Joseph A. Maurice
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Joseph A. Maurice, a partner, practices primarily in the areas of commercial and criminal litigation. He has experience with negligence, matrimonial and real estate work. He has tried cases involving consumer fraud, Rico, securities fraud, personal injury, mortgage fraud, public entity liability and professional malpractice. He has defended clients charged with indictable crimes involving narcotics and narcotics trafficking, conspiracy, theft, money laundering, assault and international interference with custody. Mr. Maurice litigates in both state and federal courts.
Mr. Maurice is a court appointed mediator for the New Jersey Superior Court. He 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 to January 2010. 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.
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 v P&F Container Services, Inc., 362 N.J.Super 445 (App. Div. 2003) a case concerning insurance coverage issues and the applicability of the MSC 90 endorsement to interstate/ intrastate trucking carriers. Mr. Maurice is 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's publications include "How to Prepare for an Attorney Consultation," (Paramus Magazine, August 2009), "Judge Liliana S. DeAvila-Silebi," with Demetra A. Maurice (The Bergen Barrister, Spring 2009) and "Mind Your Business: Employee Use on Company Computers" (Paramus Chamber of Commerce website Business Center, Fall 2007). Mr. Maurice has appeared as a legal commentator on Channel 9 Fox News.
Mr. Maurice 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 the former co-chair of the Securities Law Committee, which he helped develop. Mr. Maurice is the Chair of the District IIA Supreme Court Ethics Committee. He has also lectured for the Bergen County Bar Foundation and participated in the 411 It's Your Life Program. He is on the Board of Directors for Bergen Catholic High School located in Oradell, New Jersey.
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