Hi, y'all. I'm here. Conflict101 has the issue that I find very common, they (gender undetermined) want to help others based on their personal experience. It's sort of like the blind men who went to see the elephant, and based their report of what the elephant was like on whichever part of the elephant they happened to get hold of. Every unemployment claim is individual, and though there are statutes and specifics, no one can say for certain what's going to happen except the people who are looking at it in the New Jersey system.
What conflict101 says is pretty much true, as far as it goes, NJ is one of the states where sometimes a disqualification is removed by a waiting period.
But we can't say, Yes, this is what happened to me, this is exactly what will happen to you. In this OP's post, they are working on a decision about whether or not the termination is determined to be misconduct, based on the information given at the hearing.
If it is, and the person is disqualified, there will be information provided to them about how long the disqualification is for, and what they have to do to remove the disqualification. It may be totally different from the circumstances of Conflicts' situation. We can't say, only can give very general information about the claim. Once the decision is rendered, then the OP can go over the information that will be contained in the decision and take it from there.
Most important thing for us to deal with, in my opinion is that the original poster is asking "Should I retain an attorney?" Very definitely no, not right now. A lawyer could not help you at all in this situation at this point. For one thing, UI law is not based on the brilliant citing of case law by anyone, is only subject to very specific appeals process, for which the laws are very clearly defined, and it sounds as though you have already had one hearing on your situation. When you receive the decision, get back here and we'll see if you can appeal it, if you aren't approved.
Whether or not your claim can be reopened after denial and a penalty period will be determined by the system when and if the claim is denied.