E483 news 1. Holiday Gift Idea! .....Gift Certificates for Wills or Power of Attorney 2. Season's Greetings Worldwide 3. Next Events

NJ LAWS EMAIL NEWSLETTER E483
Kenneth Vercammen, Attorney at Law

December 21, 2015

In this issue:
1. Holiday Gift Idea! .....Gift Certificates for Wills or Power of Attorney  
2. Season's Greetings Worldwide 
3.  Next Events
 
1. Holiday Gift Idea! .....Gift Certificates for Wills or Power of Attorney
      During the Holiday season, we often buy gifts for our family and friends. May we suggest a holiday gift, which truly shows how much you care? Purchase a Will Gift Certificate for loved ones. Secure their interests and make sure proper planning is done.
The Law Office of Kenneth Vercammen's Holiday special includes:
*A Simple Will without Trust
* Follow up legal advice
*A 2-year subscription to the NJ Laws Email News
- All for only $350.00! -
Call 732-572-0500 for the Gift Certificate
Details on Wills:
http://www.njlaws.com/wills.htm
Power of Attorney:
http://www.njlaws.com/power_of_attorney.htm
         A portion of your Will and Estate Planning is tax deductible for income tax purposes. Do your Estate Planning prior to December 31 and a portion of your fees can be written off on your taxes as Estate Tax Planning.

2.  Season's Greetings Worldwide
FROHE
WEIHNACHTEN
PRÓSPERO AÑO NUEVO
FRIEDEN
GLÜCKLICHES NEUES JAHR
JOYEUX NOËL
PRETTIGE
KERSTDAGEN
GELUKKIG
NIEUWJAAR
BUON
NATALE
BONNIE ANNEE
HYVÄÄ JOULUA
Wesoly Siat, Bozega Narodzenia (Merry Christmas in Polish)
My favorite: Singing Yellow Lab puppies like Lexi dog
Caroling Canines!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-k2xqOTgYMY
           We hope you have enjoyed the NJ Laws Newsletter, produced by Law Office. We spend hundreds of hours each year researching relevant cases, new laws and creating website articles for our clients and readers. We mailed to clients our 2016 American Flag calendar to clients.
         After December 27 we will have some additional American Flag calendars available. If you would like additional copies to give to friends, family or co-workers, stop in our office. Share the Flag and support the USA- America is #1.

3.  Next events

  12/27 Polar Bear 5k Asbury Park and free optional Ocean swim
Jan 9 2016 Frozen Winter Trail Run
            3 & 5 MILE GROUP RUN

Sat. Jan. 9, 2016  10:17am
New Start Location: Secret Mystery wooded area North Brunswick
http://www.active.com/north-brunswick-nj/running/trail-run-races/frozen-winter-trail-run-2016


2016 update Wills and Estate Planning-Free Seminar                                     January 13, 2016  Wednesday 12:15-1:00 PM & again 5:15pm-6pm
at Law Office of Kenneth Vercammen, 2053 Woodbridge Ave, Edison, NJ 08817
     
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Editorial Assistance Provided by Juhi Duggirala. Ms. Duggirala is participating in Ken Vercammen's Fall Internship Program and currently attends Kean University.


KENNETH VERCAMMEN & ASSOCIATES, PC
ATTORNEY AT LAW
2053 Woodbridge Ave.
Edison, NJ 08817
(Phone) 732-572-0500
(Fax) 732-572-0030
Website: www.njlaws.com

Seasons Greetings and Merry Christmas from the Vercammen family.

   Seasons Greetings and Merry Christmas from the Vercammen family.

In the true spirit of the holiday and Christmas season, may we all be thankful and share in the hope for peace on earth and goodwill toward all. 

In 2015 I celebrated my 30-year anniversary of graduation from law school and passing the bar. Time flies! 

During this Holiday season I thank our past clients, friends, business professionals, runners and family for their friendship, goodwill and enjoyable events we have shared over the past 30 years. 

We invite friends, homeowners and your guests to the "2016 Update-Wills and Estate Planning” Seminar on Wed, January 13 from 12:15-1:00PM also offered 5pm-5:45. Please email us if you plan on attending or if you would like us to email the materials. Our only request is that you bring a canned food donation for a local Food Bank. Free sandwiches. The program for attorneys will be held in April.

The year 2015 was a great year. The American Bar Association has released my 3rd book called “Wills and Estate Administration.” I previously wrote “Criminal Law Forms” which is used by both ABA and NJ Bar Assoc in the training of attorneys. I continue to serve as co-chair of the Estate Planning and Probate Committee of the ABA and was a speaker at their Annual Convention.

We are very fortunate to celebrate in the accomplishments of our children. My son Brendan finished a Masters degree at Kean and has started Dental School at Midwestern outside Chicago. My daughter Shannon is in her senior year at the University of Delaware and a Dean’s list student.

NJ Laws Email Newsletter E482

NJ LAWS EMAIL NEWSLETTER E482

Kenneth Vercammen, Attorney at Law

November 24, 2015

In this issue:

1.  Happy Thanksgiving!

2. Estate Planning referenced in the Bible Isaiah 38:1.

3. Do Your Estate Planning Before the End of the Year

4. Recent case can’t expunge multiple crimes. In the Matter of the Expungement Petition of J.S.

5. No good faith exception to improper arrest State v. Shannon

6. Next Charity Races

7. ABA’s new book “Wills and Estate Administration” By Kenneth Vercammen, Esq.

8. Latest YouTube Videos

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1. Happy Thanksgiving!

     Thanksgiving Day is a time to reflect and express gratitude for all the good things that we have in our lives and give thanks.   I would like to thank you for giving us the opportunity to help you and your family meet your goals so you can concentrate your efforts on the important people and causes in your life. I recently published my 3rd book for the American Bar Association. This is our book acknowledgement:

     My most important thanks is to my wife Cynthia who helps me with everything. She handles the layout for the New Jersey Wills and Estate Planning News and NJ Municipal Court Law Review as well as our law office brochures. Cynthia let me work on the book and revising forms during the Fall and weekends while she took care of the house, the children, and the finances. It is great to have a loving wife. She supports almost everything I do. She agreed to travel to ABA meetings and even attended my early seminars. We have been together more than 25 years.

        I am grateful for my children, Brendan and Shannon. Both are exceptional students on scholarship at college. I enjoyed watching as they excelled in sports and academics. Working as a criminal lawyer, I am often saddened to see good parents who have a child who is always in trouble. I am blessed by having great kids.

My parents, Al and Carol, taught me right from wrong and continue to be available to help, whether it’s been helping out with the kids or bringing food at Christmas. Our new family dog, Lexi is excited every morning to go for a run in the park to chase squirrels and other animals. The dog makes definitely makes life more enjoyable.

Thank you to my long-time staff office manager, Mike McDonald who runs the office smoothly so I can work on the book.

        I thank Jay Foonberg who invented marketing as an ABA Topic. He is the Babe Ruth of client development. Jay Foonberg agreed to serve as a speaker for my first Annual Meeting seminar in 1994 and has given me guidance every year. I recommend every attorney buy and read his books, “How to Start and Build a Law Practice” and “Getting and Keeping Good Clients”. His books were the basis for my success. Read his book once a year to remind you who pays the bills.

      I would like to thank Martin Spigner Esq. of Cranbury, NJ who provides tax advice to me and handles the referrals of estate tax issues. We have used his Irrevocable Trust form in this book. I appreciate the guidance of Tom Begley Jr. who served as a speaker with me for over a decade for the NJ Bar. Charles Sabatino, Chair of the ABA Commission on Aging has been available to help me.

     I am grateful for our clients. Finally I thank the thousands of attorney who have attended programs I have served as a speaker and who have found the program material were provided to be useful.

2. Estate Planning referenced in the Bible Isaiah 38:1.

New American Standard 1977:

     In those days Hezekiah became mortally ill. And Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz came to him and said to him, “Thus says the LORD, ‘Set your house in order, for you shall die and not live.’”

Jubilee Bible 2000:

     In those days was Hezekiah sick unto death. And Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz came unto him and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Set thine house in order, for thou shalt die and not live.

King James 2000 Bible:

     In those days was Hezekiah sick unto death. And Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz came unto him, and said unto him, Thus says the LORD, Set your house in order: for you shall die, and not live.

