Criminal Defense in Bergen County
Partnering with a Hackensack Criminal Defense Lawyer to Defend Your Future
When you have been accused of a crime, you may feel like your whole world is going to collapse on top of you.
Even seemingly smaller criminal charges, like possession of marijuana or an assault charge stemming from a bar fight, can seriously affect your freedom and the opportunities granted to you in the future:
- Indictable charges
- Drug possession
- Drug trafficking
- RICO crimes
- Internet crimes
- White-collar crime
- Embezzlement
- Fraud
- Weapons charges
- Assault
- Other violent crimes
- DUI or other driving offenses
You can’t take any accusation against you lightly—if you’ve been charged with an indictable offense or a disorderly-persons charge, you need professional Bergen County criminal defense.
How Does Criminal Defense in Hackensack and North Jersey Work?
Criminal defense in Bergen County will almost always require a thorough and determined attorney to help your case.
The law offices of Benjamin G. Kelsen begin by listening to your version of events and then researching the evidence the State intends to bring against you.
A good Bergen County or Hackensack criminal defense lawyer will immediately begin protecting your rights and interests:
- We investigate the legality of the evidence against you.
- We confirm you were properly notified of your rights.
- We check all the facts to make sure the police acted appropriately.
- We check all the facts to see if the police missed or ignored something.
- We defend against all legal premises being used against you by the prosecutor.
- We negotiate plea bargains for clients who wish to avoid a trial.
