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Watchung Divorce and Family Law Lawyer
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Jeralyn L. Lawrence, a member of the firm's Management Committee and Chair of the Matrimonial & Family Law Practice, devotes her practice to matrimonial, divorce, and family law, and is a trained collaborative lawyer, divorce mediator, and arbitration...
More Jeralyn L. Lawrence, a member of the firm's Management Committee and Chair of the Matrimonial & Family Law Practice, devotes her practice to matrimonial, divorce, and family law, and is a trained collaborative lawyer, divorce mediator, and arbitration... Jeralyn L. Lawrence, a member of the firm's Management Committee and Chair of the Matrimonial & Family Law Practice, devotes her practice to matrimonial, divorce, and family law, and is a trained collaborative lawyer, divorce mediator, and arbitration.Certified by the Supreme Court of New Jersey as a Matrimonial Law Attorney, Jeralyn has worked with clients whose needs lie in all areas of matrimonial and family law, including divorce litigation, mediation and arbitration, custody and parenting time issues, alimony and child support, separation and property settlement agreements, adoption and guardianship advice, domestic partnership matters under the Domestic Partnership Act, domestic violence and sexual abuse, and palimony. She has also handled high profile matters including celebrities and professional athletes. She takes great pride and care in helping her clients make it through these difficult personal matters. Through collaborative law, Jeralyn assists and guides clients who are committed to resolving their matter without court intervention through the divorce process. Jeralyn is an Officer of the New Jersey State Bar Association (NJSBA), where she is slated to become its President in 2022. She is a Past Chair of the Family Law Section of the NJSBA and Senior Editor of New Jersey Family Lawyer, the official publication of the Section, and a Past President of the Somerset County Bar Association. She is also President of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers New Jersey Chapter. Jeralyn has been certified by the Academy as a Family Law Arbitrator.
To complement the breadth of her matrimonial, divorce, and family law practice, Jeralyn involves herself in various professional engagements outside the firm. She frequently serves as a speaker and panelist at divorce and family law programs and seminars and she has been admitted to the rosters of Mediators for Economic Aspects of Family Law Cases and of Custody and Parenting Time Cases for Somerset County. She serves on the NJ Supreme Court Matrimonial Certification Committee that oversees the statewide matrimonial attorney certification process, as well as the Women's Political Caucus of New Jersey's Board of Directors. In her spare time, Jeralyn is an attorney volunteer at Safe+Sound Somerset. She is also a volunteer attorney with the New Jersey State Bar Military Legal Assistance Program, providing pro bono legal assistance to New Jersey residents who have served overseas or active duty of the armed forces after September 11, 2001.
Jeralyn has been selected by the Women's Political Caucus of New Jersey to receive their Carol Murphy Award, presented to a woman with a successful career demonstrating leadership, advancing policies in support of women and families, and helping to pave the way for women of the next generation. She was a recipient of the 2014 New Jersey Professional Lawyer of the Year Award from the New Jersey Commission on Professionalism in the Law, which honors attorneys whose character, competence, and commitment to the highest professional standards mark them as outstanding members of the bar. She has been honored by NJBiz as one of New Jersey's Best 50 Women in Business and was selected as a Kean University Distinguished Alumna, the preeminent award for alumni, by the Kean University Alumni Association. Jeralyn was honored as an Outstanding Woman in Somerset County by the Somerset County Commission on the Status of Women. She received the New Jersey State Bar Association's Young Lawyers Division's Professional Achievement Award and she's received three Annual Legislative Recognition awards from the NJSBA. Jeralyn has also received an award from the NJSBA for her amicus curiae work on behalf of the bar. She was also a New Jersey Law Journal 2015 Attorney of the Year finalist. She is a graduate of the National Institute of Trial Advocacy and a member of the Central New Jersey Inns of Court.
Jeralyn has been selected as one of the New Jersey Super Lawyers in the Family Law section for many years. She was named to Top 100 New Jersey Super Lawyers and Top 50 Female New Jersey Super Lawyers and The American Institute of Family Law Attorneys named her one of the "10 Best" Attorneys for the State of New Jersey. She is listed in The Best Lawyers in America in the Family Law, Family Law Arbitration, and Family Law Mediation sections and was named the Best Lawyers Family Law "Lawyer of the Year" and the Family Law Mediation "Lawyer of the Year" in the Woodbridge New Jersey, Metro Area. New Jersey Family has also named her as one of "New Jersey's Best Lawyers for Families". In addition, Jeralyn was selected by her peers as one of New Jersey's Top 10 matrimonial lawyers under the age of 40 and was recognized by the New Jersey Law Journal as one of 40 accomplished and promising attorneys in the State of New Jersey under the age of 40.
