Hackensack · NJ
Forensic Economics in Hackensack, NJ
Forensic Economics services from KWVRS for cases venued in Hackensack, New Jersey. Unemployment across the metropolitan area runs at 4.8%. Analyses for Hackensack cases incorporate the wage and unemployment data published for the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ metropolitan area.
KWVRS provides vocational, economic, and life care expert services for cases venued in Hackensack, New Jersey. Hackensack lies in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ metropolitan area, where the median hourly wage is $29.53. Plaintiff and defense.
Forensic Economics in Hackensack
Financial impact analysis quantifying economic damages including lost earnings, lost earning capacity, lost household services, and other economic losses. Our economists provide present-value calculations and expert testimony.
Analyses draw on New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ metropolitan area wage and employment data and on New Jersey's expert disclosure framework.
Hackensack Venue
- Jurisdiction
- Bergen County
- Trial court
- Superior Court of New Jersey, Law Division (Bergen County)
Sources: New Jersey Courts, Bergen vicinage: the Bergen County Justice Center, Hackensack, the one location the page lists (reviewed 2026-09-11)
- Appellate body
- Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division
Sources: New Jersey Courts, Appellate Division: court appeals in New Jersey go through the Appellate Division of the Superior Court, an intermediate appellate court; appeals come from the trial courts, the Tax Court and administrative agencies (reviewed 2026-09-11)
- Federal district
- District of New JerseyMitchell H. Cohen Building and U.S. Courthouse, Camden; Martin Luther King Building and U.S. Courthouse, Newark; Clarkson S. Fisher Building and U.S. Courthouse, Trenton
Sources: United States District Court for the District of New Jersey, courthouse locations: Camden, Newark, Trenton (reviewed 2026-09-11)
Hackensack (Bergen County): Venue, Forums and Labor Market
For Bergen County the Superior Court of New Jersey sits in Hackensack, where the Bergen vicinage page lists a single location, the Bergen County Justice Center, and names no other courthouse for the county. The court's directories of Civil Division, Special Civil Part and Family Division offices place the Bergen vicinage's civil case management office, its Special Civil Part office and its Family Division office in that same building. Appeals from the vicinage go to the Superior Court's Appellate Division.
Under the Division of Workers' Compensation's directory, claims arising in Bergen County are heard at the Division's Hackensack district office. Federal civil actions are heard by the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey, which sits in Camden, Newark and Trenton.
The Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics series cited below for Bergen County, counts the county's private employment by supersector; in its latest published quarter, the first quarter of 2026, the largest private employment supersectors in Bergen County are education and health services, trade, transportation and utilities, professional and business services, leisure and hospitality, and manufacturing. Hackensack lies in the New York-Newark-Jersey City metropolitan area and carries that area's record on this site, so the wage widget on this page shows metropolitan-area figures: wages from the Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics series and unemployment from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics series, each under its provenance label. The wage and employment data published for the New York-Newark-Jersey City area also covers Bergen County, where KWVRS is headquartered.
Kincaid Wolstein Vocational and Rehabilitation Services is headquartered at 1 University Plaza in Hackensack, in Suite 302, and is reached at (201) 343-0700; the firm also maintains a Richmond, Virginia office, reached at (804) 282-4199. KWVRS prepares vocational evaluations, life care plans and forensic economic analyses for Bergen County matters from its Hackensack headquarters, organized to the disclosure requirements of the forum.
Key Courts & Venues
Superior Court of New Jersey, Law Division (Bergen County); Superior Court of New Jersey, Family Part (Bergen County); Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division; U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey (Camden, Newark and Trenton); New Jersey Division of Workers' Compensation (Department of Labor and Workforce Development)
Sources: New Jersey Courts, Bergen vicinage: the Bergen County Justice Center, Hackensack (reviewed 2026-09-09); New Jersey Courts, Directory of Superior Court Civil Division Offices: Bergen (Bergen County Justice Center, Hackensack) (reviewed 2026-09-09); New Jersey Courts, Directory of Superior Court Special Civil Part Offices: Bergen (Bergen County Justice Center, Hackensack) (reviewed 2026-09-09); New Jersey Courts, Directory of Superior Court Family Division Offices: Bergen (Bergen County Justice Center, Hackensack) (reviewed 2026-09-09); New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development, Division of Workers' Compensation, district office directory (the page's Court directory tab): the Hackensack office serves Bergen County (reviewed 2026-09-09); United States District Court for the District of New Jersey, courthouse locations (Camden, Newark, Trenton) (reviewed 2026-09-09); BLS Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, Bergen County, New Jersey (area 34003), 2026 Q1, private employment by supersector (reviewed 2026-09-09)
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Frequently asked: Forensic Economics in Hackensack
Does KWVRS provide forensic economic evaluations in Hackensack, New Jersey?
Yes. KWVRS provides forensic economic evaluations for attorneys handling matters venued in Hackensack, New Jersey. We support plaintiff and defense counsel across the full case mix common to Hackensack matters.
How is the Hackensack labor market handled in the analysis?
KWVRS applies the wage and unemployment data published for the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ metropolitan area to Hackensack matters, alongside New Jersey state-level data where appropriate. Earning capacity and economic-loss analyses use accepted vocational and forensic economic protocols.
What deliverables are available for a Hackensack case?
KWVRS provides full retained-expert reports across the Vocational, Economic, and Life Care disciplines, sized to both trial-track and settlement matters. The appropriate deliverable depends on case posture.
For forensic economic evaluations, which court hears matters venued in Hackensack?
The trial court for Bergen County is the Superior Court of New Jersey, Law Division (Bergen County). Appeals go to the Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division. Attorneys confirm the governing rule for their case.
For forensic economic evaluations, which federal district hears cases from Hackensack?
Federal civil actions arising in Bergen County are heard by the District of New Jersey, which sits at the Mitchell H. Cohen Building and U.S. Courthouse, Camden; Martin Luther King Building and U.S. Courthouse, Newark; Clarkson S. Fisher Building and U.S. Courthouse, Trenton. Attorneys confirm the governing rule for their case.
For forensic economic evaluations, where are workers' compensation claims arising in Hackensack heard?
Workers' compensation claims in New Jersey are heard before the New Jersey Division of Workers' Compensation. Claims arising in Bergen County are heard at its Hackensack district office in Hackensack. Attorneys confirm the governing rule for their case.
For forensic economic evaluations, which wage area does the analysis use for Hackensack cases?
The analysis for Hackensack matters uses the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ metropolitan area wage and unemployment data published by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: the median hourly wage from the Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program and the unemployment rate from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics program. The labor market panel on this page carries the figures with their series ids and retrieval date.
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