Thomas Huth

Attorney Thomas Huth brings with him more than 30 years of criminal law experience as a former New Jersey county prosecutor to his aggressive criminal defense practice at the Law Offices of Jonathan F. Marshall. As a skilled Essex County criminal defense lawyer and Monmouth County DWI attorney, Mr. Huth leverages his insider knowledge of how prosecutors think to protect client rights and defend against serious charges. Before joining the Marshall law firm in 2018, Mr. Huth devoted his entire career to N.J. criminal law as a prosecutor in Essex and Monmouth counties. In addition to trying hundreds of criminal cases to verdict, he has also held top supervisory and administrative positions in both offices, training and mentoring and developing longstanding relationships with many prosecutors in those offices. This both sides experience gives him unique insight into prosecution strategies, enabling him to challenge evidence, negotiate favorable plea bargains, and litigate complex cases with proven success. Growing up in Essex County, Mr. Huth knew from an early age that he wanted to be a trial lawyer. He studied history and political science at the University of Connecticut and received his undergraduate degree in 1983. That fall, he enrolled at Seton Hall Law School. After receiving his J.D. there in 1986, Mr. Huth completed a prestigious judicial clerkship, clerking for Essex County Superior Court Judge Charles E. Villanueva for a year before joining the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office. Admitted to practice in New Jersey in 1987, he is a licensed and qualified attorney with decades of courtroom experience. Initially, he worked in the office’s juvenile section and then moved to the adult trial section before joining the homicide squad in 1993. For the next six years he focused on homicide cases, many of them involving high-profile crimes. As a homicide specialist, he handled complex felony prosecutions including manslaughter and fatal accident investigations. One of his most noteworthy cases from this period, State of New Jersey v. Alberto Scabone, resulted in the conviction, following extradition from Uruguay, of a man charged with committing a triple murder 12 years earlier. After an Essex County jury returned its verdict, the judge sentenced Mr. Scabone to an aggregate of 80 years in prison for murdering his wife, mother-in-law and sister-in-law.