VerifiedLawFirms editorial: A practice built around criminal defense — The Law Offices of Jonathan F. Marshall describes itself as a New Jersey firm that works in one area of law: criminal defense.
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About The Law Offices of Jonathan F. Marshall
The Law Offices of Jonathan F. Marshall is a New Jersey law firm that practices exclusively in criminal defense. The firm represents clients facing charges that include DWI and DUI, drug offenses, violent crimes, assault, domestic violence, weapons and gun offenses, sex crimes, theft and property crimes, white-collar crimes, federal charges, juvenile matters, traffic violations, and expungement.
According to the firm, its team includes more than 20 attorneys who handle criminal cases across New Jersey. Several of its lawyers previously served as county prosecutors, municipal prosecutors, or public defenders in more than 25 towns and counties in the state, and the firm states that it has Certified Criminal Trial Attorneys on staff. The firm operates offices in multiple New Jersey locations, with its main office at 82 Court Street in Freehold. It offers free initial consultations and states that it is available at all hours, including nights and weekends.
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A practice built around criminal defense
The Law Offices of Jonathan F. Marshall describes itself as a New Jersey firm that works in one area of law: criminal defense. That single focus runs through the whole website. The attorneys take on criminal cases, and the material does not point to civil work, family law, or other fields.
In my opinion, a stated concentration like this is worth flagging early. It tells a prospective client that criminal matters are the daily work here, not a side interest. The firm says its lawyers handle these cases across the state.
The range of charges the team handles
The firm lists a broad set of criminal matters on its site. The categories run from lower-level traffic issues up to serious felonies, and they cover much of what New Jersey criminal law includes.
Driving, drug, and weapons cases
DWI and DUI defense sits near the front of the firm's list, along with the traffic violations that often come attached to it. The firm also handles drug offenses, which in New Jersey can range from a small possession charge to distribution counts. Weapons and gun charges appear on the list as well, an area where state law is strict and the penalties are steep.
Violent, sex, and domestic matters
On the more serious end, the firm names violent crimes and assault, sex crimes, and domestic violence. These cases carry heavy penalties and, in many instances, lasting effects on a person's record and reputation. A team that takes them on regularly is worth noting for anyone facing that kind of charge.
White-collar, federal, juvenile, and expungement work
The firm rounds out its list with white-collar charges, federal cases, and juvenile matters. It also handles theft and property crimes. For people who have already resolved a case and want a fresh start, the firm works on expungement, the legal step that can seal or clear an old record.
As a reviewer, I read this spread as a firm that means to serve a client whatever the charge, from a first traffic-court appearance to a federal indictment.
How the team is built
The firm states that its team includes more than 20 criminal defense attorneys. That is a larger bench than many defense practices carry, and it suggests the firm can staff a range of cases at once. For a client, it can also mean a matter is not resting on a single lawyer's schedule.
Several of the lawyers once worked on the other side of the courtroom. The firm says its ranks include former county prosecutors, municipal prosecutors, and public defenders who served in more than 25 towns and counties around the state. That kind of background can give a defense team a close read on how the prosecution builds and argues a case.
The firm also states that it has Certified Criminal Trial Attorneys on staff. In New Jersey, that certification is granted by the state Supreme Court to a small share of lawyers who meet set trial and testing requirements. It is a credential a client can check, rather than a slogan.
The attorneys the site names
The attorneys page identifies a number of the firm's lawyers. Among them are Jonathan F. Marshall, Colin E. Bonus, Jason Seidman, Thomas Huth, Matthew Dorry, and William Wachowski. The page also lists Paul Koutouzakis, Abraham N. Basch, Brian McCauley, Darryl K. Richardson, Tony Gutierrez, and Casandra T. DeStefano.
Naming the team in the open is a small thing, though it counts for something. It lets a client see who might handle the case before the first meeting, and it puts real people behind the firm's name.
Where the firm reaches
The main office sits in Freehold, in Monmouth County. The firm also lists several other offices around New Jersey, so clients in different parts of the state have more than one place to meet a lawyer.
For criminal cases, that local footprint can matter. Courts, judges, and prosecutors differ from one county to the next. A firm with lawyers who have worked in many of those towns brings a sense of how each courthouse runs, and that familiarity can shape how a case is handled.
What the listing shows
Reading the site as a whole, a few points stand out. The firm keeps to one field, carries a sizeable team, and points to backgrounds that include former prosecutors and public defenders. Those are facts a client can weigh, not marketing lines.
