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Kenneth Vercammen is a Middlesex County Trial Attorney who has published 130 articles in national and New Jersey publications on Criminal Law, Probate, Estate and litigation topics.

He was awarded the NJ State State Bar Municipal Court Practitioner of the Year.

He lectures and handles criminal cases, Municipal Court, DWI, traffic and other litigation matters.

To schedule a confidential consultation, call us or New clients email us evenings and weekends via contact box www.njlaws.com.

Kenneth Vercammen & Associates, P.C,

2053 Woodbridge Avenue,

Edison, NJ 08817,

(732) 572-0500

Tuesday, May 21, 2024

Spring 2023 Law Office Staff

Dayona Gilbert, Mike McDonald, John. Mulvaney & Kenneth Vercammen

Tuesday, May 7, 2024

39:4-138 Parking Offenses

39:4-138 Places where parking prohibited; exceptions; moving vehicle not under ones control into prohibited area.

39:4-138. Except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic or in compliance with the directions of a traffic or police officer or traffic sign or signal, no operator of a vehicle shall stand or park the vehicle in any of the following places:

a.Within an intersection;

b.On a crosswalk;

c.Between a safety zone and the adjacent curb or within at least 20 feet of a point on the curb immediately opposite the end of a safety zone;

d.In front of a public or private driveway;

e. (1) Within 25 feet of the nearest crosswalk or side line of a street or intersecting highway, except at alleys and as provided in section 2 of P.L.2009, c.257 (C.39:4-138.6); or

(2)Within 10 feet of the nearest crosswalk or side line of a street or intersecting highway, if a curb extension or bulbout has been constructed at that crosswalk;

f.On a sidewalk;

g.In any appropriately marked No Parking space established pursuant to the duly promulgated regulations of the Commissioner of Transportation;

h.Within 50 feet of a stop sign except as provided in section 2 of P.L.2009, c.257 (C.39:4-138.6);

i.Within 10 feet of a fire hydrant;

j.Within 50 feet of the nearest rail of a railroad crossing;

k.Within 20 feet of the driveway entrance to any fire station and on the side of a street opposite the entrance to any fire station within 75 feet of said entrance, when properly signposted;

l.Alongside or opposite any street excavation or obstruction when stopping, standing, or parking would obstruct traffic, when properly signposted;

m.On the roadway side of any vehicle stopped or parked at the edge or curb of a street;

n.Upon any bridge or other elevated structure upon a highway, or within a highway tunnel or underpass, or on the immediate approaches thereto except where space for parking is provided;

o.In any space on public or private property appropriately marked for vehicles for the physically handicapped pursuant to P.L.1977, c.202 (C.39:4-197.5), P.L.1975, c.217 (C.52:27D-119 et seq.) or any other applicable law unless the vehicle is authorized by law to be parked therein and a handicapped person is either the driver or a passenger in that vehicle. State, county or municipal law enforcement officers or parking enforcement authority officers shall enforce the parking restrictions on spaces appropriately marked for vehicles for the physically handicapped on both public and private property.

No person shall move a vehicle not lawfully under his control into any such prohibited area or away from a curb such distance as is unlawful.

9:4-138(a) Improper parking within intersection $54

39:4-138(b) Improper parking on a crosswalk $54

39:4-138(c) Improper parking in safety bus zone $54

39:4-138(d) Improper parking in front of driveway $54

39:4-138(e) Improper parking within 25 ft. of crosswalk $54

39:4-138(f) Improper parking on a sidewalk $54

39:4-138(g) Improper parking in a no parking area established by State Highway $54

Department

39:4-138(h) Improper parking within 50 feet of stop sign $54

39:4-138(i) Improper parking within 10 feet of fire hydrant $54

39:4-138(j) Improper parking within 50 feet of railroad $54

39:4-138(k) Improper parking within 20 feet of driveway entrance to fire station $54

or 75 feet on opposite side of street (when properly signposted)

39:4-138(l) Improper parking alongside or opposite street excavation or $54

obstruction, causing traffic obstruction (when properly signposted)

39:4-138(m) Double parking $54

39:4-138(n) Improper parking on a bridge, elevated structure, underpass or $54

immediate approaches (except where space for parking is provided)

39:4-139 Loading or unloading for unreasonable period of time $54

39:4-138.1 Determination of no parking zones.1.The commissioner, by regulations, shall have authority to establish and maintain no parking zones on portions of State highways where parking is deemed hazardous or inimical to the proper flow of traffic.

