Joseph A. Maurice practices primarily in the areas of commercial and criminal litigation. He has been affiliated with the firm since 2001 and a partner since 2005. In addition to commercial and criminal litigation, Mr. Maurice has experience with negligence, matrimonial and real estate work. He has tried cases involving consumer fraud, Rico, securities fraud, personal injury, public entity liability and professional malpractice. He has defended clients charged with indictable crimes involving narcotics and narcotics trafficking, conspiracy, theft, money laundering and assault. Mr. Maurice litigates in both state and federal courts.
Mr. Maurice is a member of the Million Dollar Advocates Forum, which resulted from his trial of a securities fraud class action trial – Williams et al. vs. Chatmon et al. Mr. Maurice was also counsel on QBE Insurance Company vs. P&F Container Services, Inc., 362 N.J.Super 445 (App. Div. 2003) a case concerning insurance coverage issues and the applicability of the MCS 90 endorsement to interstate trucking carriers. Mr. Maurice is also recognized as a Superlawyer for General Litigation and Criminal Defense.
Mr. Maurice graduated from Muhlenberg College (1991) and Pace University School of Law (1994). Upon graduation from law school, Mr. Maurice clerked for the Honorable Bruce A. Gaeta, J.S.C. in the Criminal Part of the Bergen County Vicinage. He is admitted to practice in New Jersey (1994), New York (1995), the United States District Court for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York (2003) and the United States Supreme Court (2003).
Mr. Maurice served as the Borough of Paramus Municipal Prosecutor for the Criminal Part and formerly of the Traffic Part - a position he held from January 2005-January 2010. Mr. Maurice is also a member of the District 2A Supreme Court Ethics Committee. In addition he is a court appointed mediator for the New Jersey Superior Court. Prior to his affiliation with the firm, he was part of several smaller private practices and was also a pool attorney for the New Jersey Public Defender’s Office where he was responsible for defending indigent persons charged with indictable crimes.
He is a member of the New Jersey State Bar Association. He serves as a trustee for the Bergen County Bar Association where he has served on the Criminal and Civil Litigation Committees and is now co-chair of the Securities Law Committee, which he helped develop. He has also lectured for the Bergen County Bar Foundation and participated in the 411 It’s Your Life Program. Additionally, he is on the Board of Directors for Bergen Catholic High School located in Oradell, New Jersey.
