Joseph W. Oxley

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    Joseph Oxley is a past prosecutor, mayor and most recently served as Sheriff of Monmouth County for over 12 years. As Sheriff, he oversaw a 695 member, $60 million agency encompassing a law enforcement division, a 1,328 bed maximum security correctional facility, a youth detention center and a police communications/911 emergency dispatch center. In 2006, Mr. Oxley received the Ferris E. Lucas “Sheriff of the Year” Award and guided the office to become the first in the country to earn six national accreditations, covering all areas of operation. He is a Certified Public Manager and a Certified Jail Manager and is past President of the American Jail Association. In addition, Mr. Oxley has been designated a Diplomate in New Jersey Municipal Law. He has served as Counsel for the Borough of Highlands; Special Counsel for the Middletown Township Planning Board, Township Committee and Board of Education; Middletown Prosecutor; Sea Bright Public Defender and Special Counsel for the Colts Neck Board of Education. Currently, he is serving as Chair of the Monmouth County Republican Organization.

    Mr. Oxley is an adjunct professor at Monmouth University and a frequent speaker at state and national conferences on law enforcement, correctional and emergency response issues. In addition to his formal BA and JD degrees, he is a graduate of New Mexico Tech’s “Incident Response to Terrorist Bombing” and “Prevent and Response to Suicide Bombing Incidents” programs. He is an instructor for the National Sheriff’s Association (NSA) “Managing the Weapons of Mass Destruction Incident” and “Jail Evacuation Planning and Implementation” executive level training programs and has taught these programs at locations throughout the United States.

    As Chair of the firm’s Crisis Management Group, Mr. Oxley focuses on preparing private and public sector organizations for a broad range of crisis management industries, including risk analysis, emergency preparedness, continuity of operations, public relations management and internal fraud investigations.

    New Jersey

    U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey

    Pennsylvania

    U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

    United States Supreme Court

    New York

    U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

    National Sheriff’s Association

    American Jail Association

    Northern Monmouth Chamber of Commerce (Board of Directors)