In my opinion, the clearest signal here is consistency. The focus on criminal defense, the size of the group, the courtroom credentials, and the reach across the state all point in the same direction. Anyone facing a criminal charge in New Jersey can use those details to judge whether this firm suits the matter at hand.
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Abraham N. Basch
Abraham N. Basch is an attorney at the Law Offices of Jonathan F. Marshall in Freehold, New Jersey. He earned a juris doctor degree from The George Washington University Law School in 2017. His practice focuses on criminal defense, family law, and DUI and DWI matters.
Practice focus
Criminal Defense
Family Law
DUI and DWI
Andrew Carey
Arthur G. Margeotes
Arthur G. Margeotes is a criminal defense attorney based in New Jersey. He is listed as a partner at Weiner Law Group, LLP in Parsippany. His practice focuses on criminal defense and white collar crime matters.
Practice focus
Criminal Defense
White Collar Crime
Brian McCauley
Casandra T. DeStefano
Casandra DeStefano is a criminal defense attorney practicing in the Colts Neck, New Jersey area, based in Tinton Falls. Her practice areas include criminal defense, general practice, and DUI and DWI matters.
Practice focus
Criminal Defense
General Practice
DUI & DWI
Christopher Pollard
Christopher Pollard is a New Jersey attorney who focuses his practice on municipal court matters and personal injury. His municipal court work includes traffic violations, driving while intoxicated charges, and disorderly persons offenses such as drug, shoplifting, assault, and harassment charges. His personal injury practice covers auto accidents, medical malpractice, slip and fall, premises liability, product liability, and wrongful death cases. He also handles criminal defense, real estate transactions, wills, family law, expungements, and landlord-tenant matters.
Practice focus
Municipal Court
DUI & DWI
Personal Injury
Criminal Defense
Traffic Violations
Car Accidents
CEColin E. Bonus Esq.
Colin E. Bonus earned a B.A. in Communication Arts from the University of Dayton and a J.D. from the University of Dayton School of Law. He is a partner at The Law Offices of Jonathan F. Marshall, where he focuses his practice on criminal defense and drunk driving matters. He is certified in the operation and maintenance of the Draeger Alcotest 7110 and in standardized field sobriety testing. He serves as an arbitrator for the Superior Court and is a member of the American Association for Justice.
Practice focus
Criminal defense
DWI/DUI defense
Darryl K. Richardson
DMDr. Michael A. Quinn
Michael A. Quinn earned a B.S. in Biology from Muhlenberg College in 1993, a Doctor of Podiatric Medicine from the New York College of Podiatric Medicine in 1997, and a J.D. from Seton Hall University School of Law in 2001. His practice focuses on elder law, health care law, medical malpractice, and personal injury, including nursing home abuse and podiatric malpractice matters. He is a member of the Association of Trial Lawyers of America - New Jersey and the Morris Pashman American Inn of Court.
Practice focus
Elder Law
Health Care Law
Medical Malpractice
Personal Injury
Nursing Home Abuse
Podiatric Malpractice
James Fagen
James Fagen is a criminal defense attorney at the Law Offices of Jonathan F. Marshall in Freehold, New Jersey. He previously served at the Monmouth County Prosecutor's Office in a number of roles, including as Director of the Trial Division. He handles criminal matters, including jury trials, at the Monmouth County Superior Court in Freehold.
Practice focus
Criminal Defense
Jason Seidman
Jason A. Seidman earned a B.A. in government and law from Lafayette College in 2005 and a J.D. from the University of the District of Columbia in 2009. He spent five years as a prosecutor and attorney for the Middlesex County Prosecutor's office, where he handled street-level drug distribution cases, supervised the office's Drug Court Unit, and served as legal adviser to the Middlesex County Gangs, Guns and Drugs Task Force. His current practice focuses on criminal law with an emphasis on felony-level cases, and he also handles DUI and DWI matters at The Law Offices of Jonathan F. Marshall.
Practice focus
Criminal defense
DUI and DWI
JFJonathan F. Marshall
Jonathan F. Marshall earned a B.S. in Accounting and Finance from Rider University and a law degree from Seton Hall University School of Law. He is the managing partner and founder of the Law Offices of Jonathan F. Marshall, a criminal defense firm with offices throughout New Jersey. He previously served as a municipal prosecutor for the Borough of Matawan and the Township of Hazlet. His practice focuses on criminal matters, including federal criminal charges, DUI and DWI, juvenile law, domestic violence, and white collar crime.
