New Jersey Family Law Attorneys Firms

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Ocean, New Jersey Family Law Lawyer handling domestic affairs such as Divorce Law, Child Custody, Child Support, Alimony, Power of Attorneys.

Member: Morris County, Matrimonial Law Committe; New Jersey State Bar Association, Family Law Section, Executive Committee; Certified by the Supreme Court of New Jersey as a Matrimonial Law Attorney

Atlantic, Cape May and Cumberland Counties: AAML: Vice Pres. of the New Jersey Chapter. Member: New Jersey State Bar Assn. Current Position: Member, Executive Comm. Family Law Section. Previous Positions: Former Chair, New Jersey Atlantic County Bar Assn. Family Law Section. CLE Participation: Frequent Lecturer and Writer for the NJ Institute for CLE, American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers and American Trial Lawyers Assn. Author: Choosing A Family Lawyer; Natural Parents Deserve Due Process; Using Life Insurance to Secure Support Obligations; Enforcement of Judgments; Enforcing Prenuptial Agreements Through Motions for Summary Judgment. Speaker: 9/02 Case Law Update, 11/02 Handling the High Conflict Divorce, 3/03 Successful Counsel Fee Applications, 9/03 Case Law Update, 9/03 The Braver Study: Rivision the Baures Paradigm, 2/04 Finding Hidden Assets and Underreported Income, 3/03 Hot Tips in Family Law, 11/02 Handling the High Conflict Divorce, 9/02 Case Law Updates, 10/01 Family Law Updates, 4/01 Summary Judgement Motions in Limine and Other Pretrial Applications.

Counties of Sedgwick, Harvey, Sumner, Butler and Kingman. Member: Wichita Bar Association, Kansas Bar Association. Current Positions:Chairman, Family Law Advisory Committe to the Kansas Judicial Council, 2000-, member since 1992; Kansas Supreme Court Child Support Guideline Advisory Committee 1990-present; Chairman, Wichita Bar Association Family Law Committee; Legislative Liaison Kansas Bar Association Family Law Commitee; Family Law Advisory Committee to Kansas Judicial Council 1992-present. Previous Positions: Chairman, Family Law Committee of the Kansas Bar Association 1994-95; Chairman, Wichita Bar Association Family Law Committee 1992-93, 1997-98; CLE Participation: Wichita Bar Association Pro Bono Seminar, 1995, 1996, 1997: Child Support Guidelines Ellis County Bar Association CLE 1997; Child Support Guidelines Court Trustee Association. Author: Kansas Bar Association Family Law Handbook Chapter on Child Support.

Cohn Lifland Pearlman Herrmann & Knopf LLP was founded in 1924. Over the years, our New Jersey law firm has earned a reputation for excellence in the practice of law and has recently been named to the Martindale-Hubbell Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers. We offer clients both depth and breadth of representation in the state and federal courts at the trial and appellate levels as well as in tax, estate planning and transactional matters.

David Shotwell offers personal attorney services at hours convenient to you. Reasonable fees and billing practices are discussed up front and can be arranged to meet most needs.

Counties of Warren, Morris and Sussex. AAML: New Jersey Chapter, Parliamentarian, 1997-; Board of Managers, 1986-. Previous: President, 1995-1996. Member: New Jersey State Bar and Warren County Bar Associations; New Jersey Women Lawyers Assn. Current Positions: NJSBA; Member, Professional Responsiblity Comm., 1994-; Fee Arbitration Comm.; Vice President, New Jersey Women Lawyers Assn., 1985-. Previous Position: President, Warren County Bar Assn. CLE Participation: Lecturer - N.J. Institute of Continuing Legal Education, 1988-. Co-Author, ``The Inequity of Equitable Distribution,'' Seton Hall Legislative Journal. ``A Da Vinci as Payment?'' Family Advocate, V.6. N.2. Included in Best of Family Advocate, 1989.

