In 1996 Kerri E. Cody Esq., a Hammonton native, opened a practice focused on the areas of personal injury, civil litigation, commercial transactions and real estate. In 1997 she married Douglas L. Cody Esq., who was then a captain in the U.S. Marine Corps. After serving as a Marine Corps Judge Advocate and graduating with honors from Naval Justice School, he served as a federal prosecutor and trial defense counsel in all types of major felony criminal cases.