Legal Department

The Office of County Counsel is a public office and serves as attorney for and provides legal advice and representation to the Cumberland County Board of Commissioners and to all County Departments. The Office also provides legal advice and assistance to the constitutional officers upon their request.

In addition to handling Federal, State and local litigation matters, on behalf of the County, the legal staff provides a broad range of other services. These services include the review and preparation of legal documents and the provision of both advice and representation in a wide variety of contractual, financial, regulatory and transactional matters.

County Counsel is considered a "law officer" of the County, with power, duty and responsibility to manage all legal matters for the County. The performance of these duties most often consists of:

• Advising on larger projects that frequently involve other governmental entities;
• Coordinating the preparation of the resolutions and contracts approved by the County Commissioners and/or their officers;
• Dealing on a daily basis with legal issues raised by operations, providing formal legal opinions, as required.

See Evanko v. Duff, 63 N.J.Super. 548, 556, 164 A.2d 841 (Law Div.1960)” Pillsbury v. Bd. of Chosen County Commissioners of Monmouth Co., 133 N.J.Super. 526, 541-542