OF COUNSEL:

John Brendan Elbert, Esq.

College:		St. Charles College, Catonsville, Md., US, June, 1968 Associates Honors: Cum Laude Major: Philosophy St. Joseph's University, Philadelphia, PA, USA, 1970 B.A., Magna Cum Laude Defense Language Institute, Monterey, California, September, 1971 Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey School of Law - Camden, Camden, New Jersey, 1977 J.D. Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, 1978 Property Management & Development


Membership:		Philadelphia Bar Association Pennsylvania Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers


Biography:		John Brendan Elbert is a Certified Attorney for the Military Court of Appeals as well as a member of the bar of the Supreme Court of the United States, the Third Circuit Court of Appeals, the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, the Supreme Court of New Jersey and the U.S. District Court for New Jersey. As such, he is licensed to practice in all federal and state courts in both Pennsylvania and New Jersey and anywhere in the world where the U.S. has jurisdiction as a Certified Member for the Military Court of Appeal. Mr. Elbert has been practicing for over twenty-seven years in both Pennsylvania and New Jersey. He has litigated thousands of criminal cases and tried dozens of jury trials and is extremely proud of the fact that He has never had a client sentenced to the Death Penalty. Mr. Elbert has also appeared in such foreign jurisdictions as Alabama, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Maryland and Virginia and he has also litigated numerous courts martial before full Military Tribunals and has taken Appeals to both the United States Supreme Court as well as the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, where he has appeared personally. Mr. Elbert keeps abreast of the ever changing laws and Supreme Court decisions through Continuing Legal Education Seminars as well as Conferences and literature provided to him through various associations and legal publications to which he subscribes. He also receives e-mail updates from around the Country on every area of the law. He has served on various committees that have set up referral hotlines for other attorneys to contact for expert advice in the area of criminal defense.

Practice:

Bail Arraignments Murder & Assaults Rape ,Sexual Assaults & Child Molestation Offenses Robbery & Theft Offenses Drug & Alcohol Related Offenses - DUI Welfare & Insurance Fraud All Federal Indictment and Informations Computer & Internet Offenses including Possess of Child Pornography Family Law/Domestic Violence UCMJ Matters Municipal & District Court Matters Weapons & Violations of the Uniform Firearms Act Violations of Probation & Parole All Federal & State Criminal Appeals as well as PCRA Litigation RICO Matters as well as Forfeiture of Property.

Bar Admissions:		Pennsylvania, 1978 New Jersey, 1978 U.S. District Court Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 1979 U.S. District Court District of New Jersey U.S. Court of Appeals 3rd Circuit, 1983 U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces, 1992 U.S. Supreme Court, 1984