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Free ConsultationOffers Video ChatPassaic, NJ Family Law Attorney with 10 years of experience
Family, Divorce, Domestic Violence and Personal Injury
Rutgers School of Law-Newark
I am a passionate attorney that seeks to fight for my clients' interests all the while trying to resolve issues as fast and effectively as possible. There is no better feeling than winning a case for a client whether in divorce court, criminal court or civil court. I like to walk the streets I serve and see my clients who salute me for the work I did for them and build long term relationships. Our aim is to win for our clients and to explain the best way to achieve realistic goals. I have been living in Jersey City for...
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Free ConsultationOffers Video ChatMontclair, NJ Family Law Lawyer with 37 years of experience
Family, Divorce, Domestic Violence and Landlord Tenant
Western New England University School of Law
Brian C. Freeman has practiced law for over 30 years including serving as a law clerk to the Hon. Samuel C. Scott of the Hudson County Superior Court and as a Deputy Attorney General for the state of New Jersey. He is admitted to the New Jersey, Pennsylvania, New York, and District of Columbia Bars and is also admitted to the United States Supreme Court.
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Free ConsultationMontclair, NJ Family Law Attorney
Family, Divorce and Domestic Violence
Touro College Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center
Tanya L. Freeman is the managing partner of Tanya Freeman Law LLC. She is an accomplished attorney who provides legal representation in all aspects of family law, including divorce, child and spousal support, child custody, interstate custody and relocation disputes, as well as domestic violence matters. Prior to the practice of law, Tanya spent fifteen years in key roles including audit teams in the banking and insurance industries. Tanya’s extensive corporate audit background enhances her ability to effectively represent clients with high net worth cases involving significant assets, as well as cases concerning owners of closely held businesses. Tanya...
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Free ConsultationOffers Video ChatMontclair, NJ Family Law Lawyer with 29 years of experience
Family, Arbitration & Mediation, Divorce and Domestic Violence
New York Law School
Peter Van Aulen's Practice is 100% dedicated to divorce and family law. He is certified by the Supreme Court of New Jersey as a matrimonial attorney. Said designation is only granted to attorneys who have shown higher levels of education, knowledge, ability and experience in family law and divorce. Peter completed many more Continuing Legal Education classes in family law than is required by the non certified lawyer and passed an extensive exam. He has been positively assessed by judges and other attorneys. Peter Van Aulen has been representing clients in divorce and family law for over twenty-seven years. He...
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Family, Divorce and Employment
Rutgers University
Eugenie F. Temmler is a partner of Rabner Baumgart Ben-Asher & Nirenberg, P.C. Her areas of practice include family law and litigation, including employment litigation. Ms. Temmler joined the firm immediately after graduation from law school and later spent many years in a boutique firm devoted exclusively to family law prior to re-joining the firm.
Ms. Temmler is admitted to the Bars of the State of New Jersey, the United States District Court (District of New Jersey) and the United States Courts of Appeals (Second and Third Circuits). She is an active member of the Essex County Bar Association and the...
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Free ConsultationOffers Video ChatNewark, NJ Family Law Attorney with 16 years of experience
Family, Criminal, DWI and Domestic Violence
Seton Hall University School of Law and Rutgers School of Law-Newark
Franz Cobos is the owner and managing partner of the Cobos Law Firm in New Jersey. Mr. Cobos was awarded a Juris Doctorate in 2004 from Seton Hall University, School of Law, and has dedicated his practice to representing clients in the core areas of Family Law, Immigration Law and Business Law.
Mr. Cobos has practiced in New York and New Jersey for over a decade. Among several other organizations, he is a member and active participant of the New Jersey State Bar Association, Essex County Bar Association, American Immigration Lawyers' Association, Big Brothers and Big Sisters of Essex,...
