Top Rated Criminal Defense Attorney in Hackensack, NJ

A criminal defense attorney with Galantucci & Patuto, S. Emile Lisboa IV represents clients in New York and New Jersey. With almost two decades of experience, he is a trial attorney and has worked on cases in federal and state courts involving crimes such as vehicular homicide, street crimes, white collar crimes, fraud and murder. His clients include public officials, law enforcement employees, business leaders, doctors, lawyers, entertainers and professional athletes.

Mr. Lisboa is admitted to practice in both New York and New Jersey. He is also admitted to practice before the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey and the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York. The New Jersey Supreme Court certified him as a Criminal Trial Attorney and a Municipal Court Law Attorney.

Fluent in both Spanish and English, Mr. Lisboa graduated from Rutgers University in 1999, then moved on to law school at the same university. In 2002, he earned his Juris Doctor and worked for four years as an assistant prosecutor for the Union County Prosecutor’s Office.

He is a member of the Hispanic Bar Association of New Jersey, the New York State Bar Association and the New Jersey State Bar Association. Mr. Lisboa joins with the attorneys at his firm in representing clients facing charges related to sexual assault, internet crimes, weapons offenses, driving while intoxicated, commercial bribery, probation violations, organized crime and restraining orders.