About Jeralyn Lisa Lawrence
Practice Areas
- Divorce and Family Law
Litigation
- 90%
Current Employment Position(s)
- Founder and Managing Member
Languages
- English
Qualifications
Bar Admissions
- New Jersey, 1996
- U.S. District Court District of New Jersey, 1996
- U.S. Supreme Court, 2006
Specialties and Certifications
- Matrimonial Law, Supreme Court of New Jersey
- Certified Matrimonial Attorney
- Certified Family Law Arbitrator
- Accredited Mediator
- Accredited Collaborative Law Attorney
- Graduate of the National Institute of Trial Advocacy
Other Affiliations
- New Jersey State Bar Association (Second Vice President)
- American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers - New Jersey (First Vice President)
- New Jersey Women's Political Caucus (Board Member)
- Somerset County Bar Association (Family Law Committee)
- Central New Jersey Inns of Court (Member)
Education
- Seton Hall University School of Law, Newark, New Jersey, 1996
J.D.
Honors: summa cum laude
Honors: New Jersey Chapter of American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers’ Award
Honors: Student Director, Family Law Clinic - Kean University, Union, New Jersey, 1992
B.A.
Honors: Dean's List
Past Positions
- Honorable Herbert S. Glickman, Essex County, Chancery Division, Family Part, Clerk
- Norris McLaughlin, Chair of Family Law Group
Pro Bono Activities
- Volunteer Custody & Parenting Time Mediator, 2002 - Present
- Volunteer Early Settlement Panelist, 1999 - Present
- Resource Center of Somerset County, Attorney Volunteer
- Safe + Sound Somerset
- New Jersey State Bar Military Legal Assistance Program
Classes and Seminars
- New Jersey State Bar Association, 2001 - 2005
- Institute for Continuing Legal Education, 2000 - 2005
- 2008 Family Law Symposium, New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education in cooperation with the New Jersey State Bar Association Family Law Section, January 25, 2008 - Present
- "Are Best Practices Forcing Litigation to Go 'Sideways': 'To Whine or Not to Wine' Recent Court Rule Amendments for Civil and Family Cases," , Family Law Section Meeting, Annual Mid-Year Meeting, New Jersey State Bar Association, November 8, 2007 - Present
- "Family Court Rules: Overview and 2008 Update,", October 23, 2007 - Present
- "Divorce Law, Child Custody and Grandparents Rights,", New Jersey State Bar Foundation, New Jersey Law Center, October 16, 2007 - Present
- "Hot Tips in Family Law 2007: Factors, Grounds & Tests,", Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education in cooperation with the New Jersey State Bar Association Family Law Section, September 29, 2007 - Present
- "Custody Conversations - Fun with Dick and Jane Skits and Panel Discussions,", New Jersey State Bar Association Family Law Section, May 16, 2007 - Present
- "The ABC's of an Effective CDR Presentation - From the Presenter's Perspective," Boardwalk Seminar 2007, Association of Trial Lawyers of America-New Jersey Educational Foundation, April 26, 2007 - April 27, 2007
- "What Everyone Should Know About Child Custody and Grandparents' Rights,", New Jersey State Bar Foundation, New Jersey Law Center, January 10, 2007 - Present
- "Hot Tips on International Family Law Issues,", New Jersey State Bar Association, November 10, 2006 - Present
- "Key Family Court Rules,", 2006 Family Law Summer Institute, New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education, New Jersey Law Center, June 26, 2006 - June 27, 2006
- "Ten Things the Client Should Never Say to Their Children,", ATLA-NJ Educational Foundation's Boardwalk Seminar 2006, April 28, 2006 - Present
- "Imputation Issues", NJICLE & NJSBA Family Law Section, January 29, - 2011
- "Collaborative Divorce: An Essential Primer for All Family Law Practitioners" , NJICLE, Edison, New Jersey, June 17, - 2010
- "NJSBA Annual Meeting and Convention", New Jersey State Bar Association, May 19-21, - 2010
- "2010 Family Law Symposium", January 29, 2010, Hyatt Regency Hotel, New Brunswick
- “The New Alimony Law – How’s That Working for You?,” 2019 Family Law Symposium, NJICLE in cooperation with the NJSBA Family Law Section, Hyatt Regency, New Brunswick, NJ, January 26, 2019
- 2018 Fall CLEfest, NJICLE, Renaissance Woodbridge Hotel, Iselin, NJ, November 19, 2018
