Previous Law Firm Name

• Ritter & Hanford and Jesperson, December 31, 1996
• Ritter, Hanford & Pryor, July 31, 1996

Law Firm Overview

Independent Recognition

For over 130 years, the Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory has rated law firms as a service to the legal community. The ratings, which are periodically reviewed, come from confidential questionnaires and personal interviews of practicing attorneys and judges. "A" is the highest legal ability rating, while "V" signifies very high adherence to professional standards of conduct, ethics, reliability and diligence. The Ritter Law Office is proud to be rated "A-V," and honored to be listed in the Martindale-Hubbell Register of Preeminent Lawyers.

Ted Ritter was the recipient of the 1999 "Professional Lawyer of the Year" Award, which was presented by the New Jersey Commission on Professionalism in the Law. More recently in 2003, Ted received the esteemed 2003 Trial Bar Award, presented by Trial Attorneys of New Jersey, in recognition of excellence in the cause of Justice.

Accordingly, when clients hire The Ritter Law Office, they can be assured they will be represented by attorneys judged by their peers to have the highest professional standards and ethics.

Areas of Practice

• Animal Bites -- Defense
• Animal Bites -- Plaintiff
• Bankruptcy Litigation
• Business & Commercial Law
• Business Organizations
• Business Successions
• Class Actions
• Closely Held Businesses
• Complex Litigation
• Contracts
• Criminal Fraud
• Criminal Law
• DUI/DWI
• Debtor/Creditor
• Directors' & Officers' Liability
• Dissolution
• Drug Violations
• Elder Law
• Estate Administration
• Estate Planning
• Federal
• Federal Appellate Practice
• Federal Claims Court
• Federal Trial Practice
• Felonies
• Formation & Business Planning
• Franchising
• Grand Jury Proceedings
• Health & Health Care Law
• International Trade Litigation
• Joint Ventures
• Juvenile Crimes
• Land Use & Zoning
• Landlord/Tenant
• Limited Liability Companies
• Litigation & Appeals
• Mergers, Acquisitions & Divestitures
• Military & Veterans Appeals
• Misdemeanor
• Multidistrict Litigation
• Non-profit & Tax-exempt Organizations
• Parole & Probation
• Partnerships
• Patent Litigation
• Personal Injury -- Defense
• Personal Injury -- Plaintiff
• Premises Liability
• Probate & Estate Administration
• Prosecution
• RICO Act
• Real Estate Law
• Reorganizations
• Sex Offenses
• Shareholders' Rights
• State Appellate Practice
• State Trial Practice
• State, Local & Municipal Law
• Tax Litigation
• Trade Associations
• Traffic Violations
• Trusts
• US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
• Victims' Rights
• White Collar Crimes
• Wills
• Wrongful Death -- Defense
• Wrongful Death -- Plaintiff
• Adoption
• Agriculture Law
• Alternative Dispute Resolution
• Auto Dealer Fraud
• Eminent Domain
• Employment Law -- Employee
• Employment Law -- Employer
• Energy Law
• Environmental Law
• Government Agencies & Programs
• Government Contracts
• Legal Malpractice
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Sexual Harassment
• Toxic Torts

West Practice Categories

Agriculture Law, Alternative Dispute Resolution, Auto Dealer Fraud, Bad Faith Insurance, Banking & Finance Law, Commercial Banks, Credit Unions, Foreclosure & Alternatives, Bankruptcy Law, Creditors' Rights, Foreclosures, Business & Commercial Law, Commercial Leasing, Consumer Protection, Contracts, Debtor/Creditor, Franchising, Business Organizations, Business Successions, Closely Held Businesses, Directors' & Officers' Liability, Dissolution, Formation & Business Planning, Limited Liability Companies, Partnerships, Shareholders' Rights, Sexual Harassment, Collections, Eminent Domain, Construction Law, Criminal Law, Criminal Fraud, DUI/DWI, Drug Violations, Felonies, Juvenile Crimes, Misdemeanor, Parole & Probation, Prosecution, Sex Offenses, Traffic Violations, Victims' Rights, White Collar Crimes, Employment Law -- Employee, Employment Law -- Employer, Energy Law, Environmental Law, Estate Planning, Elder Law, Guardianships & Conservatorships, Living Wills, Powers of Attorney and Appointment, Trusts, Wills, Adoption, Government Agencies & Programs, Government Contracts, Health & Health Care Law, Insurance Defense, Insurance Law, Litigation & Appeals, Federal Trial Practice, State Appellate Practice, State Trial Practice, Tax Litigation, US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, Mergers & Acquisitions, Personal Injury -- Defense, Animal Bites -- Defense, Motor Vehicle Accidents -- Defense, Premises Liability -- Defense, Property Damage -- Defense, Slip and Fall -- Defense, Wrongful Death -- Defense, Personal Injury -- Plaintiff, Animal Bites -- Plaintiff, Motor Vehicle Accidents -- Plaintiff, Premises Liability -- Plaintiff, Slip and Fall -- Plaintiff, Wrongful Death -- Plaintiff, Probate & Estate Administration, Estate Administration, Products Liability Law, Professional Malpractice Law, Legal Malpractice, Real Estate Law, Commercial Real Estate, Land Use & Zoning, Landlord/Tenant, Residential Real Estate, State, Local & Municipal Law, Toxic Torts