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Kevin Orr
Newark, NJ Family Law Lawyer with 28 years of experience
Family, Criminal, Divorce and Domestic Violence
Seton Hall University School of Law
With over 25 years experience in providing clients with quality legal representation in a wide variety of legal matters in Federal, State and Municipal Courts, Kevin C. Orr, Esq. can handle your toughest civil, criminal or family law case. Call (973) 824-5520 to schedule a consultation. Kevin serves on a number of Boards and Committees, including the Office of Attorney Ethics of the Supreme Court of New Jersey, District VB (Essex County - Suburban Essex) Ethics Committee, serving as its Vice Chair . Also, he holds elected office in Bernards Township and Somerset County.
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Paula Crane
Upper Montclair, NJ Family Law Attorney with 41 years of experience
Family and Divorce
Rutgers School of Law-Newark
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Family, Divorce, Employment and Estate Planning
Pace Law School
Leslie A. Farber, Esq. has been practicing law since 1991. She received her undergraduate Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science from Drew University, and her Law Degree from Pace University School of Law. In law school, she was an editor of the Pace Law Review and participated in Pace's Appellate Litigation Clinic. For the past 20 years, she has represented both individuals and businesses in many areas of litigation in state, federal and municipal courts from initial consultation through discovery, mediation, arbitration, trial and appeal, when necessary. Ms. Farber has lectured and published works in a variety...
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Angus Ejiofor
East Orange, NJ Family Law Lawyer with 19 years of experience
Family, DWI, Divorce and Domestic Violence
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Cassandra Savoy
Bloomfield, NJ Family Law Attorney with 29 years of experience
Family, Divorce and Domestic Violence
Rutgers School of Law-Newark
Mediation is a great alternative to litigation. Mediation is empowering for the parties. They parties retain total control of their destinies. Mediation is faster and with outcomes that people are usually willing to live with for a long time.
I do divorce mediation and help parents establish workable parenting plans..I work with families to help them solve all types of family matters including, divorce, custody, relocation, guardianships of minors and alleged incapacitated persons.
I also help families with post divorce issues like enforcement of prior court orders, and support issues.
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Leslie Farber
Montclair, NJ Family Law Lawyer with 28 years of experience
Family, Divorce, Domestic Violence and Estate Planning
Pace Law School
Leslie A. Farber, Esq. has been practicing law since 1991. She received her undergraduate Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science from Drew University, and her Law Degree from Pace University School of Law. In law school, she was an editor of the Pace Law Review and participated in Pace's Appellate Litigation Clinic. For the past 20 years, she has represented both individuals and businesses in many areas of litigation in state, federal and municipal courts from initial consultation through discovery, mediation, arbitration, trial and appeal, when necessary. Ms. Farber has lectured and published works in a variety...
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Family, Construction and Divorce
Rutgers School of Law-Newark
Today my practice focuses on, but is not limited to mediation, arbitration and collaborative dispute resolution (see below). My clients find this to be faster, less stressful and much more affordable. Moreover, people who participate in processes, such as mediation and collaborative law, appreciate it as a private, compassionate and dignified way to divorce.
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Alan Ehrlich
Newark, NJ Family Law Lawyer with 45 years of experience
Family, Business, Criminal and Estate Planning
New York Law School
Founded in 1955, Ehrlich, Petriello, Gudin & Plaza, Attorneys at Law is a law firm dedicated to providing effective legal services for residents of New Jersey and New York. As a full service law firm with over 100 years of combined legal experience, the team is prepared to take on even the most complicated legal matters. The firm has offices in Newark, Morristown, and New York City, and represents individuals, families, small businesses, large corporations, publicly traded companies, and government agencies. The attorneys are prepared to assist clients through a variety of legal matters including those involving family law, commercial...
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Lucy Agostini
Verona, NJ Family Law Attorney with 41 years of experience
Family, Divorce and Real Estate
For over 30 years, Lucy Agostini, Esq. has prided herself on providing high-quality legal representation to her clients. Since 1979, she has successfully handled hundreds of contested family law matters. In addition, she has routinely represented clients in residential real estate purchases, sales and refinances, and in the preparation of wills. She has demonstrated a consistent pattern of success, evidenced by the fact that the majority of her firmâs business is derived from former clients and other attorneys. Mrs. Agostini's law firm, Agostini & Slattery, is committed to providing a personalized approach to each case and to building...
