Associate

560 Main Street
Chatham, NJ 07928-2119
Tel: (973) 635-3366 x202
Fax: (973) 635-0855
Email: factor@awffa.com

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Deborah D. Factor

Ms. Factor focuses her practice on criminal defense. Before joining AWFA, she spent 11 years with the Morris County Prosecutor’s Office, during which she rose to the positions of Homicide Prosecutor, Vechicular Homicide Unit Chief, Domestic Violence Unit Chief, and Trial Division Chief.   As such, she personally handled numerous complex cases, including more than 30 trials.  Before joining that office, Ms. Factor served 11 years as a California Deputy Attorney General in Los Angeles, San Diego, and San Francisco.  As such, she personally handled more than 50 trials and briefed more than 300 appeals, including six capital cases, resulting in more than 20 published opinions.

Ms. Factor has been Certified by the New Jersey Supreme Court as a Criminal Trial Attorney, and teaches Trial Advocacy at Seton Hall Law School as an adjunct faculty member.  She is also a recognized instructor for the National District Attorney’s Association, the New Jersey State Bar Association, the New Jersey Attorney General’s Office, and the Morris County Police and Fire Academy, and she is a requested speaker for many community organizations.

Ms. Factor is also a court-approved, certified mediator for both family law and civil litigation cases.

Ms. Factor is an honors graduate of the Southwestern University School of Law and the University of California at Irvine, and served as a student intern for the Honorable Joseph Richman, U.S.M.J., U.S. District Court for the District of Los Angeles in 1980.

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