Ken is an Edison, Middlesex County, NJ trial
attorney where he handles Criminal,
Municipal Court, Probate, Civil Litigation and Estate matters. Ken is author of
the American Bar Association's new book “Criminal Law Forms” and often lectures
to trial lawyers of the NJICLE- NJ State Bar Association, the ABA and Middlesex
County Bar Association. He is Past Chair
of the Municipal Court Section and he has served on its board for 12 years.
Hundreds of NJ Attorneys have signed his petition for the open position of 2nd
Vice President of the NJSBA.
He was awarded the Municipal Court Attorney of the
Year by both the NJSBA and Middlesex County Bar Association He also received
the NJSBA- YLD Service to the Bar Award and the General Practitioner Attorney
of the Year, now Solo Attorney of the Year.
His articles have been published by NJ Law Journal,
ABA Law Practice Management Magazine, YLD Dictum, GP Gazette and New Jersey
Lawyer magazine. He will be a speaker at
the 2013 ABA Annual meeting program “Handling
the Criminal Misdemeanor and Traffic Case” and serves as is the Editor
in Chief of the NJ Municipal Court Law Review.
For nine years he served as the Cranbury
Township Prosecutor and also was a Special Acting Prosecutor in nine different
towns. Ken has successfully handled over one thousand Municipal Court and
Superior Court matters in the past 27 years.
His private practice has devoted a substantial
portion of professional time to the
preparation and trial of litigated matters. He appears in Courts throughout New
Jersey several times each week on Criminal and Municipal Court trials, civil
and contested Probate hearings. Ken also
serves as the Editor of the popular legal website and mobile phone app www.njlaws.com and related blogs. In Law School he was a member of
the Law Review, winner of the ATLA trial competition and top ten in class.
Throughout his career he
has served the NJSBA in many leadership and volunteer positions. Ken has
testified for the NJSBA before the Senate Judiciary Committee to support
changes in the DWI law to permit restricted use driver license and interlock
legislation. Ken also testified before the Assembly Judiciary Committee in
favor of the first-time criminal offender “Conditional Dismissal” legislation
which permits dismissal of some criminal charges. He is co-Chair of the ABA Criminal
Law Committee Solo Division and will be a speaker at the ABA Annual Meeting. In his private life he has been a member of the NJ
State champion Raritan Valley Road Runners master’s team and is a 4th
degree black belt. He welcomes support from all attorneys in NJ Resume online at http://www.njlaws.com/resume1.htm.
KENNETH VERCAMMEN
Attorney at Law
2053
Woodbridge Ave.
Edison, NJ 08817
732-572-0500 www.njlaws.com
ADMISSIONS: Admitted in NJ, US Supreme Court and Federal District
Court. Passed bar NY, PA, DC
MANAGING ATTORNEY Kenneth
Vercammen & Associates, PC March
1990-Present
Full service Law
practice with offices in Edison and Cranbury.
PROSECUTOR Township
of Cranbury, Middlesex County, NJ
1991-1999
Municipal
Prosecutor for criminal and traffic cases involving Township and State Police
-Acting Assoc.
Prosecutor: Carteret Municipal Court,
Middlesex County 2000
Past President- Middlesex Municipal Prosecutor's
Association
Metuchen Public Defender 2001- present
EDITOR- NJ MUNICIPAL COURT LAW REVIEW 1993- present
Middlesex
County Bar Association 2008
Municipal Court Attorney of the Year
NJ State
Bar Association- 2005-2006 Municipal Court Attorney of the Year Award
RELEVANT
LITIGATION SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS:
-Handling Drug, DWI and Serious
Municipal Court Cases ICLE/NJSBA- 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010 2009, 2008, 2007,
2006, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002,2001,2000,1998,1997, 95,94
-Criminal, DWI and Drug Cases- NJ State
Bar Annual Meeting 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002, 01, 00, 99
ABA Defending Internet Crime 2009
Chicago
-Recent Criminal Cases Middlesex Bar
2012, 2010;
Sayreville Police Recent Criminal cases
2013, Edison Police- Recent Criminal cases 2009; Edison Police Auxiliary-
Search and Seizure law;
-Personal Injury Litigation- NJ ICLE/
NJ State Bar 2001, 2000, 1999, 1998,
1997, 1996, 1995, 1994, 1993, 1991; Civil Trial Practice- Middlesex Bar 2004
RECENT
SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS ON WILLS, ELDER LAW, AND PROBATE
-Nuts &
Bolts of Elder Law - NJ Institute for Continuing Legal Education/ NJ State
Bar 2013
-Elder
Law and Estate Planning- American Bar
Association ABA Chicago2012, Toronto 2011, Chicago 2009, New York City
2008, Miami 2007
Middlesex County Police Chiefs 2009- Living Wills,
Middlesex County College- Wills & Probate 2007
PUBLICATIONS: Published 150
separate Law Review and Legal Periodical articles journals.
