The New Jersey lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (“LGBT”) community faces a number of potential challenges that other communities do not have to deal with. In addition to prejudice, legal conundrums and gray areas unfortunately exist. As of 2015, same-sex marriages are recognized in New Jersey and across the county.

Client from India who is Legal Resident on work visa cannot renew NJ Driver’s License because the name on the Federal SAVE (Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements Program Database System) and the Department of Motor Vehicles do not match.

William Shakespeare may have said “a rose by any other name would smell as sweet.” But a person without a birth certificate is not sweet at all. A person in New Jersey relies heavily on having a birth certificate to do things like getting a driver’s license, getting married, proving citizenship, getting a passport, enrolling in school, and a host of other activities. Our office recently had the privilege to represent a client who did not have a birth certificate. He had a di