Morris County Lawyers — Serving All 39 Morris Municipalities

A Former Judge. A Father-Son Trial Firm. Fifty Years of New Jersey Practice.

Avery & Avery, Esqs. is a leading Morris County trial firm. The firm represents clients across all 39 Morris County municipalities from our offices in Ridgefield (Bergen County) — the same office where Robert W. Avery has practiced since 1976 and where he served fifteen years as a New Jersey Municipal Court Judge (1986–2000). Morris County is one of our six core practice counties — Bergen, Hudson, Essex, Passaic, Morris, and Sussex.

If you have a Morris County matter — criminal, DWI, traffic, personal injury, family, landlord-tenant, estate, or municipal court — call (201) 943-2445 for a free first consultation. Robert or John picks up when we’re in the office; voicemails returned promptly.

Morris County at a Glance

• Seat: Morristown
• 2020 Census population: 509,277
• Municipalities: 39 (operating 39 municipal courts)
• Vicinage: Morris/Sussex Vicinage (Vicinage 10)
• Superior Court: Morris County Superior Court, Morris County Courthouse, 56 Washington Street, Morristown, NJ 07963 — (862) 397-5700
• Surrogate: Morris County Surrogate’s Court, Court Street, Morristown, NJ 07963 — (973) 285-6500
• Trauma center: Morristown Medical Center / Atlantic Health (Level I, 100 Madison Avenue, Morristown)
• Land area: 460.7 sq mi

Where Morris Cases Are Heard

Morris County Superior Court — Morristown

Indictable criminal matters (first- through fourth-degree crimes), contested civil disputes over $20,000, divorces and custody disputes, chancery equity, and Special Civil Part landlord-tenant matters all sit at Morris County Courthouse, 56 Washington Street, Morristown, NJ 07963. The Morris/Sussex Vicinage (Vicinage 10) operates separate divisions for Civil, Criminal, Family, Chancery work. General phone: (862) 397-5700.

Morris Municipal Courts (39)

Each Morris municipality maintains its own municipal court (with a few joint-court arrangements among smaller boroughs). First-offense DWI, Title 39 traffic offenses, disorderly-persons matters, and ordinance violations are heard in the municipal court of the municipality of the stop or incident. The highest-volume Morris municipal courts are in Morristown and the next several largest cities by population.

Morris County Prosecutor’s Office

Indictable matters arising in Morris County are prosecuted by the Morris County Prosecutor’s Office, currently led by Robert Carroll. The office is at 10 Court Street, Morristown, NJ 07960, phone (973) 285-6200. The Prosecutor’s Office handles indictable felony presentations, the Morris Vicinage’s Pretrial Intervention (PTI) program under N.J.S.A. 2C:43-12, the Megan’s Law unit, and county-wide diversion programs. Defense engagement on a third-degree-or-above Morris charge routinely involves the Prosecutor’s pre-indictment conference and PTI screening.

Morris County Surrogate’s Court

Uncontested probate, executor / administrator qualification, and minor guardianship for Morris County route to the Morris County Surrogate’s Court at Court Street, Morristown, NJ 07963. Will contests and contested probate escalate to Morris County Superior Court — Chancery Division, Probate Part.

Why Avery & Avery for Morris County Matters

Three things distinguish our Morris County practice:

Fifty years of continuous New Jersey trial practice. Robert W. Avery opened his Ridgefield trial practice in 1976. John S. Avery joined the firm in 2012 after admission to the NJ Bar. Across two generations, our family-run trial firm has represented North Jersey clients through every meaningful change in NJ criminal, traffic, civil, and family law.

A former New Jersey Municipal Court Judge in the room. Robert served as Judge of the Ridgefield Municipal Court from 1986 to 2000 — fifteen years on the bench. That background informs how we read prosecutorial offers, municipal-court procedure, and judge-by-judge tendencies in a way that matters when Morris cases are routed to local judicial panels.

Statewide federal-court experience. The firm’s reported case Delvoye v. Lee, 329 F.3d 330 (3d Cir. 2003) — a Hague Convention international-custody matter — established Third Circuit precedent on “habitual residence” of an infant. Morris County families with cross-jurisdictional issues are not foreign territory to us.

Our Morris County Practice Areas

We handle the full Title 2C and Title 39 docket in Morris, plus civil and family-part work:

• Morris County DWI Defense — Alcotest 7110 + refusal defense across all 39 Morris municipal courts
• Morris County Criminal Defense — DP, indictable, and federal-court matters at Morris County Superior Court
• Morris County Traffic — Title 39 defense across the county’s road network
• Morris County Personal Injury — Auto, premises, wrongful death; coordination with Morristown Medical Center / Atlantic Health (Level I, 100 Madison Avenue, Morristown)
• Morris County Family Law — Morris Vicinage Family Part divorce, custody, support, alimony
• Morris County Landlord-Tenant — Morris Special Civil Part eviction and security-deposit recovery
• Morris County Estate Planning — Morris County Surrogate’s Court probate and inheritance-tax planning
• Morris County Municipal Court — the cross-cutting Title 39 / DP / DWI practice

Morris Cities We Serve

We routinely appear in the major Morris municipalities:

• Parsippany-Troy Hills — population 56,167
• Mount Olive — population 28,888
• Randolph — population 26,504
• Rockaway — population 25,344
• Morris — population 22,977

We also represent clients across the rest of Morris County’s 39 incorporated municipalities. If your matter arose in a town not listed above, call (201) 943-2445 — local court coverage is the rule, not the exception.

Frequently Asked Questions

Where do Morris County indictable charges go?

Morris indictable matters (third-degree and above) route to Morris/Sussex Vicinage (Vicinage 10) — Criminal Division at the Morris County Superior Court in Morristown. Pre-indictment conferences run through the Morris County Prosecutor’s Office.

Where do Morris divorces and custody cases go?

Morris divorce, custody, support, and domestic-violence final restraining orders route to Morris/Sussex Vicinage (Vicinage 10) — Family Part, also at the Morris County Superior Court.

Where are Morris traffic tickets heard?

In the municipal court of the municipality of the stop. Morris County operates 39 municipal courts. The Superior Court hears appeals from municipal-court convictions on the trial-de-novo standard.

Who is the current Morris County Prosecutor?

Robert Carroll. The Morris County Prosecutor’s Office is at 10 Court Street, Morristown, NJ 07960, phone (973) 285-6200. For confirmation, the office’s website is the canonical reference at engagement time.

Schedule a Free Morris County Consultation

For a free first consultation on a Morris County matter, call (201) 943-2445 or submit through the form. Same-business-day response. After hours, leave a voicemail; calls returned promptly the next morning.

For background on the firm, see About, Robert W. Avery’s bio, and John S. Avery’s bio.