The New Jersey Police Chief Magazine | April 2024
Continued from previous page Kenneth Vercammen is an Edison , Middlesex County , NJ trial attorney where he handles Criminal , Municipal Court , Probate , Civil Litigation and Estate Administration matters . Ken is author of the American Bar Association ' s award winning book Criminal Law Forms and often lectures to trial lawyers of the American Bar Association , NJ State Bar Association and Middlesex County Bar Association . As the Past Chair of the Municipal Court Section he has served on its board for 10 years . He is admitted to the Su-preme Court of the United States .
Author : Drug and DWI Defense - Forms and Pleadings ( 2021 ) New Jersey Specific Bound book with Forms for NJSBA Awarded the Municipal Court Attorney of the Year by both the NJSBA and Middlesex County Bar Association , he also received the NJSBA- YLD Service to the Bar Award and the General Practitioner Attorney of the Year , now Solo Attorney of the Year .
Ken Vercammen is a highly regarded lecturer on both Municipal Court / DWI and Estate / Probate Law issues for the NJICLE- New Jersey State Bar Association , American Bar Association , and Middlesex County Bar Association . His articles have been published by NJ Law Journal , ABA Law Practice Management Magazine , YLD Dictum , GP Gazette and New Jersey Lawyer magazine . He was a speaker at the ABA Annual meeting program “ Handling the Criminal Misdemeanor and Traffic Case ” and serves as is the Editor in Chief of the NJ Municipal Court Law . For nine years he served as the Cranbury Township Prosecutor and also was a Special Acting Prosecutor in nine different towns . Ken has successfully handled over one thousand Municipal Court and Superior Court matters in the past 35 years .
His private practice has devoted a substantial portion of professional time to the preparation and trial of litigated matters . Appearing in Courts throughout New Jersey several times each week on Criminal and Municipal Court trials , civil and contested Probate hearings . Ken also serves as the Editor of the popular legal website and related blogs . In Law School he was a member of the Law Review , winner of the ATLA trial competition and top ten in class .
Throughout his career he has served the NJSBA in many leadership and volunteer positions . Ken has testified for the NJSBA before the Senate Judiciary Committee to support changes in the DWI law to permit restricted use driver license and interlock legislation . Ken also testified before the Assembly Judiciary Committee in favor of the first-time criminal offender “ Conditional Dismissal ” legislation which permits dismissal of some criminal charges . In his private life he has been a member of the NJ State champion Raritan Valley Road Runners master ’ s team and is a 4 th degree black belt .