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    Severiano Emile Lisboa

    Severiano Emile Lisboa

    4.65 reviews
    New Jersey Criminal Defense Attorney
    Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 23 years
    Practice Areas:  Criminal Defense, DUI & DWI, Internet and more
    Bio: When you think you are in trouble. Emile Lisboa has successfully represented criminal defendants in State and Federal courts, including in many high profile cases, against serious felony, also known as indictable, charges including homicide, mansl...
    Rating:  10
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    Matthew Joseph Dorry

    Matthew Joseph Dorry

    5.027 reviews
    New Jersey Criminal Defense Attorney
    Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 13 years
    Practice Areas:  Criminal Defense, DUI & DWI, Wills & Living Wills
    Bio: Former municipal prosecutor for over twenty municipalities. Criminal, DWI and DUI and motor vehicle violation defense. Effective and experienced. Free consultations. Call today.
    Rating:  8.1
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    Peter Neil Katz

    Peter Neil Katz

    5.06 reviews
    New Jersey Criminal Defense Attorney
    Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 30 years
    Practice Areas:  Criminal Defense, Federal Crime, White Collar Crime and more
    Bio: I have litigated thousands of Federal and New York State criminal cases and personally tried over 50 federal and state cases as a Federal and Manhattan prosecutor. I concentrate my legal practice in Federal and New York State White Collar Criminal...
    Rating:  9.9
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    Steven Anthony Sciancalepore

    Steven Anthony Sciancalepore

    5.06 reviews
    New Jersey Criminal Defense Attorney
    Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 13 years
    Practice Areas:  Criminal Defense, Personal Injury, DUI & DWI and more
    Bio: Steven Sciancalepore is a former prosecutor and experienced trial attorney. He represents clients charged with criminal offenses as well as litigants in civil lawsuits. Prior to opening his own practice Mr. Sciancalepore worked at an AM 100 law fi...
    Rating:  10
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    Salvatore Bellomo

    Salvatore Bellomo

    5.02 reviews
    New Jersey Criminal Defense Attorney
    Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 40 years
    Practice Areas:  Criminal Defense, DUI & DWI, Violent Crime and more
    Bio: Salvatore Bellomo is a retired Chief Assistant Prosecutor. While with the Prosecutor’s Office he tried a large number of cases including but not limited to drug cases, assaults, robbery, burglary and homicide. He also has a wide range of knowledge...
    Rating:  9.6
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    Stephen Francis McGuckin

    Stephen Francis McGuckin

    5.065 reviews
    New Jersey Criminal Defense Attorney
    Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 11 years
    Practice Areas:  Criminal Defense, DUI & DWI, Juvenile and more
    Bio: We are 100% Exclusively Dedicated to Defending People Like You Facing Criminal and DWI Offenses. For Solutions, Value, and Attention to Your Criminal Matter Call Anytime.
    Rating:  7.8
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    Stephen E. Slaven

    Stephen E. Slaven

    5.01 review
    New Jersey Criminal Defense Attorney
    Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 26 years
    Practice Areas:  Criminal Defense, Litigation
    Review: "I have had the privilege to work with Steve on various civil matters. Steve has a multitude of qualities that make him a fantastic attorney and they are centered on trust and competence. Steve is honest, thorough, diligent, balanced, hard working,..."
    Rating:  9.4
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    Gregory Phillip Shugar

    Gregory Phillip Shugar

    4.8141 reviews
    New Jersey Criminal Defense Attorney
    Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 23 years
    Practice Areas:  Criminal Defense
    Bio: The Shugar Law Offices is a firm of very highly experienced Criminal lawyers dedicated to providing loyal, personalized service to our clients. Every case is treated with the same aggressive, unyielding devotion and determination to win. RESULTS i...
    Rating:  7.9
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    Reza Mazaheri

    Reza Mazaheri

    4.857 reviews
    New Jersey Criminal Defense Attorney
    Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 18 years
    Practice Areas:  Criminal Defense, Immigration, Asylum and more
    Bio: Reza Mazaheri is a founding partner of Sethi Mazaheri, LLC. Mr. Mazaheri represents individuals in immigration and criminal proceedings in New Jersey. His most recent experience as a NJ prosecutor brings trial and litigation expertise in criminal ...
    Rating:  9.7
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    Joseph John Donatiello

    Joseph John Donatiello

    4.850 reviews
    New Jersey Criminal Defense Attorney
    Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 16 years
    Practice Areas:  Criminal Defense, DUI & DWI, Speeding & Traffic Ticket and more
    Bio: Joseph Donatiello is devoted to vigorously representing his clients throughout New Jersey, New York City and the Hudson Valley. Prior to opening his own firm, Mr. Donatiello worked as the judicial law clerk for a New Jersey Superior Court Judge, a...
    Rating:  9.5
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    Jeffrey Gordon Garrigan