- “Handling a Relocation Trial After Bisbing,” Meadowlands Seminar 2018, New Jersey Association for Justice Educational Foundation, Inc., Hilton Meadowlands Hotel, East Rutherford, NJ, November 15, 2018
- “Hot Tips in Family Law,” NJSBA Family Law Section in association with the NJICLE, New Jersey Law Center, New Brunswick, NJ, November 12, 2018
- “Everybody Lies – Big Data, New Data and What the Internet Can Tell Us About Who We Really Are,” NJICLE, New Jersey Law Center, New Brunswick, NJ, September 27, 2018
- “Would Equal Physical Custody Elevate a Parent’s Desires Over the Child’s Best Interests?,” NJSBA Family Law Section, 2018 Annual Meeting and Convention at the Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa, Atlantic City, NJ, May 17, 2018
- “Relocation after Bisbing v. Bisbing,” NJICLE and AAML-NJ, New Jersey Law Center, New Brunswick, NJ, April 28, 2018
- “Law Office Marketing: Online and Offline,” New Jersey Association for Justice Educational Foundation Inc.’s Winter Seminar 2018, The Palace at Somerset Park, Somerset, NJ, March 1, 2018
- Family Law Symposium, NJICLE in cooperation with the NJSBA Family Law Section, New Brunswick, NJ, January 27, 2018
- “Demystifying the Trial: Preparing for and proceeding to trial in matrimonial and domestic violence matters,” Hot Tips in Family Law, NJSBA Family Law Section in association with the NJICLE, New Jersey Law Center, New Brunswick, NJ, November 10, 2017
- Legalpalooza, Morris County Public Safety Training Center, Parsippany, NJ, November 2, 2017
- 2017 Mid-Year Meeting, NJSBA, The Westin Palace, Madrid, Spain, October 21 – October 28, 2017
- Family Law Certification Exam Prep Course, NJICLE in cooperation with AAML-NJ, New Jersey Law Center, New Brunswick, NJ, October 9, 2017
- Second Saturday, The Women’s Institute for Financial Education, Florham Park, NJ, August 17, 2017
- “Standing Tall: Life Lessons Learned from the Court,” NJSBA Diversity Committee’s Diverse Voices-Distinguished Speaker Series, 2017 NJSBA Annual Meeting and Convention, Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa, Atlantic City, NJ, May 18, 2017
- Domestic Violence Seminar, NJSBA Family Law Section, 2017 NJSBA Annual Meeting and Convention, Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa, Atlantic City, NJ, May 18, 2017
- “Come Have a Seat at the Table: Celebrating Women in the Law,” HCBA, Beaver Brook Country Club, Annandale, NJ, May 2, 2017
- Women and the Law, Rutgers University political science senior seminar cross-listed with a criminal justice class, Mercer County Community College, West Windsor, NJ, March 29, 2017
- “Evidence for Family Lawyers: An easy-to-follow set of strategies that get results,” NJICLE in cooperation with the NJSBA Family Law Section and the NJSBA Senior Lawyers Special Committee, Hyatt Morristown, NJ, March 11, 2017
- Family Law Symposium, NJICLE in cooperation with the NJSBA Family Law Section, New Brunswick, NJ, January 28, 2017
- “A Review of the 2016 Family Law Opinions,” Middlesex County Bar Association Family Law Section’s General Membership Dinner Meeting, Edison, NJ, January 18, 2017
- “Electronic and Social Media in Family Litigation: What’s Useful? What’s Beyond the Pale?” NJICLE, Iselin, NJ, November 21, 2016
- Second Saturday, The Women’s Institute for Financial Education, Florham Park, NJ, November 17, 2016
- “Hot Tips in Family Law – The Top 40: New Spins on the Oldies but Goodies,” NJSBA’s Family Law Section, New Brunswick, NJ, November 11, 2016
- “Going Dutch,” NJSBA Mid-Year Meeting, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, October 26, 2016
- “Family Law Bench/Bar Conference,” NJSBA Annual Meeting and Convention, Atlantic City, NJ, May 20, 2016
- “New Alimony Statute 101,” NJSBA Annual Meeting and Convention, Atlantic City, NJ, May 18, 2016
- “Litigating Grandparents Visitation Cases and Third Party Custody and Visitation Claims in the Family Part,” NJAJ Boardwalk Seminar, Atlantic City, NJ, April 7, 2016
- “Understanding the Legislative Process,” NJSBA Town Hall Advocacy Program, Trenton, NJ, March 7, 2016
- “Cutting Edge Issues from the Perspective of Custody Evaluators,” NJSBA/NJICLE Family Law Symposium, New Brunswick, NJ, January 30, 2016