3. Do Your Estate Planning Before the End of the Year

Original source Martin M. Shenkman, PC

Summary: This is the year of the estate plan. Here's some tips to make it really happen for you and your heirs:

     If you snooze you lose: Lots of folks have waited waaaay toooo long to address estate planning. Many are finding out the hard way that most good advisers are too booked to help 'em. But lots of folks that think they are well along the estate planning path are still asleep at the switch and haven't followed up on many critical and time sensitive components of what they (not their advisers) have to follow up on to get their deals done. The hand holding your CPA, attorney, wealth manager may have given you for planning in a prior year just ain't happening this round. Everyone that is any good is really overwhelmed. Every pro will drop balls because there are so many flying. To get your planning completed, and to get it completed right, you have to follow up.

     It's Crunch Time! OK Cap'n Crunch if you have gift planning still in the hopper, and you hope to complete it before year-end, time is of the essence. The estate planning “machine” of local attorneys (e.g., who are needed for trusts in other states like Delaware), appraisers (real estate, business, discount, etc.), CPAs (e.g., cash flow projections which are essential for any note sale transaction or transfer of business interest), corporate counsel (essential to obtain lender, lease and other approvals and to draft the entity documentation essential to consummate a gift of an entity interest), trust companies (to review and approve trusts, serve in fiduciary capacities, open accounts), are all incredibly backlogged. Most appraisers and attorneys will no longer take any new matters for the rest of the year. The closer we get to Auld Lang Syne the more this backlog will grow. It will become harder, if not impossible, to finish many yearly transactions.

     Deadline May be Before Year End: The election results, and President Obama's reiteration of this intent to have the wealthy bear more tax, has an ominous tone for anyone in the process of completing estate planning. No one knows what will happen in Washington. Many of the steps to do so are in your hands and are your responsibility. Speedy Gonzales gotta be your role model until New Years!

4. Recent case can’t expunge multiple crimes. In the Matter of the Expungement Petition of J. S. 223 NJ 54 (2015)  

    The plain language of N.J.S.A. 2C:52-2(a) precludes expungement of convictions when the petitioner has been convicted of multiple crimes, even when those crimes occurred within a short span of time.

5. No good faith exception to improper arrest. State v. Shannon 222 NJ 576 (2015)

     The judgment of the Appellate Division is affirmed by an equally divided Court. The arresting officer’s good faith belief that a valid warrant for defendant’s arrest was outstanding cannot render an arrest made in the absence of a valid warrant or probable cause constitutionally compliant.

6. Next Charity Races

11/29 Navesink Challenge 15k & 5k 10am Post race at Red Bank Elks

12/5 Big Chill 5k Rutgers New Bruns 9:05 http://recreation.rutgers.edu/big-chill/

12/6 Jingle Bell Run for Arthritis 5k run/walk, 9:45 Metuchen NJ

12/13 Toys for Tots 5K 10am Freehold NJ Tighe Park FARC

12/16 Raritan Valley Road Runners Christmas Caroling & Pub crawl New Brunswick, NJ

https://www.facebook.com/groups/RVRoadRunners/

Saturday Dec. 19 at 10:00am The Super Santa 5K in Morris

     If you are attending any of these charity races, please call or email Ken V. Kenv@njaws.com Often we car pool or meet at these events. I update this list at http://vercammensport.blogspot.com/ 

7. ABA’s new book “Wills and Estate Administration” By Kenneth Vercammen, Esq.

     Straightforward and to-the-point, Wills and Estate Administration provides step-by-step guidance that firms can use to handle all aspects of an estates practice, from initial client intake to closing the file. Topics are defined in six parts for ease of use:

  Preparation for Wills/Estate Planning Interviews

  Interviewing Clients

  Additional Estate Planning Issues

  Estate Administration

  Guardianship of Disabled or Incompetent Parents

  Marketing Your Wills and Estate Administration Practice

     Making this an essential resource for solo and small firm practitioners, the author includes numerous forms for each topic, and they are also available for download online. The book is basic and written to help new and transitional attorneys. In addition, tips on practice management will help seasoned attorneys.

Author: Kenneth A. Vercammen/Edison, NJ

Sponsor: Solo, Small Firm and General Practice Division

Publisher: ABA Book Publishing

List Price: $79.95

ABA Price: $69.95

ISBN: 978-1-63425-380-2

Product Code: 5150484

2015, 290 pages, 7 x 10, Paperback

http://shop.americanbar.org/eBus/Store/ProductDetails.aspx?productId=224827061 

ABA Service Hotline 800-285-2221 312-988-5000

   Sample chapter available at: http://shop.americanbar.org

"Have just finished Ken Vercammen's excellent book on Wills, Estate Administration, and Guardianship. It is a very practical book that examines the business of an estate and trust practice. This step-by-step analysis is complete with forms and helps even the seasoned practitioner streamline his practice."

