Family Law

• Divorce
  More importantly, our family law and divorce attorneys have earned the respect of our clients. In fact, four out of five clients find us through friends, relatives, co-workers, reputation and other New Jersey lawyers or have retained our attorneys for other matters.
• Child Support
  Pellettieri, Rabstein & Altman child custody lawyers work toward protecting the best interests of your children by establishing and then enforcing child custody and child support agreements that address the issues most important to your children’s well being, including...
• Child Custody and Visitation
  Pellettieri, Rabstein & Altman family law attorneys are experienced in palimony and domestic partnership law in New Jersey. The process is similar to the divorce process and involves many of the same family law issues presented in matrimonial and child custody cases.
• Premarital Agreement
  Pellettieri, Rabstein & Altman lawyers often recommend prenuptial agreements (also called pre-marital agreements) and cohabitation agreements to encourage communication about the couple’s finances and to provide peace of mind to the couple, especially to those clients entering into marriage, cohabitation or domestic partnership who have significant pre-existing assets, business interests, or debts.
• Guardianship
  New Jersey has passed one of the most progressive domestic partnership laws in the nation to recognize both different-sex and same-sex commitments and rights. Many of the same issues that arise with respect to marriage must be addressed by your attorney in cases of domestic partnership to fully actualize the relationship, such as financial support, medical benefits, estate planning, real estate and property ownership, and parenting, custody and guardianship issues. Pellettieri, Rabstein & Altman offers attorneys with both the resources and experience to help you realize your rights and responsibilities under New Jersey domestic partnership law.
• Spousal Support
  New Jersey family law recognizes marital contracts – prenuptial agreements and postnuptial agreements, as well as cohabitation and domestic partnership agreements – in determining equitable distribution of assets as well as alimony and support. Marital agreements can establish the foundation for eventual marital separation agreements, marital settlement agreements (also known as property settlement agreements, divorce mediation agreements), and divorce or palimony judgments.

Criminal Law

• Wrongful Death
• Traffic Violations
  It is estimated that over 10% of all fatalities in motor vehicle accidents involve a truck and every year thousands of motorists and truck drivers are killed or injured in truck accidents resulting from driver's mistakes and negligence on the part of trucking companies, including mechanical failures, reckless driving, inadequate driver training, and the most common --driver fatigue.
• Fraud
  With increasing frequency, rampant fraud directed against our government is reported in the news. Health care fraud, for example, is estimated by the FBI to cost U.S. taxpayers $60 billion per year.
• Murder
  In the 1960’s Pellettieri, Rabstein & Altman civil rights attorneys won 6 New Jersey black men the right to a new and fair trial, after they had been railroaded and convicted of murder in their original trial.

Business and Corporate Law

• Corporate Law
  Organization & Planning encompasses basic business planning, business continuity planning, tax consequences, and matters of corporate governance, such as ownership structure, scope of responsibility, decision-making processes, documentation and disbursements. Business formation is the beginning of business organization and planning.
• Mergers and Acquisitions
  In a business climate attuned to natural disasters, armed conflict, mergers & acquisitions, and health alerts, the value of business succession planning has risen to the front burner.
• Business Formation
  Tax Planning focuses on the tax consequences of business formation; business contracts & agreements; business organization & planning; and, business purchase, sale & succession decision.
• Business Disputes
  Our attorneys represent clients in contract disputes involving written, verbal and equitable contracts implied by the conduct of the parties. New Jersey business & commercial law recognizes all three.

