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Former Prosecutors Turned
Certified Criminal Trial Lawyers
New Jersey Criminal Defense Lawyers
Attorney Paul B. Brickfield graduated magna cum laude from College of the Holy Cross in 1978. He received his J.D. from the University of Virginia in 1981. He was admitted to the New York Bar in 1982 and the New Jersey Bar in 1989. Mr. Brickfield formerly served as the First Assistant Bergen County Prosecutor and was an Assistant U.S. Attorney and Deputy Chief for the Special Prosecutions Division of the U.S. Attorney's Office in Newark, New Jersey.
Attorney Joseph R. Donahue earned a B.S. degree from Georgetown University in 1981 and his J.D. from Georgetown University in 1990. He received his M.B.A. degree from Boston University in 1987. After earning his J.D., Mr. Donahue clerked in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey. Thereafter he served as an Assistant Prosecutor in Bergen County where he was Assistant Chief of the Trial Section and Chief of the Criminal Investigations Squad. He was admitted to the New Jersey Bar in 1990. Mr. Donahue served honorably in the U.S. Marine Corps reserves from 1987 to 1993.
Paul B. Brickfield
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