Tuesday, February 25, 2020

Piscataway Public Library Seminar: Remove & Expungement of Criminal Arrests and Convictions

Piscataway Public Library Seminar: Remove & Expungement of Criminal Arrests and Convictions – New Law signed 12/18/19 Free Seminar
March 4 from 7pm-8pm
Piscataway Public Library
500 Hoes Lane
Piscataway NJ 08854
732-463-1633x6 COST: Free if you pre-register. Complimentary materials provided. Please bring a canned food donation, which will be given to an Edison Bank. Please email us if you plan on attending or if you would like us to email the materials.

SPEAKERS: Kenneth Vercammen, Esq. & Allan Marain, Esq. (Ken V Author- Criminal Law Forms by the American Bar Association and Defending DWI and Drug Cases NJ State Bar)
(Allan Marain is a trustee, and chairs the Expungement Committee of the Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers of New Jersey. He is also a past chair of New Jersey Bar Criminal Law Section."

The NJ statute on expungement was revised in a law signed 12/18/19. If someone has been arrested or even had a private criminal complaint signed against them in the Municipal Court, they have a criminal record, even if the charges were dismissed or received a Conditional Discharge. Under NJ Law past criminal arrests and convictions can be expunged/ erased easier under certain instances. This program will discuss the expungement process. Allan Marain is past chair of Criminal Law Section of the New Jersey State Bar Association. Ken V served as a Municipal Prosecutor and was amazed how minor criminal guilty pleas and even dismissed charges can affect someone’s ability to get a job or advance a career. Do you have children or someone you know or work with that needs an expungement?

Can’t attend? We can email you materials
Send email to VercammenLaw@Njlaws.com

More info: For more serious charges The Petition for expungement is filed in the Superior Court. It takes a minimum of three months for the court to grant the expungement. The requirements are very formal. There can be a waiting period between 6 months up to 10 years after the criminal case is finished. For someone who had a drug charge, they can hire an attorney apply for Expungement 6 months after the Conditional Discharge is complete. The statute requires detailed notices served by the attorney on the State Police, Attorney General and numerous other government entities.

Typical Court costs and Legal fees for expungement range from $1,500-$2,500.
Kenneth Vercammen is an Edison, Middlesex County, NJ trial attorney where he handles Criminal, Municipal Court, Probate, Civil Litigation and Estate Administration matters. Ken is author of the American Bar Association's new book “Criminal Law Forms” and often lectures to trial lawyers of the American Bar Association, NJ State Bar Association and Middlesex County Bar Association. As the Past Chair of the Municipal Court Section he has served on its board for 10 years.
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.
Ken Vercammen is a highly regarded lecturer on both Municipal Court/ DWI and Estate/ Probate Law issues for the NJICLE- New Jersey State Bar Association, American Bar Association, and Middlesex County Bar Association. His articles have been published by NJ Law Journal, ABA Law Practice Management Magazine, YLD Dictum, GP Gazette and New Jersey Lawyer magazine. He was 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. Appearing 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 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 that permits dismissal of some criminal charges. He is the voice of the Solo and Small firm attorneys who juggle active court practice with bar and community activities. 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.
KENNETH VERCAMMEN
ATTORNEY AT LAW
2053 Woodbridge Ave.
Edison, NJ 08817
(Phone) 732-572-0500

Monday, February 24, 2020

Wills, Estate Planning & Probate Seminar

Wills, Estate Planning & Probate Seminar
Sayreville Senior Center
April 15,2020 at 6pm
423 Main Street
Sayreville NJ 08872

Open to the public. You do not need to be a resident.

     SPEAKER: Kenneth Vercammen, Esq. Edison, (Author- ABA’s “Wills and Estate Administration book”)

Main Topics:
1. NJ Estate Tax eliminated
2. The 2020 changes in Federal Estate and Gift Tax
3. Power of Attorneys recommendations
4. Living Will & Advance Directive
5. Administering the Estate/ Probate/Surrogate
6. Avoiding unnecessary expenses and saving your family money

     COMPLIMENTARY MATERIAL: Brochures on Wills, "Answers to Questions about Probate" and Administration of an Estate, Power of Attorney, Living Wills, Real Estate Sales for Seniors, and Trusts.
For information Call Sayreville Senior Center 732-390-7059 Jen Krushinski
jkrushinski@sayreville.com
You don’t have to be a Sayreville resident to attend.
For materials if you can’t attend, email vercammenlaw@njlaws.com
http://www.facebook.com/events/578536936336446/

Thursday, February 20, 2020

Fords Branch Library Wills, Estate Planning & Probate Seminar

Fords Branch Library Wills, Estate Planning & Probate Seminar
May 5, 2020 at 6:30pm

Wills & Estate Administration-Protect Your Family and Make Planning Easy Fee program open to the public, you do not need to be a Township resident to attend.
Speaker: Kenneth Vercammen, Esq. Edison, NJ (Author-Wills and Estate Administration by the ABA)

Main Topics:
1. NJ Estate Tax eliminated
2. The 2020 changes in Federal Estate and Gift Tax
3. Power of Attorneys recommendations
4. Living Will & Advance Directive
5. Administering the Estate/Probate /Surrogate
6. Avoiding unnecessary expenses and saving your family money

COMPLIMENTARY MATERIAL: Brochure on Wills, “Answers to Questions abut Probate” and Administration of an Estate, Power f Attorney, Living Wills, Real Estate Sales for Seniors, and Trust.

