Effective July 1, 2017 person who pleads guilty to cds and assault criminal disorderly criminal offenses must provide a DNA sample upon a guilty plea. 

25. New Criminal rules effective Jan 1, 2017

26. New Court Rule: The Committee proposed two new rules to provide

limitations on the monetary sanctions

27 New Expungement Law

New law effective April 18, 2016 for dismissed cases

Please forward to any attorneys, prosecutors or judges you believe may be interested.

Speakers: Kenneth A. Vercammen, Esq., Metuchen Public Defender, Past Municipal Court Attorney of the Year

Tara Auciello, Esq. Municipal Prosecutor (South River)

William Brigiani, Esq. Past Middlesex Bar President

Gregory DeMichele, Esq. NJSBA Trustee

John Menzel, Esq. Past Chair, NJSBA Municipal Court Practice Section

Norma M. Murgado, Esq.  Chief Prosecutor (Elizabeth), Chief Prosecutor (Woodbridge)

This informative seminar on Municipal Court practice and procedure will familiarize you with recent new developments affecting cases that are heard in Municipal Court.   An authoritative panel of experienced attorneys will be joined by well-respected Municipal Prosecutors to explore a wide variety of matters that you are likely to encounter. They will also bring you up to date on recent developments you need to understand in order to effectively represent your clients.  

Free for law students based on space available.

NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE FOR CONTINUING LEGAL EDUCATION

NJICLE, A Division of the NJSBA NJ State Bar Association 732-214-8500 CustomerService@njicle.com Seminar # ICMCP150717

For lawyers $170- $190 tuition depending on NJSBA membership

½ price for Judges.

Municipal Court and Criminal Law attorneys may also be interested in the ABA’s CRIMINAL LAW FORMS book

Award winning book from the American Bar Association

Solo & Small Firm Division Author: Kenneth Vercammen

Use Criminal Law Forms to help represent persons charged with criminal and traffic offenses. Detailed instruction and valuable insight is offered beginning with the initial contact with the client, to walking into the courthouse, and managing the steps that follow. Two hundred and ten modifiable forms help make criminal lawyers more efficient and productive, while also reducing the chance for mistakes. Criminal Law Forms helps lawyers face the challenges of:

• Criminal defense

• DWI cases

• Juvenile offenses

• Domestic violence

• Traffic violations

• Auto Accidents

• And much more

Regular price $139.95, GP SOLO Member Price $129.95 To order contact ABA Customer Care, 1-800-285-2221 321 N. Clark Street, Chicago, IL 60653 or fax to 312-988-6030 (PC: 5150457)

ISBN:

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Author: Kenneth Vercammen is an Edison, Middlesex County, NJ trial attorney where he handles Criminal, Municipal Court, Probate, Litigation and Estate Administration matters. Ken is author of the American Bar Association’s new book “Criminal Law Forms” and often lectures to trial lawyers of the American Bar Association, NJ State Bar Association and Middlesex County Bar Association. As the Past Chair of the Municipal Court Section he has served on its board for 10 years.

Awarded the Municipal Court Attorney of the Year by both the NJSBA and Middlesex County Bar Association, he also received the NJSBA- YLD Service to the Bar Award and the General Practitioner Attorney of the Year, now Solo Attorney of the Year.

Ken Vercammen is a highly regarded lecturer on both Municipal Court/ DWI and Estate/ Probate Law issues for the NJICLE- New Jersey State Bar Association, American Bar Association, and Middlesex County Bar Association. His articles have been published by NJ Law Journal, ABA Law Practice Management Magazine, YLD Dictum, GP Gazette and New Jersey Lawyer magazine. He was a speaker at the 2013 ABA Annual meeting program “Handling the Criminal Misdemeanor and Traffic Case” and serves as is the Editor in Chief of the NJ Municipal Court Law Review.

For nine years he served as the Cranbury Township Prosecutor and also was a Special Acting Prosecutor in nine different towns. Ken has successfully handled over one thousand Municipal Court and Superior Court matters in the past 27 years.

Ken also serves as the Editor of the popular legal website www.njlaws.com and related blogs. In Law School he was a member of the Law Review, winner of the ATLA trial competition and top ten in class.

Throughout his career he has served the NJSBA in many leadership and volunteer positions. Ken has testified for the NJSBA before the Senate Judiciary Committee to support changes in the DWI law to permit restricted use driver license and interlock legislation. Ken also testified before the Assembly Judiciary Committee in favor of the first-time criminal offender “Conditional Dismissal” legislation which permits dismissal of some criminal charges. He is the voice of the Solo and Small firm attorneys who juggle active court practice with bar and community activities. Recently, the ABA Solo Division has selected Ken to write its new book on “Marketing for the New and Small Firm Attorney”. In his private life he has been a member of the NJ State champion Raritan Valley Road Runners master’s team and is a 4^th degree black belt.

KENNETH VERCAMMEN & ASSOCIATES, PC

ATTORNEY AT LAW

2053 Woodbridge Ave.

Edison, NJ 08817

(Phone) 732-572-0500

(Fax) 732-572-0030

Drug and DWI Law NJ

Sunday, October 15, 2017

Handling Drug, DWI and Serious Cases in Municipal Court Seminar cases to be discussed by Ken Vercammen at seminar

Index to Major cases to be discussed by Ken Vercammen at seminar

1. DWI Refusal notice withstands challenge. State v Quintero

2. Sup Mt denied where police looking in house for missing dementia patient found pot plants State v Mordente

3. Police video is public record under OPRA

Paff v Ocean County Prosecutors Office

5. No Jury trial for DWI. State v. Denelsbeck

6. Police can stop for one broken taillight out of 4

State v. Sutherland

7. US Supreme Court permits DWI breath tests but rejects blood test without warrant.

Birchfield v. North Dakota 136 S. Ct. 2160 (2016)

8. Out of state DWI counts for criminal driving while suspended. State v. Luzhak

10. Suppression granted where stop based only for high beam not affecting driving State v. Scriven

226 NJ 20 (2016)

12. Driver with prior school zone DWI sentenced as 2nd Offender. State v. Wheatley

13. Town outside surveillance camera not subject to OPRA but maybe subject to common law. Gilleran v. Township of Bloomfield

14. Twitter statement admissible in criminal trials. State v Hannah

15. No obstruction charge for failure to provide DL for parking ticket. State v Powers 448 NJ Super. 69 (App. Div. 2016)

16. School Zone map admissible if properly authenticated State v. Wilson 227 NJ 34 (2017)

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