Franklin Park Consumer Lawyers

The firm’s founder and managing attorney is Laura J. Neville, Esq. Ms. Neville graduated from Rutgers University School of Law – Camden with Honors and was the recipient of the American Bankruptcy Institute Medal of Excellence and a Pro Bono Publico Award for her volunteer work. As a law student Ms. Neville was recognized for her persuasive and effective oral argument and legal writing skills, finishing with the Top Ten Brief and as Top Ten Oralist in the Honorable James J. Hunter Memorial Moot Court Competition. After receiving her Juris Doctorate, Ms. Neville was selected to serve an Appellate...

Education: J.D., cum laude - Thomas Jefferson School of Law, 2006 B.A., Communications/Psychology - College of Charleston, Charleston, SC, 2001 Christian Brothers Academy, Lincroft, NJ, 1997 Admitted to Practice: New Jersey Supreme Court, 2007  U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey U.S. Bankruptcy Court, District of New Jersey

A graduate of Smith College with a J.D. from Brooklyn Law School, Monika spent over 25 years fighting for the rights of consumers, first at Bedford Stuyvesant Legal Services and then at District Council 37’s Municipal Employees Legal Services Plan (DC37 MELS) in New York City. Monika defended tenants from eviction proceedings and managed hundreds of consumer chapter 7 and chapter 13 bankruptcy cases. Inspired to do more, Monika established her own law practice in 2005 in Monmouth Beach, NJ, where for 15 years she continued protecting consumers and advocating for their rights.

Monika is also an experienced...

I concentrate in the areas of family law, divorce mediation, bankruptcy, consumer law, foreclosure defense and real estate law. I strive to provide exceptional legal services in a cost effective and efficient manner.

I am a partner in the Woodbury, New Jersey firm of Craig, Annin & Baxter, LLP. The New Jersey Supreme Court has re-certified me as a Civil Trial Attorney through 2021, I have been certified for more than 25 years. I am currently among the attorneys chosen by Superlawyers for their New Jersey Super Lawyers List for 2018 and 2019. I am the former Lead Deputy for the Insurance Fraud Section of the New Jersey Department of Law & Public Safety. For the State, I handled civil trial and appellate litigation and was involved in precedent...