NJSBA Family Law Section

Good afternoon Family Law Section members,

On Tuesday and Wednesday, Jan. 26 and 27, NJICLE in cooperation with the Family Law Section will present Webcast - 2021 Family Law Symposium, a comprehensive two-day program.

On January 26th and 27th hundreds of family law attorneys and related professionals will meet virtually to attend the Family Law Symposium, New Jersey's leading family law conference. Reserve your spot today to hear thought-provoking and insightful presentations that examine many of today's cutting-edge matrimonial law issues. You will also have an opportunity to interact virtually with family law professionals who provide critical support services to the matrimonial bar.

Don't miss out on this New Jersey's top Family Law event featuring compelling and timely discussions.

FACULTY
Moderator/Speaker:
Ronald G. Lieberman, Esq.
Chair, NJSBA Family Law Section
Certified by the Supreme Court of New Jersey as Matrimonial Attorney
Fellow, AAML
Certified by the National Board of Trial Advocacy as Family Trial Lawyer
Adinolfi, Lieberman, Burick, Falkenstein, Roberto & Molotsky, PA, Haddonfield

From the Judiciary:
Hon. Katherine Dupuis, PJCH (Ret.)
Lindabury,McCormick,Estabrook & Cooper PC, Westfield
Hon. Marie Lihotz, PJAD, (Ret.)
Archer Law , Haddonfield
Hon. James M. DeMarzo, PJFP
Morris
Hon. Peter J. Melchionne, PJFP
Bergen
Hon. Lisa James-Beavers, JSC
Burlington
Hon. Marcella Matos Wilson, JSC
Essex
Hon. Angela White Dalton, JSC
Monmouth

