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Sophia Marie Shalaby

5.0
Rating: 6.8

Licensed for 14 years

Criminal defense Lawyer at Woodbridge, NJ
Practice Areas: Criminal Defense, Divorce & Separation, Speeding & Traffic Ticket ... +2 more

581 Main Street, Suite 640, Woodbridge, NJ

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Licenses

Licensed in New York for 12 years

State: New York

Acquired: 2013

Currently Registered

No misconduct found

Licensed in New Jersey for 14 years

State: New Jersey

Acquired: 2012

Active

No misconduct found

Location

Law Offices of Sophia M. Shalaby, LLC

581 Main Street, Suite 640, Woodbridge, NJ, 07095

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Sophia Marie Shalaby's Reviews

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5.0 /5.0

12 Client Reviews

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Showing 1 - 1 of 1 review | Divorce & Separation

Posted by Elisabeth | April 06, 2026 | Hired Attorney | Divorce & Separation

There is no one more qualified to represent you.

I came to Sophia Shalaby at the most vulnerable moment of my life — facing a divorce while undergoing immunotherapy for Stage 4 cancer, separated from my child, and navigating circumstances that felt unsurvivable. What I found was not just a skilled attorney but someone who understood the full pictur...e of what I was living through and refused to let the complexity of my situation diminish the quality of my representation. Sophia is meticulous, strategic, and fearless. She builds cases the way architects build structures — with precision, with foresight, and with nothing left to chance. She listened to every detail, elevated what mattered, and translated years of painful experience into a legal narrative that was both accurate and impossible to ignore. What sets Sophia apart is that she is strikingly beautiful, uniquely charming, brilliant, and compassionate all at once — and somehow that combination makes her more formidable, not less. She walks into a room and commands it. She holds both the human and the legal simultaneously, never losing sight of what was at stake for me personally while always keeping her eye on what would move the needle legally. She is exactly who you need beside you when you are navigating the worst moments of your life. Not just someone who knows the law — someone who knows what it costs to live through something like this and fights accordingly. I would not be standing where I am without her. Five stars is not enough.

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Experience

Rating:  6.8 (Good)

Work Experience

2017 - Present

Prosecutor, North Brunswick Township

2016 - Present

Founder, Law Offices of Sophia M. Shalaby, LLC

2015 - 2016

Trial Attorney - In house counsel for Liberty Mutual Insurance, Viscomi and Lyons

2014 - 2015

Attorney, Raven and Kolbe

2012 - 2014

Attorney, Hobbie Corrigan Bertucio & Tashjy

Associations

2016 - Present

Middlesex County Bar Association

2011 - Present

New Jersey Bar Association

Sample of Legal Cases

ALBERT WOOD v. TOWNSHIP OF WALL

Won (Reversed in part)

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Education

2011

St. Thomas University School of Law

JD - Juris Doctor

2006

Rutgers University

Criminal Justice

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