Attorney Profiles
River Edge, New Jersey
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Paul B. Brickfield has been practicing law since 1982. He is admitted to the federal and state bar in New Jersey and New York. For the past fifteen years, he has been in private practice in the areas of criminal defense and civil litigation handling both trial work and appeals in federal, state and municipal courts. In 2006, he was granted certification by the New Jersey Supreme Court as a certified criminal trial lawyer. Prior to entering private practice, he served as an Assistant United States Attorney for the District of New Jersey where he was a deputy chief of the Special Prosecutions Division. As a federal prosecutor, he handled cases involving drugs, public corruption and white collar fraud. He then served as the First Assistant Prosecutor for the Bergen County, New Jersey Prosecutor's Office. As First Assistant Prosecutor, he was responsible for overseeing prosecutors and investigators in a broad range of cases and personally handled cases involving sexual offenses, armed robbery and police corruption. Mr. Brickfield began his legal career as a litigation associate at the Wall Street firm of Shearman & Sterling in New York City. He is a graduate of the University of Virginia School of Law and Holy Cross College. In 2006, he was elected a trustee of the Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers of New Jersey.
- Year Joined Organization:
- 1993
- Areas of Practice:
- Criminal Defense
- Criminal Appeals
- Plaintiff's Litigation
- Personal Injury
- Commercial Litigation
- Certification/Specialties:
- Criminal Trial Attorney, Supreme Court of New Jersey
- Bar Admissions:
- New York, 1982
- New Jersey, 1989
- U.S. District Court District of New Jersey, 1989
- U.S. District Court Southern District of New York, 1982
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of New York, 1982
- Education:
- University of Virginia School of Law, Charlottesville, Virginia,
1981
J.D.
Law Journal: Virginia Journal of International Law, Articles Editor - College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, Massachusetts,
1978
B.A., Bachelor of Arts
Honors: Magna Cum Laude
- Honors and Awards:
- Recipient: United States Department of Justice, Special Achievement Award, 1987
- Professional Associations and Memberships:
- Bergen County, New York State Association
- Member
- Association of the Federal Bar of the State of New Jersey
- Member
- Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers of New Jersey
- Trustee
- Past Employment Positions:
- Bergen County Prosecutor's Office, First Assistant Prosecutor, 1990 - 1993
- U.S. Attorney's Office, District of New Jersey, Deputy Chief - Special Prosecutions Division, 1987 - 1990
- U.S. Attorney's Office, Criminal Division, Assistant U.S. Attorney, 1984 - 1986
- Shearman and Sterling, Associate, Litigation Department, 1981 - 1984
- Birth Information:
- 1956, New York, New York, United States of America










