Sexual Assault Attorneys Serving North Jersey, NJ

No. A civil claim is separate from the criminal process. You can bring one whether or not you reported the assault, whether or not charges were filed, and whether or not a criminal case resulted in a conviction.

Yes. What you tell us is protected by attorney-client confidentiality from the first conversation, whether or not you decide to hire us. We will not contact your employer, your family, or anyone else without your permission.

Often there are options. Courts in Pennsylvania and New Jersey can permit a survivor to proceed under initials or a pseudonym in some circumstances, and settlements can carry confidentiality terms. We will explain what is and is not possible in your specific situation before anything is filed.

It depends on your age when the assault happened, who is responsible, and which state's law applies, and Pennsylvania has changed these rules more than once in recent years. Some claims people assume are long closed are not. It costs nothing to have us check the deadlines that apply to you.

Sometimes. If an organization knew or should have known about the risk and failed to act, it may share responsibility for what happened. These cases turn on what was reported, to whom, and what was done about it, which is why writing down the sequence of events early matters.

The initial case review is free, confidential, and carries no obligation. Fee arrangements differ by practice group and by the facts of your matter, so we explain exactly how fees would work for your case, in plain language and in writing, before you are asked to sign anything.

Yes. Many people call to understand their options and go no further, and that is a completely legitimate reason to call. There is no obligation to hire us and no pressure to decide anything on the phone.

North Jersey is a region, not a county, so venue depends on the specific county where the matter arose. It is worth confirming that before anything is filed. Federal claims are heard in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey.

Yes. Because North Jersey does not sit under a single county court, the address where the events happened, or where the parties are, determines which courthouse applies. Two matters a short distance apart can belong in different counties.

That is part of what we look at. The deadline depends on your age when the assault happened, who is responsible, and which state's law applies. North Jersey sits in the New York metropolitan orbit and multi-state employers are common there, which makes the question worth asking rather than assuming. Some claims people assume are long closed are not, and it costs nothing to have us check the deadlines that apply to you.

No, not without your permission. What you tell us is protected by attorney-client confidentiality from the first conversation, whether or not you decide to hire us. We will not contact your employer, your family, or anyone else unless you tell us to. You decide how much to share and how quickly to move, and nothing happens without your say-so.

Sometimes. Along with the person responsible, we bring claims where the facts support it against an employer, school, religious institution, landlord, or other organization whose failure to act made the harm possible. North Jersey is a dense multi-county region, so a state matter goes to the Superior Court of New Jersey in the county where it arose. These cases turn on what was reported, to whom, and what was done about it.