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Gary Natale
West Orange, NJ Family Law Attorney with 29 years of experience
Free ConsultationFamily, DWI, Divorce and Domestic Violence
Seton Hall University School of Law
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Krista Haley
Bloomfield, NJ Family Law Lawyer with 17 years of experience
Family, Criminal, DWI and Divorce
Washington University School of Law
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Free ConsultationHackensack, NJ Family Law Lawyer with 21 years of experience
Family, Arbitration & Mediation, Divorce and Domestic Violence
Suffolk University Law School
Divorce and family law expert Bari Zell Weinberger dedicates her practice exclusively to family and matrimonial law matters. As the founder and managing partner of Weinberger Divorce & Family Law Group, Ms. Weinberger leads a powerful team of divorce and family law attorney specialists who all share a passionate dedication to providing their clients with the highest levels of legal care.
Recognizing the difficult and trying problems that bring people to seek her firm's guidance, Ms. Weinberger has built her practice and firm around an unwavering commitment to safeguarding clients' rights, their children and their future.
Clients directly benefit...
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Seton Hall University School of Law
Richard Diamond has been practicing Family Law Litigation, Mediation & Arbitration work in New Jersey for the past 34 years and is a Certified Family Law Trial Attorney by the N.J. Supreme Court; Accredited New Jersey Family Law Mediator, authorized by the NJ Supreme Court to handle family law mediation matters with an active domestic violence restraining order in place and a Family Law Arbitrator.
Mr Diamond is also a Family Law Economic Mediator in Union, Essex, Morris, Somerset, Middlesex and Monmouth Counties.
Mr Diamond is also a member of the Essex, Union and Somerset County's...
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Free ConsultationFamily, Arbitration & Mediation, Divorce and Domestic Violence
Seton Hall University School of Law
Laurie Newmark is one of the founding partners at Townsend, Tomaio & Newmark. Since completing a Family Part judicial clerkship in 1998 with the Superior Court of New Jersey, Laurie has devoted her practice exclusively to family law. She is an experienced litigator who appears in court regularly in Northern and Central New Jersey. Laurie is admitted to practice law in the State of New Jersey, the State of New York, and the District Court of New Jersey.
Laurie insists that every client be treated with well-deserved respect and compassion. Laurie and her team understand that they are advocating for...
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Jay Bhatt
Jersey City, NJ Family Law Lawyer with 13 years of experience
Free ConsultationFamily, DWI, Divorce and Personal Injury
Seton Hall University School of Law
Attorney Jay Bhatt is the founder of Bhatt Law Group and a lawyer experienced in criminal, traffic, family, and personal injury law. Jay was born in India and immigrated to the United States with his family at age 6. He grew up watching his father, who had been an engineer in India, work diligently to become an engineer once again in the U.S. and eventually to start his own business. Jay learned his work ethic and his entrepreneurial drive, as well as a passion for helping others, from his father and applies those daily to his law practice.
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Free ConsultationFamily, Divorce and Domestic Violence
Ohio Northern University
As a founding partner of Townsend, Tomaio & Newmark, Paul Townsend brings hands-on involvement and dedication to every aspect of his divorce and family law practice. He works tirelessly to ensure that his clients not only survive but thrive before, during and after their work together through his honesty, directness, and personal compassion for his clients and their families.
Paul is uniquely qualified to understand and work through the emotional pain of divorce with his clients because he has been through divorce in his own life; his work is deeply personal to him in this way. When clients feel as though...
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Seton Hall University School of Law
Mr. Tomaio is a trusted professional in the divorce and family law world. He has extensive experience in handling difficult divorce matters. He is Certified by the Supreme Court of N.J. as a Matrimonial Attorney. He is also a court approved mediator pursuant to the N.J. Court rules. He has also been involved in high profile divorces as seen on "Date Line" NBC. See his web site for the full Date Line story.
