Pleasantville, NJ

Charles H. Nugent Jr.

Charles H. Nugent Jr., the firm’s founder, has been representing people in New Jersey and Pennsylvania for more than 38 years. He is recognized as one of the premier trial attorneys in New Jersey and Pennsylvania, with a proven history of success and an unparalleled reputation for fighting for his client’s rights in both criminal cases and serious personal injury cases. He has recovered tens of millions of dollars for clients in personal injury law. Mr. Nugent is Certified by the New Jersey Supreme Court as a Certified Civil Trial Attorney, a member of the Million Dollar Advocates Forum, and has been named one of the Top 100 Trial Lawyers in New Jersey by the National Trial Lawyers Association. He has also been nominated as a Top Attorney by South Jersey Magazine and consistently received a rating of “10” and “Superb” by AVVO, along with the Client’s Choice Award. He has been recognized in the New York Times as one of the “Ten Leaders” of Southern Central New Jersey Criminal Defense Law and for excellent advocacy in New Jersey Monthly Magazine, Philadelphia Magazine, and South Jersey Magazine. He attended the prestigious National Criminal Defense College in Macon, Georgia. He has been selected by his peers as a “Super Lawyer” for more than 20 years, including 16 consecutive years, from 2005 through 2024. Mr. Nugent has represented clients in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Florida, New York, and Texas.

Jennifer serves as “of counsel” to the firm and has more than 20 years of legal experience. She focuses primarily on representing clients in personal injury matters and has extensive experience handling automobile accidents, slip and falls, and cases involving defective products. After graduating from Lafayette College with a bachelor's of arts, double major in government and law, anthropology and sociology, Jennifer attended Temple University School of Law. Thereafter, Jennifer clerked for the Honorable Joseph C. Visalli, Superior Court of New Jersey in Cape May County. She represented injured people for seven years at the law office of Rossetti & DeVoto in Cherry Hill, New Jersey, before opening her own office. Jennifer is a court appointed civil arbitrator in Burlington and Camden Counties. She is a member of the Burlington County, Camden County and State of New Jersey Bar Associations. She is licensed to practice law in New Jersey, Pennsylvania and federal court.

Matthew C. Maressa

Matthew C. Maressa is a knowledgeable and committed attorney at Nugent Law, having joined the firm in January of 2018. He focuses on criminal defense, personal injury, and workers’ compensation. Mr. Maressa graduated from the University of Maryland, College Park, with a Bachelor of Arts degree in History in 2014, and from the University of South Carolina School of Law with a J.D. in 2017. While in law school, he was a member of the Student Senate and studied Transnational Dispute Resolution at the Honorable Gray’s Inn in London. He has worked on a variety of cases including personal injury, malpractice, estate planning, criminal defense, workers’ compensation, and complex civil litigation. Mr. Maressa is a South Jersey native and represents the third generation of attorneys in his family.

Jerry Steiner is an attorney with over 25 years of legal experience, specializing in municipal court, criminal matters, and general practice. He has handled over 2,500 successful cases and served as President of the Atlantic County Bar Association. He also taught Business Law at Atlantic Cape Community College.

Chris has extensive expertise in complex litigation matters, including wrongful death and personal injury arising from several types of accidents and negligence. Chris has been certified by the New Jersey Supreme Court as a Civil Trial Attorney since 2007. This is the highest specialty certification available to New Jersey trial lawyers. Chris has also been named to New Jersey Super Lawyers, which recognizes outstanding attorneys. Through his representation of individuals as well as corporate clients, he also has extensive experience handling commercial litigation, employment law and insurance coverage litigation. In addition, Chris handles insurance subrogation involving defective products, automobile negligence, liquor liability, fire loss, oil contamination and professional negligence cases.

Jack has more than 40 years of legal experience in the areas of personal injury, commercial litigation, real estate litigation, commercial transactions, mediations and arbitrations. After graduating from Syracuse University with a bachelor's of science in economics, Jack attended University of Akron, where he earned his law degree. He was managing partner of Biel, Zlotnick & Feinberg for many years before opening his own practice in 2009. He was a New Jersey Superior Court approved Arbitrator an Mediator. Jack retired from the practice of law in March of 2019. He serves as an advisor to the firm.

Chad M Sherwood

Chad M Sherwood is an experienced litigation and bankruptcy attorney. He received his undergraduate Bachelor of Arts in both political science and philosophy from Rutgers College. He then received his Juris Doctor with Honors at Rutgers School of Law - Camden. While attending Rutgers School of Law - Camden, he was honored with the Corpus Juris Secundum Award in Contracts. Mr. Sherwood served as law clerk to the Honorable Carmen H. Alvarez, Superior Court of New Jersey, Cape May County, during the 1999-2000 year, before eventually becoming an associate with the Youngblood, Lafferty & Sampoli law firm. While there, his field of work included commercial litigation, civil litigation, bankruptcy, real estate, property rights, public trust, appellate work and collections. On November 7, 2011, he opened the Law Office of Chad M Sherwood, LLC, where he continues to represent individuals and businesses throughout southern New Jersey. Mr. Sherwood previously served as a Trustee of the Atlantic County Bar Association.