Victor A. Afanador
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VICTOR A. AFANADOR handles litigation and trials of civil and criminal cases. His experience includes municipal tort liability defense, police related state and federal civil rights defense, condemnation and redevelopment law, complex commercial litigation, and criminal defense. In addition, Mr. Afanador served from September 1999 through May of 2005 as Deputy Director of Law for the City of Perth Amboy. In that capacity, he provided counsel to the Mayor, the City Council, and City department directors on legal matters.
Mr. Afanador has successfully tried to verdict jury and bench trials in civil rights and redevelopment law matters. He has also tried municipal employee termination hearings before the Office of Administrative Law and numerous matters of many types in Municipal Court. He also litigated and managed the condemnation of sixteen properties in a single municipality.
In addition to his trial work, Mr. Afanador has argued before the Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division. His published opinions include Deegan v. Perth Amboy Redevelopment Agency, 374 N.J. Super. 80 (App. Div. 2005).
Mr. Afanador has also applied his investigative skills in the class action area. He interviewed Spanish-speaking employees and prepared a report for the Court as part of the firm's responsibilities as Class Administrator for an employment discrimination class action.
Mr. Afanador clerked for Judges Mathias E. Rodriguez and Frederick P. DeVesa, Superior Court of New Jersey, Law Division Criminal Part, in Middlesex County from 1998-1999.
Mr. Afanador was appointed by the Essex County Executive in September of 2005 to serve as a Commissioner on the Essex County Board of Public Utilities. He is a member of the New Jersey State Bar Association, The Association of the Federal Bar of the State of New Jersey, Seton Hall University School of Law Alumni Association, the Essex County Bar Association, and the Hispanic Bar Association of New Jersey. He is a 2003 Graduate of the Leadership Newark Fellowship Program and has served on the African Globe Theatreworks Board of Directors, a professional theater company based in Newark, New Jersey.