Practice focus
Criminal defense
DUI & DWI
Federal criminal charges
Juvenile law
Domestic violence
White collar crime
LALouis A. Pintaro
Louis A. Pintaro earned his J.D. from the University of Miami School of Law. He worked as an Assistant Prosecutor at the Ocean County Prosecutor's Office for over a decade, where he handled a wide variety of cases and jury trials at the Superior Court in Toms River, including sex crimes, gun and weapons cases, drug charges, domestic violence, robbery, eluding, and aggravated assault. He joined the Law Offices of Jonathan F. Marshall in 2021 after managing his own criminal defense practice in Ocean County. His practice focuses on criminal defense, DUI and DWI, and domestic violence matters.
Practice focus
Criminal Defense
DUI & DWI
Domestic Violence
Matthew Dorry
Matthew Dorry earned a Bachelor of Arts in Criminal Justice from Rutgers University, graduating Cum Laude, and obtained his J.D. cum laude from Widener University School of Law in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Before joining the Law Offices of Jonathan F. Marshall, he served as a Municipal Prosecutor for approximately twenty municipalities over three years. His practice focuses on criminal defense, drunk driving, and restraining order matters, and he has handled numerous DWI, criminal, traffic, and municipal ordinance cases.
Practice focus
DUI and DWI
Criminal Defense
Restraining Orders
Traffic and Municipal Court matters
Wills and Living Wills
Matthew Mordas
Matthew Mordas is a criminal defense attorney with The Law Offices of Jonathan F. Marshall in Freehold, New Jersey. He earned a B.A. in Biology and Pre-Medical Sciences from Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania in 2007 and a J.D. from Temple University Beasley School of Law in 2016. Before private practice, he served as an Assistant Deputy Public Defender with the New Jersey Office of the Public Defender and worked as an associate attorney at Sattiraju & Tharney, LLP and Lyons & Associates, P.C. His practice handles criminal law matters such as drug crimes, gun crimes, expungements, appeals, and DUI and DWI cases.
Practice focus
Criminal Law
Criminal Appeals
Drug Crimes
Expungement
Gun Crimes
Sex Crimes
Paul Koutouzakis
I. Paul Koutouzakis is an attorney with the Law Offices of Jonathan F. Marshall, practicing out of the firm's Toms River, New Jersey office. Koutouzakis earned a law degree from the University of North Carolina School of Law. Their practice focuses on criminal defense, DUI and DWI, domestic violence, and juvenile matters. The listing reflects about 21 years of experience.
Practice focus
Criminal
DUI & DWI
Domestic Violence
Juvenile
RLRobert L. Grady
Ryan Farrell
Ryan Farrell is a criminal defense attorney at The Law Offices of Jonathan F. Marshall in Freehold, New Jersey. He earned a B.A. from The Catholic University of America and a J.D. from The George Washington University Law School. Before joining the firm, he worked as an Assistant Prosecutor at the Middlesex County Prosecutor's Office, an associate attorney at Bathgate, Wegener & Wolf P.C., and a law clerk for a judge of the New Jersey Judiciary. His practice covers criminal defense in the Superior and Municipal Courts of New Jersey and the representation of individuals in Final Restraining Order hearings.
Practice focus
Criminal Defense
Domestic Violence
TDThomas D. Carver
THThomas Huth
Thomas Huth is an attorney at the Law Offices of Jonathan F. Marshall in Freehold, New Jersey, where his practice focuses on criminal defense. He earned a B.A. from the University of Connecticut in 1983 and a J.D. from Seton Hall University School of Law in 1986. Before joining the firm in 2018, he spent his career as a prosecutor in the Essex and Monmouth County Prosecutor's Offices, where he tried hundreds of criminal cases and held supervisory positions including director of the Major Crimes Bureau. His practice centers on Superior Court matters such as homicides, auto fatalities, robberies, white-collar defense, sexual assault, and narcotics cases.
Practice focus
Criminal defense
DUI & DWI
Domestic violence
Homicide and violent crimes
White-collar defense
Drug crimes
Tony Gutierrez
William Wachowski
William Wachowski joined the Law Offices of Jonathan F. Marshall in 2017 and practices criminal defense as a former prosecutor. He earned a B.S. in education from Temple University in 1992 and worked as a middle-school teacher for six years before attending Rutgers School of Law, where he received his J.D. in 2001. He began his legal career handling medical malpractice cases, then served as a municipal prosecutor for several New Jersey towns including New Brunswick, East Brunswick, Piscataway, Metuchen, and Edison. He later operated a solo practice in Point Pleasant Beach handling felony indictable crimes, assault, theft, domestic violence, and white collar matters.
Practice focus
Criminal defense
Felony indictable crimes
Drug crimes
Assault
Theft
Domestic violence
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