McCarthy Law Firm

Specialties

A third-​generation firm, the McCarthy Law office is Princeton’s oldest legal practice. Since 1927 it has provided high-​quality services to businesses and individual clients, concentrating in estate planning, real estate and business law. We are committed to providing exceptional service to all our clients.

History

Established in 1927.

Serving its fourth generation of individual and corporate clients with comprehensive estate planning, real estate and business law solutions, the Princeton lawyers at the McCarthy Law Office provide a level of service and attention that has made the surname «McCarthy» a synonym for personal and business law in the region for nearly 90 years.

Among McCarthy Law Office clients are some of the nation’s largest banks, public and privately held corporations, and prominent area families. The McCarthy Law Office is located in an historic New Jersey city known for its role in the Revolutionary War and the world-​famous university just across the street.

For individuals, closely held and publicly traded corporations, Princeton attorneys at The McCarthy Law Office provide estate planning, real estate and business law solutions under the personal direction of second– and third-​generation McCarthy lawyers who are respected and involved members of the city’s business community.

Meet the Business Owner

Jack M.

Business Owner

A lifelong Princeton resident and third-​generation Princeton attorney, John F. («Jack») McCarthy, III has practiced law in Princeton for more than 30 years, with an emphasis in estate planning, probate, real estate and business law, representing closely held businesses and individuals in commercial transactions and estate matters.

Jack McCarthy was graduated from Princeton University with highest honors in history, winning the Phelps Prize for the best European History thesis and also winning a National Science Foundation grant.

After receiving his J.D. from The University of Pennsylvania Law School, where he was a member of the Sharswood Law Club, Jack McCarthy, III practiced law with a New Jersey firm in Newark and then served as an Assistant Deputy Public Advocate for the N.J. Division of Rate Counsel. He was a director and shareholder of a Princeton law firm for more than 25 years before joining the McCarthy Law Office with his father, John F. McCarthy, Jr.