Practice Areas

• The Expungement Statute and the "Early Pathway" Exception
• legal malpractice
• Criminal Defense Litigation
• Drug Prosecutions
• Violation of Probation
• New Jersey Drunk Driving (DWI/DUI)
• Expungements
• Complex Civil Litigation

Our Blogs

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• Crim Law Wiz

Drug Prosecutions:

• Can Law Enforcement Agents Search a Cell Phone for Content After a Defendant is Arrested?   
  An article addressing Whether Law Enforcement Agents Can Search a Cell Phone for Content after a Defendant is Arrested, authored by Frank T. Luciano, Esq., an experienced criminal attorney whose office is located in Lodi. Mr. Luciano has represented numerous clients in criminal cases for over thirty years. He works in Bergen (Hackensack, Ridgewood, Saddle River, Woodcliff Lake, Closter, Englewood, Fair Lawn), Passaic (Passaic, Paterson, Wayne, Totowa), Hudson (Jersey City, Union City, Hoboken), Morris (Morristown, Long Valley) and Essex (Newark) Counties.
• Can the Government Search a Cellular Phone Protected with a Password?   
  An article addressing if the Government Can Search a Cellular Phone Protected with a Password, authored by Frank T. Luciano, Esq., an experienced criminal attorney whose office is located in Lodi. Mr. Luciano has represented numerous clients in criminal cases for over thirty years. He works in Bergen (Hackensack, Ridgewood, Saddle River, Woodcliff Lake, Closter, Englewood, Fair Lawn), Passaic (Passaic, Paterson, Wayne, Totowa), Hudson (Jersey City, Union City, Hoboken), Morris (Morristown, Long Valley) and Essex (Newark) Counties.
• The Duty of a Lawyer to Turn Over Evidence of a Crime   
  Bergen, Passaic, Hudson, Morris, drugs, possession, ethical dilemmas
• Social Networking Evidence in a Criminal Prosecution   
  An article addressing a Freedom of Information Act in a criminal case authored by Frank T. Luciano, Esq., an experienced criminal attorney whose office is located in Lodi. Mr. Luciano has represented numerous clients in criminal cases for over thirty years. He works in Bergen (Hackensack, Ridgewood, Saddle River, Woodcliff Lake, Closter, Englewood, Fair Lawn), Passaic (Passaic, Paterson, Wayne, Totowa), Hudson (Jersey City, Union City, Hoboken), Morris (Morristown, Long Valley) and Essex (Newark) Counties.
• Mandatory Extended Term Sentences   
  An article addressing authored by Frank T. Luciano, Esq., an experienced criminal legal malpractice attorney whose office is located in Lodi. Mr. Luciano has represented numerous clients in legal malpractice cases for over thirty years. He works in Bergen (Hackensack, Ridgewood, Saddle River, Woodcliff Lake, Closter, Englewood, Fair Lawn), Passaic (Passaic, Paterson, Wayne, Totowa), Hudson (Jersey City, Union City, Hoboken), Morris (Morristown, Long Valley) and Essex (Newark) Counties
• Money Laundering   
  An article addressing a lawyer's ethical responsibilities in a fee-shifting case authored by Frank T. Luciano, Esq., an experienced criminal attorney whose office is located in Lodi. Mr. Luciano has represented numerous clients in criminal cases for over thirty years. He works in Bergen (Hackensack, Ridgewood, Saddle River, Woodcliff Lake, Closter, Englewood, Fair Lawn), Passaic (Passaic, Paterson, Wayne, Totowa), Hudson (Jersey City, Union City, Hoboken), Morris (Morristown, Long Valley) and Essex (Newark) Counties.
• Plea Negotiations   
  An article addressing plea negotiations in Federal prosecutions by Frank T. Luciano, Esq., an experienced criminal attorney whose office is located in Lodi. Mr. Luciano has represented numerous clients in criminal cases for over thirty years. He works in Bergen (Hackensack, Ridgewood, Saddle River, Woodcliff Lake, Closter, Englewood, Fair Lawn), Passaic (Passaic, Paterson, Wayne, Totowa), Hudson (Jersey City, Union City, Hoboken), Morris (Morristown, Long Valley) and Essex (Newark) Counties.
• The Right to Counsel and the Prospect of Deporation   
  An article addressing a the Sixth Amendment Right to Counsel and the Prospects of Deportation authored by Frank T. Luciano, Esq., an experienced criminal attorney whose office is located in Lodi. Mr. Luciano has represented numerous clients in criminal cases for over thirty years. He works in Bergen (Hackensack, Ridgewood, Saddle River, Woodcliff Lake, Closter, Englewood, Fair Lawn), Passaic (Passaic, Paterson, Wayne, Totowa), Hudson (Jersey City, Union City, Hoboken), Morris (Morristown, Long Valley) and Essex (Newark) Counties
• Sentencing   