No parking zones so established shall be clearly marked by appropriate signs of a type and design according to specifications adopted by the commissioner.

Wednesday, May 1, 2024

NJAJ Executive Director Cornelius J. Larkin with Ken Vercammen at the NJAJ Boardwalk Seminar.

NJAJ Executive Director Cornelius J. Larkin with Ken Vercammen at the NJAJ Boardwalk Seminar.
Boardwalk Seminar has received the Continuing Legal Education Program of the Year Award from the National Association of Trial Lawyer Executives' Association
"We often say that the Boardwalk Seminar is one of the best CLE events in the United States and this award shows that many others around the country recognize that as well," said then NJAJ President Michael G. Donahue, III, Esq.
"This national recognition is a tribute to the hard work and dedication that Corny and the headquarters staff put in every day on our behalf," he said.
"We are lucky to have them working for us and this award is the evidence of just how talented they are," Donahue said.
"We should all be tremendously grateful and proud that Corny's peers around the country recognize him and his staff for their truly wonderful contributions to our organization. We can never thank them enough," Donahue said

Todd Mayo, Esq. & Ken Vercammen participated in the NJAJ Boardwalk Seminar 2024.

Todd Mayo, Esq. & Ken Vercammen participated in the NJAJ Boardwalk Seminar 2024. A. Todd Mayo, Esq. is the Past Chief Judge of East Brunswick Municipal Court.
A. Todd Mayo is a personal injury lawyer who has been in practice since 1994. He has received verdicts in excess of $1,000,000
Background and Accomplishments:
• Former Chief Municipal Court Judge
• Former Supervising Workers Compensation Judge
• Personal Injury lawyer
• Workers Compensation Attorney
• In practice since 1994
• Undergraduate of Kean University
• Western Michigan University Law School Graduate
• Honorable discharged from the US Air Force after 5 years of service
https://mayolaw.com/a-todd-mayo-esq/

John R. Gorman & Ken Vercammen participated in the NJAJ Boardwalk Seminar 2024

John R. Gorman & Ken Vercammen participated in the NJAJ Boardwalk Seminar 2024

Both were selected to the 2024 Super Lawyers NJ list. The Super Lawyers list is issued by Thomson Reuters, which manages West Publishing USA.
https://profiles.superlawyers.com/.../73f0b3a6-71c1-4ae1...
A description of the selection methodology can be found at www.superlawvers.com/about/selection process detail.html. No aspect of this advertisement has been approved by the Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Mr. Gorman has been selected by his peers to Thomson Reuters’ “Super Lawyers” list every year since 2007, which accolade is enjoyed by only 5% of New Jersey’s attorneys. He has also been selected by his peers to the Super Lawyers’ “Top 100 Lawyers” list in New Jersey every year since 2014*.

Mr. Gorman has recovered tens of millions of dollars for his clients since joining the firm in 1985. He has been a frequent lecturer for the Middlesex County Bar Association and the New Jersey Association for Justice. He was honored with the Honorable Herman L. Breitkopf Award in 2021 by the Middlesex County Trial Lawyers Association, an award bestowed upon a bar member who exemplifies “honesty, integrity, intelligence, and an unwavering concern for the welfare of both the bar and of its members.”

Mr. Gorman was also selected by the Middlesex County Bar Association as its 2008 “Civil Trial Practitioner of the Year,” and by Legal Services of New Jersey as its 2022 “Volunteer of the Year.”

