Jump To Navigation
Reasonable Legal Solutions to Untenable Problems

Criminal Defense Overview

Criminal Defense Overview

For a free consultation about the best way to resolve serious criminal charges, contact North Jersey criminal trial lawyer Howard Egenberg in North Arlington. He can not only identify your strongest defenses and advise you about the full range of your options, but he can also help protect such interests as your driver's license, your professional license, your immigration status, or even your access to your children.

Howard Egenberg has more than 30 years of criminal trial experience in defense of serious misdemeanor and felony charges in the Municipal and Superior Courts of New Jersey. Whether case dismissal, a negotiated plea, or a vigorous trial defense will turn out to be your best option, he can advise and represent you on such charges as the following:

  • Violent crimes, such as homicide, carjacking, aggravated assault, armed robbery or robbery
  • Sex offenses from rape or criminal sexual contact to Internet solicitations
  • Drug offenses involving possession or sale/distribution of marijuana, cocaine, crack, or heroin
  • Fraud and theft crimes ranging from shoplifting to auto theft or insurance fraud
  • Juvenile defense for young people accused of felonies and misdemeanors
  • Domestic violence charges, including restraining order violations
  • Any case charged in New Jersey Municipal Court, from disorderly persons charges to drunk driving
  • Probation violations involving either an arrest on new charges or technical noncompliance with the terms of probation
  • DUI defense, including DMV hearings to protect your driver's license
  • Felony DUI charges such as aggravated assault or homicide by motor vehicle

Howard Egenberg also represents clients in such civil matters as personal injury litigation, real estate transactions, and probate. For a free consultation about your criminal defense or other legal needs, contact his office in North Arlington.


The North Arlington office of Howard L. Egenberg, Attorney at Law, represents New Jersey clients facing criminal charges in Superior Court and Municipal Court in such communities as Newark, Elizabeth, Hackensack, Lyndhurst, Kearny, Harrison, Secaucus, Passaic, Jersey City, Rutherford, East Rutherford, Belleville, Bloomfield, Nutley, Bayonne, Clifton, and Paterson; and throughout North Jersey's Bergen County, Hudson County, Passaic County, Essex County, and Union County.

FirmSite® by FindLaw, a Thomson Reuters business.