Amy Zylman Shimalla - Watchung, NJ

Overview

Awards and Honors

Education

• Legal Education

  • Seton Hall University School of Law, Newark, New Jersey, May, 1986
    Juris Doctorate

• Non Legal Education

  • Rutgers University, University College, 1980
    B.S. with Highest Honors
  • Rutgers University, 1994
    Divorce Mediation Course
  • Jersey Shore Collaborative Law Group, 2008
    Collaborative Law Training
  • American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, Chicago, Illinois
    Arbitration Training, 2013
  • Mediation Training in Domestic Violence Cases, 2015

Past Positions

• Law Offices of Pamela Copeland Kaufelt, Associate, 1989 - 1992
• Thiele & Hermes, Associate, 1987 - 1989
• Hon. Paul T. Murphy, Superior Court of New Jersey, Judicial Clerkship, 1986 - 1987

Classes and Seminars

• Speaker, Getting to Yes in Divorce: Using and Understanding ADR in Family Law Cases, NJICLE, 2015, 2016
  
• Speaker, Professionalism in Family Law - Steering Your Client in the Right Direction, SCBA, 2015
  
• Speaker, How to Be a Better Advocate for Your Client in an ADR Process, SCBA, 2015
  
• Speaker, Privileges, Confidences and Their Ethical Implications in Family Law Litigation, NJICLE, 2015
  
• Panelist, Hot Tips for Handling Domestic Violence Matters, SCBA, 2015
  
• Economic Mediation with Domestic Violence Final Restraining Orders, NJICLE, 2015
  
• Speaker, Alternative Dispute Resolution in Family Law, 2015, Rutgers School of Law (Newark)
  
• Speaker, Vicinage XIII Family Law Bench Bar Conference, 2015, SCBA
  
• Speaker, Domestic Violence Seminar , NJSBA Midyear Meeting, 2015
  
• Faculty, Family Law Summer Institute, 2010 - 2015
  
• Speaker, Family Law Symposium - 2006, 2015
  
• Speaker, Collaborative Divorce, Rutgers School of Law (Newark), 2011 - 2015
  
• Faculty, Collaborative Divorce Law Training, NJ ICLE, 2011-2015
  
• Speaker, Hot Tips Seminar , ICLE, 2007-2015
  
• Speaker, Alimony: Termination & Modification, NJAJ, 2014
  
• Equitable Distribution Panel, NJ State Bar Association Annual Meeting, May 15, 2014
  
• Speaker, NJ Collaborative Law Act, NJSBA, 2014
  
• Faculty, Advanced Mediation Training, ICLE, 2012 - 2014
  
• Parent Coordination Workshop, ICLE, 2013
  
• Matrimonial Mediation Workshop, ICLE, 2013
  
• Bench Bar Panel, 2013 NJSBA Annual Meeting
  
• Speaker, The Workings of the Ethics Committee, Somerset County Bar Association - October, 2012
  
• Speaker, Joint Custody – A Fiction, NJAJ, 2012
  
• Alimony Panel, NJ State Bar Association Annual Meeting - May, 2012
  
• Custody Panel - Boardwalk Seminars, NJAJ - April, 2012
  
• Speaker, How to Settle a Case, Family Law Retreat - 2012
  
• Speaker, Beyond the Best Interests Evaluation, SCBA, 2011
  
• Collaborative Law Seminar, ICLE, 2010
  
• Speaker, Divorce in Tough Economic Times, SCBA, 2010
  
• Speaker, Collaborative Divorce and Arbitration in Family Law Matters, SCBA, 2010
  
• Speaker, Hot Tips, Family Law Retreat, 2009
  
• Judicial College Bar Representative to Teach Recent Developments in Case Law, 2007

Published Works

Articles

• Co-Author, New Jersey Family Law ADR Handbook, NJICLE, 2015
  
• The Passage of the New Jersey Family Collaborative Law Act and the Impact on Collaborative Practice, New Jersey Family Lawyer, November, 2015
  
• Collaborative Divorce: Answers to Frequently Asked Questions, New Jersey Family Lawyer, Vol. 35, No. 1, September, 2014
  
• Collaborative Divorce Explained, New Jersey Family Lawyer, Vol. 31 February, 2011
  
• The Do's and Don'ts of Mediation and Arbitration, Co-Author with Amy Wechsler, Esq., New Jersey Family Lawyer, Vol. 27 No. 2 October, 2006
  

Bar Admissions

• New Jersey, 1986
• U.S. District Court District of New Jersey, 1986
• U.S. Supreme Court, 1996

Specialties and Certifications

• Certified Matrimonial Law Attorney, Supreme Court of New Jersey

Other Affiliations

• Somerset County Bar Association (Family Practice Committee Member, Co-Chair 2013-2016)
• Statewide Counsel of Collaborative Professionals (2011 - 2014)
• New Jersey Supreme Court Matrimonial Certification Committee (Chair)
• NJSBA Family Law Executive Committee
• Association for the Advancement of Collaborative Practice (Co-President)
• New Jersey Divorce Arbitrators Association (Board Member)
• Vicinage XIII Family Law Inn of Court
• New Jersey Collaborative Law Group (President - 2012)
• Somerset County Bar Association (Member; President 1995-1996)
• District XIII Ethics Committee (Immediate Past Chair)
• NJSBA Women in the Profession Section (Member & Former Chair)
• NJSBA Task Force on Diversity (Former Chair)
• New Jersey Association of Professional Mediators
• Matrimonial Early Settlement Panelist, 1991-Present