Robert E. Rochford             Special Counsel     
   

  BORN:

April 4, 1949, Springfield, Massachusetts

  EDUCATION:

Rutgers University, J.D. (with honors) 1974
University of Massachusetts, B.A. (magna cum laude) 1971

  BAR ADMISSIONS:

New Jersey, 1974
United States District Court for the District of New Jersey, 1974
United States Supreme Court, 1983
United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, 1992
United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, 1993

  PRACTICE AREAS:  

Corporate, Commercial and Appellate Litigation
Employment Law
Criminal Law
Franchise Law

  PUBLISHED CASES (partial):

Instructional Systems, Inc. v. Computer Curriculum Corporation, NJ, 130 N.J. 324, 614 A. 2d 124 (1992)

  PUBLICATIONS:

"The Sentencing Provisions of the Proposed Federal Penal Code", 6 Criminal Justice Quarterly 74, 1978
"Criminal Liability in Public Financing Decisions", 2 New Jersey Municipal Finance Journal 5, 1983

  TEACHINGS/SEMINARS:

Adjunct Professor of Law (Legal Writing, Legal Advocacy and Criminal Law), Rutgers University (Newark) 1980-1986

  MEMBERSHIPS:

New Jersey State Bar Association
   - Civil Trial Bar Section
   - Criminal Law Section
   - Labor and Employment Law Section
Bergen County Bar Association
Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers of New Jersey (ACDL-NJ)
Association of Federal Bar of New Jersey
Association of Trial Lawyers of America (ATLA)
New Jersey Supreme Court Committees on Model Jury Charges
   - Criminal, 1980-1982
   - Evidence, 1981- 1993
Member, Editorial Board, New Jersey Law Journal - 1996 - present
New Jersey Narcotics Enforcement Officers Association
e-mail: rerochford@winnebanta.com
 

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