Firm Overview

Serving throughout Rockaway, Morris County and New Jersey

Bell, Shivas & Fasolo, P.C. is a full service law firm in Rockaway, New Jersey comprised of a team of lawyers who provide assistance and representation in a variety of legal areas. We serve clients throughout New Jersey and New York. Our firm has represented individual plaintiffs, defendants, businesses, corporations, labor unions, municipal governments, county governments, state governmental entities and public institutions for over 25 years. During this time we have earned the distinction of being named Super Lawyers four times and were recently awarded the Daily Record Reader's Choice Award for Best Legal Services 2010. Our attorneys hold bar admissions before the United States Supreme Court, the New Jersey Supreme Court, the State of New York and the State of New Jersey and much more. Joe Bell, the firm's founder, is a Seton Hall Law Graduate and holds an L.L.M. in Labor and Employment Law from prestigious New York University. Joe has represented over fifteen municipalities and government institutions throughout his career and currently holds an impressive record of three victories and no losses in the New Jersey State Supreme Court.

Our attorneys are admitted to practice in the United States Supreme Court, the New Jersey Supreme Court, the State of New Jersey, New York State, the State of Ohio, the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, the Federal District Court of New Jersey and the United States Court of Military Appeals and more. We have appeared before nearly every court and administrative body in the State of New Jersey.

Throughout nearly thirty years of experience Joe has represented numerous municipalities and local governments including, the County of Warren, Florham Park, Chatham Borough, The Township of East Hanover, Mt. Arlington, the Morris County Park Commission, The Township of Stillwater, the Morris County Board of Chosen Freeholders, the Township of Blairstown, the Town of Dover, the Township of Mine Hill, the Borough of Madison, the Township of Mt. Olive and Rockaway Township. Joe is a former municipal prosecutor and Morris County Clerk and is regarded as an expert in the area of governmental and employment law.

We Work Harder!

Some attorneys "specialize" in one area of law, but life is never that simple. An employment case may have a personal injury aspect, or vice versa. Clients benefit from the overlap of our diverse backgrounds. They also benefit from the extra effort we we put into the front end of the case: exploring all defense strategies, exhausting insurance sources for an auto accident claim, helping clients find doctors who will treat them for later payment.

We work for out-of-court resolutions when they meet our clients' needs, but we are experience trial lawyers willing to go all the way to a jury -- or beyond. Bell, Shivas & Fasolo, P.C. has taken three cases to the New Jersey Supreme Court, and we won all three: in employment litigation, criminal defense and municipal law.

Cases We Handle

When you retain the services of Bell, Shivas & Fasolo, P.C., you will receive the benefit of our decades of experience handling legal matters in the local area. Our legal team is well-versed in the laws, procedures, and local court systems handling employment law, personal injury, criminal law, DUI/DWI, family law, governmental law, public contracts, construction law, civil rights, social security disability, and tax appeals. If you are in need of legal services connected with any of these areas, we strongly encourage you to contact the firm to arrange a consultation with one of our attorneys soon as possible.

Bell, Shivas & Fasolo, P.C. Can Help

Because the firm is a small one, we can provide the personal attention and responsiveness that your case deserves. We pride ourselves on obtaining the best results for our clients, whether you are facing criminal charges, need help with an employment law issue, have been arrested for a DWI, or have been seriously injured in an accident caused by another's negligence.

In the area of criminal law, we handle all types of criminal defense, such as charges or criminal investigations connected with drug offenses, assault, parole violations, shoplifting, domestic violence, and more. We can help you obtain expungements of criminal records where eligible. We also defend DUI, DWI, motor vehicle/traffic violations as well as incidents involving municipal code and ordinances.

If you are an employer, employee, or job seeker, we provide legal help with such issues as wrongful termination, whistleblower, hostile work environment, unemployment, disability, sexual harassment, and employment/public contracts, issues concerning civil rights and discrimination involving age, race, sex, and pregnancy as well as social security disability.

Our legal team can also help you with issues involving family law, such as divorce or child support, can prepare wills and probate of estates, tax appeals, and issues in the area of election law.

By contacting our office for a consultation, you will be taking a proactive step in the resolution of your particular legal problem.

Contact our Rockaway New Jersey Office 973-442-7900 to discuss your legal issue today.