Jonathan Diego

Jonathan E. Diego has been a litigator in New Jersey since 1994. He is Special Counsel to DWYER & BARRETT, LLC. His practice focuses primarily on workers compensation, personal injury, employment law and civil rights. Jon’s practice also includes representing persons in criminal, municipal court and domestic violence matters. Jon graduated cum laude from Mars Hill College, North Carolina, in 1989, and graduated from Rutgers University School of Law, Camden, in 1993. While attending both schools he received several academic scholarships. After law school, Jon was a judicial law clerk for the Hon. Arthur Guerrera, J.S.C. and the Hon. Robert Neustadter, J.S.C., both Judges of the Superior Court of New Jersey. From 1994 to 1999, Jon worked as a civil rights attorney, representing employees and other victims of discrimination. He handled cases in both federal and state courts, as well as proceedings before the New Jersey Division on Civil Rights and the United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. From 1999 to 2003, Jon held several positions as a government attorney, working in the Office of the City Solicitor, Atlantic City, NJ; the Office of the Municipal Prosecutor, Camden, NJ; and the Office of the City Attorney, Camden, NJ. From 2003 to 2010, Jon worked at Miksis & Diego, where he continued to represent employees in discrimination and retaliation claims. He also handled workers compensation claims, personal injury claims, criminal defense, municipal court and domestic violence matters. Since February 2010, Jon has been serving as the Chief Prosecutor for the City of Atlantic City. In his years of private and government practice, Jon has handled hundreds of trials and/or hearings involving workers compensation, employment law, civil rights, criminal, municipal court and domestic violence matters.

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3rd Circuit

Since 2002

Rutgers School of Law-Camden

J.D. (1993) | Law

1990 - 1993

Mars Hill College

B.A. | History and Political Science

1985 - 1989

State Bar of New Jersey

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