Middletown Lawyer Did Not Have New Jersey Law License, Prosecutor Says

MIDDLETOWN, NJ — A lawyer who had a practice in Middletown has been criminally charged with repeatedly practicing law in Monmouth County without a license.

Allen Yusufov, 37, of Monroe Township is charged with four counts of third-degree Unauthorized Practice of Law and a single count of fourth-degree Uttering a Forged Instrument.

The charges were announced May 25 by Monmouth County First Assistant Prosecutor Julia Alonso.

The Financial Crimes and Public Corruption Unit of the Monmouth County Prosecutor had been investigating Yusufov since January. They allege he had provided legal services associated with four real-estate transactions taking place from August 2020 to September 2022, while working out of offices located on Gordons Corner Road in Manalapan and on Newman Springs Road in Middletown (though the latter location had a Red Bank mailing address).

The transactions involved properties on Randall Drive in Manalapan, Devon Place in Marlboro, McKinley Drive in Ocean Township and Woodruff Place in Hillside (Union County).

A check of records revealed that throughout the time Yusufov performed the legal services, he was never in possession of a legitimate New Jersey law license. Yet he was in possession of a forged document with grammatical errors falsely indicating that he was in “good standing” to practice law.

He is legitimately licensed to practice law in the state of New York.

Yusufov was arrested without incident and has been released pending his first appearance.

Anyone with information about Yusufov’s activities is urged to contact MCPO Detective Robert Afanasewicz toll-free at 1-800-533-7443. This case has been assigned to Monmouth County Assistant Prosecutor Lawrence Nelsen, Director of the MCPO Financial Crimes and Public Corruption Unit.