Local Government Law

A broad assortment of legal challenges regularly confronts local government. Like any business enterprise, cities, counties, local municipalities as well as municipal utilities, school boards and special authorities face lawsuits as well as procedural and operational issues that require expert legal representation.

Known for their expertise in local government law, the attorneys at Broscious, Fischer & Zaiter provide legal services for every type of public body from school systems, housing authorities, zoning boards, redevelopment councils and law enforcement departments to utility and electoral commissions. Among our local government clients are various Warren County school boards, which include Franklin Township, Knowlton Township, Oxford Township and Washington Borough. We also represent the Hackettstown Municipal Utilities Authority (HMUA).

At Broscious, Fischer & Zaiter, our attorneys are licensed and actively practice in New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Our geographical location in Washington, New Jersey positions us to readily serve clients in the western portion of the state as well as eastern Pennsylvania.

Our law firm represents local government entities in disputes and litigation ranging from civil rights claims, employee benefits, procurement policy, contractor claims, annexations, utility rates, extension of public services, redistricting procedures, access to public accommodations, provision of municipal services, and planning and zoning issues to name a few examples.

Whether your city, county, municipal utility or school board needs legal advice or litigation expertise to protect your interests in the area of state and local tax issues, planning, zoning, housing regulation, real property tax appeals, land use, law enforcement or municipal services, the lawyers at Broscious, Fischer & Zaiter have legal skills, derived from decades of experience to help you find a practical solution.

We invite you to call our law firm at 908-689-0992 or by email at info@bfz-legal.com to arrange a consultation to explore how an attorney/client relationship with our firm can benefit your government entity.

Broscious, Fischer & Zaiter is a multi-service law firm in Washington, NJ, serving clients in Warren, Hunterdon, Morris, Somerset, and Sussex Counties in New Jersey and in Hackettstown, NJ, as well as Easton, Allentown, Northampton, Lehigh and many other communities in Eastern Pennsylvania.

Traffic Ticket or A Criminal Violation

If you received a traffic ticket or other criminal violation you may have also gotten unsolicited mail offering legal help.

If you find this practice as offensive as we do, call our law firm at: 908-689-0992 or email us at info@bfz-legal.com. Broscious, Fischer & Zaiter will handle your problem in a professional manner. For more information on municipal violations or criminal charges in New Jersey or any charges in Pennsylvania.

"The Good Lawyer is not the man who has an eye to every side and angle of contingency,....but who throws himself on your part so heartily, that he can get you out of a scrape."

--- Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882)

Thomas P. Fischer is a member of The Million Dollar Advocates Forum recognized as the most prestigious group of trial lawyers in the United States. Membership is limited to attorneys who have won million and multi-million dollar verdicts, awards and settlements.