New Jersey Legal Research Services for Attorneys
The National Legal Research Group was founded in 1969 to provide quality research and writing services to law firms of all shapes and sizes. More than 50 years, 50,000 clients and 185,000 research projects later, we still have the same goal.
We have served over 2400 attorneys in New Jersey on over 4600 cases. We list some of these attorneys below, along with what they have said about our services.
NLRG offers a broad range of work products, both objective and advocacy. Our objective products can help you evaluate a case or give you sources to cite in a work product of your own. Our most common advocacy product is a motion brief or trial brief. Earlier in the case, we can draft complaints, answers, and motions, including discovery motions. We also draft signature-ready appellate briefs to the New Jersey appellate division and to the New Jersey Supreme Court. Here is a broader discussion of the types of products we prepare.
Many of our clients are solo practitioners and small firms. We take great pride in allowing these clients access to the same legal research firepower enjoyed by larger firms, at an affordable price. We cannot work for non-attorneys.
We have over 25 research attorneys. Some work at our headquarters building just west of Charlottesville, Virginia; others work remotely. We list below our attorneys who most regularly work on New Jersey cases. You can also view full biographies of our entire attorney staff. We specialize by area of law, and many of our attorneys have years of experience working in their areas. All of our research projects are done by human attorneys; we use AI only as one among many research tools.
Our normal turnaround time is 2-3 weeks, but we can sometimes do quick email or telephone reports in as little as 1-2 days, though at a higher billing rate. Here is a full list of our billing rates.
New Jersey Research Attorney Spotlight
Senior Attorney Matthew McDavitt
B.A., University of Virginia, 1993. J.D., University of Virginia, 2006, where he was a member of the Virginia Environmental Law Forum and was a Public Interest Law Association Grant Winner.
Matthew specializes in Wills, Trusts and Estates, Pensions, and Environmental Law. His conservation efforts on behalf of critically endangered sawfishes have been internationally recognized, as he was a 2008 recipient of the Peter Benchley Shark Conservation Award. Read Full Bio
Co-President Suzanne L. Bailey
B.A., University of Virginia, 1980. J.D., University of Detroit School of Law, 1983. Member, Michigan, New York, & Virginia Bars. Prior to joining our firm, Suzanne served as a Law Clerk to The Honorable Stewart A. Newblatt, United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, from 1983 to 1985. She left Michigan for New York, and from 1985 to 1990 she was an Assistant Corporation Counsel, promoted to a Deputy Chief Assistant Corporation Counsel, with the New York City Law Department, General Litigation Division, litigating in the state & federal trial courts of New York City. Read Full Bio
Senior Attorney Anne Hemenway
B.A., Harvard University, 1979, Cum Laude. J.D., Case Western Reserve University School of Law, 1985. Member, New Mexico Bar. Anne worked as a legislative assistant for former Senator Birch Bayh and former Senator Joe Tydings in Washington, D.C. Upon graduating from law school, she practiced commercial law for five years before joining NLRG. Read Full Bio.
Testimonials
"It was a pleasure working with your firm. The attorney understood the issues and was able to incorporate facts into a superb legal argument."
—Lorraine Teleky-Petrella, Hackensack, NJ
"The volume of materials you sent me is so substantial, that it will take days to navigate it... Working within the confines of a limited budget and significant time restraint, you were nonetheless able to offer me some direction to guide my case strategy, bolstered by more than sufficient array of case law in support... In addition, I appreciate your generosity in taking the time to guide me through those key case holdings... Whatever the outcome,... I am far better educated and prepared as a result."
—Geoffrey L. Steiert, Voorhees, NJ
"I can always count on Matthew [McDavitt]; enough said!"
—Eugene McDonald, NJ
"I'm very pleased with the result of Anne Hemenway's research. I now know what must be proven.
—Martin Burger, Palisades Park, NJ
"Suzanne Bailey is great to deal with - a truly smart lawyer. Terrific job in all respects."
—Paul Shalita, Trenton, NJ