Counties of Somerset, Hunterdon, Morris, Union, Middlesex and Mercer. ABA, Family Law Section Member; Member, Executive Comm., NJ State Bar, Family Law Section, 1982-86; Past Chair, Matrimonial Early Settlement Program, Union and Somerset County. Member, Somerset County, Family Law Section; Somerset County Bar Association. Published, New Jersey Family Lawyer. Speaker, Union County Bar Assn., AAML Boardwalk Seminar, Master, Central NJ Family Law Inn of Court; Certified by NJ Supreme Court, Matrimonial Law Attorney.

We have extensive experience in handling serious personal injury cases arising oput of work place injuries. Our firm has been in the forefront of expanding the rights of injured workers in our appellate practice. Offices in Atlantic City, Northfield, Galloway, and Rio Grande, New Jersey.

Counties of Somerset, Mercer and Middlesex. Member: New Jersey Bar Association. Executive Committee, Family Law Section, NJBA, 1989-91 and 1994-. CLE Participation: Family Law Symposium - Equitable Distribution of Social Security Benefits, Jan. 1995; The Forty Most Important Family Law Cases, 1996. Early Settlement Panels: Somerset & Mercer Counties; Custody Mediation for Somerset County Mandatory Custody Mediation Program, 1996, 1997 until present. Practice limited to Divorce Mediation, Arbitration, Prenuptial Agreements, Divorce Consultation, Non-Adversarial Representation, Guardian Ad Litem appointments.

Counties of Union, Essex and Monmouth. AAML Previous: New Jersey Chapter of the AAML Board of Governors, 1985-92. Certified Matrimonial Law Attorney by NJ Supreme Court. Fellow, International Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers. Member: New Jersey State Bar Assn. Family Law Section Chair, 1989; Vice Chair, 1988; Secretary, 1987, Trustee, 1991-93; Chair, New Jersey Inst. of CLE. CLE Participation: Lecturer - New Jersey Judicial College, 2000; New Jersey Family Law Update, 1989-2003; Mandatory Course for Matrimonial Attorneys' Certification, 1997-00; Skills and Methods Course, Family Law, 1997 & 1998. Author: Yudes Family Law Citator, ICLE 1989-04; ``Domestic Torts in New Jersey,'' Family Law Practice in New Jersey, Practice Handbooks (1996); ``A New Look at Battered Women,'' 140 N.J.L.J. 887, 1995; Yudes' Consumer Guide to a New Jersey Divorce, P.C. 1998, 2002, 2004; 'Matrimonial Certification Review Course Vol. 1 & 2, ICLE 1997-2002. ICLE, Distinguished Service Award Recipient, 2004.

AAML: New Jersey Chapter, Past-President. Previous: Secretary, Treasurer, Board of Managers. Certified Mediator. Member: New Jersey State Bar (Family Law Section), Somerset County Bar (Family Law Comm.) and American Bar Assn.. Current Positions: Member, Emeritus NJSB, Executive Comm., Family Law Section; Senior Editor of the Family Lawyer; Certified Matrimonial Lawyer. Previous Positions: Past Chair, NJSB Assn. Executive Comm., Family Law Section; Past Chair, NJ Supreme Court Family Practice Comm., Rules Subcommittee. Recipient of Tischler Award from New Jersey State Bar Assn.. CLE Presentations: 1996 and 1997 Family Law Symposiums and 1997 Family Law Forum. Author: New Jersey Family Lawyer, ``Alimony & Child Support in New Jersey,'' Special Anglo-American Issue, 10/89, ``Second Annual Bar Exam Question,'' Jan. 1989, ``The Rights of Cohabitants.'' Honored as one of the 'Best Lawyers in America' by The Best Lawyers in America, Woodward/White, 1999-00, 2001-02, 2002-03, 2003-04. Diplomate, The American College of Family Trial Lawyers.

