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Jessica Cafiero
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Phone: (973) 379-4200
Fax: (973) 379-7872
Email: jcafiero@lawjw.com
Rubin M. Sinins
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Rubin Sinins is a certified civil trial attorney, a certified criminal trial attorney, and a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers. Mr. Sinins represents individual and corporate clients in a host of legal contexts.
His litigation experience is wide-ranging, from the defense of complex investigations, civil complaints and criminal charges, to the prosecution of diverse civil claims, including fraud, breach of contract, wrongful termination, whistleblower actions, invasion of privacy, defamation, wrongful death, personal injury and sexual abuse. He has tried numerous cases in criminal, civil and equity courts. He represents licensed professionals before regulatory boards. As a leader in the Bar, Mr. Sinins is Past President of the Essex County Bar Association and Past Chair of the ECBA Judicial and Prosecutorial Appointments Committee. He is presently the Essex County member of the statewide Judicial and Prosecutorial Appointments Committee for the New Jersey State Bar Association. Mr. Sinins also serves as a member of the Supreme Court of New Jersey Board on Attorney Certification and its Board on Continuing Legal Education. He previously served as Chair of the District V-B Ethics Committee. Mr. Sinins also served for 15 years as co-Chair of the Criminal Section of the New Jersey Association for Justice and lectures extensively on litigation matters at continuing legal education programs for numerous Bar Associations and organizations.
Mr. Sinins earned his B.A. and M.A. degrees from the University of Pennsylvania and his J.D. from the George Washington University National Law Center, where he was a Notes Editor of the George Washington Law Review. Following law school, he served as research associate to the Honorable A. Leon Higginbotham, Chief Judge (retired) of the Third U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. Thereafter he served as a litigation associate in the New York City office of a large firm. He was a partner in the Newark, New Jersey firm Sinins & Bross, from 1998 through 2007, when he joined the Javerbaum Wurgaft firm as a partner.
- University of Pennsylvania, 1991 B.A.
with honors - George Washington University National Law Center, 1994 J.D.
with honors; Editor of the George Washington Law Review - University of Pennsylvania, 1991 M.A.
- New Jersey State Bar
- New York State Bar
- U.S. District Court for New Jersey
- U.S. District Court for Southern District of New York
- U.S. Third Circuit Court of Appeals
- United States Supreme Court
- Legal Leadership Award, American Civil Liberties Union of New Jersey Foundation
- Rubin M. Sinins has been selected for inclusion in New Jersey Super Lawyers Top 100 list in 2014 - 2024.*
- Rubin M. Sinins has been selected for inclusion in New Jersey Super Lawyers Criminal Defense list in 2007 - 2024.*
- Ten Leaders – Criminal Defense, Northern New Jersey, 2009 to present*
- Member, Judicial and Prosecutorial Appointments Committee, New Jersey State Bar Association
- Past Chair, Essex County Judicial and Prosecutorial Appointments Committee
- Past President, Essex County Bar Association
- Past Chair, Criminal Bench-Bar Committee, Essex County Bar Association
- Co-Chair, Criminal Section, New Jersey Association for Justice
- Former Chair, District V-B Ethics Committee
- American Association for Justice
- New Jersey State Bar Association
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Hot Topics in Ethics and Professionalism, New Jersey State Bar Association, May 14, 2025
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Handling Attorney-Trustee Appointments, Essex County Bar Association, April 9, 2025
Civil and Criminal Litigation Remedies for the Wronged Elder, New Jersey State Bar Association, Elder Law Section Retreat, April 4, 2025
Direct Examination and Cross-Examination, Regional Trial Boot Camp, American College of Trial Lawyers, November 25, 2024
“Professionalism in the Law 2024,” Essex County Bar Association, November 20, 2024
“New Jersey Finally Closes Its Domestic Violence ‘Stranger’ Loophole,” New Jersey Law Journal, January 10, 2024
