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1. Court claims parked car with engine running is operation. Attorney seeks Supreme Court reversal
2. Expungement seminars Reminder-Remove criminal charges
3. Learn at Ken Vercammen Spring Seminars
4. Spring Fun Running Races
Congratulations Office Manager Mike McDonald and ToniAnne on the birth of baby #2
Welcome our Winter-Spring 2020 Law Clerks
Christopher Russo Rutgers University
Arti Sunder Drew University
Steve Arciniega Castro New Jersey Institute of Technology
Mikala Valosin Rutgers University
Derrick Moore Fort Hays State University
Puja Mahendru Rutgers University
Samantha Morgan- Ricketts Monroe College NY
We partner with Rutgers, NJIT and other Universities for the college student mentor-internship program.http://www.njlaws.com/intern.html
1. Court claims parked car with engine running is operation. Attorney seeks Supreme Court reversal
State v. ThompsonDocket A-1909-19T6
In this appeal, the court held that an intoxicated defendant asleep and behind the wheel of a parked motor vehicle with its engine running is "operating" the vehicle within the meaning of N.J.S.A. 39:4-50(a).
Defendant appealed from his convictions for DUI and refusing to submit to a breath test. Defendant argued that the state failed to present sufficient evidence to prove the statutory element that defendant was "operating" his vehicle under the influence of alcohol or that he had a conscious intent to do so. The court rejected defendant's argument and affirmed his conviction. The court noted that the evidence at trial showed that police were called to a convenience store where defendant was observed sleeping in his car with the engine running. As officers woke defendant, they noticed the strong odor of alcohol on his breath. Defendant acknowledged to officers that he had "a couple of drinks." After failing field sobriety tests, defendant was arrested. At the police station, defendant acknowledged that he had prescriptions for methadone, hydrocodone, Xanax, and Cymbalta and that he had consumed two alcoholic drinks within a three hours period. The court held that this evidence was sufficient for the factfinder to concluded that defendant was intoxicated while sleeping behind the wheel of his vehicle. The court ruled that defendant was "operating" his vehicle since operation of a motor vehicle could include sitting or sleeping behind the wheel of a vehicle with the engine running, even if the vehicle is not observed in motion. Finally, the court found defendant's other contentions on appeal to have insufficient merit to warrant discussion.
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Ken Vercammen was featured speaker in the American Bar Association ABA January Podcast
- Estate Planning and the Successful Practice GPSolo's podcast program. Listen online
GPSolo Podcast Wills & Estate is posted
Kenneth Vercammen was published in New Jersey Police Chief Magazine January 2020
Top Criminal and Traffic Cases in NJ Municipal Courts 2019 page 28
Kenneth Vercammen was published in ABA GP Solo Magazine
February 2020
Transitioning from Criminal Law to Estate Planning
2. Expungement seminars Reminder-Remove criminal charges If someone has a criminal charge, get it expunged /removed now before it appears on the internet everywhere. More information on what an attorney can do at:
March 4 Piscataway Expungement Seminar 7pmPiscataway Library https://www.facebook.com/events/163803638384261
Speakers Allan Marain Esq. and Kenneth Vercammen Esq. Mr. Marain notes on his exceptional website: Are you applying to nursing school? Would you like to be a teacher? Drive a school bus? Be a school crossing guard? Are you seeking a New Jersey firearms identification card? Perhaps you want to adopt a child or be a foster parent, or coach a Little League® baseball team. Maybe you're looking for a job in securities, or at Home Depot. Maybe you're just looking for a job, period. Any job. Were you ever charged with shoplifting? Or busted over a little weed? Are any felony convictions, or even just arrests, on your record?
Expungement (or expunction) in New Jersey is the isolation of a criminal record. The actual record is not literally “erased.” Expungement do, however, erase many civil disabilities that convictions bring. Thus citizens whose criminal record has been expunged again become eligible to vote. They qualify for jury service and do not even have to mention they were ever arrested, or charged with an offense. Statutory firearms disqualifications are removed. And expunged records become generally not available from government sources. So in that sense, these records are erased from the sight of people doing public records searches through the courts, through the police, and even through the FBI.
Learn more about clearing your records.
March 10 North Brunswick Public LibrarySeminar: Remove & Expungement of Criminal Arrests and Convictions –Free Seminar at 7pm-8pm
North Brunswick Public Library
880 Hermann Rd.
North Brunswick, NJ 08902
https://northbrunswicklibrary.org/all-events
3. Learn at Ken Vercammen Spring Seminars. We have our busiest schedule of seminars and speaking events this Spring. In 2019 I ran 60 charity races. For 2020 I am speaking at 60 community and non-profit events.
2020. All are free and open to public unless noted
More details, times and location on https://www.facebook.com/kenneth.vercammen/events?lst=624960484%3A624960484%3A1582125016
Mar 4 Review of the Major Municipal Court Cases affecting Law Enforcement 2019-2020 12 noon South Amboy AOH police only
https://www.facebook.com/events/487071098673718
March 11, 2020 East Brunswick Library Wills & Probate 7pm
https://www.facebook.com/events/1026184421082542
March 19 the Criminal Law Section of NJ State Bar Association is having several DWI Ignition Interlock Device companies each talk about their products at 5:30 before the 6pm Criminal Law section meeting of NJ Bar.
Four companies invited. Each will talk for 5-6 minutes.
Questions to follow.