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James P. Yudes
Springfield, NJ Family Law Lawyer with 42 years of experience
Family, Divorce and Domestic Violence
Villanova University School of Law
James P. Yudes is a renowned family law and divorce attorney in New Jersey and the founder of The Law Offices of James P. Yudes. Mr. Yudes founded the firm in 1978, and has provided high-end legal services throughout the state ever since. He is a highly respected legal professional, and is often called on to give lectures for other attorneys and law school students. In response to his exceptional legal services, several organizations have awarded Mr. Yudes with prestigious awards, including New Jersey Super Lawyers 2007, ranking as a Martindale Hubbell A.V. preeminent lawyer, and admission as a Fellow...
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Free ConsultationOffers Video ChatHackensack, NJ Family Law Lawyer with 33 years of experience
Family, Divorce, Domestic Violence and Estate Planning
Touro College Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center
Toni Ann Russo, Esq. has been providing quality legal services to the Northern New Jersey community for over 33 years. She is managing attorney at the Russo Petrullo Law Group, LLC formerly the Law Offices of Toni Ann Russo, LLC.
Toni handles most family law matters such as Divorce, Custody, Alimony, Child Support, Parenting time, Equitable Distribution, Domestic Violence Restraining Orders, DYFS/DCPP Child abuse and neglect.
Her passion and experience can give you the edge you need in the courtroom.
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Filipe Pedroso
Newark, NJ Family Law Lawyer with 24 years of experience
Family, Criminal, Divorce and Domestic Violence
Seton Hall University School of Law
Over the years I have received many awards and recognitions for exceptional service, client satisfaction and highest ethical standards. The Legal Network has recognized me as “Top Lawyers in New Jersey” several years in a row. I have been invited to join elite Top 100 National Trial Lawyers due to strong qualifications as TOP civil/criminal defense trial lawyers. I was nominated as one of the "10 Best" attorneys in NJ by the American Institute of Family Law Attorneys. Currently, I'm the managing attorney at two successful law firms: eLAWnj.com Pedroso Legal Services LLC and...
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John E. Clancy
Hackensack, NJ Family Law Attorney with 14 years of experience
Free ConsultationFamily, Divorce and Domestic Violence
Rutgers University School of Law
I am a partner of the firm and have handled family law matters exclusively since the commencement of my career. I handle all family law/divorce matters, ranging from a simple divorce to those involving complex financial or custody disputes. I am also a family law mediator approved by the New Jersey Court Rules. In addition, I have significant experience appealing family law, divorce and custody decisions entered by the Courts. I have also been involved in litigation in the Appellate Division and NJ Supreme Court relative to Grandparent's Rights.
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Elena K. Weitz
Millburn, NJ Family Law Lawyer with 15 years of experience
Family, Divorce, Domestic Violence and Estate Planning
Seton Hall University School of Law
Elena K. Weitz, Esq. is a senior associate at Grayson and Associates, focusing her practice on all aspects of family, divorce and post-divorce matters including child support, alimony, custody, and domestic violence, in addition to providing legal services related to general civil litigation, contract, estate and municipal matters. Ms. Weitz has been with Grayson and Associates since 2007. Prior to that, Ms. Weitz practiced for two years at that law office of Bonny G. Rafel, LLC, engaging in the practice of federal law related to ERISA and individual disability benefits.
Ms. Weitz earned a Bachelor’s degree in Sociology and Psychology...
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Kim Rayner
Hackensack, NJ Family Law Lawyer with 29 years of experience
Family, Arbitration & Mediation, Divorce and Domestic Violence
Experienced and dedicated matrimonial Attorney. I will fight aggressively for your family. Call me today!
Kim M. Rayner joined the Law Offices of David I. Goldstein as an associate in 1998, and was made partner in 2008. She has over 20 years of experience as a matrimonial lawyer. As such, she has extensive litigation skills, developed through trials regarding custody, maintenance, child support, and equitable distribution. Ms. Rayner’s experience is shown through her ability to form a trusting and enduring relationship with her clients. She zealously advocates for her client in and out of the courtroom, and is an...