“Browser Beware: Keyword Warrants and Evolving Internet Privacy Law,” New Jersey Law Journal, January 3, 2024
Geofence Warrants: The Next Frontier in Privacy Litigation, New Jersey Law Journal, February 16, 2023
Representing Juveniles with Autism in Criminal Matters, Essex County Bar Association, 2022
The Rocket’s Legal Misfires, New Jersey Law Journal, September 27, 2010
The MLB Steroids Investigation, and the Lessons It Offers, New Jersey Law Journal, July 6, 2010
The Governor and FDR, New Jersey Law Journal, May 10, 2010
Effective and Ethical Advocacy in High-Profile Cases, Essex County Bar Association, 2016 and 2017
Bail Reform in New Jersey: Impact on Domestic Violence Matters, Union County Bar Association, 2017
“Raising and Trying the Insanity Defense,” New Jersey Association for Justice, May 2014
“New Technologies and the Fourth Amendment,” Union County Public Defender’s Seminar, May 2014
“The Attorney-Client Relationship & Recurring Scenarios,” Lawline.com, April 2014
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“Defending Charges: Zealous Advocacy Amidst the Candor Requirement,” Lawline.com, April 2014
“Ethics for the NJ Criminal Attorney,” Lawline.com, December 27, 2012
Speaker, NJAJ Educational Foundation, “Ethics & Professionalism for Criminal Attorneys”, April 26, 2012
Co-Chair, NJAJ Educational Foundation, “Criminal Law Seminar”, April 26 & 27, 2012
Overcoming Ethical Dilemmas Facing Prosecutors and Defense Attorneys, New Jersey Association for Justice, scheduled for April 2011
Ethics and Professionalism for Criminal Practitioners, New Jersey Association for Justice, November 2010
Walk In Their Shoes: A Defense Attorney’s Advice for Prosecutors, Essex County Prosecutor’s Office, October 2010
Handling a Criminal Case from Arrest to Sentencing, Essex County Bar Association, October 2010
Building Your Case at the Initial Stage, New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education, September 2010
Advocating in a Modern World, Newark Academy Cum Laude Society, June 2010
Electronic Discovery in Civil and Criminal Matters, New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education, April 2010
Do’s & Don’ts of Cross-Examination, New Jersey Association for Justice, April 2010
Pre-Indictment Strategies, New Jersey Association for Justice, November 2009
Blog On: How the Internet Has Changed Civil and Criminal Litigation Forever, Essex County Bar Association, October 2009
White Collar Crime, New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education, September 2009
Discovering Unburied Treasure on Social Networking Web Sites, American Association for Justice, published May 2009
Evidentiary and Other Issues Arising in New Jersey Criminal Trials, New Jersey State Bar Association, November 2008
Grand Jury Practice, Union County Bar Association, May and February 2008
Criminal Trials, Essex County Bar Association, March 2008
Panelist and Moderator, “Evidentiary and Other Issues Arising in New Jersey Criminal Trials,” Mid-Year Conference of the New Jersey State Bar Association, Orlando, FL, November 2008
Panelist, “Grand Jury Practice,” Union County Bar Association, Spring 2008
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Moderator, “Bail Practices in Essex County,” Essex County Bar Association, Fall 2007
Panelist, “New Jersey Grand Jury Practice,” Essex and Union County Bar Associations Mid-Year Conference with the Trial Attorneys of New Jersey, Paradise Island, Bahamas, February 2008
Panelist, “Professionalism in the Law, Skills, and Methods Course,” Institute for Continuing Legal Education, Seton Hall Law School, May 8, 2007
Panelist, “New Jury Selection Procedures,” Essex and Union County Bar Associations Mid-Year Conference with the Trial Attorneys of New Jersey, St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, February 2007
Legal commentator on CourtTV for live criminal trials
Facebook, Inc. v. State of New Jersey, — N.J. — (2023)
State v. Manning, 240 N.J. 308 (2020)
State v. J.L.G., 234 N.J. 265 (2018)
State v. Lunsford, N.J. (2016)
State v. Pomainek, 221 N.J. 66 (2015)
State v. Earls, 214 N.J. 564 (2013)
State v. Reid, 194 N.J. 386 (2008)
Bernoskie v. Zarinsky, 394 N.J. Super. 421
Rankin v. Board of Trustees, Police and Fireman’s Retirement System, 2003 WL 21981984 (App. Div. 2003)
State v. Ruiz, 355 N.J. Super 237 (L. Div., 2002)
McRae v. St. Michaels Medical Center, 349 N.J. Super 583 (App. Div., 2002)