  An article addressing negotiated senteces authored by Frank T. Luciano, Esq., an experienced criminal attorney whose office is located in Lodi. Mr. Luciano has represented numerous clients in criminal cases for over thirty years. He works in Bergen (Hackensack, Ridgewood, Saddle River, Woodcliff Lake, Closter, Englewood, Fair Lawn), Passaic (Passaic, Paterson, Wayne, Totowa), Hudson (Jersey City, Union City, Hoboken), Morris (Morristown, Long Valley) and Essex (Newark) Counties.
• Immunity From Prosecution Under the Turnover Statute   
  An article addressing a lawyer's ethical responsibilities in a fee-shifting case authored by Frank T. Luciano, Esq., an experienced criminal attorney whose office is located in Lodi. Mr. Luciano has represented numerous clients in criminal cases for over thirty years. He works in Bergen (Hackensack, Ridgewood, Saddle River, Woodcliff Lake, Closter, Englewood, Fair Lawn), Passaic (Passaic, Paterson, Wayne, Totowa), Hudson (Jersey City, Union City, Hoboken), Morris (Morristown, Long Valley) and Essex (Newark) Counties.
• Miranda Warning   
  Frank T. Luciano has been working in courthouses across the northern parts of the state of New Jersey for over 30 years aggressively defending the criminally accused. His practice has a special emphasis in drug cases. He has published books and lectured in this area of the law. He has published a monthly column in the Gazette on issues relating to drunk driving (DWI) and drug prosecutions. He participates in regular programs and seminars offered by continuing legal education association and is also a member of the country’s leading trial lawyer associations, including the American Trial Lawyers Association (now known as the American Association for Justice), the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, the Legal Committee of the National Association for the Reformation of Marijuana Laws (NORML), the American Bar Association, the New Jersey Bar Association, in which he is a member of select sections, including the Criminal Law Section and the Municipal Court Section
• Use of Canines in Drug Investigations   
  An article relating to the use of dogs/canines in drug cases/prosecution authored by Frank T. Luciano, Esq., whose office is located in Lodi. Mr. Luciano has represented numerous clients accused of drug related charges for almost 35 years. He works in Bergen, Pasasic, Morris and Hudson Counties. The municipalities he visits, include Closter, Elmwood Park, Hackensack, Hasbrouck Heights, Fort Lee, Lodi, Saddle Brook, Saddle River, Ridgewood, Rochelle Park, Woodcliff Lake.
• Medical Marijuana Laws   
  An article presenting an overview of New Jersey's anticipated medical marijuana/pot law authored by Frank T. Luciano, Esq., whose office is located in Lodi, New Jersey, For over 30 years, Mr. Luciano has represented numerous clients accused of drug offenses. He works in Bergen, Passaic, Hudson, Essex and Morris Counties.
• Drug Courts   
  A primer on the New Jersey Drug Courts authored by Frank T. Luciano. Mr. Luciano is an experienced attorney who has represented numerous clients involved in drug related offenses. From his office in Bergen County, he represents clients in Bergen, Passaic, Morris, Essex, and Hudson Counties.
• Government's Use of Expert Witnesses   
  This is an article that addresses the use of expert witnesses in New Jersey drug cases, written by Frank T. Luciano, Esq., an attorney with over 30 years of experience with a practice that focuses in Bergen, Passaic, Hudson and Morris Counties.
• Loss of License Penalties for a Drug Conviction   
  Ab article relating to the "hardship exception" to New Jersey's drug statute that requires a mandatory license loss if conviction occurs, written by Frank T. Luciano, Esq., who has over 30 years of experience with a practice that focuses in Bergen, Passaic, Hudson and Morris Counties.
• How to Choose An Attorney   
  A primer on questions to ask when deciding to engage an attorney to defend you in a drug related offense.
• Collateral Consequences of a Conviction   
  This article contains potential collateral consequences of a drug conviction. What happens if you are convicted for drugs? You can lose your college scholarship or financial aid if you are convicted of a drug offense. You can lose your right to government housing if you are convicted of a drug offense. You can lose you driver's license or your right to vote if you are convicted of a drug offense.

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