-Thomas D. Begley, Jr., Esq.

Begley Law Office, NJ

8. Latest YouTube Videos

Removing an Executor of an Estate:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OXVSiS5ca8I

Wills and Estate Planning in NJ:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rSk-hjZ-Ykk

If you are happy with our services, please be sure to:  Like us and post your testimonial on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Kenneth-Vercammen-Associates-PC-Law-Office-Edison-NJ-08817-149816077985/ Endorse us on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kennethvercammen Editorial Assistance Provided by Juhi Duggirala. Ms. Duggirala is participating in Ken Vercammen's Fall Internship Program and currently attends Kean University.  Editor's Note and Disclaimer: All materials Copyright 2015. You may pass along the information on the NJ Laws Newsletter and website, provided the name and address of the Law Office is included. KENNETH VERCAMMEN & ASSOCIATES, PC ATTORNEY AT LAW 2053 Woodbridge Ave. Edison, NJ 08817 (Phone) 732-572-0500 (Fax) 732-572-0030 Website: www.njlaws.com

KENNETH VERCAMMEN Attorney at Law- Resume

KENNETH VERCAMMEN

Attorney at Law- Resume

2053 Woodbridge Ave.

Edison, NJ 08817

732-572-0500

www.njlaws.com

ADMISSIONS: Admitted in NJ, US Supreme Court and Federal District Court. Passed bar NY, PA

MANAGING ATTORNEY  Kenneth Vercammen & Associates, PC  March 1990-Present

Full service Law practice with offices in Edison and Cranbury.

                                                                                                                       

PROSECUTOR   Township of Cranbury, Middlesex County, NJ   1991-1999

Municipal Prosecutor for criminal and traffic cases involving Township and State Police

-Acting Assoc. Prosecutor:  Carteret Municipal Court, Middlesex County, NJ  2000

EDITOR- NJ MUNICIPAL COURT LAW REVIEW  1993- present

Middlesex County Bar Association 2008 Municipal Court Attorney of the Year

NJ State Bar Association- 2005-2006 Municipal Court Attorney of the Year Award

New Jersey Super Lawyers selection 2015, 2014, 13, 11, 10, 09, 08, 07, 06 "Super Lawyers" list published by Thomson Reuters and New Jersey Monthly.  

Certified Municipal Court Law Attorney 2014, Who's Who in America 2004-

NJ State Bar Association- 2002 General Practitioner of the Year Award

1993 AWARD WINNER "Service to the Bar Award"- New Jersey State Bar Association YLD

RELEVANT LITIGATION, CRIMINAL & DWI SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS:

-Handling Drug, DWI and Serious Municipal Court Cases ICLE/NJSBA- 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002,2001,2000,1998,1997, 95,94

-Handling the Criminal, Misdemeanor and Traffic Cases 2013 ABA San Francisco Annual Meeting

-Ethics in Municipal Court in NJ  Lawline webinar 2013

-Criminal, DWI and Drug Cases- NJ State Bar Annual Meeting 2015, 2014, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007,  2006, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002, 01, 00, 99, Court 2013

ABA Defending Internet Crime 2009 Chicago

-Recent Criminal Cases Middlesex Bar 2015, 2014, 2012, 2010,  NJSBA 2015

-Personal Injury Litigation- NJ ICLE/ NJ State Bar  2001, 2000, 1999, 1998, 1997, 1996, 1995, 1994, 1993,  1991;     Civil Trial Practice- Middlesex Bar 2004

Sayreville Police Recent Criminal cases 2013, Edison Police- Recent Criminal cases 2009; Edison Police Auxiliary- Search and Seizure law

PUBLICATIONS:

      Published 150 separate Law Review and Legal Periodical articles in legal journals such as NJ Law Journal, American Bar Association Barrister, New Jersey Lawyer, ABA Law Practice Management, and NJ State Bar Association's Dictum.  Complete list at www.njlaws.com/leglpubs.html

KENNETH  VERCAMMEN, ESQ.

SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS ON WILLS, PROBATE & ELDER LAW

Nuts & Bolts of Elder Law - NJ Institute for Continuing Legal Education/ NJ State Bar     ICLE/NJSBA 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002, 2000, 1999, 1996

Edison/ Metuchen Update on Wills and Estate Administration 2015, 2014, 2013

-Elder Law and Estate Planning- American Bar Association ABA San Francisco 2013, Chicago 2012, Toronto 2011, Chicago 2009, New York City 2008, Miami 2007

-Highland Park Seniors 2015, 2010; East Brunswick Adult School 2009, 2008 Avenel Golden Circle 2010’

Middlesex County Police Chiefs 2009- Living Wills

Middlesex County College- Wills & Probate 2007

Edison Adult School -Wills, Elder Law & Probate- 2007, 2006, 05, 04, 03, 2002 [inc Edison TV], 01, 00,99,98,97

South Plainfield Seniors- New Probate Law 2005, East Brunswick Seniors- New Probate Law 2005

Old Bridge AARP 2010, 2002; Guardian Angeles/ Edison 2002; St. Cecilia/ Woodbridge Seniors 2002; 

East Brunswick/ Hall's Corner 2002;

-Linden AARP 2002

 -Woodbridge Adult School  -Wills and Estate Administration -2001, 2000,1999,1998,1997,1996

Woodbridge Housing 2001; Metuchen Seniors & Metuchen TV 2001; Frigidare/ Local 401 Edison 2001; Chelsea/ East Brunswick 2001, Village Court/ Edison 2001; Old Bridge Rotary 2001; Sacred Heart/ South Amboy 2001; Livingston Manor/ New Brunswick 2001; Sunrise East Brunswick 2001; Strawberry Hill/ Woodbridge 2001;

-Wills and Elder Law - Metuchen Adult School 1999,1997,1996,1995,1994,1993

-Clara Barton Senior Citizens- Wills & Elder Law-Edison 2002, 1995

-AARP Participating Attorney in Legal Plan for NJ AARP members 1999-2005

-Senior Legal Points University of Medicine & Dentistry UMDNJ & St. Peter's-2000, 1999,1998

-East Brunswick AARP Wills 2001; -Iselin/ Woodbridge AARP Wills 2000

-Metuchen Reformed Church; Franklin/ Somerset/ Quailbrook Seniors 2001

-North Brunswick Senior Day 2001

KENNETH   VERCAMMEN- Community Service

NON- PROFIT:  -Edison Elks-Presiding Justice 1993- Present

                               St. James Hands of Hope Food Bank Networking Social Coordinator

                               Retired Police & Fire Local 9 Honorary member

   -Y.B. CHOI TAE KWON DO (Korean Karate)- 4^th degree Black Belt awarded 2008      

3rd degree 2004; 2nd degree December 1993, 1st degree Black Belt December 2001

                        

-Raritan Valley Road Runners- Comeback of the Year Award 2002 and ranked Master Distance Runner; State Champion 5k Master team 2008; State Champs 20,000 meter team 2005,                

                  New Jersey State Age Group Champion Garden State Games 5,000 meter run 1993

                  -Bishop Ahr/St. Thomas Aquinas H.S. Alumni Society  Past Vice-President;

                Class of 1977- 25 year Reunion Chair

            -Edison 14th District Committeeman Elected 1988-1994

            -St. Francis Cathedral- Church Lector 1990-1994

               -University of Scranton, North Jersey Alumni Chapter Past Co-Chair Social

            -Knights of Columbus-Fourth Degree Knight, Edison Council

            Past Happy Hour Chair Metuchen Chamber of Commerce, Edison Chamber of Commerce;

RUNNING:

Raritan Valley Road Runners RVRR                 Rumson HashHouse Harriers

Jersey Shore Running Club JSRC                     USATF- US Athletic Track & Field

Central Jersey Road Runners CJRR                  Jersey Shore Triathlon Club   JSTC

Freehold Area Running Club FARC                  Sandy Hook Triathlon Club

        First Place:  Cocoa Beach 2 mile 2008, 2007; Cranford Run for Lupus 4 mile 2006,  JSRC Twilight run 2006. Indian Trials Middletown  3m 2005,2004; Stroudsburg 5k 2005, 2004; Wildwood 5k, Ocean Winter 4 mile, Edison Lannie 5k, 2004; Washington DC Run for Justice 5K  2002 First Place- CJRR Summer 5K 2002    First Place- Bergen Bar 5k Law Day Run May 2001

