September 29, 2026

By Gelman Law, LLC | New Jersey Criminal Defense Attorneys Protecting Your First Amendment Rights Have you ever been told to leave a town hall, a public meeting, or a government building and wondered if your First Amendment rights in New Jersey were just violated? It is a fair question, and right now the whole country is asking a version of it. A high-profile fight over White House press credentials has put a spotlight on the line between what you are allowed to say and where you are allowed to say it. Gelman Law, LLC founding attorney…

September 10, 2026

By the Criminal Defense Team at Gelman Law, LLC When a criminal case takes over every news channel in the country, most people watching have the same quiet question. What is really happening inside that courtroom, and would my own case be handled the same way? That instinct is why a New Jersey criminal defense attorney like David Gelman is asked to explain high profile cases on national television. Gelman recently appeared on Fox News to discuss the Tyler Robinson case, the prosecution tied to the killing of…

September 2, 2026

By David Gelman, New Jersey Criminal Defense Attorney and Former Prosecutor If you have watched the Lindsay Clancy case unfold and felt a knot in your stomach, you are not alone. The story raises a question that many families in New Jersey quietly ask when a loved one is arrested during a mental health crisis. Does severe mental illness change what happens in a criminal courtroom, and how does the insanity defense in New Jersey actually work when someone was not in their right mind? I recently sat down with the Glenn…

September 1, 2026

By Gelman Law, LLC If you have ever watched a case like this and wondered how someone could be found not guilty of a killing they clearly carried out, you are not alone. That question sits at the center of the Lindsay Clancy trial, and it is one a New Jersey criminal defense attorney answers for families every week. Mental illness, criminal responsibility, and the insanity defense are among the hardest ideas in criminal law to explain, and they are harder still when your own family member is facing charges.

August 14, 2026

By Gelman Law, LLC If you have been arrested and you are staring down charges in both state and federal court, one question tends to keep people awake at night. Can the government really come after you twice for the same act? This is where double jeopardy in New Jersey becomes one of the most important protections you have, and it is also one of the most misunderstood. You have probably heard that a person cannot be tried twice for the same crime. The truth is more complicated, and the difference can shape the rest of someone’s life. That tension…