Nilaja Ford
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Nilaja Ford

Freeman Law Center, LLC

Jersey City, NJ

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About Nilaja

As a non-traditional law student, Ms. Ford worked full time as a Human Resources Manager at Rutgers University while attending law school in the evening. After graduating, Ms. Ford began her legal career as a Judicial Law Clerk at the Superior Court of New Jersey - Essex County Vicinage in the Criminal Division under the Honorable Harold Fullilove, Jr., J.S.C. She then took a role as a Special Deputy Attorney General/Acting Assistant Prosecutor where she worked in the Bail Reform Unit, then in the Special Victims Unit, on Domestic Violence matters and occasionally with Juveniles. From there,...

Awards & Recognition

Top 40 Under 40 Nation’s Best Advocates

2022

President’s Award for work with the NBA

2022

President’s Award for work with the NBA

2021

New Leader of the Bar by the New Jersey Legal Journal

2021

Professional Associations

National Bar AssociationAssociation of Black Women Lawyers of New JerseyGarden State Bar AssociationAmerican Bar Association Family Law SectionRutgers Alumnae NetworkIOLTA Fund of the Bar of New Jersey
Jersey City, NJ
4.7 rating (346 reviews)
6 attorneys
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