Position: Member

TEL: 201-488-7707

FAX: 201-488-9559

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Website: www.brickdonlaw.com

Admitted: 1990, New Jersey and U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey; 2001, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit

Law School: Georgetown University, J.D., 1990

College: Georgetown University, B.S., 1981; Boston University, M.B.A., 1987

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Practice Areas: Criminal Defense; Criminal Appeals; Plaintiffs Litigation; Employment Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Sex Crimes; White Collar Crime; Violent Crimes; Theft Offenses; Domestic Violence; Drug Crimes; DUI/DWI; Juvenile Crimes; Parole and Probation; Traffi

Additional Information:  Bergen County and American Bar Associations; Association of the Federal Bar of the State of New Jersey; Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers of New Jersey.

U.S. Marine Corps Reserves, 1987-1995

Law Clerk to The Honorable Alfred J. Lechner, Jr., U.S. District Court Judge, Newark, New Jersey, 1990-1991. Assistant Prosecutor, Bergen County, New Jersey, 1991-1998. Chief, Criminal Investigations Squad, 1996-1997. Assistant Chief, Trial Section, 1998. Associate, Litigation Department Waters, McPherson Mcneil, 1998-1999; Reed Smith, 1999-2001. Appointed Attorney, District IIB Attorney Ethics Committee, New Jersey Supreme Court, 2006-—. (Certified by the Supreme Court of New Jersey as a Criminal Trial Attorney)

Joseph R. Donahue's practice focuses on criminal defense in the State, Federal and Municipal Courts of New Jersey as well as criminal appellate work before New Jersey's Appellate Division, the New Jersey Supreme Court and the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. Mr. Donahue's practice also focuses on plaintiff's litigation and commercial litigation. Before entering private practice, he was an Assistant Prosecutor for seven years in the Bergen County Prosecutor's Office where he prosecuted a wide variety of cases including those involving drugs, public corruption, extortion, gambling, violent crimes and trademark counterfeiting. Mr. Donahue also served as the Chief of the Criminal Investigations Squad and the Assistant Trial Chief at the Prosecutor's Office and handled numerous grand jury investigations, trials and criminal appeals.