Christopher J. Keating & Ken Vercammen participated in the NJAJ Boardwalk Seminar 2024. They recently served on the Criminal Law Section board of the NJ State Bar Association.

Francisco J. Rodriguez & Ken Vercammen participated in the NJAJ Boardwalk Seminar 2024. Francisco J. Rodriguez is a past President of NJAJ Trial Lawyers.

Craig S. Laughlin Esq. & Ken Vercammen participated in the NJAJ Boardwalk Seminar 2024. They served together on Law Review at Delaware Law School.

Jeffrey A. Rizika & Ken Vercammen participated in the NJAJ Boardwalk Seminar 2024.

Brent Bramnick & Ken Vercammen participated in the NJAJ Boardwalk Seminar 2024.

Donald A. Caminiti Esq & Ken Vercammen participated in the NJAJ Boardwalk Seminar 2024. Donald A. Caminiti is a past President of NJAJ Trial Lawyers.

Jorden N. Pedersen, Jr. Esq & Ken Vercammen participated in the NJAJ Boardwalk Seminar 2024. Jorden N. Pedersen, Jr is a past President of NJAJ Trial Lawyers

Jorden N. Pedersen, Jr. Esq & Ken Vercammen participated in the NJAJ Boardwalk Seminar 2024. Jorden N. Pedersen, Jr is a past President of NJAJ Trial Lawyers.

Philip Nettl & Ken Vercammen participated in the NJAJ Boardwalk Seminar 2024.

Both were selected to the 2024 Super Lawyers NJ list. The Super Lawyers list is issued by Thomson Reuters, which manages West Publishing USA.
https://profiles.superlawyers.com/.../73f0b3a6-71c1-4ae1...
A description of the selection methodology can be found at www.superlawvers.com/about/selection process detail.html. No aspect of this advertisement has been approved by the Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Mr. Philip Nettl is an attorney at Benedict Altman and Nettl. He is a two-time graduate of Rutgers, having received his Bachelor’s Degree from Rutgers University, and his law degree from Rutgers Law School-Camden. He joined the firm directly from law school in 2004, and has built up his experience in criminal cases ever since. Mr. Nettl has substantial experience as both a trial and appellate lawyer. Mr. Nettl’s first trial experience came as second chair in a capital murder trial, where he assisted Mr. Benedict. Since then, he has represented defendants is numerous jury trials in both state and federal courts. Mr. Nettl also has briefed and argued numerous appeals, and he coordinates the firm’s appellate practice.

Mr. Nettl is a member of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, the Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers of New Jersey, the Middlesex County Bar Association, and the New Brunswick Bar Association.

Mr. Nettl has been named multiple times in New Jersey Super Lawyers magazine as a “Rising Star” in the field of Criminal Defense. He is a Part-Time Lecturer at Rutgers University in the Criminal Justice Program. He is past-President of the New Brunswick Bar Association, Chair of the District Ethics Committee for Middlesex County, and a member of the Supreme Court Committee on Model Criminal Jury Charges. In 2018, he was honored by the Middlesex County Bar Association with the Criminal Practice award. https://www.benedictandaltman.com/criminal.../philip-nettl/

Attorney Eugenie Voitkevich & Ken Vercammen participated in the NJAJ Boardwalk Seminar 2024

Attorney Eugenie Voitkevich & Ken Vercammen participated in the NJAJ Boardwalk Seminar 2024. Attorney Eugenie Voitkevich was named as New JerseyRising Star by Super Lawyers Magazine for Fifth Consecutive Year.

The Super Lawyers list is issued by Thomson Reuters, which manages West Publishing USA.
https://profiles.superlawyers.com/.../73f0b3a6-71c1-4ae1...
A description of the selection methodology can be found at www.superlawvers.com/about/selection process detail.html. No aspect of this advertisement has been approved by the Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Daniel E. Rosner Esq & Ken Vercammen participated in the NJAJ Boardwalk Seminar 2024. Daniel E. Rosner is a past President of NJAJ Trial Lawyers.