    Jeffrey Gordon Garrigan

    5.04 reviews
    New Jersey Criminal Defense Attorney
    Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 36 years
    Practice Areas:  Criminal Defense, Civil Rights, Personal Injury
    Review: "if you ever wanted to feel at ease and understand the law when your mind is going in one million directions...Jeff Garrigan is your new lawyer...great reputation with his peers, judges, prosecuters, etc...great guy all around...Jeff knows the law...."
    Rating:  9.1
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    Jerry H Steiner

    Jerry H Steiner

    5.030 reviews
    New Jersey Criminal Defense Attorney
    Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 47 years
    Practice Areas:  Criminal Defense, Speeding & Traffic Ticket, Personal Injury and more
    Review: "Knowledgeable, thorough, and gets the job done. And did I mention he knows the right people?!! Jerry Steiner is the go-to guy if you’re looking for the right result."
    Rating:  9.2
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    James R Wronko

    James R Wronko

    5.03 reviews
    New Jersey Criminal Defense Attorney
    Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 43 years
    Practice Areas:  Criminal Defense, Personal Injury, DUI & DWI and more
    Bio: James Wronko is a partner and founding member of Wronko Loewen Benucci, and is a veteran trial attorney with over 28 years of experience and has appeared in Superior Court in every county in New Jersey. He has represented corporations, doctors, fe...
    Rating:  10
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    Paul Faugno

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    New Jersey Criminal Defense Attorney
    Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 40 years
    Practice Areas:  Criminal Defense, Personal Injury
    Tested and proven trial attorney. Providing intelligent and aggressive representation. Call
    Rating:  9.5
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    Scott C. Mitzner

    Scott C. Mitzner

    5.09 reviews
    New Jersey Criminal Defense Attorney
    Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 29 years
    Practice Areas:  Criminal Defense, DUI & DWI
    Bio: Scott C. Mitzner has been advising clients in criminal and municipal matters for 25 years. He devotes his practice nearly exclusively to criminal and municipal defense law, and regularly defends clients in a wide variety of cases, ranging from DWI...
    Rating:  8.6
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    Christopher George Porreca

    Christopher George Porreca

    4.995 reviews
    New Jersey Criminal Defense Attorney
    Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 27 years
    Practice Areas:  Criminal Defense, DUI & DWI
    Bio: Attorney Christopher G. Porreca earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in 1993 in Geology from Franklin & Marshall College, and his Juris Doctorate degree in 1998 from Widener University School of Law. While he went to law school, Mr. Porreca worked a...
    Rating:  7.8
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    Chris M Di Lorenzo

    Chris M Di Lorenzo

    4.04 reviews
    New Jersey Criminal Defense Attorney
    Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 34 years
    Practice Areas:  Criminal Defense, Violent Crime
    Review: "Chris is a great lawyer and a great man he was my lawyer when i got sent to superior court in hackensack for charges of weapons for a unlawfu purpose and a misdemeanor possesion of weed. I was stopped in ridge field park by police and they asked t..."
    Rating:  10
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    Ryan E Gilbert

    Ryan E Gilbert

    5.011 reviews
    New Jersey Criminal Defense Attorney
    Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 26 years
    Practice Areas:  Criminal Defense, Family
    Review: "Ryan was a trusted adviser throughout the course of my legal issues. I was unfamiliar with legal proceedings and Ryan was able to explain to me my legal situation, and risks associated with various defenses and decisions I had to make. He took the..."
    Rating:  8.6
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    David Bradley

    David Bradley

    4.854 reviews
    New Jersey Criminal Defense Attorney
    Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 23 years
    Practice Areas:  Criminal Defense, DUI & DWI
    Bio: Focused on fighting DWI and criminal cases, I am a certified Field Sobriety Test Instructor, certified on 4 breath testing devices including the Alcotest 7110 MKIIIC, trained in blood and urine analysis and Drug Recognition for cases involving con...
    Rating:  9.1
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    Paul M Uhlik

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    Paul M Uhlik

    5.02 reviews
    New Jersey Criminal Defense Attorney
    Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 48 years
    Practice Areas:  Criminal Defense, Speeding & Traffic Ticket, DUI & DWI and more
    With 20 Years Experience as a Prosecutor, I'm Known for Aggressively Representing my Clients.
    Rating:  7.2
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