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Wednesday, September 24, 2014

E448 1. New ABA Book: "Smart Marketing For the Small Firm Lawyer" from the American Bar Association 2. Recent cases: Prior DWI counts for enhanced refusal. State v. Frye 3. New law No insurance Law 39:6 B:2 amended to provide discretion for no DL suspension 4. New YouTube Videos 5. Next Community Events- email Ken V if attending

NJ LAWS EMAIL NEWSLETTER E448
Kenneth Vercammen, Attorney at Law

In this issue:
1. New ABA Book: "Smart Marketing For the Small Firm Lawyer" from the American Bar Association
2. Recent cases: Prior DWI counts for enhanced refusal. State v. Frye
3. New law No insurance Law 39:6 B:2 amended to provide discretion for no DL suspension
4.  New YouTube Videos
5. Next Community Events- email Ken V if attending

1. New ABA Book: "Smart Marketing For the Small Firm Lawyer" from the American Bar Association
Author: Kenneth A Vercammen
Sponsor(s): Solo, Small Firm and General Practice Division
Publisher(s): ABA Book Publishing
Marketing is essential to the growth of any enterprise. There are many low-cost and no-cost opportunities that exist. This book explores today's marketing landscape and outlines its many facets for you in concise and easy to understand terms.

Additional Information
*Table of Contents: TOC Smart Marketing
*About the Author: Kenneth Vercammen
*Preface: Intro-Smart Marketing
*List Price: $59.95
*ABA Price: $45.95
ISBN: 978-1-62722-484-0
Product Code: 5150468 2014, 156 Pages, 7 x 10
Item Details:
    Any business owner will tell you that marketing is vital to the success and growth of a venture, and a law practice is no exception! This book thoroughly explores today's marketing landscape and outlines its many facets for you in concise and easy to understand terms. This book will cover: Any business owner will tell you that marketing is vital to the success and growth of a venture, and a law practice is no exception! This book thoroughly explores today's marketing landscape and outlines its many facets for you in concise and easy to understand terms. This book will cover: *Creating a blog for free *How to leverage a wide array of social networking sites (like Facebook, Martindale Hubble, Yelp, etc.) *Best practices for marketing within the law office *Low-cost and no-cost marketing activities *Tips to increase your efficiency and reach *And more! Included with this book is a helpful CD-ROM with digital copies of all the exhibits used in the book and the various websites that are referenced. Learn how to make the most the marketing opportunities that exist with Smart Marketing for the Small Firm Lawyer.
    Praise for Smart Marketing for the Small Firm Lawyer:
"Vercammen's new marketing book belongs in the tool box and library of every lawyer regardless of firm size. Ken not only tells the lawyer WHAT to do, he shows the lawyer HOW to do it."    
       -Jay Foonberg-Author of How to Start and Build a Law Practice, 5th Ed  Order details: http://shop.americanbar.org/eBus/Store/ProductDetails.aspx?productId=214498
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2. Recent cases: Prior DWI counts for enhanced refusal. State v. Frye 217 NJ. 566 (2014) 
    The court reaffirms its holding in In re Bergwall, 85 N.J. 382 (1981). A prior DWI conviction may enhance the sentence for a subsequent refusal conviction under the refusal statute. N.J.S.A. 39:450.4a.
      
3. New law No insurance Law 39:6 B:2 amended to provide discretion for no DL suspension
    Under the prior law, a person who commits a first offense of driving without insurance is subject to a fine of between $300 and $1,000, a period of community service to be determined by the court, and loss of driver's license for one year from the date of conviction. Under this amended law, imposition of a driver's license suspension for such a first offense is to be within the discretion of the court, and the period of any such suspension could be from two months to one year from the date of conviction.
     The relevant portion of 39:6 b:2 reads: The court also shall suspend the person's right to operate a motor vehicle over the highways of this State for a period of one year from the date of conviction; provided, however, the period of license suspension may be reduced or eliminated if the person provides the court with satisfactory proof of motor vehicle liability insurance at the time of the hearing. 

 4. New YouTube videos:
     
5. Next Community events email Ken V if attending
Aug 8 Bar Anticipation Friday night free food
August 9, Asbury Park 5K, Asbury Park, N.J. 8:30am Wakefern cosponsor benefiting Boys & Girls Clubs of Mon. Cty.
8/10 Belmar 1-mile swim
8/11 Holme Band at D'Jais , Swim on 5th Ave Belmar prior to band https://www.facebook.com/HolmeNJ
8/16 Bradley Beach 5k co-Sponsor Wakefern 8:30
8/17 Ray Licata Long Branch Ocean Mile Swim 1 mile 8am
8/17 Raritan Valley Road Runners RVRR beach day Long Branch https://www.facebook.com/events/484221305047369/