Employment Law

• Workers Compensation
  Workers' Compensation Have you been injured on the job? Have you developed a health condition or disease over time because of the kind of work you do?
• Wrongful Termination
  Since 1929, lawyers in the New Jersey law firm of Pellettieri, Rabstein & Altman have represented thousands of New Jersey workers in discrimination, harassment and wrongful discharge cases. Our civil rights lawyers have represented victims of discrimination and harassment in the workplace and outside.
• Employment Contract
  Pellettieri, Rabstein & Altman employment lawyers thoroughly understand federal and New Jersey state labor & employment law, even for the most legally and factually complex cases with multiple layers of relationships, extensively detailed employment contracts, and rare or conflicting legal issues.
• Employment Litigation
  We are best known for resolving employment disputes. Our employment lawyers get the best possible outcome for our clients, preferably through negotiation but, when necessary, through litigation.
• Severance Agreement
  Since 1929, the New Jersey law firm of Pellettieri, Rabstein & Altman has represented labor unions, union members, civil service employees and other working people in matters of labor–management relations, employment & severance agreements, employee benefits, and discrimination, harassment & wrongful discharge.

Property Law

• Real Estate Litigation
  Our lawyers thoroughly understand New Jersey real estate law and rules of court, even for the most legally and factually complex real estate cases, involving several layers of relationships, extensively detailed contracts, and rare or conflicting legal issues.
• Real Estate Transactions
  Our residential real estate lawyers will guide you through all of the challenges and details of New Jersey real estate purchases and sales.
• Land Use and Zoning
  Our land use attorneys guide you through New Jersey land use planning, financing, expert selections, application submissions, board hearings and conditional purchase contracts. We will answer all your land use attorney questions and address all of your land use attorney issues.
• Property Damage
  We all purchase insurance in case we incur property damage, are injured on our property or are sued for injury related to our primary residence, vacation home, business, car, boat and so on. We pay hefty premiums month after month and year after year to protect against risks that we hope and pray never occur. We take comfort, though, in the fact that God forbid something awful happens, we have insurance.

Health Law

• Personal Injury
  Personal Injury We are known as "the complex case" lawyers with vast experience and resources to invest in medical and technical experts.
• Medical Malpractice
  Medical Malpractice law, in addition to your New Jersey Workers’ Compensation claim, depending on the circumstances. Our lawyers represent you for all injury-related legal services in any New Jersey venue.
• Auto Accidents
• Social Security Disability
  U.S. Government statistics show that Social Security Disability claims are often more successful on appeal, and our lawyers find that to be true as well. If your private disability benefits exceed your Social Security benefits, then you may have the right to claim residual benefits from your private policy.
• Slip and Fall Injury
  Since 1929, our slip & fall injury lawyers have been getting the best possible outcome for our clients, preferably through negotiation and, when necessary, through litigation.

Trusts and Estates

• Estate Planning
  Our team of attorneys will guide you through New Jersey wills, trusts & estate planning, prenuptial/postnuptial agreements, domestic partnership agreements, healthcare & insurance coverage, accident & abuse injury, and other common Elder Law issues.
• Wills
  Our lawyers will represent you through will contests (contesting a will), matters involving allegations of undue influence and/or lack of capacity, disputes regarding the interpretation of wills or trusts, and other estate or trust litigation. Estate planning attorneys also recommend that you update your NJ wills, power of attorneys, and trusts to assure they accurately reflect your current assets, benefit from the current estate tax codes, and bear current witnessing to withstand contesting a will and other estate litigation.
• Trusts
  Our lawyers represent you, if necessary, through any New Jersey disputes and lawsuits, involving estates, wills and trusts. We are ready to fight for our clients, and we know how to win. We vigorously support your rights through negotiation, mediation and litigation.
• Power of Attorney
  Estate & Trust Trust & Estate litigation attorneys litigate will contests, trust disputes, and matters involving the abuse of powers of attorney
• Probate

Finance Law

• Foreclosure
  Whether you have exhausted direct efforts to resolve real estate or land use contract agreement disputes or you just want a business attorney to prepare for the likelihood of litigation or foreclosure, our real estate & land use attorneys will represent you anywhere in New Jersey.
• Tax Law
  We are best known for resolving disputes arising from complex New Jersey wills, trust, estate & tax litigation – which probably makes us even better at trust, estate and tax planning. We get the best possible outcome for our clients through negotiation, mediation and litigation.