facing retrial on all charges and additional fines and other penalties. Things were left there and fee earned. A change in the DUI law raised some very outside chance of a resentencing but a motion would have been necessary and some original argumentation by me since there were no precedents yet for the relief to be sought from the court. So $500 more was requested since I had fulfilled by original obligation. Since "Tony" started being obnoxious as he is here I made it simple: pay me or find another attorney and I hung up the phone. Now you know the rest of the story. Robert Pentangelo, Esq.
"I endorse this lawyer. Mr. Pentangelo is an excellent lawyer and his sage advice is helpful to those that seek his assistance."
DUI and DWI lawyer
2003 - Present
Owner, Law Offices of Robert Pentangelo
1989 - 1991
Chief Municipal Prosecutor, City of Jersey City
Member
1981
J.D.
1981
BA - Bachelor of Arts
English
Italian
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Can you negotiate at a DMV hearing to reduce license suspension time and stipulations?
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Can i get my no insurance ticket downgraded to a non moving violation?
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