Submitted by New Jersey Criminal Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark STATE VS. JUSTIN LEE (APP. DIV 2014) This case addresses the standard of review for a trial court when reviewing a prosecutor’s denial of PTI (Pretrial Intervention). The issue in this case are facts submitted to the trial court and a plenary hearing from witnesses regarding the…
Submitted by New Jersey Criminal Lawyer, Jeffery Hark -2-3382 State v. Leone, App. Div. (per curiam) (13 pp.) Reversal of Pretrial Intervention On the State’s appeal, the appellate panel reverses the Law Division’s order admitting defendant Philip Leone to pretrial intervention (PTI) over the State’s objection. In 2004, Leone approached a longtime friend to solicit…
A trial court’s grant of pretrial intervention to a N.J. lawyer who admitted misappropriating $100,000 from investors—explicitly so that he could keep working to pay them back—didn’t stand up on appeal. The judge’s decision that letting Middletown solo Philip Leone stay out of jail would be in the best interests of his creditors was predicated…
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Appellate Victory Protects a Former Spouse’s Share of Pension Benefits
Submitted by New Jersey Family Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark. A Successful Family Law Appeal Our firm successfully represented the appellant in a New Jersey family law appeal concerning the division of pension benefits after divorce. On October 20, 2026, the Appellate Division reversed the order under review and sent the matter back to the Family Part for…