Haines & Yost
Attorneys at Law
214 Washington Street
Toms River, NJ 08753-7566
Telephone: (732) 240-4900
Fax: (732) 240-4830
E-mail
Richard S. Haines and his predecessor law firm have been practicing
in the Toms River area for over 60 years. Mr. Haines was admitted to the Bar in
1971 in Massachusetts and admitted to the Bar in New Jersey in 1973. He has been
successful in numerous important cases and trials over the last 30 years. His
success includes both civil and criminal trials. Many of his clients, facing significant
jail time have been acquitted or had their charges or indictments dismissed on motion.
Most criminal clients have had very serious charges downgraded to substantially
lesser charges with minimal consequences. Mr. Haines enjoys an high success
rate for his criminal clients.
On the civil side, Mr. Haines has achieved recoveries and verdicts resulting in
judgments in excess of $6 million and other verdicts and settlements greater
than a million dollars. He has also successfully defended those charged with
negligence and facing significant monetary damage by injured persons. He has been
involved in various types of litigation involving embezzlement, fraud, and monetary
wrongdoing. He has had many cases referred to him by other lawyers, which shows
their respect for his ability.
RICHARD S. HAINES has been certified by the Supreme Court of New Jersey as a Certified Civil and a Certified Criminal Trial Attorney
and has been so certified since 1983. In addition
to that he has also been recognized as a Super Lawyer by his peers as determined
by New Jersey Monthly Magazine.
There are those attorneys that are certified as civil attorneys and those that are
certified as criminal attorneys. There are only 54 attorneys out of 79,145
in the State of New Jersey who are certified in both areas of the law.
In order to be certified by the Supreme Court of New Jersey, one must have devoted
a substantial amount of time to the trial of important litigated cases in each area
of the law. Thereafter a lawyer must take an examination in each of those
areas of the law to prove their competency with respect to their knowledge of both
the Rules of Court and case and statutory law of the State of New Jersey.
In addition, in renewing the certifications, one must show to the Board on Trial Certification
that one has continued to keep updated on the changes in the law by being involved
in continuing education courses for a required number of hours.
The Board on Trial Certification has issued a pamphlet entitled “WHY SHOULD YOU
USE A CERTIFIED CIVIL OR CRIMINAL ATTORNEY?” For reasons why you
should use a certified civil or criminal attorney click here.
Steven E. Yost has been practicing since 1982. He has obtained
substantial jury verdicts and settlements on behalf of his clients. He is a member
of the American Trial Lawyers' Association, New Jersey chapter, and practices mainly
in the area of personal injury, seeking recovery for serious injuries and the devastating
consequences to the lives of the injured and their families.
The law firm of Haines & Yost practices primarily in the areas
of criminal defense, personal injury, business and commercial litigation, and elder
law.
Ryan Yost has been practicing since 2014. He has obtained
substantial jury verdicts and settlements on behalf of his clients. He is a member
of the American Trial Lawyers' Association, New Jersey chapter, and practices mainly
in the area of personal injury, seeking recovery for serious injuries and the devastating
consequences to the lives of the injured and their families.
The law firm of Haines & Yost practices primarily in the areas
of criminal defense, personal injury, business and commercial litigation, and Real Estate law.
Richard S. Haines
Steven E. Yost
Ryan Yost