⸻ About our history

Meet Mr. Belgrave

CARL C. BELGRAVE was born on the island of Barbados in the West Indies. He received his early education there, at St Philip’s Boys’ School and the Lodge School. He is a graduate of John Jay College of Criminal Justice, City University of New York where he obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree (B.A.) in Forensic Psychology in 1983; and a Master of Arts (M.A.) degree in Forensic Psychology in 1985. He received the Juris Doctor (J.D.) from Rutgers University School of Law, Newark, New Jersey in 1990.

Mr Belgrave, in 2003-2004, attended the University of the West Indies’ Hugh Wooding Law School in Trinidad and Tobago and was awarded the Legal Education Certificate (L.E.C.) a requirement for admission to the bar of each of the Commonwealth Caribbean States. Mr. Belgrave is a member of the bars of New York, New Jersey and Barbados. He is also admitted to practice before the United States District Courts of New Jersey and Eastern and Southern Districts of New York.

Prior to opening the current office in 1994, Mr Belgrave was a managing partner of the law firm WINKLER& BELGRAVE which focused on Entertainment, Immigration, Criminal, Matrimonial and Tort Law. Before that, he was a clerk at the Law Offices of WINSTONE A. MAYNARD, a general practice firm located in lower Manhattan.

Over the years, Mr Belgrave’s offices have represented thousands of clients in a variety of matters including Criminal, Matrimonial (contested and uncontested); Bankruptcy; Real Estate transactions, Immigration and Nationality Law, and Employment Discrimination.

From 1996 to 2001, Mr Belgrave was in-house counsel for the Alphatrain Group in New Jersey. In that capacity, he advised management on employment law and other work-place issues. He also defended the company in discrimination suits including the Conscientious Employee Protection Act (CEPA) “the whistleblower statute” claims.

He was also responsible for designating and acting as a liaison with outside counsel to handle complex legal, particularly corporate, matters. Mr Belgrave is well known not only for his knowledge of the law and understanding of human behavior but sets himself apart from others by his compassion and empathy. He is a zealous, forthright, trustworthy, results oriented advocate who fights relentlessly for justice for his client.

A former board member of Essex-Newark Legal Services (1996-2002) and former Trustee of the Garden State Cricket League, Mr. Belgrave always answers the calls for his involvement in community and social activities and has been recognized and honored by several community organizations for his contribution to the community.