CJRR Age group  champ  2005, 2004, 2002, 1996, 1995

New York Marathon top 100 NJ Finisher

ACTIVITIES:        Married 1989, one son born 1991, daughter born 1994

                                Weekend Road Running Races,  Triathlons,  Soccer

                                 Tae Kwon Do Karate Black Belt

SOUTH BRUNSWICK AREA

Summer Blast/Ireland Brook Neighborhood Picnic Sponsor

So. Brunswick Soccer Asst. Coach Travel Team 1997-2006

So. Brunswick Athletic Assoc.- Team Sponsor and helper with son's team

So. Brunswick 5k-  volunteer

So. Brunswick Bicentennial Volunteer

Franklin & So. Brunswick 50 Mile Bike Volunteer and 62 mile Finisher

CHARITABLE:        American Cancer Society-Middlesex Chapter

                                    Past chair- Annual Summer Fundraiser Picnic-  

                                    Past Chairman, Annual Christmas Fundraiser-

                                    Recipient-Young Professionals Award-

                                    Past Board of Directors -   Founder /Chair-Young Professionals

Make a Wish Foundation- Chair 19th Annual Summer Blast in Belmar, NJ

                                                Past Co Chair Christmas Fundraiser

 KENNETH VERCAMMEN, ESQ.  Education & Awards

LEGAL EDUCATION:     The Widener/ Delaware Law School, J.D.,  May 1985

Class Rank:   Top Ten Percent

Awards: Honor Grades:   Federal Income Tax, Business Organization, Criminal Law, Advanced       Advocacy, Family Law,  New Jersey Practice, Unfair Trade Practices, Professional Liability.

Outstanding Service Award Recipient in Graduation Ceremony

Delaware Merit Scholarship - 1983, 1984

Provincial Winner - Phi Delta Phi Legal Honor Fraternity Graduate of the Year Award

Who's Who in American Law Schools

ACTIVITIES: 

Law Review- Senior Staff-Member

Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy, Senior Editor 1984-1985

Winner  - Sixth Annual Trial Advocacy Competition

First Prize - Delaware Law School/ATLA Environmental Law Essay Contest

Delaware Law Forum, Casenote Editor

Working Scholar- Hon. Philip Gruccio, Assignment Judge of Atlantic, Cumberland, Cape May, Salem        Counties

Association of Trial Lawyers of America, Delaware Chapter Treasurer

Law School Running Club - President

Research Assistant - Dean Arthur Weeks

Publications- Published in Law Review and wrote more articles than 75% of law faculty members

        

PRELEGAL EDUCATION: University of Scranton      B.S., January 1981

         Major:  Political Science:  Graduated Cum Laude in 3-1/2 years

Honors: 

         - Cited in Who's Who in American Colleges and Universities;

         - Dean's List;   Pi Gamma Mu Honor Society;  Pi Sigma Alpha Honor Society.

         - Varsity Cross- Country -  Team  Captain and Record Holder of Indoor Half-Mile

         - District Magistrate Thomas Hart-  Paid Law Clerk/ Executive Assistant

         - Pre-Law Society Public Relations Director

         - Voter Registration Drive Coordinator

         - Internship with Pa. Representative  Hon. Fred Belardi

         - School Newspaper Staff and Sportswriter

         - WYRE radio station sports caster

         - 3rd Place Wrestling Tournament

         - Campus Bowl Intellectual Competition (Team Captain)

         - Trustee Day Volunteer, Red Cross Blood Drive Volunteer

         - Senior Class - Hard Rockers Social Committee Chair

         -Alumni Society-Estate Planning Council 1997-Present

         - Class of 1981  20 year Reunion Executive Committee member 2001 -25 Year Reunion Co-chair

                                           KENNETH VERCAMMEN

Attorney at Law

    2053 Woodbridge Ave.

Edison, NJ 08817

732-572-0500

         The American Bar Association is the largest voluntary professional organization in the world with more than 400,000 members

AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION - National Appointments:

General Practice Solo & Small Firm Division

-   Criminal Law Committee Chair 2012- Present,  Deputy Chair 2006-2012

-   Author of Book “Criminal Law Forms”

