Recognized by New Jersey statewide media as a “politically influential law firm,” King Moench & Collins LLP provides full-service legal representation across the Garden State and beyond.

We represent numerous public entities, ranging from counties and municipalities to school boards. We use this unique experience to benefit our private sector clients in their interactions with government, including through our courts, administrative agencies, and land use boards.

Please contact us today so we can begin to assist you with your legal needs.

Our Practice Areas

Municipal Law and
Government Affairs

Each of our attorneys specialize in representing public entities. Our partners have served as municipal attorneys, special counsel, and ethics counsel to municipalities, counties, and various other public entities such as boards of health and water commissions.

Election Law

Our firm provides representation to political candidates, political organizations, and PACs. Our attorneys are expert in New Jersey’s election laws, and we even litigated the first-ever original jurisdiction challenge to New Jersey’s Congressional redistricting before the N.J. Supreme Court.

Litigation

Our firm represents public and private sector clients in numerous areas, including business disputes, employment claims, estate contests, and challenges to governmental actions. We defend public entities in various types of litigation, including environmental matters and those falling under the Tort Claims Act.

Land Use, Real Estate & Transactional Matters

We represent parties before land use boards seeking approvals or objecting to them. We also assist clients with real estate and other transactional matters including estates and trusts and community association law.

Criminal Defense

Our firm has attorneys that serve as municipal prosecutors across New Jersey. At the same time, our attorneys practice in the criminal and municipal courts across the State representing defendants in charges ranging from first degree offenses to petty disorderly persons offenses.

Education Law

Our firm represents boards of education, addressing a variety of areas of law, including board governance, ethics, labor negotiations, and special education. We also represent private clients addressing issues with school districts, including parental IEP issues and administrator contract negotiations. 

Our Attorneys

Peter J. King, Esq.

Peter J. King, Esq.

Partner

51 Gibraltar Drive, Suite 2F
Morris Plains, NJ 07950
(973) 998-6860

Matthew C. Moench, Esq.

Matthew C. Moench, Esq.

Partner

51 Gibraltar Drive, Suite 2F
Morris Plains, NJ 07950
(973) 998-6860

Michael L. Collins, Esq.

Michael L. Collins, Esq.

Partner

225 Highway 35, Suite 202
Red Bank, NJ 07701 

Roman B. Hirniak, Esq.

Roman B. Hirniak, Esq.

Of Counsel

51 Gibraltar Drive, Suite 2F
Morris Plains, NJ 07950
(973) 998-6860

Krishna R. Jhaveri, Esq.

Krishna R. Jhaveri, Esq.

Counsel

225 Highway 35, Suite 202
Red Bank, NJ 07701 
(732) 546-3670

Tiffany Tagarelli, Esq.

Tiffany Tagarelli, Esq.

Counsel

51 Gibraltar Drive, Suite 2F
Morris Plains, NJ 07950
(973) 998-6860

Ryan J. Windels, Esq.

Ryan J. Windels, Esq.

Associate

51 Gibraltar Drive, Suite 2F
Morris Plains, NJ 07950
(973) 998-6860