Avery & Avery, Esqs. is a Ridgefield-based North NJ trial firm serving six counties: Bergen, Hudson, Essex, Passaic, Morris, and Sussex. We do not claim to practice in every NJ county. Effective trial practice is geographically focused, and our six-county footprint is the geography we cover thoroughly.
Bergen County (home base)
Bergen County is our home county. Our office is in Ridgefield. We have practiced before the Bergen County Justice Center, 10 Main Street, Hackensack for fifty years across all divisions — Criminal, Civil, Family, Chancery, Special Civil Part, Surrogate. Bergen has 70 incorporated municipalities and we serve all of them.
Highest-money Bergen city landings:
- Ridgefield — Robert W. Avery’s bench
- Hackensack — county seat
Hudson County
Hudson County — Jersey City, Hoboken, Bayonne, Union City, North Bergen, Weehawken, Secaucus, West New York. Hudson Vicinage 6 sits at the William J. Brennan Court House, 583 Newark Avenue, Jersey City.
Highest-money Hudson city landings:
- Jersey City — Hudson seat, NJ’s 2nd largest city
- Hoboken — high-income waterfront
Essex County
Essex County — Newark and the Oranges. Essex County Veterans Courthouse and Essex Vicinage 5 anchor our criminal and civil practice in this county. We appear regularly at Newark Municipal Court for traffic and DP matters and at the Essex County Justice Center for indictable matters.
Passaic County
Passaic County — Paterson, Clifton, Wayne, Hawthorne, Passaic City. Passaic Vicinage 11 sits in Paterson. The Paterson Municipal Court and Clifton Municipal Court are the most active municipal courts in our Passaic practice.
Morris County
Morris County — Morristown, Parsippany, Madison, Denville, Dover. Morris Vicinage 10 is at the Morris County Courthouse, Morristown. We coordinate with the Morristown Municipal Court for the heavy Route 287 / Route 80 traffic-and-DWI volume that originates in this county.
Sussex County
Sussex County — Newton (county seat), Sparta, Vernon, Hopatcong. Sussex Vicinage 13 sits at the Sussex County Judicial Center, Newton. Smaller volume than the southern five counties but full coverage where matters arise.
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For a free first consultation, call (201) 943-2445. Same-business-day response.