-Estate Planning, Probate & Trust Committee- Co-Chair 2012- Present,  Chair 2008-2009, 2006-2007

-Elder Law Committee  Chair 2005- present, Vice Chair 1996-1999

- Tort, Personal Injury and Insurance Committee  Chair 2005- 2006

-Deputy Chair and Newsletter Editor-GP Marketing Legal Services Committee 1993 -1996

- Probate & Estate Planning Committee- Newsletter Editor & Vice Chair 1997-1999, Vice Chair 2005

-Litigation Committee Member 1993 - present

AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS:

-Handling the Criminal, Misdemeanor and Traffic Cases August 10, 2013 ABA San Francisco Annual Meeting

- Why Traditional Planning Fails Seniors: What you can do to help your clients not fall in the same trap 2013 ABA San Francisco Annual Meeting

-ABA “Running Your Practice Like a Business

-Elder Law, Estate and Probate  2012 ABA Chicago Annual Meeting

-Elder Law, Estate and Probate  2011 ABA Toronto Annual Meeting

-Elder Law, Estate and Probate  2009 ABA Chicago Annual Meeting

-Elder Law and Probate New York City 2008 Annual Meeting

- Improving Your Elder Law & Estate Practice San Francisco, CA 2007

-Elder Law and Estate Planning-  ABA Miami Mid Year 2007

-Elder Law Practice, New Ethical Ideas to Improve Your Practice for  Clients ABA Hawaii 2006

-Marketing Success Stories ABA Toronto 1998

-Olympians of Marketing- ABA Annual Meeting- Orlando, Florida 1996

-Unique Marketing Techniques & Client Relations III ABA Annual Meeting-Chicago 1995

-Personal Marketing & Relations - 1995 Miami ABA meeting LPM Personal Marketing Skills IG

 co-sponsored by four Major National Bar Sections and committees

-How to Start a Practice-1994 New Orleans ABA Annual Meeting LPM primary sponsor

-1993 New York Annual Meeting "Marketing for Small Firms"

LAW PRACTICE MANAGEMENT SECTION ABA- LPM

-Co-Chair with Jay Foonberg-ABA LPM Personal Marketing Skills Group 1998,1997,1996,1995,1994

-Speaker at many ABA Annual Meetings

-National Liaison and ex-officio member of Law Practice Management Section Council 1993 - 1995

-National Chair - Law Practice Management Committee YLD 1992-1993

-Chair and Newsletter Editor-Marketing Legal Services Committee 1996-1997,1999-2000

KENNETH VERCAMMEN

Attorney at Law- Other criminal and law enforcement speaking

    2053 Woodbridge Ave.

Edison, NJ 08817

732-572-0500

New Jersey State Bar Association- Municipal Court Section Chair 2003-2004, Vice Chair 1999-2002;    Board member 2004-present

Criminal Law Section member 2013-present

Middlesex County Bar Association  Chair Municipal Court Practice Committee 1997-2008

County Bar Board of Trustees    2000- 2006

SPECIAL ACTING PROSECUTOR: Woodbridge, East Brunswick, Metuchen, South Brunswick, Perth Amboy, Cranbury, South Plainfield, Clark, South River, Hightstown, Carteret, Jamesburg, Berkeley Heights on conflict matters.  Previous experience with the Delaware County, Pennsylvania District Attorney Office, Middlesex County Probation Department and Scranton District Magistrate Office.

Past President- Middlesex Municipal Prosecutor's Association

Metuchen Public Defender 2001- present            Edison Public Defender  1990-1991

New Jersey State Bar Association –Solo /General Practice Section-Board of Directors 1995- 2009

                             NJSBA Solo Day Programs- Keynote Speaker 2014, 2013

                                                Speaker 2013 Ethics in Marketing

Equity Jurisprudence Special Committee [Chancery & Probate] Presidential Appointment 2012-present

ADJUNCT PROFESSOR         Middlesex County College

                                                      Edison, NJ    February, 2001-April, 2001; Jan.  1990-May, 1991

    Instructor of "Criminal Law and Procedure" and Business Law.  Taught college students the elements of crime and the criminal procedure system.  Explained the incidents before and after trial and analyzed the impact of the Constitution on crimes and criminal procedures.

