Robert Czepiel Jr. Esq. is the Chief Executive Officer of Resilient Minds on the Front Lines, registered as non-profit 501C(3) company in the State of New Jersey.  The company conducts national resiliency/wellness, chaplaincy, and leadership training nationwide. In June of 2021, Rob retired from the Office of the Attorney General (OAG), Division Criminal Justice (DCJ) as an Assistant Attorney General and Deputy Director.   Rob was a prosecutor at the county and state levels in New Jersey for over 25 years. Mr. Czepiel was employed at DCJ in the Official Corruption Bureau and Prosecutor Supervision and Training Bureau (PS&TB) serving in the position of lead legal instructor, Deputy Chief of Training and Chief of the Bureau.  His responsibilities included updating, training, and creating the curriculum for law enforcement officers and prosecutors on numerous legal courses offered by the Division of Criminal Justice, CLEAR Institute, and the New Jersey Police Training Commission. Rob lectured and taught on such topics as search warrants, internal affairs, warrantless searches and seizures, trial tactics, ethics, criminal code, use of force, conducted energy devices, less than lethal devices, grand jury presentations, constitutional law, court testimony, corruption investigations, money laundering investigations, white collar investigations, witness preparation, cultural diversity and de-escalation, implicit bias, special needs population and de-escalation, leadership, and resiliency.  Rob had oversight responsibility of the week-long courses on Top Gun (Guns, Gangs and Narcotics Investigations), DELTA (Leadership Training), and Unit (Undercover) trainings.  As Chief of the PS&TB, Rob had oversight authority of the 21 County Prosecutor’s Office(s) through the Director of the DCJ, immunity petitions, forfeiture applications, citizen’s complaints, CED deployment reviews, DV weapons returns, bid waivers, expungements, statewide initiatives, prosecutor and police training, and municipal prosecutor oversight.  In August of 2019, Rob was named the Chief Resiliency Officer for the State of New Jersey.   In March 2020, Rob was appointed Deputy Director with supervision of the Cyber and Financial Crimes Bureau, PS&TB, Forfeiture Unit, Brady Giglio reviews, New Jersey Resiliency Program for Law Enforcement Officers, ethics, Office of Homeland Security prosecutions, Bureau of Banking and Security prosecutions, community outreach, and the Police Training Commission. 

Previously, Rob was employed as an Assistant Prosecutor at the Burlington County Prosecutor’s Office for several years. Combined, his experience included the prosecution of complex white-collar crimes in the field of public corruption; street crimes such as homicides, aggravated sexual assault, robbery, and drug distribution cases; family matters such as domestic violence and juvenile delinquency cases; and appellate matters. Rob has appeared before the Superior Court of New Jersey both Law and Appellate Division(s) and the Supreme Court of New Jersey and successfully tried numerous high-profile cases to verdict. He was the recipient of the 2008 Excellence in Legal Support Award by the New Jersey Office of Attorney General for the trial and conviction of the former Chief of Staff of the New Jersey Commerce and Economic Growth Commission for multiple counts of Official Misconduct. He is the recipient of the 2004 DCJ “Chief’s Award” for the investigation and prosecution of a former assemblyman for allegations of campaign fraud. He is a recipient of the 2013 Attorney General Award for efforts done to keep the DCJ Academy open after Hurricane Sandy.   In 2019, Rob received a PROCOPS award for the New Jersey Resiliency Program for Law Enforcement; Attorney General’s Award for Excellence in an Outstanding Contribution to a Special Project; and the DCJ Director’s Award for Excellence in Leadership and Management.   He is a member of the New Jersey Supreme Court Committee on Jury Selection and Family Practice.   In 2019, he served on the Third Circuit Panel on Out of Court Identification Procedures and numerous state-wide initiatives and panels.   Since 2010, Rob has been an adjunct professor of law at Widener University School of Law and Rowan College at Burlington County.  Rob has also taught numerous Continuing Legal Education courses.  He is a graduate of Widener Law School and was admitted to the New Jersey bar in 1997.