Interlock portion ends at 6pm.
Non-members of Criminal Law Section of NJ State Bar Association may attend this informal non-credit CLE
New Jersey State Bar Association
One Constitution Square | New Brunswick, NJ 08901
For information on joining the Criminal Law Section of NJ State Bar Association, go to https://tcms.njsba.com
Apr 14 Edison Wills Edison Main Library at 7:00 PM https://www.facebook.com/events/441124216549593
April 15 Sayreville Wills, Estate Planning & Probate Seminar 6:30pm
https://www.facebook.com/events/578536936336446
April 16 South Plainfield Library Wills 6:30
https://www.facebook.com/events/2604788869779655
April 20 Winning Strategies in Municipal Court NJ Bar now webinar $$
https://tcms.njsba.com/personifyebusiness/njicle/CLEPrograms/NJICLEEventsCalendar/MeetingDetails.aspx?productId=49807166
https://www.facebook.com/events/569041197013377
Apr 22 Milltown Senior Center Wills & Power of Attorney Seminar 1pm
https://www.facebook.com/events/190753368672746
April 22 Piscataway Library Wills & Power of Attorney Seminar at7:00 PM
https://www.facebook.com/events/183821666042539
April 27 Clara Barton Library Will seminar 6pm [middle Edison]
https://www.facebook.com/events/1284612008391656/
May 4 Nuts & Bolts of Elder Law & Estate Administration NJ Bar $$
https://tcms.njsba.com/personifyebusiness/njicle/CLEPrograms/NJICLEEventsCalendar/MeetingDetails.aspx?productId=55217580
https://www.facebook.com/events/159335922031742
May 5, 2020 Fords Library Wills seminar at 6:30 PM
May 12 Metuchen Library Wills, Estate Planning & Probate Seminar 6:30
https://www.facebook.com/events/685073098912337
May 18 Woodbridge Library Wills, Estates & Probate Seminarat 7:00 PM
https://www.facebook.com/events/2606052349623609/
May 27 Monroe Senior Center Wills at 10:30 [Registered Monroe Seniors only]
June 10 Jamesburg Seniors Will Seminar 1pm
2020 St Patrick Parades & events
Mar 1 Belmar St. Patrick Parade Sun 1pm
Mar 6 Emerald Society Police bagpipes New Brunswick Elks- 6pm
Mar 7 Mt. Holly St Patrick parade & 5k Sat race11am, parade 1pm
https://mounthollyparade.com
Mar 8 Woodbridge St. Patrick's Parade
Mar 13 Newark St. Patrick Parade 1pm
http://newarkparade.com
Mar 14 Union St. Patrick Parade 1pm
http://www.unioncountystpatricksdayparade.com/info.html
Mar 15 Freehold St. Patrick's parade 12 noon after 5-mile race
Mar 15 So Amboy St. Patrick's Parade 2pm
Mar 17 NYC St Patrick parade
Mar 21 HighlandsSt Patrick Parade 2pm park near Central, then go to Inlet Cafe
https://www.highlandsnj.com/Special_Events/St_Patricks_Day_Parade/St_Patricks_Day_Parade-page.shtml
4. Spring Fun Running Races participated by Kenneth Vercammen
Mar 7 Saturday Mt Holly St Patrick’s Parade 5K run 11am https://runsignup.com/Race/NJ/MountHolly/MtHollyStPatricksParade5K?remMeAttempt=
March 15, 2020 St. Paddy’s 5 mile 10:30 Freehold great FARC event Dress warm FARC is a 501(c) 3 not for profit organization. which typically donate over $25,000 each year to local charities. farcnj.com
4/4/20 Runapoloza Jersey Shore relay & TheAsbury Park Half Marathon & 5k Wakefern Shoprite Corporate Team Past Champion jsrc.org 8:30
https://runsignup.com/Race/NJ/AsburyPark/JSRCRunAPalooza?remMeAttempt=
4/25/20 Lake Como 5k Sat 10am Start Bar A Benefit BPOE Elks Camp Moore for Children with Special Needs & Lake Como Giving Tree
4/26 Tour de Franklin,Franklin Food Bank 62 mile & 40-mile bike 62 Mile Metric Century or 40 Mile Starts at Franklin High School http://www.franklinfoodbank.org/events
5/9/20 Step Up for the Arc 5k Sat 9:00am Oak Ridge Park in Clark
Wakefern Shoprite team event
5/-17/20NJ Sharing Network 5k Long Branch 8:30 Sunday
Wakefern Shoprite team event
May 22/20 “Legends of Belmar” Friday night of Memorial Day - “Start of Summer Happy Hour with the Legends of Belmar” Join Ken V and friends the Friday night before Spring Lake 5 race for "Legends Night" in Belmar at D’Jais 5:30 free food Ocean Ave. Belmar, 7:30 Bar Anticipation 16thAve not a race, just social event. The greats of Belmar beach volleyball, friends of Holme band and the beach start Memorial Day at D’Jais & Bar A. Give out American Flag stickers to lucky customers to show your support for USA and those who served. Marty P, John C. Chris K, Loud Scott, Legendettes, maybe even Daniel-son
May 23 Spring Lake Five Mile Run Saturday 8:30am then free food at Bar A.
5/24/20 Navesink 1.2 mile swim 8:15 AM
5/25/20 North Brunswick Memorial Day 5k 8:30am North Brunswick Community Park Route 130 South
