EDUCATION

• B.A., Montclair State University, 1978
• J.D., Seton Hall University School of Law, 1983

BAR ADMISSIONS

• State of New Jersey, 1983
• U.S. District Court (District of New Jersey), 1983

CERTIFICATION

• Supreme Court of New Jersey Certified Matrimonial Attorney, 1998.-2005

AWARD

• Essex County Bar Association Family Law Attorney Achievement Award, 1998

NEW JERSEY SUPREME COURT APPOINTMENT

• District Ethics Committee, Fee Arbitration Committee, 1992 -1998
• District Ethics Committee, 2001 - present

AMERICAN INNS OF COURT

• Master, Family Law Inn ( New Jersey), 1993 - Present

ASSOCIATION OF TRIAL LAWYERS OF AMERICA

• Section of Family Law, Officer, 2004 - Present

NEW JERSEY STATE BAR ASSOCIATION

• Executive Committee, Section of Family Law, Legislative Chair, 2004-2005
• Executive Committee, Section of Family Law, 1995 - Present
• Equitable Distribution Sub-Committee, Chair, 2001 - 2002
• Motion Practice Sub-Committee, 2002 - 2003

ESSEX COUNTY BAR ASSOCIATION

• Board of Trustees, 2000-Present
• Family Law Committee Chair, 1996-2001
• Family Law Committee, 1992-present

ESSEX-NEWARK LEGAL SERVICES

• Board of Trustees, 1996-1999

MORRIS COUNTY BAR ASSOCIATION

• Family Law Committee, 2002-present

TEACHING & LECTURES
           Institute for Continuing Education (ICLE)

• Family Law Symposium, 2005
• Hot Tips in Family Law, 2005
• “On Your Feet” Trial Tactics, 2005
• Navigating Your Way Through the Court Rules, 2004
• ABC’s of Business Valuation, 2004
• Family Law Summer Institute, “Discovery, By the Rules”, 2004
• Alimony Basics, 2003
• Hot Tips in Family Law: 40 Tips from 40 Experts in 4 Hours, 2003
• Family Law Symposium, 2003
• Alternative Custody Arrangements, 2003
• Handling the High Conflict Divorce, 2002
• Evidence for Family Lawyers III, 2002
• The Top 40: Matrimonial Law's Greatest Hits, 2002
• Evidence for Family Lawyers II, 2001
• Best Practices for Family Lawyers, 2001
• How to Survive Traps and Minefields in Family Law Practice, 2001
• Equitable Distribution: Tips, Traps & Techniques, 2001
• The Top 40: Matrimonial Law's Greatest Hits, 1999
• Matrimonial Agreements: Pre-Nuptial, Mid-Marriage and Property Settlement Agreement, 1999
• Negotiating and Drafting Property Settlement Contracts, 'Doing it Right', 1999
• Introduction to Equitable Distribution, 1998
• Second Annual Family Law Summer Institute, “Post-Judgment Lepis Applications”, 1997
• 1996 Family Law Summer Institute, “Settlement Conferences”, 1996
• The Top 40: Matrimonial Law's Greatest Hits, 1995
• Equitable Distribution: Cutting Edge Issues for 1995 and Beyond, 1995

           Association of Trial Lawyers of America (ATLA)

• Matrimonial Law: The New Case Information Statement, 2004
• Boardwalk Seminar, "The 10 Most Important Court Rules for the Matrimonial Practitioner", 2003
• Business Valuations Since Brown v. Brown, 2002
• Preparing Your Case For Trial Readiness, 2001
• Boardwalk Seminar, “Trial of a Matrimonial Case” and “Custody Issues for the New Millennium”, 1998
• Boardwalk Seminar, “Surviving the Practice of Family Law”, 1997
• Kansas City , MO , “Trial Tactics in the Baby M. Case”, 1988

           New Jersey State Bar Association

• New Jersey State Bar Association Annual Meeting, “Issues Involving the Highly Compensated Litigant”, 2002
• Family Law Bench/Bar Conference, “Settlement Techniques”, 2002
• Family Law Retreat, Baltimore, MD, “The New Alimony Statute”, 2000

