The right to drive in New Jersey is a privilege that many of us
take for granted. However, that driving privilege can
easily be affected or revoked due to even a single
negligent act. Both the New Jersey Motor Vehicle
Commission and insurance companies operating in the state use a
point system to regulate drivers. If you accumulate points
through traffic tickets, you may find yourself paying a fine to a
municipal court, more money in insurance premiums each year, have
your right to drive revoked, or in certain circumstances,
even find yourself ordered to serve jail time. Should you
receive a traffic ticket for a moving violation by a police officer
such as speeding, driving while intoxicated, driving without
insurance, or driving while your license is suspended, you should
consult our office for a free
legal consultation. Let us explain to you what are the
possible ways that pleading guilty to this ticket could affect
you. Our attorneys would be pleased to
provide you with either an in office consultation or a telephone
consultation to discuss the possible penalties that you may be
facing from your ticket as well as options on how to prevail in
Court to minimize these penalties. Our fees for these
services are extremely competitive with other law offices and we
accept several different payment options from our clients including
cash, check, money order or credit cards. We even offer
payment plans in many situations to our clients! Why not call
us today to see how we can help you?
We know that getting a traffic ticket is stressful.
However, our office can help you in every
phase of your traffic matter. Once you retain our services,
we will notifiy the Court that you are pleading not guilty, advise
them that you have hired us to service as your legal
representative, and if necessary, ask them to postpone the case to
allow us time to properly prepare for your defense. We will
also ask the police to provide us with whatever records they intend
to use against you in Court in advance so that we can review the
strength of their case against you. When the Court date
arrives, one of our attorneys will appear in Court
with you. We will speak to the prosecutor about the case in
an effort to resolve it without a trial, we will appear with you in
front of the Judge to resolve the case through either a trial or
plea bargain arrangement and we will even go with you to the
violations window if there is a fine to pay at the end of the
case! In some limited circumstances, our office can
prepare a legal affidavit explaining to the Court that you cannot
attend Court and we may be able to resolve the case without you
having to appear in Court with us.
Criminal Matters and Other
Non-traffic Offenses in Municipal Court
Municipal Courts handle other cases besides traffic
tickets. They also have jurisdiction over minor criminal
charges such possession of small amounts of controlled dangerous
subtances such as illegal drugs. Other criminal matters
handled in Municipal Court include assault, terroristic threats,
shoplifting, harrassment and trespassing. The Municipal
Courts also handle enforcement of municipal ordinances which are
laws passed by a specific city. These ordinance violations
can include local housing violations, disorderly persons
offenses, public drunkeness, school truancy and
others. The nature of these offenses can be technical
and it is in your best interest to hire a lawyer to help
you understand the charges and to defend you in Court!
