Karin M. Wood, Esq.

Karin M. Wood provides guidance in every aspect of estate planning to individuals living in the Salem County, New Jersey area.    She recognizes that providing a secure future for yourself and your loved ones is your primary objective.  She’s experienced in the creation of wills, trusts and other planning documents.  She can also assist you with the creation of various financial and healthcare directives including living wills, and both medical and general powers of attorney.  In addition, she can assist you in setting up guardianships or appointing guardians in case of future health and safety issues.  Ms. Wood strives to ensure that your financial and physical future is directed as you see fit and she will assist you in distributing your property to those that you care about when the time comes.

As events in our lives take place, our financial, family and health situations change. Attorney Wood recommends that her clients review their documents often with her, so that any changes can be made early.  Any major life event, including a marriage, birth or adoption of a child, a death or divorce, can change your future outlook, and the effectiveness of your estate planning documents.  Ms. Wood can help make sure that after you are gone, your property is distributed according to your wishes.

No one likes to think about what bad things might happen to him or her in the future. Unfortunately, an accident or some other unforeseen event can have disastrous results and render you extremely ill, unconscious, unable to communicate or incompetent.  Ms. Wood encourages all of her clients to meet with her to make clear, in a legal document, their wishes regarding medical treatments and financial affairs.  In the tragic event that you are ever unable to communicate your desires, these directives are crucial to ensuring that your wishes are carried out by your loved ones and medical personnel.  Karin M. Wood’s experience can aid you in drafting directives that will guide your family and medical providers in making decisions that are in harmony with what you want.  She can help you draft medical powers of attorney, directive and durable powers of attorney, that will help your loved ones and medical providers make important decisions if you are unable to do so.  In addition, she can draft documents that dictate who should become you and/or your minor child’s guardian in the unfortunate event that it becomes necessary.

No one should appear in municipal court without having an experienced attorney at their side. As both a Municipal Prosecutor and Municipal Public Defender, Ms. Wood is an expert in handling your criminal matter, whether it be in Superior Court or the local municipal court.

• DUI/DWI
• Driving with Suspended/Revoked Driving Privileges
• Uninsured Motorist
• Speeding
• Possession of a Controlled Dangerous Substance or Drug Paraphernalia
• Assault
• Shoplifting
• Domestic Violence
• Disorderly Persons Offense
• Megan’s Law

Are you buying or selling a home? Facing a foreclosure? Looking to rent property? Entering into a commercial lease? Contact Ms. Wood today. Real estate transactions are one of the most significant financial undertakings which may occur in your lifetime. Don’t go into any real estate matter without the expert counsel and advice from an experienced real estate attorney.

Ms. Wood is Solicitor for the Township of Elsinboro, Lower Alloways Creek and Upper Pittsgrove.  She also serves as the Prosecutor for Lower Alloways Creek and Pennsville and Public Defender for East Greenwich Joint Municipal Court.

Those charged with motor vehicle violations or disorderly persons offenses often underestimate the consequences of the charges. No one should appear in any court, even a Municipal Court, without being counseled by an experienced attorney as to the all of the possible outcomes. Attorney Wood has appeared on behalf of countless defendants in municipal courts in Salem County and other local areas and will provide you with the most vigorous defense possible.