Man Practiced Law For Marlboro, Manalapan Clients Without License

FREEHOLD, NJ – A Middlesex County man has been charged with repeatedly practicing law in Monmouth County without a license, Monmouth County First Assistant Prosecutor Julia Alonso announced Thursday.

Allen Yusufov, 37, of Monroe is charged with four counts of third-degree unauthorized practice of law and a single count of fourth-degree uttering a forged instrument, according to the prosecutor's office.

An investigation was started in January by the Monmouth County Prosecutor's Office Financial Crimes and Public Corruption Unit.

It determined that Yusufov had provided legal services associated with four real-estate transactions taking place from August 2020 to September 2022, while working out of offices on Gordons Corner Road in Manalapan and on Newman Springs Road in Middletown (with a Red Bank mailing address), the prosecutor's office said.

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), the prosecutor's office said.

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. He was in possession of a forged document with grammatical errors falsely indicating that he was in “good standing” to practice law.

Yusufov is legitimately licensed to perform law in the State of New York, the prosecutor's office said.

Yusufov was arrested without incident Thursday and released on a complaint-summons, pending future proceedings in Monmouth County Superior Court.

Anyone with information about Yusufov’s activities is urged to contact Monmouth County Prosecutor's Office Detective Robert Afanasewicz at 1-800-533-7443.

The case has been assigned to Monmouth County Assistant Prosecutor Lawrence Nelsen, director of the prosecutor's office Financial Crimes and Public Corruption Unit.