South Jersey Criminal Law Attorney
John J. Zarych
Firm founder, John Zarych, brings to each Federal and State criminal case a wealth of strong academic and courtroom experience. While attending the University of Maryland School of Law, where he graduated cum laude, John Zarych distinguished himself by being elected as an Editor of the prestigious Maryland Law Review and by achieving the highest grade in the law school for criminal procedure and administrative law. These two subjects deal with the protections afforded individual citizens by the U.S. Constitution and the manner in which attorneys use those protections to assist citizens who are being illegally accused or oppressed by the government.
While serving on the Maryland Law Review and attending law school John Zarych clerked for The Honorable Leon Pierson, the former United States Attorney for Maryland, where he was entrusted with significant projects in Maryland and Washington, D.C. John Zarych's interest in criminal law began while still in law school when he was recruited to assist some of Maryland's foremost criminal defense attorneys in significant criminal cases.
Stefanie Zarych, Esq.
Ms. Zarych received her Juris Doctor degree from Villanova University School of Law. At Villanova, she volunteered her time for the Homeless Advocacy Project and won her first trial as a student in the school's Juvenile Justice Clinic. Prior to law school, Ms. Zarych graduated cum laude from Fairfield University in Connecticut in just three years with two majors, English and Religious Studies. Ms. Zarych was honored for her excellence in academics and community service by being inducted into Alpha Sigma Nu, the National Jesuit Honor Society. She was also granted membership into the National English Honor Society and National Religious Studies Honor Society. After leaving college Ms. Zarych worked in advertising research for a large magazine publisher in New York City. She is also registered in NJ as an EMT-Basic.
Ms. Zarych describes the American criminal justice system as one that is "inundating to the poor, the uneducated and the unrepresented. The ease with which innocent people are accused of crimes and the stigma that immediately attaches to them solely because of those accusations is shocking. We have a good system that is imperfect. As such, the criminal defense lawyer must be both a diplomat and a warrior."
Currently, Ms. Zarych is a member of the Atlantic County Bar Association. She volunteers as an attorney-coach for Pleasantville High School's Mock Trial Team and with Habitat for Humanity of Atlantic County.
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