Proven New Jersey Trial Lawyers
The Law Offices of Shelley L. Stangler, P.C., is a Springfield, New Jersey, law firm serving clients in Union County, Hudson County, Essex County, Ocean County, Middlesex County and throughout New Jersey. We provide strong legal advocacy and personalized service in the following practice areas:
Personal Injury — We level the playing field for the average person seeking rightful compensation from a corporate entity or insurance company.
- Auto and Truck Accidents: We aggressively pursue full compensation for all types of motor vehicle accidents to assist clients with their medical bills, property damage and related aftermath of a crash.
- Falls / Premises Liability: Our premises liability practice includes helping people who have been injured on property such as shopping centers, stores, amusement parks, warehouses and all commercial and residential premises. We also handle cases involving lack of adequate security causing injury or loss of property that could have been prevented.
- Swimming and Watercraft Accidents: We pursue justice for swimming pool injuries, boating injuries and other recreational accidents caused by the negligence of a facility, builder or manufacturer.
- Defective Machinery and Defective Products: Ms. Stangler has extensive experience in product liability litigation, from workplace machinery and equipment to auto defects and consumer products.
- Construction Accidents: We have extensive experience getting compensation for those injured because of job site conditions that are unnecessarily hazardous.
- Work-Related Accidents: Our attorneys help clients and their families get restitution for on-the-job injuries, such as exposure to toxic chemicals, burns, back and neck injuries from lifting and manual labor, fractures, carpal tunnel syndrome and other nerve damage, and injuries from defective equipment and machinery.
- Professional and Medical Malpractice: We help people who have suffered either physical or financial injury because of substandard care from physicians, surgeons, nurses, dentists, attorneys, accountants, engineers, architects, brokers, or other professionals.
- Brain Injury: Ms. Stangler's special education background gives her special insights into cognitive impairments and appropriate testing of the functional abilities of brain injury victims to determine full and proper compensation.
- Wrongful Death: When a person loses his or her life due to the negligence of another party, the surviving family may be entitled to compensation for lost wages, medical bills, and other expenses. Our law firm is proud to help families get the financial support they need to help them through a difficult time.
Education Law — We provide forceful advocacy on behalf of school children and their parents, as well as college and university students, in disciplinary actions, suspension, expulsion, discrimination matters, academic issues, accommodation, disability and other issues.
- Shelley Stangler is intimately familiar with special education matters, including IEP meetings and special education services, programs and placements as permitted under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, the Law Against Discrimination, the New Jersey Administrative Code and other statutory protections.
- Private School issues — The rights of a privately placed or parochial school child to receive special education and related services are the subject of specific statutory provisions of the IDEA and the New Jersey Administrative Code. Ms. Stangler is actively involved in this very specialized area of placement and represents parents trying to obtain services for children placed in sectarian religious schools and other private placements.
Civil Rights — We aggressively represent of people who have been subjected to injury, harassment, false charges or other mistreatment by police, school officials, employers, corrections staff or governmental bodies.
- Ms. Stangler has handled many police misconduct lawsuits, including a landmark case of excessive force by an off-duty Jersey City officer.
Employment Discrimination — Under federal and state civil rights statutes, we pursue damages against employers for wrongful hiring practices and workplace discrimination, sexual harassment, age, religious and racial discrimination and wrongful termination.
Civil Torts — Shelley Stangler has a strong background in breach of contract and intentional and negligence torts, especially wrongful acts that interfere with economic advantage and one's ability to earn a living.
Call us toll free at 877-267-9907 or contact us online to set up an appointment with our experienced trial lawyers. We have law offices in Springfield, New Jersey and New York City. For personal injury cases, we can arrange to meet you at a location near your home, or arrange evening appointments. We travel throughout New Jersey and make appearances in courts around the state.
