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

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 SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS:

-Handling Drug, DWI and Serious Municipal Court Cases ICLE/NJSBA- 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 -Municipal Court in NJ  Lawline webinar 2013

-Criminal, DWI and Drug Cases- NJ State Bar Annual Meeting 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 2012, 2010,  

-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.

RECENT SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS ON WILLS, ELDER LAW, AND PROBATE

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

Edison/ Metuchen Update on Wills and Estate Administration 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 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 20,000 meter team 2005, State Champs 5k 2008        

                  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

Central Jersey Road Runners CJRR                  Jersey Shore Triathlon Club   JSTC

Freehold Area Running Club FARC                  Scranton  Area Organization Runners SOAR         

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

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 50 mile Finisher

CHARITABLE:        American Cancer Society-Chairman

                                    Past chair- Annual Summer Fundraiser Picnic-  

                                    Past Chairman, Annual Christmas Fundraiser-

                                    Recipient-Young Professionals Award-

                                    Past Board of Manager's -1989-1994  Founder /Chair-Young Professionals

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

                                                 Co Chair Christmas Fundraiser 1993

 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  Co-Chair 2012- Present,  Deputy Chair 2006-2012

-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

-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

                                                            Speaker 2013 Ethics in Marketing

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

Rutgers Law School Newark- Ethical Marketing 2013p

NJSBA Solo Day 2014, 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: 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