New Jersey Employment Lawyer Blog

Employment lawyers in New Jersey representing the New Jersey State troopers who challenged the constitutionality of a New Jersey policy that bans them from moonlighting as lawyers saw their appeal dismissed on Wednesday. The Third U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a district judge's dismissal of the suit for failure to state a claim, agreeing that the plaintiffs had not made out a case of violation of equal protection or procedural due process. Until May 20, 2007, the trooper lawyers could handle noncriminal matters such as wills and real estate closings with the attorney general's approval. The policy changed to restrict troopers to representing members of their immediate families for free in non-adversarial matters with the attorney general's prior approval.