Family Law

• Guardianship

Criminal Law

• Traffic Violations
  Costigan & Costigan, LLC is committed to obtaining successful results for its clients. In New Jersey, the firm handles traffic violations in Atlantic, Camden, Cape May, Burlington, Gloucester, and Ocean counties. Angela M. Costigan, the former municipal court prosecutor for the Town of Hammonton, has dealt with innumerable traffic offenses in her 25 years of practicing law. Our attorneys have the skills and experience necessary to handle each client’s defense.
• Drug Crimes
• Assault
• Homicide

Business and Corporate Law

• Business Transactions

Employment Law

• Workers Compensation
  June 2019: Won a Pennsylvania workers' compensation case for client. The court found that there was no work-related accident.
• Wrongful Termination
  Settlement in wrongful termination and harmful disclosure case in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania in which plaintiff was fired from her job in PA because she applied for a competing franchise in another state.
• Employment Discrimination

Property Law

• Construction Litigation
• Land Use and Zoning
• Property Damage
  Motion to dismiss granted by Superior Court of New Jersey, Burlington County, in favor of the defendant association in property damage dispute on housing related matter pursuant to the case of Bell Tower Condominium Association v. Haffert.
• Condominium Law
  Practice Emphasis: Condominium Law, Personal Injury Litigation, Workers' Compensation Litigation, Municipal Court, Municipal Law, General Civil Litigation, Real Estate, Business and Commercial Transactions and Land Use.

Health Law

• Personal Injury
  Motion for partial summary judgment granted in mold case in Monmouth County, NJ in which plaintiff's claims of personal injury, as well as all of plaintiff's claims involving property damage to the common elements over which the condominium association had exclusive jurisdiction, were stricken.
• Social Security Disability
  Total disability is defined by Section 36 of the Statute as a physical or neuropsychiatric total permanent impairment caused by a compensable accident or compensable occupational disease, where no fundamental or marked improvement in such condition can be reasonably expected. In this context of permanent total disability, we are talking about a worker who is unable to compete in an active labor market. In all probability, he would be entitled to Social Security disability benefits although the criteria for an award of total disability, under New Jersey Workers’ Compensation, is not the same.

Trusts and Estates

• Estate Planning
  Practice Emphasis: Estate Litigation, Administration, and Planning, Bankruptcy, Personal Injury Litigation, Workers' Compensation Litigation, and General Civil Litigation.
• Power of Attorney

Finance Law

• Bankruptcy
• Foreclosure
  Foreclosure action. In the context of bankruptcy therefore, the statutory lien for assessments accruing more than three years prior to the filing of a bankruptcy, unless enforced by an action in foreclosure, is unenforceable
• Debt Collection
  Motion to dismiss granted by Superior Court of New Jersey, Somerset County, in favor of the association and property manager against the plaintiff in a fair debt collection and failure to repair property damage matter.