Jeffrey S. Mandel, Esq. is a New Jersey-based lawyer known for handling high-profile appeals and also maintaining a law practice composed of civil litigation and criminal defense. As you can see from my website, I am a lawyer in New Jersey whose practice includes civil, criminal, and appellate law. You may therefore have also found me simply by conducting a search under “New Jersey appeals law”, “New Jersey appellate lawyer”, “New Jersey appeal”, “New Jersey appeals”, “New Jersey appeals lawyer”, or some other search related to appeals or appellate law in New Jersey.
Jeff Mandel attended Montville High School (www.montville.net/highschool) in Morris County, New Jersey prior to attending college at Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana (www.iub.edu). While at IU, Jeff focused his studies on Criminal Justice and Psychology. In addition to being a 'pledge trainer' in Sigma Alpha Mu, he served as a criminal justice tutor and was selected for membership in Alpha Phi Sigma (the National Criminal Justice Honor Society).
Jeff then attended Seton Hall Law School in Newark, New Jersey (http://law.shu.edu) and, upon graduation, he accepted a position as a law clerk with the Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division (www.judiciary.state.nj.us).
After his appellate clerkship, Jeff joined the Philadelphia-based law firm of Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP (700 lawyers, www.drinkerbiddle.com). After a few years at Drinker Biddle, Jeff joined Day Pitney LLP (400 lawyers, www.daypitney.com), where he was elevated to counsel. In 2008, Jeff accepted a position as partner at a litigation law firm in Morristown, New Jersey called PinilisHalpern, LLP (www.pinilishalpern.com).
Jeff can now offer clients the services of a big firm lawyer with small firm rates and small firm personal attention. Jeff's practice is diverse and includes representing clients in both civil litigation and criminal defense. He also has a focus on New Jersey appeals and is known throughout the State as a respected New Jersey appeals lawyer. See sections below, In the civil context; In the criminal context; In the appellate context.
In the civil context, Jeff's clients range from individuals to Fortune 100 companies to overseas corporations. His 'big law firm' experience enables him to handle very large cases against other 'big law firms', and his employment with a smaller law firm now allows him to accept cases from individuals and small businesses.
Representative cases include:
-Contract preparation, review, and litigation (restrictive covenants, corporate disputes, employment contracts, etc.)
-Personal injury claims (slip & fall, assault, auto accident, medical malpractice, etc.)
-Wrongful death claims
-Toxic torts (health issues from exposure to asbestos, sulfuric acid, manufactured gas plants, benzene, adverse reactions to pharmaceutical products and vaccines, etc.)
-Consumer Fraud Act claims (unconscionable commercial practices by car dealerships, home renovators, predatory lenders, auto mechanics, etc.)
-General litigation (both defendant and plaintiff)
-Employment law (discrimination and other unlawful/harassing practices in the workplace)
-Landlord/tenant disputes
-And other civil litigation
In the criminal context, Jeff has represented clients charged in the Municipal Court and/or Superior Court with:
-Organized crime (e.g., RICO)
-Driving While Intoxicated (DWI, 39:4-50)
-Refusal to provide a breath sample
-Racketeering
-Drug possession and/or distributuion (CDS)
-Sexual assault
-Aggravated sexual assault
-Money laundering
-Unlawful possession of a weapon
-Motor vehicle offenses (i.e., speeding, reckless driving, careless driving, leaving the scene of an accident, failure to report an accident, death by auto, failure to produce required documents, DWI, possession of CDS in a vehicle, etc.)
-Harassment
-Aggravated assault
-Assault
-Vehicular homicide
-Promoting gambling
-Terroristic threats
-Possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose
-Possession of drug paraphernalia
-Armed robbery
-Immigration/deportation offenses including
those considered an aggravated felony and a
crime involving moral turpitude (CIMT)
-Armed robbery
-And other criminal offenses, including post-
conviction relief (PCR) and motions to vacate
guilty pleas
See also Daily Record (December 2007) article "Cops: We listened in as mobsters plotted" and article "Security high in court for gambling suspects".
In the appellate context, clients retain Jeff solely for his experience before appellate courts. Jeff literally wrote the book on appeals in New Jersey (Gann Law Books' "New Jersey Appellate Practice", www.gannlaw.com).
Jeff is also a member of the State Appellate Practice Committee. Jeff has argued several cases before the Appellate Division and the Supreme Court of New Jersey, including a highly publicized death penalty appeal. In the past three years alone, Jeff has argued seven cases before the Supreme Court of New Jersey.
Some clients retain Jeff solely to assist the client's trial attorney (prior to and during trial) in anticipation of an appeal. In this situation, Jeff Mandel works with trial counsel to raise and preserve legal and factual issues/arguments for appeal. Click on Mandel's Recent Cases, for more!
Please feel free to visit my brother's website at www.mattmandel.com.
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