- “Hot Tips in Family Law 2015: The Road to Resolution – Trial, Arbitration, Mediation or Collaborative Law?” NJICLE & NJSBA, New Brunswick, NJ, November 11, 2015
- “Domestic Violence,” Moderator, NJSBA Mid-year Meeting, New Orleans, LA, November 5, 2015
- “Hot Tips for Handling Domestic Violence,” SCBA Marathon CLE Day, Bridgewater, NJ, October 12, 2015
- “ADR Day XVIII,” NJICLE, New Brunswick, NJ, June 6, 2015
- “Recent Statutory Changes in Matrimonial Law,” Norris McLaughlin, P.A., Bridgewater, NJ, April 8, 2015
- “Family Law Symposium,” NJSBA, New Brunswick, NJ, January 24, 2015
- 2019 Family Law Symposium, New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education
- Careers in Family Law, Seton Hall Law
- Modification and Termination of Alimony, New Jersey State Bar Association
Achievements
Other Sources of Feedback About Jeralyn Lisa Lawrence
Included on the 2023 New Jersey list
Past Lists
- 2022 New Jersey Super Lawyers list
- 2021 New Jersey Super Lawyers list
- 2020 New Jersey Super Lawyers list
- 2019 New Jersey Super Lawyers list
- 2018 New Jersey Super Lawyers list
- 2017 New Jersey Super Lawyers list
- 2016 New Jersey Super Lawyers list
- 2015 New Jersey Super Lawyers list
- 2014 New Jersey Super Lawyers list
- 2013 New Jersey Super Lawyers list
- 2012 New Jersey Super Lawyers list
- 2011 New Jersey Super Lawyers list
- 2010 New Jersey Super Lawyers list
- 2009 New Jersey Super Lawyers list
- 2008 New Jersey Super Lawyers list
- 2007 New Jersey Super Lawyers list
- 2006 New Jersey Super Lawyers list
Honors
- New Jersey's 2011 Best 50 Women in Business, NJBiz
- Kean University Distinguished Alumna, Kean University Alumni Association, - 2009
- Outstanding Woman in Somerset County, Somerset County Commission On the Status Of Women, - 2008
- Professional Achievement Award, Young Lawyers Division, NJSBA, - 2007
- Annual Legislative Recognition Award, NJSBA, - 2007
- New Jersey Super Lawyers, Family Law Section, - 2010
- Top 100 New Jersey Super Lawyers, - 2009
- Top 50 Female New Jersey Super Lawyers, 2008 - 2010
- New Jersey’s Top 10 matrimonial lawyers under the age of 40
- 40 accomplished and promising attorneys in the State of New Jersey under the age of 40, New Jersey Law Journal
- AV Preeminent, Martindale-Hubbell
- Best Lawyers, Lawyer of The Year list, 2020
- Best Lawyers, Lawyer of The Year, 2018
- Best Lawyers, Lawyer of The Year list, 2016
- New Jersey Professional Lawyer of the Year
- Carol Murphy Award, Women's Political Caucus of New Jersey
Office Information
Address
776 Mountain BoulevardSuite 202 Watchung, NJ 07069
Phone
Fax
- 908-645-1001
Accepts Credit Cards
Yes
Office Hours
M-F, 9a-5:30p
Publication
Articles
- "Alimony,", New Jersey Women's Journal, May/June, 2008
- "New Jersey Child Support Guidelines,", New Jersey Women's Journal, March/April, 2008
- "Grounds for Divorce,", New Jersey Women's Journal, January/February, 2008
- "Domestic Violence,", New Jersey Women's Journal, November/December, 2007
- "Grandparent Visitation ,", New Jersey Women's Journal, July/August, 2007
- "Ten Things Clients Should Never Say to Their Children,", New Jersey Women's Journal, May/June, 2007
- "Custody and Parenting Time,", New Jersey Women's Journal, March/April, 2007
- "Disputing Passive Increases in Value,", New Jersey Lawyer, January 8, 2007
- "The Uncontested Divorce Hearing,", New Jersey Women's Journal, January/February, 2007
- "What to Consider When Considering A Divorce,", New Jersey Women's Journal, November, 2006
- "The Grandparents' Ruling Gains Favor,", New Jersey Lawyer, September 8, 2003
- "Reasons Why To Hire A Divorce Attorney,", Garden State Woman 2005-2006 Financial Resources Guide
- "Using the Real Estate Expert and Your Client's Testimony to Dispute Passive Increases"
- "Parent Coordinator", New Jersey Women's Journal, May/June, 2011
- "What Impact Does a Child's Income Have on Child Support", New Jersey Women's Journal, March/April, 2011
- "Standard Provisions of a Marital Settlement Agreement" , New Jersey Women's Journal, November/December, 2010
- "What to Consider When Considering Divorce", New Jersey Women's Journal, September/October , 2010
- Senior Editor, New Jersey Family Lawyer, New Jersey State Bar Association
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