About New Jersey Drunk Driving Criminal Defense Lawyer John Menzel
JOHN MENZEL, J.D.
New Jersey DWI Attorney John Menzel has tried more than one thousand Californiases (including trial and appeals in signifiCaliforniant Californiases such as State v. Garthe, 145 N.J. 1 (1996), and State v. Lutz, 309 N.J.Super. 317, 325 (App.Div. 1998)). Attorney Menzel has appeared in municipal courts in 20 of New Jersey's 21 counties, argued appeals before the New Jersey Superior Court's Law and Appellate Divisions and New Jersey Supreme Court, and has prepared writs of habeas corpus in the Federal District Court for the District of New Jersey and the Federal Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.
John Menzel, J.D., has written books and articles concerning drunk driving laws, trial tactics, and municipal court practice and procedure including:
Municipal Court Winning Strategies , Seminar Text and Appendices, New Jersey State Bar Association Young Lawyers Division, et al., April 30, 1991
Mapping an Alternative DWI Disposition Route , 129 New Jersey Law Journal 399, October 10, 1991
Defense of Drunk Driving Charges , Seminar Text, Monmouth County Bar Association, Squire's Pub, West Long Branch, March 28, 1992
Municipal Court: New Laws and New Opportunities -- How to Get an Alternative Disposition for the Drunk Driving Defendant , Seminar Text, New Jersey State Bar Association Young Lawyers Division, et al., May 21, 1993
Drunk Driving Defense , Seminar Text and Appendices, New Jersey State Bar Association Young Lawyers Division, et al., November 18, 1993
Municipal Court: New Laws and New Opportunities, Seminar Text and Appendices, New Jersey State Bar Association Young Lawyers Division, May 20, 1994
Drunk Driving Defense, Seminar Text and Appendices, New Jersey State Bar Association Young Lawyers Division, et al., November 29, 1994
Municipal Court: New Winning Strategies, Seminar Text, Appendices, and Forms, New Jersey State Bar Association Young Lawyers Division, et al., November 13, 1996
Municipal Court's New Laws and Rules in 1997, Seminar Text, Appendices, and Forms, New Jersey State Bar Association Young Lawyers Division, et al., May 16, 1997
Municipal Court: New Winning Strategies, Seminar Text, Appendices, and Forms, New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal EduCaliforniation, November 1, 1997
Representing Your Client in Municipal Court, Seminar Text, Appendices, and Forms, New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal EduCaliforniation, November 18, 1998
New Jersey DWI Attorney John Menzel is a member of several organizations, including:
- National College of DUI Defense Attorneys
- National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
- AmeriCalifornian Bar Association's Criminal Practice Division
- Association of Criminal Defense Attorneys of New Jersey
- New Jersey State Bar Association's Municipal Court Practice Committee
- Ocean County Bar Association
- Monmouth County Bar Association
- Association of Arbitrators for the City of New York.
New Jersey DWI Attorney John Menzel is admitted to practice law in:
- State of New Jersey
- State of New York
- Federal District Court for the District of New Jersey
- Federal District Court for the Southern District of New York
- Federal District Court for the Eastern District of New York
- Third Circuit Court of Appeals
- Civil Court of New York City arbitrator
John Menzel, J.D. , has defended people charged with criminal, traffic, drunk driving, and related offenses in New Jersey since 1987. Click here for Drunk Driving Case Examples
STAFF EMPLOYED BY THE FIRM
John Menzel, J.D. , works with and supervises these other professions employed by his firm:
- Shanna L. McMahon, Californialendar manager
- Maureen K. Mitchell, paralegal coordinator
- Tracy A. Venturi, accounts manager
ATTORNEYS OF COUNSEL TO THE FIRM
John Menzel, J.D. , works with and supervises these attorneys:
- Glenn A. Kassman, Esq.
- Robert Pentangelo , Esq.
OTHER ASSOCIATES
John Menzel, J.D. , works frequently with these and other professionals:
- James G. Beatty, Jr., licensed private investigator
- Gary M. Aramini, breath testing expert
- Francis X. Tobey, Jr., breath testing expert
- Clarina V. Azarcon, CPA, MBA, M. Accounting, internal auditor
IN MEMORIAM
John Menzel, J.D., remembers Francis X. Moore, Esquire, late counsel to the firm from February 2002 until his passing on August 9, 2003.

