William P. Deni Sr., Esq., Partner

Education
Seton Hall Law School, Newark, N.J., J.D., 1972
Pennsylvania Military College (now Widener University), Chester, Pa., B.A., 1969

Professional Associations and Admissions

• Hunterdon County Bar Association
• New Jersey State Bar Association
• U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey
• Master of The Family Inn of Court, ESP Panelist
• Member of the Criminal Practice. Family Practice, Legislative and Bench-Bar Committee of the Hunterdon
• County Bar Association
• Former Chairman (two terms) of the Judicial Prosecutorial Appointments Committee of the Hunterdon County Bar Association

Whether the difficult choices you confront have to do with divorce and its many components, such as child custody, equitable distribution or international/interstate abduction, or a criminal arrest requiring your appearance in Superior or Municipal Court – including the technical field of DUI defense work – you can be assured that we will handle your case with the utmost care.

• Former Trustee and Legal Counsel, Copper Hill Country Club
• Former Legal Counsel and Consultant to Senators Walter E. Foran and Marcia A. Karrow

William Paul Deni, Sr., was born in Lambertville, New Jersey, and has resided continually in Hunterdon County, New Jersey.

During his teenage years, Mr. Deni was one of the top student athletes in New Jersey. He was named First Team All-State in football, First Team All-State in baseball, and was Batting Champion of the Mercer County American Legion Baseball League. When not playing sports in high school, Mr. Deni worked at Nick DiCrescenzo and Sons Meat Market with his grandfather and uncles.

Following his graduation from South Hunterdon Regional High School, Mr. Deni did a post-graduate year at Bordentown Military Institute. After prep school, he attended Pennsylvania Military College (now Widener University), where he was elected president of the class of 1969. During the summer he worked construction around the New Jersey State House. Little did he know that in future years he would be legal counsel to the New Jersey Legislature, Sen. Walter Foran and Minority Leader and future New Jersey Gov. Tom Kean.

Mr. Deni attended Seton Hall University Law School, where he was elected student senator of the class of 1972. While a student at Seton Hall, he was chosen to represent the Law School in the prestigious Trial Moot Court competition against other law schools.

During the summers that Mr. Deni attended law school, he was a law clerk for the New Jersey Legislature and also legal assistant to Motor Vehicles Commission Director Ray Marini.

Unlike many attorneys in New Jersey who claim an expertise in a certain area of the law, Mr. Deni is one of the few, if not the only, lawyer in the state to possess such a ubiquitous legal background that he is able to advocate and protect his clients' interests and well-being across nearly all areas of the law.

Highlights of Mr. Deni's career include:

• Law clerk to two Superior Court judges simultaneously in civil law and criminal law.
• During his clerkship, he also ran Hunterdon County Legal Services, where he began working in the area of family law in 1973.
• Former partner of Rubin and Deni, PA
• Minority counsel, New Jersey State Legislature
• Assistant Prosecutor, Deputy Attorney General prosecuting felonies, misdemeanors and DWI cases throughout Hunterdon County

Mr. Deni's extensive expertise covers the following areas of the law: