Richard received his undergraduate and Juris Doctor degrees from Villanova University in 1989 and 1992, respectively. Mr. Joel is admitted to the Bars of the State of New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania; the Federal District Court for the Districts of New Jersey, the Eastern District of New York, and the Southern District of New York; the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit; and the United States Supreme Court. He is a member of the American Bar Association, New Jersey State Bar Association, New York State Bar Association, and Bergen County Bar Association.

Mr. Joel has been associated with the firm since 1992 and became a Partner in 1996. He is a graduate of The Justice Morris Pashman American Inn of Court where he successfully completed a two year program in trial advocacy. Mr. Joel has served as a pool attorney for the Bergen County Office of the Public Defender and as the Municipal Court Public Defender for the Borough of Oradell. He has been appointed by the Court in many guardianship and other proceedings in the Superior Court of New Jersey. Richard is a panelist on the Bergen County Early Settlement Panel wherein he assists in resolving divorce cases.

Mr. Joel is Chairman of the Ridgewood Planning Board and is actively involved with the Oradell Lions Club (a member and has served as President, Vice President, Treasurer and a Trustee), Valley Toastmasters (a member and has served as President, Vice President and Treasurer and has achieved Advanced Toastmaster and Competent Leader awards), Ridgewood Republican Club, Republican County Committee, Ridgewood Voter Participation Committee (a member and has served as the Chairperson), Oradell Chamber of Commerce (President and Trustee), and Oradell Public Library Foundation (Trustee).

Richard has served as Trustee for The HLA Registry Foundation, Inc., Oradell Lions Club, and the Advisory Board for Camp Marcella, a New Jersey Camp for Blind Children, and Counsel to several non-profit corporations including the Breast Cancer Connection, Inc., Tony Kyasky Fund, Inc., New Jersey Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Association, Inc., and The HLA Registry Foundation, Inc. He also coaches youth baseball and wrestling and is a Lecter and Extraordinary Minister of Holy Communion at Our Lady of Mount Carmel in Ridgewood.

Jeffrey R. Schoenberger is an attorney and senior consultant for Affinity Consulting. Prior to joining Affinity, Jeffrey practiced law as an Equal Justice Works / AmeriCorps Legal Fellow for the Legal Aid Society of Southwest Ohio. His practice focused on representing homeowners in foreclosure cases, tenants in eviction actions, and individuals in divorce actions. While with Legal Aid, Jeffrey worked with over 130 distressed homeowners in their counseling and litigation activities and represented over 90 tenants in eviction and living conditions advocacy. Finally, he led seminars training non-profit housing counselors on the rapidly evolving government and private sector foreclosure prevention programs. At Affinity, Jeffrey specializes in practice management advisory services for bar associations, including content development, CLE presentations, and one-on-one member consultations. He is also Affinity’s designated “Apple/Mac/iOS” expert, knowledgeable in all areas Apple-related. Jeffrey received a B.A. in History from Yale University and J.D. from the University of Virginia. He became a member of the Ohio Bar in 2008. He is a member of the Ohio State Bar Association, Columbus Bar Association, and Cincinnati Bar Association.