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(201) 368-7713
25 East Spring Valley Avenue
Suite 320
Maywood,
NJ 07660
Free ConsultationFamily, Arbitration & Mediation, Divorce and Domestic Violence
University of Miami School of Law
My practice focuses on the litigation, mediation, and arbitration of family and matrimonial law matters, including but not limited to, divorce and legal separations, dissolution of domestic partnerships/civil unions and same sex marriages, child custody, visitation and parenting time, child support, alimony and palimony, division of assets/equitable distribution, pre/post nuptial agreements, paternity, emancipation, domestic violence matters, post-divorce matters, and collaborative divorce.
I am Certified by the Supreme Court of New Jersey as a Matrimonial Law Attorney, a certification achieved by only 2% of the attorneys in New Jersey. I am also a court-qualified family law mediator and I am specially...
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Free ConsultationHackensack, NJ Family Law Lawyer with 14 years of experience
Family, Divorce, Domestic Violence and Estate Planning
Rutgers School of Law-Camden
I began my career on my own right after I finished working for a Judge. I had no idea how to be a lawyer or how to be a business man so I jumped into the deep end of the swimming pool on my own. I spoke to other attorneys and I read books to help me learn how to practice law and how to run my office. I sometimes felt that the way I was being taught to run the office was unusual and the reality of being a lawyer was very different from what I had in mind...
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Seton Hall University School of Law
Patrick T. Collins brings to Skoloff & Wolfe his vast experience in family law and commercial litigation.
Patrick is one of only four attorneys in New Jersey to have been qualified by the Supreme Court as both a Certified Civil Trial Attorney and a Certified Matrimonial Attorney, and guides his clients with more than 35 years of experience across all areas of family law, including divorce, prenuptial agreements, business and other asset valuations, child custody and visitation, child and spousal support, alimony and equitable distribution, post-judgement modifications, and all aspects of high conflict divorces. He has handled high profile cases and...
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Melissa Cipriano
West Caldwell, NJ Family Law Lawyer with 21 years of experience
Family, Divorce and Domestic Violence
Shepard Broad Law Center, Nova Southeastern University
As a child of Divorce and a Divorcee herself Ms. Cipriano has a unique insight into the toll this process takes on a family. As a business owner with not only a Juris Doctorate from Nova Southeastern University, Shepard Broad Law Center but also a Master's of Business Administration from Fairleigh Dickinson University, she understands the unique issues that face business owners when moving through divorce. Ms. Cipriano is here to help her clients, their family and their finances emerge from the process to more stable, happier, healthier future.
She is admitted to practice...
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The Ohio Northern University Pettit College of Law
I'm a New Jersey divorce lawyer with over 30 years experience in all areas of family law and divorce with offices in Roseland, NJ. I've been awarded Best Lawyers of America 5 years running and am also a member of New Jersey Super Lawyers.
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Free ConsultationJersey City, NJ Family Law Lawyer with 3 years of experience
Family, Criminal, Divorce and Domestic Violence
Loyola University New Orleans
Attorney Kristofher Beralo is a founding member of Beralo & Michael. Mr. Beralo grew up in Jersey City attending Marist High School in Bayonne, NJ. While still in high school Mr. Beralo joined the military as an Infantry soldier and deployed to the Middle East.
Mr. Beralo continued with his military service where he received numerous commendations and attended specialized schools such as Air Assault, Army Combatives and Drill Sergeant School. Mr. Beralo also served as a Platoon Sergeant for the 98th Division, instructing future leaders to becoming a Drill Sergeant. Currently, Mr. Beralo is a commissioned officer assigned to the...
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Free ConsultationOffers Video ChatMONTCLAIR, NJ Family Law Lawyer with 31 years of experience
Family, DWI, Divorce and Domestic Violence
Pace Law School
Call me personally 24/7 at 1-800-537-4154. You will receive VIP attention.
