David J. Hernandez is the founder of the Law Offices of David J. Hernandez & Associates, a leading law firm dedicated to providing innovative legal services to the community of New York and New Jersey. He has earned a solid reputation as a successful deal-maker, problem-solver, and ardent negotiator. As with all our attorneys, David?s goal is to deliver the highest quality legal services in a time-sensitive and cost-effective manner.

Aliette H. Carolan, Esq. is an AV Rated-Preeminent family and matrimonial lawyer. She graduated law school in 2003 and after gaining valuable experience from some of the best family law practitioners in Miami-Dade she struck out on her own in 2009 and became a Florida Supreme Court Family Law Mediator. She is known for her creative approach and solution oriented focus. She has a very high success rate at settling complex marital and family law disputes in pre-suit mediation, initial and/or post judgment actions. Her philosophy is that all parties benefit from first attempting to resolve matters amicably prior to engaging in both financially and emotionally taxing litigation. Should your case require litigation, she will passionately assert and protect your interests. She has been named a Rising Star in 2014 and a Super Lawyer every year from 2015 through 2023 by the reputable, peer-review magazine. She is rated a Superb litigator by Avvo, a client-review and peer-review website. She has also won the “Best Lawyers – Family Law” and “Best Law Firms” distinctions. Ms. Carolan does not discriminate based on gender or sexual orientation. She represents both male and female clients. She is also an active supporter of same-sex equality and has advised same-sex couples and individuals regarding prenuptial agreements, parenting options, parental rights, settlement agreements and step-parent adoptions. Ms. Carolan thoroughly enjoys both the interpersonal satisfaction and the intellectual challenge found in Artificial Reproductive Technologies law. She has successfully negotiated many gestational surrogacy agreements, egg donation, sperm donation and embryo donation agreements, traditional surrogacy agreements and the relevant court proceedings. She advises medical clinics and drafts their consent forms in compliance with current Florida case law and statutes. She was a course developer for the Alternative Dispute Resolution section of the Legal Studies program of World Education University. She is also a published book author (“Just In Case!! Lose Your Heart, Not Your Mind“). She is fluent in Spanish and a frequent guest on news shows discussing a wide range of family law matters, such as children’s issues, reproductive law, divorce, child abductions and has been published or cited in several publications.

Area of Practice: Human Rights & Civil Rights Law Janet Herold is the Legal Director of Justice Catalyst Law. Prior to joining Justice Catalyst Law, she served as the Department of Labor’s Regional Solicitor for the Western Region, leading creative and groundbreaking litigation addressing a wide array of worker exploitation, including employment discrimination, wage theft, retaliation, and misuse and waste of employee pensions and health funds. Notably, she brought the largest pay discrimination case ever filed by the federal government, anchored and led the DOL’s efforts to redress employee misclassification as independent contractors, and pioneered the use of the early injunction to protect vulnerable and immigrant workers from retaliation and threats of immediate physical harm. Prior to becoming Regional Solicitor, Ms. Herold was Associate General Counsel for the Service Employees International Union, leading the National Wage and Hour Project and serving as litigation counsel to classes of immigrant or vulnerable workers, including developing and bringing groundbreaking litigation securing immediate injunctive relief for misclassified warehouses workers moving goods for Walmart. Both before and while at SEIU, Ms. Herold also maintained a private practice, leading creative class action litigation representing workers seeking redress for severe workplace exploitation, trafficking, and myriad forms of wage theft, including successfully securing utilizing California’s taxpayer redress statute to secure redress for a statewide class of incarcerated workers. Ms. Herold is a graduate of Harvard Law School and the University of Notre Dame with degrees in Mathematics and English.

Douglas Herring practices criminal and municipal defense in New Jersey. With extensive experience as both a criminal prosecutor and defense attorney, Douglas Herring understands both sides of the law and can determine the most effective methods to help his clients. Douglas Herring is a 1991 graduate of Washington University in St. Louis and a 1996 graduate of Loyola Law School in Los Angeles. After working as a defense attorney, Mr. Herring began as a Deputy District Attorney in Los Angeles. Eventually, Douglas Herring was assigned the elite Hardcore Gang Unit in the Compton Courthouse and the Norwalk Courthouse. Douglas Herring relocated to New Jersey and worked as an Assistant United States Attorney in Newark and Trenton. He moved to state court crimes and began as an Assistant Prosecutor in Middlesex County. Eventually, Douglas Herring was the busiest prosecutor on a trial team where he handled all aspect of the cases from the original charging through trial before a jury.This prosecution experience gave him the knowledge to understand the thinking of criminal prosecutors, which is invaluable when planning effective defenses for someone accused of a crime. Douglas Herring now engages solely in the practice of criminal and municipal defense.