New Jersey Criminal Lawyer

Eric Marcy, who formerly chaired the Criminal, Administrative Law and Professional Licensing Practice Group at Lyons & Associates, has retired from active litigation and retains the role of friend, advisor, and consultant to the Lyons Law Firm. 

The Firm continues to handle a wide range of criminal, civil, Professional Licensing and administrative litigation.

For over 42 years Mr. Marcy handled matters involving on all aspects of State and Federal Criminal Defense Litigation. His White-Collar Criminal Defense practice included Civil and Criminal Tax Litigation, Corporate Investigations, Insurance Audits, Subpoena Compliance, Civil Litigation related to Criminal Litigation, Class Action Litigation.

Mr. Marcy represented both plaintiffs and defendants in Civil Rights Litigation and has lectured in Continuing Education Courses for attorneys on Civil Rights, Police, and Municipal Liability.

He handled investigations and appeals from actions taken by the New Jersey Division of Child Protection and Permanency (DCPP), formerly known as the Division of Youth and Family Services (DYFS).

One area of focus was representing clients with psychiatric and/or substance abuse issues. Mr. Marcy has reviewed and posted blogs on the use and abuse of “objective” psychological testing in the criminal justice and civil courts.

Mr. Marcy’s Administrative Law practice included representing law enforcement, corrections, and municipal employees, municipalities, and counties. Mr. Marcy was an authorized attorney under the New Jersey State PBA Legal Protection Plan, representing law enforcement officers in administrative, civil, and criminal matters.

His Administrative Law background included investigations and actions involving professional licensing boards. Mr. Marcy has represented doctors, psychologists, licensed clinical social workers, nurses, pharmacists, hearing aid dispensers, electricians, and master plumbers involving professional licensing issues. He also provided counsel as to regulatory compliance for professionals. He has blogged on professional licenses and regulatory compliance issues.

Mr. Marcy has also represented public and private schools in a variety of litigation areas, including subpoena compliance, government investigations, and civil rights issues.

Mr. Marcy has also represented public contractors in prevailing wage investigations and cases.

Mr. Marcy had a unique practice relating to parole planning and parole litigation. In addition to parole planning in anticipation of parole eligibility, he handled administrative appeals from parole denials, appeals to the New Jersey Superior Court from parole denials, and parole revocation hearings. He has published blogs on parole preparation, hearings, and appeals.

Mr. Marcy’s undergraduate dual majors were psychology and philosophy.

Before transitioning to private practice in 1985, Mr. Marcy served the State of New Jersey as a Deputy Attorney General in the New Jersey Division of Criminal Justice, Department of Law and Public Safety, Office of the Attorney General in the Appellate and Trial sections (1982-1985).

He was appointed by the Middlesex County Freeholders to serve as a member of the Middlesex County Mental Health Board (1989-1993). He was appointed by the Morris County Freeholders as a member of the Morris County Mental Health Board (1994-1997) and was elected chairperson (1996-1997). In his capacity as a member of the Middlesex and Morris County Mental Health Boards, he reviewed requests and made recommendations for allocations of county and state funding for community mental health services. He was appointed by Governor James E. McGreevey to the Board of Trustees for the Greystone Park Psychiatric Hospital in 2004, elected vice-chair for 2004–2005 and annually re-elected chair for the years 2005-2017. He was re-appointed to the Greystone Board of Trustees by Governor Richard J. Codey in 2006, Governor Jon Corzine in 2008, and Governor Chris Christie in 2014. He served on the Board of Trustees from 2004-2017.

Mr. Marcy served as an instructor for the Institute of Continuing Legal Education Criminal Practice “Skills and Methods” program for newly admitted attorneys from 2000 to 2009.

Mr. Marcy has been selected for inclusion in the Thomson Reuters New Jersey Super Lawyers List for Criminal Defense for the years 2006-2009, and each consecutive year from 2017-2025.

While currently retired from active litigation, he continues to be admitted to practice law in the State of New Jersey, the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. Mr. Marcy has been a member of the New Jersey Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers since 1987. He served as a Trustee of the NJ-ACDL from 2001-2010. He is also a member of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.

Mr. Marcy continues to be associated with Lyons & Associates, P.C., in the limited role of advisor and consultant in those situations where the Firm wishes to draw upon his past experience. His status is currently Of Counsel Emeritus, recognizing his contribution to the law and Lyons & Associates, P.C., he will continue in some duties associated with his former position.