Current Employment Position(s)

Managing PartnerUpper Deerfield Township Zoning Board of Adjustment, Solicitor, since 1983Hopewell Township Solicitor, since 2005

Year Joined Organization: 1978

Lawyer Overview

Areas of Practice

• Plaintiff Personal Injury
• Insurance Defense
• Land Use
• Commercial Litigation
• Business Transactions

West Practice Categories

Business & Commercial Law, Transactions, Insurance Law, Litigation & Appeals, Personal Injury -- Plaintiff, Land Use & Zoning

Bar Admissions

• New Jersey, 1973
• Federal District Court of New Jersey, 1973
• U.S. Supreme Court, 1980

Certification/Specialties

• Civil Trial Attorney, National Board of Trial Advocacy
• Civil and Criminal Trial Attorney, Supreme Court of New Jersey, Board on Attorney Certification

Professional Associations and Memberships

• Cumberland County Bar Association, 1983 - 1984 (President)
• Cumberland County Bar Association, 1978 - 1985 (Trustee)
• New Jersey State Bar Association, 1978 - 1979 (Member, General Council)
• American Bar Association (Member)
• American Association for Justice (Member)
• Trial Attorneys of New Jersey
• Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers of New Jersey (Member)
• American Board of Trial Advocates (Southern New Jersey Chapter), 2007 - Present (Treasurer)
• Supreme Court Board on Attorney Certifications, 1988 - 1997 (Board Member)
• Supreme Court Board on Attorney Certification, 1992 - 1996 (Chairman)
• Supreme Court Board on Attorney Certification, 1991 - 1992 (Vice Chairman)
• New Jersey Institute of Local Government Attorneys, 2005 - Present (Member)
• New Jersey State Bar Association, 1984 - 1986 (Member, General Council)
• New Jersey State Bar Association, 1994 - 1995 (Member, General Council)

Honors and Awards

• Recipient, Trial Attorneys of New Jersey Trial Bar Award, 2003
• Awarded the New Jersey Professional Lawyer of the Year by the New Jersey Commission on Professionalism, 1999

Past Employment Positions

• Cumberland County, Assistant Prosecutor, 1979 - 1984
• Cumberland County, Regional Deputy Public Defender, 1984 - 1987
• City of Bridgeton, Prosecutor, 1974 - 1976
• Bridgeton Housing Authority, Solicitor, 1984 - 1985
• Hopewell Township Zoning Board of Adjustment, Solicitor, 1976 - 2005

Education

• Washington and Lee University School of Law, Lexington, Virginia, 1973
  J.D.
• Marietta College, 1970
  B.A.

Fraternities/Sororities

• Alpha Tau Omega
• Phi Alpha Delta Legal Fraternity

Offers Free Initial Consultation

Address

55 Fayette Street
Post Box 320
Bridgeton, NJ 08302-2424

Phones

(866) 930-0233

Faxes

(856) 453-0911

Emails

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Websites

http://www.ritterlawoffice.com