Every firm says it's the best. We check. Top 4 of 11 Hackensack firms, out of 100, November 1, 2026:
Every firm on this list passed a check of New Jersey's public discipline records for the last 5 years. What we check
Only 5 of the 11 firms have one the Board's lists confirm, and they hold the top five spots. A Certified Civil Trial Attorney is a lawyer the Supreme Court of New Jersey has certified in civil trial work.
Compare the top 3 side by sideYou choose; we take no referral fees.
Most injury lawyers here are paid only from what you recover. New Jersey caps the fee at 33⅓% of the first $750,000. How fees work
Every Bergen County firm gets the same checks. Points add up, then turn into a score out of 100. Today 70 points can be checked for every firm.
A score compares firms with each other. 60 means 3rd of 11 here, not a failing grade. No firm can pay to change it.
Read the full methodologyPick what happened and what matters to you. Every number on a card is in all the data below, with its source.
A score is our opinion: our published method applied to public records, as of the date on this page. It isn't a judgment of any lawyer's skill or a prediction for your case.
11 ranked firms
Sorted by Counselworthy scoreEarned points for: 2 certified trial attorneys · 94% injury lawyers · explains case costs
Earned points for: 2 certified trial attorneys · chat, texting, Portuguese and Spanish · 20 results posted
Missing: Doesn't say who pays case costs
Earned points for: 1 certified trial attorney · all its lawyers do injury work · 44 results posted
Missing: Doesn't say who pays case costs
Earned points for: 1 certified trial attorney · explains case costs · 15 results posted
Earned points for: 1 certified trial attorney · all its lawyers do injury work · 24/7 line and Spanish
Missing: No results posted · doesn't say who pays case costs
Just behind #4: it earns 13.3 more points for injury focus. #4 earns 14 more for posted results and saying who pays case costs.
Earned points for: All its lawyers do injury work · 24/7 line, chat, texting and Spanish · 16 results posted
Missing: No certified trial attorney confirmed · doesn't say who pays case costs
Earned points for: All its lawyers do injury work · 1 result posted
Missing: No certified trial attorney confirmed · lists none of the contact options we score
Earned points for: 67% injury lawyers · 8 results posted · texting
Missing: No certified trial attorney confirmed · doesn't say who pays case costs
Earned points for: Explains case costs · leads licensed 35 years · 24/7 line and chat
Missing: No certified trial attorney confirmed
Earned points for: Chat, texting and Spanish · 21 results posted · 20% injury lawyers
Missing: No certified trial attorney confirmed · doesn't say who pays case costs
Earned points for: Leads licensed 42 years · 50% injury lawyers · chat
Missing: No certified trial attorney confirmed · no results posted
No ranked firm matches every pick.
The top 3 among the firms that list each kind of case on their own website, by score out of 100, with how many results of that kind each firm posts (firm-reported). Where a case type has its own ranking, that ranking sets the order and the score.
Every number, with its source, for when you want the detail.
Ranked on partial data. Bergen County court data isn't in for any firm yet, and license years are in for only 3 of 11. Each score counts only the measures that firm has data for.
| Rank | Firm | Score | Certified trial attorneys | Contact options listed | Published fee | Languages listed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank 1 | Garces, Grabler & LeBrocq, P.C.Case types listed: car accident, rideshare accident, truck accident, motorcycle accident, pedestrian accident, construction accident, workplace injury, slip and fall, burn injury, medical malpractice and wrongful death | 90 | 2 | 24/7 line, chat, free consult | Not published | English, Spanish |
| Rank 2 | Sarno da Costa D'Aniello Maceri Webb LLCCase types listed: car accident, truck accident, motorcycle accident, pedestrian accident, construction accident, workplace injury, slip and fall, burn injury, medical malpractice and wrongful death | 65 | 2 | Chat, texting, free consult | Not published | English, Portuguese, Spanish |
| Rank 3 | Injury Lawyers of NJCase types listed: car accident, rideshare accident, truck accident, motorcycle accident, pedestrian accident, construction accident, workplace injury, slip and fall, burn injury, medical malpractice and wrongful death | 60 | 1 | Chat, free consult | Not published | English |
| Rank 4 | Maggiano, DiGirolamo & Lizzi, P.C.Case types listed: car accident, truck accident, motorcycle accident, construction accident, workplace injury, slip and fall, medical malpractice and wrongful death | 60 | 1 | 24/7 line, free consult | Not published | English, Spanish |
| Rank 5 | Levin & MalkinCase types listed: car accident, rideshare accident, truck accident, motorcycle accident, pedestrian accident, construction accident, workplace injury, slip and fall, burn injury and wrongful death | 59 | 1 | 24/7 line, free consult | Not published | English, Spanish |
| Rank 6 | The Law Offices of Peter N. Davis & Associates, LLCCase types listed: car accident, rideshare accident, truck accident, motorcycle accident, pedestrian accident, workplace injury, slip and fall and wrongful death | 52 | 0 | 24/7 line, chat, texting, free consult | Not published | English, Spanish |
| Rank 7 | Cillick & SmithCase types listed: car accident, truck accident, motorcycle accident, pedestrian accident, construction accident, workplace injury, slip and fall, burn injury and wrongful death | 41 | 0 | Free consult | Not published | English |
| Rank 8 | Eisbrouch Marsh, LLCCase types listed: car accident, rideshare accident, truck accident, motorcycle accident, pedestrian accident, slip and fall, medical malpractice and wrongful death | 35 | 0 | Texting, free consult | Not published | English |
| Rank 9 | Aretsky Law GroupCase types listed: car accident, truck accident, motorcycle accident, pedestrian accident, workplace injury, slip and fall, burn injury, medical malpractice and wrongful death | 32 | 0 | 24/7 line, chat, free consult | Not published | English |
| Rank 10 | Scura, Wigfield, Heyer, Cammarota & Gonzalez, LLPCase types listed: car accident, truck accident, motorcycle accident, pedestrian accident, construction accident, workplace injury, slip and fall, medical malpractice and wrongful death | 30 | 0 | Chat, texting, free consult | Not published | English, Spanish |
| Rank 11 | Cowen & JacobsCase types listed: car accident, truck accident, pedestrian accident, slip and fall and medical malpractice | 28 | 0 | Chat, free consult | Not published | English |
Sources: firm websites, checked November 1, 2026, for case types, contact options, fees and languages (firm-reported). Certified Civil Trial Attorneys: NJ Board on Attorney Certification. Bergen County court data: not yet verified. Icons under each firm show the case types it lists on its website; gray means not listed. Firm size counts the lawyers each firm names on its own website.
Estimate what a client keeps from a settlement after New Jersey's capped contingency fee and case costs.
Estimate only, before medical liens and unpaid bills. Fee cap from New Jersey Court Rule 1:21-7. Firms may charge less.
Open the take-home calculatorMost Hackensack injury lawyers work on contingency, so the fee comes out of any recovery. New Jersey Court Rule 1:21-7 caps the fee at 33⅓% of the first $750,000. Only 2 of the 18 Hackensack injury firms we checked publish their fee online.
As of November 1, 2026, 5 of the 11 ranked Hackensack firms list a 24/7 phone line, including Garces, Grabler & LeBrocq, P.C., Maggiano, DiGirolamo & Lizzi, P.C. and Levin & Malkin. These are firm-reported, and we haven't tested the lines yet.
Usually 2 years after the injury, under N.J.S.A. 2A:14-2(a). Claims against a public entity need written notice within 90 days, under N.J.S.A. 59:8-8.
No. Counselworthy scores firms only on public measures, and the scoring code can't see who pays. Any featured spot is labeled and sits outside the ranked list.
