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Mr. Haveson is a former Chief Trial Attorney-Mercer County Prosecutor's Office (1977-1985) where he held the positions of Chief of the Homicide Unit, Chief of the Career Criminal Unit, Chief of the Trial Section and the Chief of the Juvenile Unit. Mr. Haveson prosecuted over 75 jury trials, including 15 murder cases. He has served as Municipal Prosecutor in East Windsor and Lawrence Townships. Over the past 25 years he has gained extensive experience in criminal defense. Jury trials have included numerous homicide defense cases.
EXPERIENCE
Partner April 1985 - present
HAVESON AND OTIS
194 Nassau Street
Princeton, New Jersey 08542
Partner in a general practice law firm with emphasis on criminal, municipal court and civil litigation and residential real estate matters. Criminal defense has included homicide cases in state court, and federal court defense work. Handled countless cases in all municipal courts in Mercer County and many in the surrounding area. Certified by the Supreme Court of New Jersey as a Criminal Trial Attorney.
Municipal Prosecutor
East Windsor Township, Mercer County January-December, 1990
Chief Trial Attorney January 1977 - April 1985
Mercer County Prosecutor's Office
Trenton, New Jersey 08650
Positions included Chief of Homicide Unit, Special Investigations Unit, Career Criminal Unit, Trial Section and Juvenile Unit. Prosecuted over 75 jury trials including 15 murder cases.
EDUCATION
Columbus School of Law 1973 - 1974
Catholic University of America 1975 - 1976
Washington, D.C.
J.D. awarded in May 1976.
Notre Dame London Center for Legal Studies 1974 - 1975
University of Notre Dame
London, England
Second year of law school taken abroad.
Tufts University 1969 - 1973
Medford, Massachusetts
B.S. awarded in June 1973 with major in Mathematics and Economics.
CERTIFICATIONS AND AFFILIATIONS
Admitted to New Jersey Bar in December 1976. Admitted to practice in all the courts of New Jersey, the federal District Court for the District of New Jersey, the Third Circuit Court of Appeals and the Supreme Court of the United States. Certified by the Supreme Court of New Jersey as a Criminal Trial Attorney. Member of the Criminal Justice Act Panel of attorneys representing criminal defendants in Federal Court in the District of New Jersey. Past President of the Mercer County Bar Association. Former member of the Statewide Panel of the Supreme Court Committee on Character. Former member of District VII Ethics Committee. Member of the Association of Trial Lawyers of America and Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers - New Jersey.
COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES
Member of the Newtown Friends School Board, Newtown, Pennsylvania.
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