Brian J. Neary

Neary Law, LLC

21 Main St., Court Plaza South, Suite 305, Hackensack, NJ 07601 | 201.488.0544 | www.nearylaw.com

Experience matters. In almost 50 years practicing criminal law, Brian J. Neary has learned to be a trial warrior and legal scholar. Through Brian’s decades of trial work in Bergen County and throughout New Jersey, he has tried hundreds of cases ranging from murder to sex crimes to white collar to drunk driving. Brian has handled over 100 appeals to the appellate courts including 15 appeal arguments before the New Jersey Supreme Court. Brian served as an assistant prosecutor in both Hudson and Bergen Counties.

Designated both by the New Jersey Supreme Court and National Board of Trial Advocacy as a Certified Criminal Trial Attorney, Brian is regarded as one of the premier criminal defense attorneys in New Jersey. Brian is a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers, the preeminent organization of trial lawyers in North America, dedicated to maintaining and improving the standards of trial practice, professionalism, ethics and the administration of justice. He is also a member of the American Board of Criminal Lawyers.

Throughout Brian’s prestigious law career, he has been a highly regarded member of the New Jersey legal community, currently serving as a Trustee of the New Jersey State Bar Association. Brian was a past president of the Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers of New Jersey as well as the Hudson County, New Jersey Bar Association. He sits on the New Jersey State Criminal Sentencing and Disposition Commission reviewing sentencing laws and recommending reforms. For over three decades, Brian was an Adjunct Professor at Rutgers School of Law and now is a visiting faculty at Notre Dame Law School in Indiana, his undergraduate alma mater. He is a graduate of New York University School of Law where he participated in its criminal defense clinic.