Counties of Burlington and Camden. Member: Burlington County Bar Association; New Jersey State Bar Association; American Bar Association. Current Position: Burlington County Bar Association (Ombudsman); Burlington County Bar Foundation, Trustee; New Jersey State Bar Association (Family Law Section Member); New Jersey State Bar Foundation (Trustee); American Bar Association (Family Law Section Member). Previous Positions: Burlington County Bar Association (Former President, Former Burlington County Trustee to New Jersey State Bar Association, Recipient of Criscuolo Lawyer of the Year Award). New Jersey State Association (Former Trustee from Burlington County Member of Family Law Section Executive Committee). Recipient: 1998 Professional Lawyer of the Year Award, presented annually by the New Jersey Commission on Professionalism in the Law. 1998 William H. Wells Civility Award, presented annually by the Burlington County Bar Association.

Michael Gast has over 30 years' experience as a trial lawyer and concentrates his practice in the area of divorce and family law. Our firm has 4 attorneys plus experienced support staff to meet the needs of our clients, and we appear regularly in the family courts throughout central and northern New Jersey.

Edward R. Weinstein, Esq. operates a full-service law firm, providing to individuals and businesses a full range of legal representation and expertise.

Counties of Burlington and Camden. AAML Previous Position: Member, New Jersey Chapter Board of Managers, 1984-90. Member: American Bar, Camden County Bar, New Jersey State Bar Associations. Current Positions: Editor-in-Chief, NJ Family Lawyer, 1983-present; NJ Supreme Court: Special Comm. on Matrimonial Litigation; Mbr., Family Division Practice Comm.; Chair, General Procedures Subcom.; Mbr, Comm., Complementary Dispute Resolution Comm.; Mbr., Executive Comm. NJSBA Family Law Section. Previous Positions: NJSBA; Past Chr., Family Law Section, 1981-83, Chr., Exec. Comm. General Council, 1983-95, Bd. of Trustees, 1986-90; Bd. of Trustees Mbr., NJ Inst. for CLE; Bd. of Trustees,Camden County Bar Assn. CLE Participation: NJICLE - 1996-98 Family Law Symposium; 1996, 1997 Family Law Summer Institute; 1997 Presentation on Ethics of Matrimonial Practice. Author: Co-Author Forms for NJ Divorce Practice 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th Eds; Articles for New Jersey Family Lawyer.

Counties of Essex, Morris and Bergen. Current: Chair, Matrimonial Law Committee of the Supreme Court Board on Attorney Certification; Member, Supreme Court of New Jersey Board on Attorney Certification; Member: Family Law Section Executive Committee, Essex County Bar Association; Member, Family Law Section New Jersey State Bar Association; Member of the Supreme Court Domestic Violence Working Group 2002-04. Previous Positions: Chair (1992-1993), Family Law Section New Jersey State Bar Association; Chair (1988-1991). Essex County Family Law Committee, Essex County Bar Association. Recipient of Essex County Family Law Attorney Achievement Award, 1993. Member: Board of Editors, Matrimonial Strategist, a nationwide publication.

Member: Essex County Bar Association. New Jersey Bar Association. American Bar Association. Certified by Supreme Court of New Jersey as a Matrimonial Trial Attorney. Current Positions: Family Law Executive Committee in Essex County. Lecturer: National Council of Women: 'Women Beware' Previous Master (Arthur Vanderbilt) American Inns of Court. Previous Adjunct Professor, Business Law Seton Hall Univ/St. Peter's College. Lecturer: AAML ''3rd Party Visitation Rights.'' Author: Publish Quarterly Newsletter, 'Family Lawyer'. Appointed to New Jersey Office of Attorney Ethics, Fee Arbitration Comm., Board of Managers - AAML.

Committed to helping individuals through mediation or legal representation.

