Barry H. Evenchick

Barry Evenchick focuses his practice in litigation, particularly in the areas of trial and appellate litigation, criminal law, business law, commercial law, employment law, administrative law, real estate, and zoning and planning. He is a qualified N.J. Ct. R. 1:40-12 mediator for Chancery and Civil Matters and is an Arbitrator at the American Arbitration Association.

He served as chief of the appellate section of the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office and subsequently as administrative assistant to the president of the New Jersey Board of Public Utility Commissioners. He also served as deputy attorney general and the first chief of the appellate section of the New Jersey Division of Criminal Justice. Barry served for 12 years as the municipal attorney of the Township of Livingston and for six years as a commissioner of the New Jersey State Commission of Investigation.

Until recently, and for almost 45 years previously, he served as an adjunct faculty member at Rutgers Law School in Newark and taught a number of courses, including municipal law and appellate advocacy. He serves as vice-chair of the editorial board of the New Jersey Law Journal. In addition, he has served on a variety of state, local, and national advisory boards relating to law and criminal justice, and served in the New Jersey Army National Guard as an officer in the Judge Advocate General’s Corps. 

From 2009 to 2010, Barry was the New Jersey Commissioner of the Waterfront Commission of New York Harbor. 

Community & Professional

• The Study Committee on Public Health Emergency Authorities, Uniform Law Commission (ULC)
• New Jersey State Bar Association
• Essex County Bar Association
• Federal Bar Association
• American Bar Association
• American Law Institute, Life Member
• American Bar Foundation, fellow
• Supreme Court Committee on Rules of Practice and Procedure, past member
• New Jersey Supreme Court Advisory Committee on Extrajudicial Activities, 2007-2017
• Motor Vehicle Study Commission for the State of New Jersey, Chairman,1974-1986
• Counsel for the National Advisory Committee on Criminal Justice, Standards and Goals
• Governor’s Advisory Committee for Implementation of the Penal Code
• New Jersey Supreme Court Task Force on Speedy Trials
• New Jersey Supreme Court Special Committee on Criminal Appeals
• New Jersey State Commission of Investigation, member 1987-1993.
• New Jersey member of the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws,1981-present; chair of the New Jersey delegation
• New Jersey Law Journal, vice-chair, editorial board
• New Jersey Commissioner, Waterfront Commission of New York Harbor, 2009-2010
• American Arbitration Association Panel Member
• Association of the Federal Bar of New Jersey