A New Jersey firm built around direct counsel.
Simon Law Group pairs the judgment of a traditional trial practice with modern systems for intake, documents, billing, and client communication.
01 Overview
The firm
Simon Law Group, LLC is a New Jersey law firm with offices in Somerville, Morristown, and Flemington. We handle family law, estate planning, personal injury, civil matters, legal malpractice, and criminal defense, with additional practices in workers' compensation, Social Security Disability, bankruptcy, foreclosure defense, real estate, and appellate practice.
The firm is organized around direct attorney responsibility: clients know who is accountable for the matter, what the next legal step is, and how documents, deadlines, payments, and communications are being handled.
02 Since 2008
How we got here
Britt J. Simon founded the firm in 2008 with one premise: New Jersey families facing serious legal decisions deserve attorneys who can explain hard things clearly, charge transparently, and stay reachable through the matter. What began as a small Somerville practice grew into a three-office firm — Somerville, Morristown, and Flemington — because that growth came from clients asking for it, not from acquisition strategy.
The legal traditions behind the firm reach back nearly a century in Somerville. Read the story behind our Somerset County roots →
The deliberate pace matters. The firm is built so responsibility stays visible: the engagement letter identifies the legal work, the billing model is explained before work begins, and the attorney responsible for the file remains accountable for the strategy.
New Jersey families facing serious legal decisions deserve attorneys who can explain hard things clearly, charge transparently, and stay reachable through the matter.
03 How we practice
What clients can expect
That accountability shows up in how the firm communicates. We give direct answers, written terms, and a clear next step. Before legal work begins, clients know who is responsible, what the firm is being asked to do, and how fees will be handled.
Some matters need urgent court action. Others need a careful document review, a negotiated agreement, or a candid decision not to proceed. We say which path fits the facts we have, and we update that advice as the matter develops. We tell clients what we think, even when it is not what they hoped to hear, because a plan built on a clear-eyed read of the facts is the one that holds up.
The hero of this page promises modern systems behind a traditional practice, and that is a deliberate design choice rather than a slogan. Secure client portals, electronic signatures, and remote meetings carry the routine load — scheduling, document exchange, status updates — so attorney time goes to the judgment calls a case actually turns on. The firm runs a dedicated operations function under an Executive Director, so the parts clients feel every day (a returned call, a document filed where it belongs, an invoice that matches the terms) are managed as carefully as the legal strategy itself.
- 10,000+
- New Jersey clients & families served since 2008
- 100+
- Years of combined attorney experience
- 3
- Offices across central New Jersey
- Est. 2008
- Independent New Jersey practice
04 Process
How we work
You know who owns the matter
We tell you which attorney is responsible and who is helping with documents, scheduling, and follow-up.
The next step is explained
We explain what happens next, what we need from you, and which choices are yours to make.
Fees are written down
Flat-fee work is priced before it starts. Hourly matters use written retainers and monthly invoices.
New requests are reviewed first
Our team reviews each request for urgency, practice fit, conflicts, deadlines, and availability before confirming next steps.
05 Counsel
The team
Our attorneys are admitted in New Jersey and before the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey. The team covers our six core practice pillars — family law, estate planning, personal injury, civil matters, legal malpractice, and criminal defense — with additional depth in workers' compensation, Social Security Disability, bankruptcy, foreclosure defense, real estate, and appellate work. Each attorney is responsible for their own matters end to end, with associate and paralegal support handled transparently in the engagement letter, so the lawyer on your engagement letter is the lawyer who works your matter.
See full attorney biographies for admissions, education, practice focus, and contact details.
The roster is built for that division of responsibility. Britt J. Simon, the firm's Managing Partner, leads the estate planning practice and has personally overseen more than 1,500 plans for New Jersey families, and he is admitted in four states and before the United States Supreme Court. Joel A. Friedman leads the family law department after practicing on his own for 24 years. Kenneth Thyne has spent more than thirty-five years on legal malpractice — a case within a case — with precedential wins in the New Jersey Supreme Court and the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. Erik Frins represents clients facing insurers, lenders, and the disability and compensation systems, and John E. Malchow, a lifelong Somerset County resident, handles civil, criminal, and family matters after clerking on both the Pennsylvania and New Jersey trial benches. Angela Roper, of counsel, anchors the firm's appellate and Affidavit of Merit work. Different problems call for different lawyers, and the point of a firm this size is that the right one is already here.
06 Locations
Our offices
We meet clients in three central New Jersey locations, each selected for client access, private meeting space, and regional coverage.
We accept matters across all 21 New Jersey counties in the practice areas the firm handles, including civil, personal injury, legal malpractice, family law, estate, criminal-defense, and DUI/DWI work.
Wherever your matter sits, the next step is the same: a conversation about the facts, the options, and what the work will cost. You can call or text (800) 709-1131, use the contact form, or, for an estate plan, start with our estate planning questionnaire. Our team reviews each request for urgency, practice fit, conflicts, and deadlines, then follows up about how to proceed.
Quick Facts
- Founded2008
- Offices3 Locations
- CountiesAll 21 NJ
Practice Pillars
Family Law · Estate Planning · Personal Injury · Civil Matters · Legal Malpractice · Criminal Defense
Request a consultation
(800) 709-1131Phone, text, and online intake options are available for new consultation requests.