Counties of Somerset, Hunterdon & Middlesex. Member: Somerset County Bar Association- Former President, American Bar Association, New Jersey Bar Association - Former Trustee. CLE Participation: Organizer, Central New Jersey Family Law Inn of Court, Speaker, Family Law Summer Institute, Sponsored by Family Law Section of New Jersey Bar Association and AAML. Author: Use of Lis Pendens in Divorce Proceedings. Potential Impact of ECRA on Valuations of Real Estate in Equitable Distribution. Designated Economic Mediator by Superior Court of New Jersey; Selected as one of 'Best Lawyers in America,' 1999-2004. Certified Arbitrator and Mediator by AAML.

Member: AAML. ABA, Family Law Section Chair, Practical Uses of Computers for Family Lawyers Comm.; Cert. by Supreme Court of NJ as Matrimonial Law Attorney, 1998; New Jersey Bar Assn., Family Law Section, Representative from Monmouth County on Executive Board; Monmouth County Bar Assn., American Trial Lawyers Assn, and Barrister in the American Inns of Court. Captain, NJ Army National Guard, Served in the Judge Advocate General's Corp. Appointed as Judge of the NJ Court of Military Review. Elected to Who's Who in America and Who's Who in American Law. Designer and Developer of Computer Soltware entitled Divorce Settlement Assistant, a Tax Planning Software Package and Computes the Tax Impact of Alimony and Child Support. Contributing Author to First Three Editions of the NJ Family Law Practice - (Skoloff Blue Book). Lecturer for CLE Institute and AAML. Talk Show Host, Legal Line, 1994-97. Received Annual Award by the Monmouth County Bar Assn. for Contribution to Development of Family Law, Mar. 2, 1998.

AAML: Member, Economics of Law Comm. 2001, CLE Comm. 2000. Certified Mediator, 1997, NJ Chapter - Parliamentarian, 1999-2000, Member Board of Managers, 1996-01. Member: ABA, Family Law Section; Assn. of Trial Lawyers of America, Family Law Section; Trial Lawyers of NJ; Bergen County Bar Assn; Family Law Comm.; Co-Chair, 1995-01, 1999-01, Chair 1998-99, Bergen County Domestic Violence Working Group, NJ State Bar Assn, Family Law Section, Exec. Comm. 1995-2000; Supreme Court of New Jersey, Board on Attorney Certification, Matrimonial Law Comm., 1996-04. Panelist, Matrimonial Early Settlement Panel, Lecturer, 'Family Law in New Jersey' Natl' Business Inst. 1999, Bergen County Bar Foundation, Orientation Seminar for Newly-Appointed Judges, Administrative office of the Courts 1998, Bergen County Bar Assn., New Jersey Society of CPA's. Author: 'Federal Laws Affecting the Practice of Family Law,' Ninth Edition, Chapter 12 - 1999.

AAML: Previous Position: NJ Chapter, Board of Managers, 1996-1998. AAML Mediator & Arbitrator. Member: ABA, NJ State Bar Assn., Morris Cnty Bar Assn. Current Position: Court-Appointed Economic Mediator. Member, Matrim Early Settlement Panel since 1984. Previous Positions: Member, Bd. of Trustees, Legal Aid Society of Morris Cnty 1989-2003. Trustee, Morris Cnty Bar Assn. 1989-1990. Master, NJ Family Law Inn of Court 1993-1996. Municipal Judge, East Hanover, NJ 1989-1993. CLE Participation: Speaker, Arbitration: The Missing Link in Resolving Fam Law Cases, Morris Cnty Bar Assn. 6/03. Speaker, Vital Legal Issues Arising from Military Mobilization, NJ-ICLE, 1/02. Speaker, Fees & Retainers in Matrim Cases, Morris Cnty Bar Assn 1//99. Speaker, Second Annual Fam Law Institute, NJ-ICLE 6/97. Author: Economic Mediation Mandated in Matrim Cases, The Morris Lawyer, 1/00. Matrimonial Arbitration, The Morris Lawyer, 12/95.