Joseph R. Donahue

I am a Former Prosecutor in the Bergen County Prosecutor's Office and have been a Criminal Defense Attorney based in Bergen County since 1998. As an Assistant Prosecutor I Served as the Chief of the Criminal Investigations Squad and as the Assistant Trial Chief for the Office. I practice Criminal Defense, DWI/DUI defense, TROs/FROs (Restraining Orders), Domestic Violence and Expungements, primarily in Northern New Jersey's State, Federal and Municipal Courts. I am a Certified Criminal Trial Attorney; a Top 100 Trial Lawyer - NJ; a Super Lawyer in Criminal Defense; and I carry a "Superb 10" Rating in Avvo.

Georgetown University Law Center

J.D.

1987 - 1990

Boston University

MBA | Finance

1985 - 1987

Georgetown University

B.S. (1981)

Owner

Law Offices of Joseph R. Donahue, LLC

2023 - Current

Member

Brickfield & Donahue

2001 - 2023

Litigation Associate

Reed Smith, LLP

1999 - 2001

Litigation Associate

Waters, McPherson, McNeill, PC

1998 - 1999

Assistant Prosecutor

Bergen County Prosecutor's Office

1991 - 1998

Chief Criminal Investigations Squad; Assistant Chief, Trial Section

Certified Criminal Trial Attorney

New Jersey Supreme Court

Top 100 Trial Lawyers - New Jersey

The National Trial Lawyers

2013

Super Lawyer - Criminal Defense

Super Lawyers

2013

Chair, District IIB Attorney Ethics Committee

New Jersey Office of Attorney Ethics

2010

National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers

Member

Current

Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers of New Jersey

Member

Current

Bergen County Bar Association

Member

Current

New Jersey

Since 1990

3rd Circuit

Since 2001

U.S. Supreme Court

Since 2014

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