Daniel E. Rosner Esq & Ken Vercammen participated in the NJAJ Boardwalk Seminar 2024. Daniel E. Rosner is a past President of NJAJ Trial Lawyers. Daniel has been a leader in the legal profession over the course of his career. He served as President of NJAJ — the largest plaintiffs’ trial attorney organization in the state in 2015-2016. Attorney Daniel Rosner has also served in various roles for the New Jersey Association for Justice (formerly known as ATLA-NJ) since 2004, including terms as Chairman and Co-Chairman of numerous committees and boards including the NJAJ Educational Foundation in 2014-2015 which is responsible for administering many continuing legal education programs for attorneys throughout the state. He continues to be a member of the NJAJ Board of Governors and has been since 2005. Daniel’s service to the legal profession included two three-year terms on the prestigious JPAC committee of the NJSBA. This committee helped vet newly selected potential judges and prosecutors from the Governor’s office to help determine if they were qualified to serve. He also has served on the Amicus Committee of the NJSBA from 2008-2022. Amicus, or friend of the court, is a committee that volunteers its input into important public policy legal issues that the courts may look to for expertise within the profession

E Drew Britcher Esq & Ken Vercammen participated in the NJAJ Boardwalk Seminar 2024. E Drew Britcher is a past President of NJAJ Trial Lawyers

Jonathan H. Lomurro & Ken Vercammen participated in the NJAJ Boardwalk Seminar. Jonathan H. Lomurro is a Vice President of NJAJ.

Jonathan H. Lomurro & Ken Vercammen participated in the NJAJ Boardwalk Seminar. Jonathan H. Lomurro & Kenneth Vercammen were selected to the 2024 Super Lawyers NJ list. The Super Lawyers list issued by Thomson Reuters, which manages West Publishing USA.
https://profiles.superlawyers.com/.../73f0b3a6-71c1-4ae1...
A description of the selection methodology can be found at www.superlawvers.com/about/selection process detail.html. No aspect of this advertisement has been approved by the Supreme Court of New Jersey.

MEDICAL NEGLIGENCE ATTORNEY

Mr. Jonathan Lomurro, an esteemed attorney whose prowess in Medical Malpractice Law has been recognized and certified by the American Board of Professional Liability Attorneys. Further endorsing his distinguished focus, the New Jersey Supreme Court has honored Jonathan with the title of Certified Civil Trial Attorney.

A steadfast believer in continuous learning, Jonathan holds a Juris Doctorate (J.D.) and a Master of Law Degree (LL.M.) in Trial Advocacy, bolstering his deep understanding of the legal landscape. As a proud owner and partner at Lomurro Law, he participated in assembling an extraordinary team that is as diverse as it is experienced. The firm's medical negligence team consists of multiple seasoned attorneys, two board-certified physicians doubling as a practicing attorneys, a registered nurse, and a dedicated support staff, all committed to providing excellent legal service in the field of medical malpractice. The firm has teams that handle most legal matters, such as criminal defense, personal injury, real estate, matrimonial, will & estates, small business, and more.

Jonathan's contributions to the field extend beyond the courtroom. He is the esteemed co-author of New Jersey Medical Malpractice Law and a respected lecturer on Medical Negligence. As the former chair and leader of the New Jersey State Bar Association's Medical Malpractice Special Committee, he's at the forefront of law and policy in this specialized field. Recognized as an certified civil trial attorney, Jonathan's focus is Medical Malpractice, where he fights tirelessly to hold bad medical providers to account for their errors, defend patient rights, advocate for patient access to medical information, and safeguard patient protection. His influence is not just local but national, as he has published numerous books and delivered lectures around the country. When you're looking for a skilled, passionate, and dedicated attorney, look no further than Mr. Jonathan Lomurro. His extensive knowledge, experience, and unwavering commitment to his clients make him the ideal choice in navigating the complex world of Medical Malpractice Law.

source https://jonlomurro.com