Dolores L. Aretsky is a partner and co-founder of the Aretsky Law Group, P.C., a statewide New Jersey Divorce & Family Law firm with meeting locations in most counties. With over 25 years of experience as a New Jersey divorce and family law attorney, she has assisted her clients in securing their future after a divorce.
Dolores also represents clients charged DWI & Traffic Tickets throughout New Jersey.
Ms. Aretsky was admitted to practice in New Jersey in 1988 after earning her Juris Doctorate degree from Pace University School of Law...
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Seton Hall University School of Law
With over twenty 27 years experience protecting the interests of clients in all areas of family law, you can be confident that a solution to your problem is at hand. I have been a principal in my own firm since 1989. My job is to listen, provide knowledgeable legal advice, and offer effective help in oftentimes distressing personal situations. It is my goal to be an expert advocate for your interests and a persuasive negotiator that will strive to reach a just and fair outcome for you whether by settlement or trial. If an acceptable settlement cannot be reached, rest...
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(201) 488-1161
21 Main Street, West Wing
Court Plaza South, Suite 250
Hackensack,
NJ 07601
Family and Divorce
Rutgers School of Law-Newark
Madeline Marzano-Lesnevich chairs the firm’s family law department. She and her husband/law partner Walt Lesnevich (personal injury and medical malpractice law) founded Lesnevich, Marzano-Lesnevich, O’Cathain & O’Cathain, LLC. Madeline has focused her practice on complex matrimonial law representing high net worth individuals, business owners, professional athletes, CEO’s and the spouses of those individuals. She is also known for her expertise in high-conflict and relocation custody matters.
Madeline Marzano-Lesnevich is currently Immediate Past President of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, having served as the national organization’s President during her 2017 – 2018 term. The Academy’s stated mission is to, ‘promote professionalism...
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University of Connecticut School of Law
A New Jersey family lawyer who is Certified as a Matrimonial Attorney by the New Jersey Supreme Court. Areas or practice include divorce, same-sex divorce, child custody, high income child support, pre-nuptial agreements and mid-marriage agreements. Represents clients in the family law courts of Bergen County, Essex County, Hudson County, Passaic County and Morris County.
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Free ConsultationHackensack, NJ Family Law Attorney with 30 years of experience
Family, Divorce and Domestic Violence
University of Maryland School of Law
My practice focuses on uncontested and contested divorce matters. I have courtroom-tested, real world experience handling contested and uncontested divorce cases.
The divorce process is foreign and unsettling territory, you are trying to close one chapter of your life with as little cost, stress and damage as possible. You are also trying to find a lawyer – frankly, a complete stranger – to help you navigate this terrain.
I enjoy helping people in this transition as they move from one phase of their lives to another. I provide counsel for uncontested and contested divorce matters. The uncontested divorce process in New Jersey...
Bloomfield Family Legal Aid & Pro Bono Services
The Safe House
(973) 759-2154
Bloomfield, NJ
Partners for Women and Justice
(973) 233-0111
Montclair , NJ
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Dealing with family law issues?
Family law generally concerns domestic relations and family-related matters such as marriage, civil unions, domestic partnerships, adoptions, paternity, guardianships, domestic abuse, surrogacy, child custody, child abduction, the dissolution of marriage and associated issues. Each state has its own set of family laws, and traveling across state borders can sometimes affect your rights and those of your family.
Contrary to popular belief, seeking the advice of a family law attorney does not necessarily mean that something is amiss in your family. A family law attorney can help negotiate prenuptial/premarital agreements for clients in anticipation of marriage or advise same-sex couples on relevant legal issues affecting their relationship. They also can help with adoption proceedings and other procedures involving children.
Family law attorneys often do represent clients seeking a divorce, annulment or legal separation, and the complicated issues that can arise as a result. Although domestic abuse is a criminal offense, some family law attorneys are skilled at handling these situations, as they are often entangled with other family law issues.
Some jurisdictions certify lawyers as family law specialists, which means these attorneys have met the certifying body's minimum requirements for education, experience, and examination.
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