Experience the Woolcock Patton Difference
Woolcock Patton’s approach is to put their clients in the best possible position. Based on their experience and in depth understanding of how courtroom decisions are made, Woolcock Patton explores all legal options available to their clients.
James Patton, having over thirty years as a Trial Lawyer in Federal and State Courts, started his career as a Prosecutor—first at the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office in the City of New York and then at the United States Attorney’s Office in Newark New Jersey — Mr. Patton gained an intimate understanding of the methods and practices of his adversaries, thus enabling him to more effectively fight for his clients and prepare their defenses.
Sandra Woolcock concentrates her practice in trusts and estates, wealth transfer, estate planning, estate administration and probate, guardianship, special needs and dispute resolution arising from complex New Jersey Wills. She seeks to maximize the goals of estate owners including limiting tax liability, avoiding or minimizing probate court involvement, and in anticipating and planning for issues affecting estate transfer.
Current Articles
In New Jersey the noncustodial parent is obligated to pay child support for the college student regardless if the student has an obligation to contribute to his own college expenses.
There are some criminal cases where the more common criminal defenses — mistaken identity, justification, or lack of knowledge or intent — just don’t apply.
One of the most devastating issues that can arise in a divorce, for a family from Livingston, New Jersey – the mother, the father and the children – is when one parent asks for child custody relocation out of state.
