Toms River is the seat of Ocean County and the civic and commercial hub of the central Jersey Shore. The county government, the Ocean County Courthouse, a major regional hospital, one of New Jersey’s largest school districts, and a broad retail and tourism economy all concentrate here. The firm represents Toms River employees and employers across that mix.
The firm in Toms River
Steven T. Auerbach is admitted to the Supreme Court of New Jersey and the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey. Because Toms River is the Ocean County seat, it is where the county’s state-court employment and business litigation is filed and heard — at the Ocean County Courthouse on Hooper Avenue. The firm represents senior employees, hourly workers, and Ocean County employers on both sides of the workplace disputes that arise across the county’s healthcare, public-sector, education, and shore-economy employers.
Courts and tribunals
- Superior Court of New Jersey, Ocean Vicinage — Ocean County Courthouse, 100 Hooper Avenue, Toms River. The county’s state-court civil, employment, and business litigation is filed here.
- U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey — Ocean County falls in the Trenton vicinage, at the Clarkson S. Fisher Federal Building, 402 East State Street, Trenton. Federal employment, civil rights, and FLSA matters.
- New Jersey Division on Civil Rights — the state administrative venue for the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination (NJLAD).
- EEOC Newark Area Office — the federal administrative venue for New Jersey Title VII, ADA, and ADEA charges.
Local economy and employer mix
Toms River’s largest employers are anchored in healthcare and the public sector: Community Medical Center (part of RWJBarnabas Health) is one of the area’s biggest employers; Ocean County government and the county’s court and administrative offices are concentrated in Toms River; and Toms River Regional Schools is one of the largest school districts in New Jersey. Beyond those anchors, the economy runs on retail (the Ocean County Mall corridor), the Jersey Shore tourism and hospitality economy, and the construction and home-services sector that rebuilt and expanded the area after Superstorm Sandy.
Practice areas that matter here
Workplace sexual harassment is the firm’s flagship matter type, on both sides — representing employees who experience it and employers responding to charges and conducting internal investigations. New Jersey’s Law Against Discrimination is more employee-protective than federal law and carries uncapped damages, which raises the stakes for Toms River’s large healthcare, education, and public-sector employers. Beyond harassment, the firm’s Toms River work covers employment discrimination, retaliation, and wrongful termination, workers’ compensation for the area’s healthcare and hospitality workforce, civil and business litigation, and outside general counsel for Ocean County businesses.
Where the firm appears
The firm represents clients across Toms River and the surrounding Ocean County communities — Lakewood, Brick, Jackson, Berkeley, Manchester, and the Barnegat Bay shore towns — and the broader New Jersey shore. Most consultations happen by phone or video; in-person meetings at the firm’s Bala Cynwyd office are available by appointment.
Talk to a Toms River employment attorney
Call (484) 430-4391 or schedule a free consultation. Most consultations happen by phone or video; in-person meetings at the firm’s Bala Cynwyd office are available by appointment.