- State of New Jersey, 1976
- Federal District Court of New Jersey
Joseph J. Peters is an experienced personal injury attorney and well-known litigator who has tried hundreds of matters to conclusion. With a broad legal practice and 40 years of experience, Joseph brings depth and knowledge to personal injury litigation, trucking, slip and fall, products liability, DUI cases, auto accidents, catastrophic injuries, structured settlements, civil litigation, and workers’ compensation and in the process, millions of dollars have been awarded to injured parties. In addition, Joseph also has extensive experience and knowledge in family law, divorce, domestic violence, custody, child support and adoption. Joseph takes an individual approach to each and every case, carefully assessing the unique elements and structuring creative strategies for success.
Joseph has been a member of the Middlesex County District Ethics Committee, the Middlesex County Fee Dispute Committee and has also been a Middlesex County Personal Injury arbitrator on many cases. Joseph was selected for inclusion in the “New Jersey Super Lawyers”* by New Jersey Magazine for each year since 2012 in the category of Personal Injury. Joe has also been named as a New Jersey Best Lawyer for Families. In 2020 and 2021, Joseph was named to America’s Top 100 Personal Injury Attorneys in New Jersey. According to America’s Top 100 LLC, less than one-half percent of active attorneys in the United States were named to this list, which is by invitation only, and is comprised of the nation’s top trial lawyers for high-value personal injury, catastrophic injury, wrongful death, product liability, and medical malpractice matters.
He is a frequently lecturer educating fellow attorneys on litigation, trial strategy and risk management as well as on settlement strategies. In addition, Joseph has served on the Board of the Rutgers Preparatory School in Somerset, New Jersey.
*No aspect of this advertisement has been approved by the Supreme Court of New Jersey or the American Bar Association. A description of the standard or methodology used by Super Lawyers and America’s Top 100 Personal Injury Atorneys can be found on their respective websites.


- Middlesex County Bar Association, Association of Trial Lawyers
- Middlesex County District Ethics Committee
- Domestic Violence (Co-Chair)
- Personal Injury (Co-Chair)
- Workers’ Compensation (Co-Chair)
- Commercial and Corporate Litigation
- Matrimonial and Family Law
Mandelbaum Barrett PC's Personal Injury Team Recently Helped an Injured Patron Hold a Careless Bar Accountable For an On-site Stabbing
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