Fords Library Branch
211 Ford Ave
Fords, NJ 08863
Phone: 732-726-7071
http://woodbridgelibrary.evanced.info/signup/EventDetails?EventId=9804&backTo=Calendar&startDate=2020/05/01

https://www.facebook.com/events/316418032629978/

Can’t attend? We can email you materials Send email to VercammenLaw@Njlaws.com

Free Will Seminars and Speakers Bureau for Groups
SPEAKERS BUREAU
At the request of senior citizen groups, unions, and Middlesex County companies and organizations, the " Speakers Bureau " is a service designed to educate citizens about how laws affect their lives and how the judicial system operates. We have attorneys available to speak to businesspersons, educational, civic and social organizations on a wide range of topics during business hours. If your organization in Central NJ would like to schedule a Will & Estates seminar, call Kenneth Vercammen’s Law Office at 732-572-0500 or email Vercammenlaw@njlaws.com

10 years ago the AARP Network Attorneys of the Edison/Metuchen/Woodbridge area several years ago established a community Speakers Bureau to provide educational programs to AARP and senior clubs, Unions and Middlesex County companies. Now, Ken Vercammen, Esq. and volunteer attorneys of the Middlesex County Estate Planning Council have provided Legal Rights Seminars to hundreds of seniors, business owners and their employees, unions, clubs and non-profit groups
Details on free programs available

These quality daytime educational programs will educate and even entertain. Clubs and companies are invited to schedule a free seminar. The following Seminars are now available:
1. WILLS & ESTATE ADMINISTRATION-PROTECT YOUR FAMILY AND
MAKE PLANNING EASY
2. POWER OF ATTORNEY to permit family to pay your bills if you are temporarily disabled and permit doctors to talk with family
All instructors are licensed attorneys who have been in practice at least 25 years. All instructors are members of the American Bar Association, New Jersey
State Bar Association, and Middlesex County Bar Association. All programs include free written materials.

You don't have to be wealthy or near death to do some thinking about a Will. Here is your opportunity to listen to an experienced attorney who will discuss how to distribute your property as you wish and avoid many rigid provisions of state law.

Topics discussed include: Who needs a Will?; What if you die without a Will (intestacy)?; Mechanics of a Will; "Living Will"; Powers of Attorney; Selecting an executor, trustee, and guardian; Proper Will execution; Inheritance Taxes, Estate Taxes $14,000 annual gift tax exclusion, Bequests to charity, Why you need a "Self-Proving" Will and Estate Administration/ Probate.

Sample materials: Hand-outs on Wills, Living Wills/Medical Advance Directive, Power of Attorney, Probate and Administration of an Estate, Real Estate, Working with your Attorney, Consumers Guide to New Jersey Laws, and Senior Citizen Rights.

SPEAKERS BUREAU

At the request of senior citizen groups, unions, and Middlesex County companies and organizations, the " Speakers Bureau " is a service designed to educate citizens about how laws affect their lives and how the judicial system operates. We have attorneys available to speak to businesspersons, educational, civic and social organizations on a wide range of topics during business hours.

In today's complex world, few people can function successfully and safely without competent legal advice. In order to insure your estate plans are legally set up, you need to know exactly where you stand so that you can avoid possibly catastrophic mistakes impacting both you and your family.

About the speaker: Kenneth A. Vercammen is a trial attorney in Edison, NJ. We is the author of the American Bar Association’s book “Wills and Estate Administration”
He is co-chair of the ABA Probate & Estate Planning Law Committee of the American Bar Association Solo Small Firm Division. He is a speaker for the NJ State Bar Association at the annual Nuts & Bolts of Elder Law & Estate Administration program.
He was Editor of the ABA Estate Planning Probate Committee Newsletter. Mr. Vercammen has published over 150 legal articles in national and New Jersey publications on litigation, elder law, probate and trial topics. He is a highly regarded lecturer on litigation and probate law for the American Bar Association, NJ ICLE, New Jersey State Bar Association and Middlesex County Bar Association. His articles have been published in noted publications included New Jersey Law Journal, ABA Law Practice Management Magazine, and New Jersey Lawyer. He established the NJlaws website www.njlaws.com which includes many articles on Estate Planning, Probate and Wills. He is a member of the AARP and often lectures to groups on the importance of an up to date Will, Power of Attorney and Living Will.
KENNETH VERCAMMEN & ASSOCIATES, PC
ATTORNEY AT LAW
2053 Woodbridge Ave.
Edison, NJ 08817
(Phone) 732-572-0500
(Fax) 732-572-0030
www.njlaws.com