           Essex County Bar Foundation

• Domestic Partnership Act, 2004
• Custody Cases Without Experts, 2002
• Best Practices and Experts, 2002
• Young Lawyer's Section, How to Survive in the Courts, 2001
• Best Practices in Essex County, 2001
• The Truth About Alimony, 2000
• Third Annual Family Law Bench Bar Conference, 1998
• Traps for the Unwary, 1998
• Hot Tips Seminar, 1993
• Sexual Abuse Allegations in Custody Litigation, 1989

           Bergen County Bar Association

• Baby M. Revisited, 2002
• Equitable Distribution: What, When & How – Asset Valuation & Use of Experts, 1988

           American Inns of Court

• More Evidence for Family Lawyers, 2005
• “Alimony Squares”, 2004
• Evidence for Family Lawyers, 2002
• The Initial Consultation, 2000
• Domestic Violence, 1999
• The Initial Consultation, 1998

           Pennsylvania Bar Institute

• Family Law Symposium, Philadelphia, PA: Alternative Reproduction Technologies, 2000

           The Canadian Institute

• Toronto , Ontario : Sexual and Domestic Violence Personal Injury Claims, 1994

           Miscellaneous

• Administrative Office of the Courts, Child Support Hearing Officer Program: “Documents and Writings in Evidence: The Hearsay Rule and it's Expectations”, 1991
• United Jewish Federation of MetroWest, Business and Professional Women's Counsel, Panel Discussion: “Bioethics and the Law”, 1991
• University of West Virginia, Charleston, West Virginia: “Alternatives to Infertility and Unanswered Legal Questions”, 1988
• Women's Bar Association of the State of New York, Bolton Landing, New York: “Surrogacy: Feminist Viewpoints”, 1988
• University of Pittsburgh, School of Law Women's Law Caucus, Pittsburgh, PA: “Surrogacy in the Aftermath of Baby M.”, 1988
• Monroe County Citizens Day Conference on the Law, Stroudsburg, PA: “Surrogate Parenting and the Infertility Epidemic”, 1987
• University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA: “Surrogate Parenting”, 1987
• Northampton County Bench/Bar Conference, Buck Hill, PA, Panel Discussion: “Surrogacy: An Alternative Means of Human Reproduction and the Baby M. Case”, 1987
• National Association of Legal Secretaries, New Brunswick, New Jersey: “Surrogacy, A Cure for Infertility”, 1987

PUBLICATIONS

• New Jersey Family Law Practice, Domestic Violence Chapter, New Jersey Institute for Continuing Education (ICLE) 10th Ed., 2001 11th Ed., 2003
• Traps for the Unwary , Family Law Chapter, Essex County Bar Foundation, 1997
• Commentary, Baby M: A Disquieting Decision, Seton Hall Law Review, vol. 18 no. 4, 1988
• Surrogacy: A Cure for Infertility?, The National Law Journal, November 2, 1987

MEDIA APPEARANCES

• “Both Sides”, Court TV, New York, New York, February, 2002
• “Due Process”, Court TV, New York, New York, May, 1998
• “Prime Time Justice”, Court TV, New York, New York, April, 1994
• “Your Community Connection”, WMTR, Morristown, New Jersey, March, 1994
• “The Jesse Freese Show”, WMTR, Morristown, New Jersey, November, 1993
• “The Jesse Freese Show”, WMTR, Morristown, New Jersey, January 1993
• “The McLaughlin Show”, CNBC, New York, New York, October, 1990
• “Lawline”, WHWH, Princeton, New Jersey, October, 1987
• “Legally Speaking”, KSTP, Minneapolis, Minnesota, April, 1987
• National Public Radio, WYNC, New York, New York, February, 1987
• “Hour Magazine”, Fox Television Network, Hollywood, California, October, 1986
• “A Current Affair”, Fox Television Network, New York, New York, August, 1986

REPORTED DECISIONS

• Matter of Baby M ., 109 N.J. 396 (1988)
• Matter of Jobes, 108 N.J. 394 (1987)
• Kamen v. Egan , 322 N.J. Super. 222 (App. Div. 1999)
• Boardman v. Boardman , 314 N.J. Super. 340 (App. Div. 1998)
• Maqsudi v. Maqsudi , 363 N.J. Super. 53 (Ch. Div. 2002)
• Ruprecht v. Ruprecht , 252 N.J. Super. 230 (Ch. Div. 1991)
• Lerman v. Lerman , 245 N.J. Super. 312 (Ch. Div. 1990)