Mercer County Criminal Defense Lawyer

Kristy L. Bruce, Esquire

Partner at The Rubinstein Law Firm, LLC
1675 Whitehorse Mercerville Road, Suite 206
Hamilton, NJ 08619

Contact: 609-392-7600
Fax: 609-964-1785

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Experience 
Born and raised in Pennsylvania, she graduated from Arcadia University in 2000 where she obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology. She obtained a paralegal certificate from Villanova University in 2001. In 2004 she entered law school while continuing to work full-time as a paralegal. In May 2008, she obtained her Juris Doctorate degree from Rutgers University (Camden). During law school, she was a staff Editor and a Notes and Comment Editor for the Rutgers University (Camden) Law Journal.

Area of Practice
Criminal Defense       
Personal Injury             
Business Litigation    

Bar Admissions
New Jersey 2008
District of New Jersey 2008
Pennsylvania 2008
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania 2008

Honors
2012 Rising Star with New Jersey Super Lawyers 
2013 Rising Star with New Jersey Super Lawyers
2014 Rising Star with New Jersey Super Lawyers
2014 Avvo Top Contributor for Criminal Defense
2014 Paul Harris Fellow Recipient
2015 Avvo Top Contributor for Criminal Defense
2015 Rising Star with New Jersey Super Lawyers
2016 Rising Star with New Jersey Super Lawyers
2017 Rising Star with New Jersey Super Lawyers
​2017 40 Alumni Under 40 Arcadia University 
2018 Rising Star with New Jersey Super Lawyers
​2020 New Jersey Super Lawyers

Professional and Bar Association Memberships
-Trenton Rotary Club
-Board Member of Trenton Rotary Club
-Mercer County Bar Association
-Bucks County Bar Association
-New Jersey Association for Justice
-Pennsylvania Association for Justice
-Wills for Heroes Foundation


Authorship

Kristy L. Bruce is the co-author of New Jersey Personal Injury Law.  It is a comprehensive treatise discussing personal injury law in New Jersey. It is updated and released each year with new case law. 

Book: Personal Injury Law, 2018-2019 ed. (Vol. 56, New Jersey Practice Series)

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