Practice Areas
For more than 140 years, our New Jersey law firm of Gebhardt & Kiefer, P.C. has provided legal services to individuals in Hunterdon County and surrounding areas. We strive to build a personal relationship with our clients while working to achieve their goals.
We are experienced in many areas of the law, including:
Personal Injury
Our law firm represents people who have suffered personal injuries or wrongful death from car accidents, slip-and-fall accidents, truck accidents, dangerous products, construction site accidents, fires, and other traumatic incidents. Our lawyers also represent injured workers in workers' compensation cases.
Family Law
Our lawyers are experienced in all aspects of family law for married and unmarried couples, including:
- Divorce
- Division of marital property
- Complex divorces requiring business valuations
- Alimony
- Alimony modifications
- Child custody and visitation
- Relocation
- Child support
- Child emancipation
- Civil unions and domestic partnerships
- Palimony
- Post-divorce modifications and enforcement related to child custody, alimony or child support
- Domestic violence and abuse proceedings
- Paternity actions involving unmarried parents seeking child support or child custody
- Prenuptial agreements
- Grandparent visitation
- Appeals
- Cohabitation
- Adoptions
- Mediation, arbitration & alternate dispute resolution
- Collaborative divorce
- Guardian ad litem appointments
- Non-dissolution or FD proceedings
- Division of Child Protection & Permanency (DCP&P)
Wills, Estates, Trusts & Probate
Our lawyers provide estate planning and elder law services to help families and individuals preserve assets, plan for incapacity, and minimize the impact of the federal estate and gift taxes. We are experienced in the probate of wills and the administration of estates and trusts. Our New Jersey attorneys will answer your estate planning questions.
Business Law and Commercial Litigation
Our firm assists in the formation of new business entities such as corporations, partnerships and limited liability companies. Our lawyers also serve as general legal counsel for small to medium-sized businesses, providing transactional and litigation services.
Employment Law
Our lawyers represent both employers and employees in issues related to the employment relationship, including employment contracts, severance agreements, and discrimination claims.
New Jersey Workers' Compensation
Many injured workers don't receive all of the benefits they deserve because they are not aware of the rules and the process for filing a Workers' Compensation application. Our lawyers have extensive experience with the Workers' Compensation claim system in New Jersey, and can guide you every step of the way.
Civil Rights Violations
The Constitution of the United States affords all citizens certain rights. When those rights are violated our justice system allows for lawsuits to be brought against the violators. Our experienced attorneys can assist you with this process.
Real Estate/Land Use and Development
Our lawyers represent sellers, buyers, lenders, borrowers, landlords, and tenants, in both commercial and residential transactions in New Jersey. Our lawyers are experienced in land use and development issues, real estate litigation, and refinancing.
Civil Litigation
The firm's litigation practice covers the full range of commercial, personal injury, insurance defense, employment, and real estate litigation.
Local Government Representation
Gebhardt and Kiefer has a long history of representing municipalities, their boards and agencies, municipal utilities authorities, counties, school boards and other public entities as either General Counsel or special counsel.
Contact an Attorney
For more information or to set up a consultation with a lawyer at Gebhardt & Kiefer, P.C., call 908-735-5161 or contact us by e-mail. With offices in Clinton Township (Annandale) and Bridgewater, our firm serves clients throughout central and northwestern New Jersey, including Hunterdon, Somerset, Warren, and Mercer Counties.