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Attorney Profile
Professional Experience
Since 1990, Pamela
Dougherty has
represented clients
charged with
indictable and
disorderly persons
offenses in
courts
throughout New
Jersey. She
practices in the
areas of Juvenile
and Adult Criminal
Defense, Chancery,
Family and Municipal
matters.
Ms.
Dougherty served as
an assistant
prosecutor with the
Morris County
Prosecutor’s Office
for 10 years. During
that time, she
appeared in court
daily on emergent
criminal matters,
tried cases and
worked on each phase
of trial preparation
including motions,
judicial conferences
and plea
negotiations. She
interacted regularly
with judges, defense
counsel, families of
those charged with
offenses, victims,
therapists,
educators, probation
and law enforcement
officers. From
1995-2000 she served
as Chief
assistant prosecutor
for the
Juvenile and Family
Court Unit.
Before opening her
office in 2004, Ms.
Dougherty
also served as a
Deputy Attorney
General of New
Jersey in the
Division of Law and
Public Safety where
she represented the
NJ Division of
Consumer
Affairs/Office of
Consumer Protection
and prosecuted fraud
cases under the NJ
Consumer Fraud Act.
Ms.
Dougherty also
serves as municipal
public defender for
the Town of
Morristown and
Millburn Township
municipal courts.
Practice Areas
Assault, Burglary,
Conspiracy,
Disorderly Persons
Offenses, Domestic
Violence/Restraining
Orders, Drug
Offenses, DYFS, Child
Abuse and Neglect, Exupngements, Fraud,
Guardianship and
Chancery Matters,
Weapons Offenses,
Juvenile Offenses,
Mediation, Municipal
Court Matters,
Probation/Parole
Violations, Robbery,
Sex Offenses,
Shoplifting, Theft
and Traffic
Violations / DUI / DWI.
Education
Seton Hall
University School of
Law
Newark, N.J. - J.D.
degree
Georgetown
University
Washington, D.C. –
A.B. degree
Admissions/Certifications
State of New Jersey,
1990
U.S. District Court,
District of New
Jersey, 1990
R. 1:40
Qualified Civil
Mediator, 2004
Pro Bono
Activities
Jersey Battered
Woman’s Legal
Advocacy Project,
pro bono counsel
Professional
Affiliations
Association of
Criminal Defense
Lawyers of New
Jersey
New Jersey State Bar
Association
Morris County Bar
Association
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Morristown Plaza
161 Madison Ave
- 3rd Floor
Morristown, New
Jersey 07960
Phone:
973-898-9830
Fax: 973-898-6766
Send us an e-mail
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Representing clients throughout New Jersey,
including Morris, Bergen, Burlington, Essex, Passaic,
Somerset and Sussex Counties and municipalities therein.
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