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A practice dedicated to Family Law with a focus on Collaborative Divorce, Mediation, Arbitration and Litigation with a resolution oriented approach...

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Qualifications

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

Education

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

Achievements

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Included on the 2022 New Jersey list

Past Lists

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Honors

Chosen as Top 100 Lawyers in NJ by NJ Monthly Magazine, 2016
Chosen as Top 50 Women Lawyers in NJ by NJ Monthly Magazine, 2008 - 2016
Best Lawyers of America for Arbitration, Family Law, Family Law Mediation, Mediation, 2005 - 2016
Chosen as Super Lawyer by NJ Monthly Magazine, 2005 - 2016
Somerset County Women of Distinction Award, 2001
New Jersey Commission on Professionalism Lawyer of the Year Award for Somerset County, 2000

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776 Mountain BoulevardSuite 202 Watchung, NJ 07069

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Office Hours

M-F, 9a-5:30p

Websites

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Publication

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

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