Wednesday, February 19, 2020

Professionals invited to Annual Happy Hour & Networking Social

Professionals invited to Annual Happy Hour & Networking Social
July 10, 2020
Co-sponsored by NJ State Bar Association Sections & several Chambers of Commerce Free event!
at Bar Anticipation 703 16th Ave. Lake Como/Belmar, NJ 07719
5:30-7:55PM Hot & Cold Buffet
The reduced price Happy Hour is 6-7 PM is $2.00 House Drinks, House Wine Bud/BudLt draft
Outdoor & Indoor music, prize giveaways. Bring your friends. Pass this along. Please bring a canned food donation for St. Matthews Edison Foodbank.
Email Ken Vercammen's Law Office so we can put your name on the VIP list for wristbands. VercammenLaw@Njlaws.com
Bar anticipation is 5 blocks from the Belmar Train Station and 8 blocks from the Ocean boardwalk.

For the past five years, different Professional groups and Sections of the NJ State Bar Association have co-sponsored a Happy Hour and Social event for attorneys and business professionals. The Annual Summer Networking Happy Hour is July 10, 2020 at Bar Anticipation from 5:30-7:30 PM.

We are requesting professional groups serve as co-sponsor for this Happy Hour. There will be no cost to your group, and great benefits for your members. It may even be a source of new members. We only ask that you help publicize the event. There will be a small table to greet members.

Location: Bar Anticipation
703 16th Avenue
Lake Como/Belmar, NJ 07719

Free food 5:15-7:15. The reduced price Happy Hour is 6-7 PM with $2.00 House Drink, House Wine Special or Bud/Bud Light draft. We provide special VIP wristband.

We ask each attendee to bring a canned food donation for the St. Matthews St. Vincent Food Bank.

I hope you will speak to your officers and get back to me as soon as possible.

Monday, February 17, 2020

Post signing of Will - Give copy of Will to Executors

Seminar: Remove & Expungement of Criminal Arrests and Convictions – New Law signed 12/18/19 Free Seminar

March 10 at 7pm-8pm

North Brunswick Public Library

880 Hermann Rd.

North Brunswick, NJ 08902

732-246-3545

https://northbrunswicklibrary.org/all-events

COST: Free if you pre-register. Complimentary materials provided.   Please bring a canned food donation, which will be given to an Edison Bank. Please email us if you plan on attending or if you would like us to email the materials.



SPEAKERS: Kenneth Vercammen, Esq. & Allan Marain, Esq.          (Ken V Author- Criminal Law Forms by the American Bar Association and Defending DWI and Drug Cases NJ State Bar)       

(Allan Marain is a trustee, and chairs the Expungement Committee of the Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers of New Jersey.  He is also a past chair of New Jersey Bar Criminal Law Section."



         The NJ statute on expungement was revised in a law signed 12/18/19.  If someone has been arrested or even had a private criminal complaint signed against them in the Municipal Court, they have a criminal record, even if the charges were dismissed or received a Conditional Discharge. Under NJ Law past criminal arrests and convictions can be expunged/ erased easier under certain instances. This program will discuss the expungement process. Allan Marain is past chair of Criminal Law Section of the New Jersey State Bar Association. Ken V served as a Municipal Prosecutor and was amazed how minor criminal guilty pleas and even dismissed charges can affect someone’s ability to get a job or advance a career. Do you have children or someone you know or work with that needs an expungement?

https://www.facebook.com/events/2585351315056303

Can’t attend?  We can email you materials

Send email to VercammenLaw@Njlaws.com



More info: For more serious charges The Petition for expungement is filed in the Superior Court. It takes a minimum of three months for the court to grant the expungement. The requirements are very formal. There can be a waiting period between 6 months up to 10 years after the criminal case is finished. For someone who had a drug charge, they can hire an attorney apply for Expungement 6 months after the Conditional Discharge is complete. The statute requires detailed notices served by the attorney on the State Police, Attorney General and numerous other government entities.



Typical Court costs and Legal fees for expungement range from $1,500-$2,500.

Kenneth Vercammen is an Edison, Middlesex County, NJ trial attorney where he  handles Criminal, Municipal Court, Probate, Civil Litigation and Estate Administration matters. Ken is author of the American Bar Association's new book “Criminal Law Forms” and often lectures to trial lawyers of the American Bar Association, NJ State Bar Association and Middlesex County Bar Association.  As the Past Chair of  the Municipal Court Section he has served on its board for 10 years. 

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.

Ken Vercammen is a highly regarded lecturer on both Municipal Court/ DWI and Estate/ Probate Law issues for the NJICLE- New Jersey State Bar Association, American Bar Association, and Middlesex County Bar Association. His articles have been published by NJ Law Journal, ABA Law Practice Management Magazine, YLD Dictum, GP Gazette and New Jersey Lawyer magazine.  He was 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. Appearing 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 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 that permits dismissal of some criminal charges. He is the voice of the Solo and Small firm attorneys who juggle active court practice with bar and community activities. 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.





KENNETH VERCAMMEN

ATTORNEY AT LAW

2053 Woodbridge Ave.

Edison, NJ 08817

(Phone) 732-572-0500