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Title: Criminal Defense Attorney

Company: Law Offices of Alissa Hascup, LLC

Location: Paterson, N.J.

Alissa Hascup was admitted to the Bar in 2007. She was the New Jersey representative, on behalf of the New Jersey State Bar, for the New Jersey Supreme Court Domestic Violence Working Group. She is passionate about promoting female attorneys in the criminal defense field because it is mainly male-dominated. She aims to promote the young female presence in the field. She became involved in her profession because she always knew she wanted to be a lawyer. She had a passion about the law and the constitution, and she was attracted to criminal defense law because of how it evolves and constantly changes. For example, online harassment cases didn’t exist 20 years ago. Continue reading →