Joseph J. Benedict
Member

Practice Areas: Criminal Law; Criminal Appeals; DUI/DWI; Drug Crimes; White Collar Crime; Juvenile Criminal Law; Traffic Violations; Parole and Probation.

Admitted: 1970, New Jersey and U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey; 1984, U.S. Supreme Court, U.S. District Court, Eastern and Southern Districts of New York

Law School: Rutgers University, J.D., 1968

College: Fordham University, B.S., 1965

Member: New Brunswick, Middlesex County (Member, Criminal Practice Committee, 1987-, Co-Chair, 1994-; Member, Judicial and Prosecutors Appointments Review Committee, 1990-1997, Trustee, 1993-1996) and New Jersey State Bar Associations; Middlesex County Trial Lawyers Association; National District Attorneys Association; National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers; Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers of New Jersey; Trial Attorneys of New Jersey.

Biography: Named as a Top Lawyer In the Field of Criminal Defense, New Jersey Monthly Magazine. Listed, Best Lawyers in America, 1995-2005. Named "Super Lawyer", Criminal Law, New Jersey Monthly Magazine, 2006. Assistant Prosecutor, Chief of Trial Section, Middlesex County, 1971-1975. Municipal Prosecutor, Borough of Spotswood, 1976-1987. Township Attorney, South Brunswick Township, 1977-1979, 1983-1990, 1993-1996. Lecturer, Criminal Law Topics for Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers of New Jersey and New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education. Member, Assignment Judge's Criminal Law Committee, 1986-. Member, Speedy Trial Coordinating Committee (Criminal Division), 1991-. Member, 1981-1985 and Chairman, 1984-1985, Middlesex County Ethics Committee. (Certified Criminal Trial Attorney, Supreme Court of New Jersey, Board on Trial Attorney Certification)

Military: With U.S. Army, 1969-1971

Born: Newark, New Jersey, January 1, 1944

ISLN: 909118769