New Jersey Superior Court - Certified Mediator 1997-

New Jersey Supreme Court Committee on Municipal Courts  2000-2005

Other Speaking

Hot 97 radio “Street Soldiers” program on hazing and football player assaults 2014

Edison Municipal Alliance- Underage Drinking- a problem 2014

Rutgers Law School Newark- Ethical Marketing 2015, 2013

-Cablevision TV- Law on the Line 2003, 2001, -New Jersey Network TV- Due Process TV show 2000

-Woodbridge School #21- Juvenile Law Update 2009

-Piscataway Police- Update on criminal cases & search law

-Update of Municipal Court-NJSBA Annual Meeting Atlantic City 1999,1997, 95, 94

- Cranbury Twp Municipal Alliance Against Substance Abuse 2004, 2002       

-ATLA-NJ - New Jersey Courts 1991

-Intoxicated Driver Resource Center/IDRC - DUI Law 1999, 1991

-Preventing the Impaired Driver-Coalition Against Impaired Drivers 1992

-Winning Lawsuit Threshold Cases NJSBA 1992

-WCTC Radio Mid-Day Legal Advisor - Criminal and Traffic Laws 1991 and 1990

-Computers in Litigation-NJSBA Law Office Management 1994

-Self Defense Law in New Jersey - Cranbury Police Dept. 1997,1993,1992

Self Defense and Home Protection - Speaker - New Brunswick Crime Watch - 1989

-Wills and Power of Attorney 1991 Edison Democratic Association

Defending Speeding Cases - New Jersey State Bar Association/NJSBA  - 1989

-Family Law & Domestic Violence Trial Practice NJ State Bar Association   1995,1994,1993

-Automobile Insurance - Middlesex County College - 1990

-Criminal & Juvenile Courts Piscataway Vo Tech – 1990

-Wills, Elder Law and Probate-South Brunswick Adult School & Channel 28 TV 1999, 1997,1993

-Wills and Estate Planning-Old Bridge Adult School 1998,1997,1995

-Senior Citizen Law-Perth Amboy YMHA 1995;  Temple Beth Or 2002;

-Wills, Living Wills and Probate-Spotswood Community School 1995,1994,1993

-Wills and Probate-Sayreville Adult School 1997, 1996,1995,1994

-Living Wills-New Jersey State Bar Foundation and St. Demetrius, Carteret 1994

-Wills and Estate Planning-Edison Elks and Senior Citizens January 1994

-"Legal Questions Clinic" Metuchen Adult School March 1995,1994,1993

-Estate Planning to Protect Families-Metuchen Chamber of Commerce April 1993

-Living Wills-Dean Witter and Nordstrom’s, Menlo Park Mall October 1992; Trusts and Living Wills-Dean Witter, Metro Park, June 1992; Estate Planning-North Brunswick Republican Club May 1992;

ABA Attendance at Leadership Conferences and participation at following Annual and Sectional meetings: Boston 2015, San Antonio TX 2014 2013 San Francisco Annual Meeting, 2012 ABA Chicago Annual Meeting;  2011 ABA Toronto, Chicago 2009, New York 2008, Philadelphia  GP 2007, San Francisco 2007, Washington GP 2007, Miami 2007, Hawaii 2006, Philadelphia LPM 2005; Washington DC 2002; Philadelphia 2002; London 2000, New York 2000, Atlanta 1999, Beverly Hills 1999, Cancun LPM 1998, Naples-LPM 1997; Captiva 1996, Orlando 1996, Coronado LPM 1995, Chicago 1995, Miami 1995, Washington D.C. GP 1995, Vancouver LPM 1995, New Orleans 1995, Napa, CA LPM 1994, Colorado LPM 1993, New York 1993, Boston 1993, San Francisco 1992, Cleveland GP 1992, Scottsdale AZ 1991, Los Angeles 1990, Hawaii 1989, Philadelphia 1988, Toronto 1988, New York City 1986, Washington DC 1985

Jersey Shore Medical Center Chair-18th Annual Summer Blast to Benefit the Jersey Shore Regional

                                                   Trauma Center at Bar Anticipation, Belmar 1993

American Red Cross Past Board of Directors

-Opening a Business-Sayreville Adult School 1997,1996,1995

-Starting a Business-Brooklyn Bar Association 1995,1994