Mr. Lamela received his bachelors degree from Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey and his law degree from St. Louis University School of Law in St. Louis, Missouri. Mr. Lamela’s experiences include a clerkship with the Honorable Margaret M. Neill of the 22nd Judicial Circuit of Missouri as well as with the Law Offices John Wendler handling insurance defense work in St. Louis, Missouri. Upon graduating from law school Mr. Lamela took an associate position with his current partner. Mr. Lamela’s primary practice areas are personal injury, landlord/tenant, real estate, criminal defense and municipal matters. Mr. Lamela was the public defender for the Borough of Kenilworth in 2004. His fluency in Spanish allows his Spanish speaking clients to have direct contact with their attorney. Mr. Lamela appears regularly in both Superior and Municipal Court and has trial experience in each court.