Speakers:
Jodi Argentino, Esq.
Past Chair, NJSBA LGBT Section
Argentino Fiore Law & Advocacy, Montclair
Rita Aquilio, Esq.
Lawrence Law, Watchung
Mark Biel, Esq.
Certified by the Supreme Court of New Jersey as a Matrimonial Law Attorney
Past Chair, NJSBA Family Law Section
Recipient, Saul Tischler Award
Fellow, AAML
Fellow, American Bar Foundation
Robin C. Bogan, Esq.
Chair Elect, NJSBA Family Law Section
Certified by the Supreme Court of New Jersey as a Matrimonial Law Attorney
Pallarino & Bogan, LLP, Morristown
Lizanne Ceconi, Esq.
Past Chair, NJSBA Family Law Section
Recipient, Saul Tischler Award
Ceconi & Cheifetz, Summit
Cary B. Cheifetz, Esq.
Past Chair, NJSBA Family Law Section
Fellow, AAML
Recipient, Saul Tischler Award
Ceconi and Cheifetz, Summit
Vito Colasurdo Jr., Esq.
Mandelbaum Salsburg, PC, Edison
Cheryl Connors, Esq.
Tonneman & Connors, LLC, Eatontown
Carolyn Daly, Esq.
Certified by the Supreme Court ofNew Jersey as a Matrimonial Law Attorney
Fellow, AAML
Daly & Associates, LLC, Morristowm
John F. DeBartolo, Esq.
Past Chair, NJSBA Family Law Section
Recipient of the Saul Tischler Award
Of Counsel, The Law Office of Timothy F. McGoughran, LLC, Ocean
Thomas DeCataldo Jr., Esq.
Skoloff & Wolfe, PC, Livingston
Carmen Diaz-Duncan, Esq.
Newsome O'Donnell, Morristown
Paris Eliades, Esq.
Past President, NJSBA
Paris P. Eliades Law Firm, LLC., Sparta
Robert Epstein, Esq.
Ziegler Zemsky & Resnick, Livingston
Jeffrey Fiorello, Esq.
Secretary, NJSBA Family Law Section
Chair-Elect, NJSBA LGBT Section
Past Member, District XI Ethics Committee
Fiorello Puccio & Fiorello LLC, Wayne
Christine Fitzgerald, Esq.
Certified by the Supreme Court of New Jersey as Matrimonial Law Attorney
Fellow, AAML
Seiden Family Law, Cranford
Derek M. Freed, Esq.
Vice Chair, NJSBA Family Law Section
Ulrichsen Rosen & Freed LLC, Pennington
Tanya Freeman, Esq.
Weiner Law Group, LLP, East Hanover
Bonnie Frost, Esq.
Past Chair, Disciplinary Review Board
Past Chair NJSBA Family Law Section
Certified by the Supreme Court of New Jersey as a Matrimonial Law Attorney
Recipient of the Saul Tischler Award
Einhorn Barbarito Frost & Botwinick, PC, Denville
Debra Guston, Esq.
Past Chair, NJSBA LGBT Section
Past President of the Academy of Adoption & Assisted Reproduction Attorneys
Recipient, Distinguished Service Award, NJICLE
Guston & Guston, LLP, Glen Rock
Karin Duchin Haber, Esq.
Member, Supreme Court Family Practice Committee
Past Chair, District X Fee Arbitration Committee
Past Member, District X Ethics Commitee
Haber Silver Simpson & Russoniello, Florham Park
Stephanie Frangos Hagan, Esq.
Past-Chair, NJSBA Family Law Section
Former Chair, District X Fee ArbitrationCommittee
Donahue Hagan Klein & Weisberg, LLC, Morristown
Jeralyn Lawrence, Esq.
First Vice-President, NJSBA
Past Chair, NJSBA Family Law Section
Certified by the Supreme Court of New Jersey as a Matrimonial Law Attorney
Fellow, AAML
Lawrence Law, LLC, Watchung
Alison Leslie, Esq.
Leslie Law Firm LLC, Morristown
Stephanie Lomurro, Esq.
Schwartz Vinhal & Lomurro Family Law LLC, Summit
Frank A. Louis, Esq.
2006 Clapp Laureate
Recipient, Saul Tischler Award
Fellow, AAML
Greenbaum, Rowe, Smith & Davis, Toms River
Madeline Marzano-Lesnevich, Esq.
Recipient of the Saul Tischler Award
Certified by the Supreme Court of New Jersey as a Matrimonial Law Attorney
Past President, AAML
Fellow, AAML
Lesnevich, Marzano-Lesnevich, O'Cathain & O'Cathain, LLC, Hackensack
Timothy F. McGoughran Esq.
Second Vice President, NJSBA
Past Chair, NJSBA Family Law Section
Law Office of Timothy F. McGoughran LLC, Ocean
J. Patrick McShane III, Esq.
Forkin McShane Manos & Rotz, PA, Cherry Hill
Dina Mikulka, Esq.
Certified by the Supreme Court of New Jersey as Matrimonial Law Attorney
Fellow, AAML
Morris Downing & Sherred, LLP, Newton
Cassie Murphy, Esq.
Certified by the Supreme Court of New Jersey as a Matrimonial Law Attorney
The Law Offices of Paone Zaleski & Murphy. Woodbridge & Red Bank
Megan S. Murray, Esq.
Fellow, AAML
Certified by the Supreme Court of New Jersey as a Matrimonial Law Attorney
The Family Law Offices of Megan S. Murray, Hazlet
John Nachlinger, Esq.
Past Chair, NJSBA LGBT Rights Section
Certified by the Supreme Court of New Jersey as a Matrimonial Lawyer
Previte Nachlinger, PC, Iselin
Lynn Fontaine Newsome, Esq.
Certified by the Supreme Court of New Jersey as a Matrimonial Law Attorney
Past President, NJSBA
Fellow, American Bar Foundation
Newsome O'Donnell, Morristown
Edward O'Donnell, Esq.
Past Chair, NJSBA Family Law Section
Certified by the Supreme Court of New Jersey as a Matrimonial Law Attorney
Past Chair, NJSBA Family Law Section
Brian G. Paul, Esq.
Certified by the Supreme Court of New Jersey as Matrimonial Attorney
Szaferman Lakind Blumstein & Blader, Lawrenceville
John P. Paone Jr. Esq.
Past Chair, NJSBA Family Law Section
Certified by the Supreme Court of
New Jersey as a Matrimonial Law Attorney
Fellow, AAML
The Law Offices of Paone Zaleski & Murphy. Woodbridge & Red Bank
Elissa Perkins, Esq.
LaRocca Hornik Rosen Greenberg & Crupi LLC, Freehold
Jeyanthi C. Rajaraman, Esq.
Chief Counsel,
Chief Counsel, Family Representation Project
Legal Services of New Jersey, Edison
Sheryl J. Seiden, Esq.
Fellow, AAML
Immediate Past Chair, NJSBA Family Law Section
Seiden Family Law, Cranford
Brian M. Schwartz, Esq.
Past Chair, NJSBA Family Law Section
Recipient, Saul Tischler Award
Schwartz, Vinhalt & Lomurro, LLC, Summit
Thomas Snyder, Esq.
Past Chair, NJSBA Family Law Section
Recipient, Distinguished Legislative Service Award
Einhorn Barbarito Frost & Botwinick, PC, Denville
Mark Sobel, Esq.
Past Chair, NJSBA Family Law Section
Recipient, Saul Tischler Award
Fellow, American Bar Foundation
Former Editor-in-Chief, NJ Family Lawyer
Greenbaum Rowe Smith & Davis LLP, Roseland
Michael Stanton, Esq.
Of Counsel, Sarno, D'Aniello, Maceri & Da Costa, LLC, Bridgewater
Amanda S. Trigg, Esq.
Fellow, AAML
Past President AAML, New Jersey Chapter
Past Chair, NJSBA Family Law Section
Cohn Lifland Pearlman Herrmann & Knopf LLP, Saddle Brook
Charles F. Vuotto Jr., Esq.
Certified by the Supreme Court of New Jersey as a Matrimonial Law Attorney
Editor in Chief, NJ Family Lawyer
Past Chair, NJSBA Family Law Section
Recipient, Saul Tischler Award
Fellow, AAML
Starr, Gern, Davison & Rubin, PC, Roseland
Albertina Webb, Esq.
Hill Wallack, LLP, Red Bank
Amy Wechsler, Esq.
Certified by the Supreme Court of New Jersey as a Matrimonial Law Attorney
Past Chair, District XIII Ethics Committee
Shimalla, Wechsler, Lepp & D'Onofrio, LLP, Warren
Michael A. Weinberg, Esq.
Certified by the Supreme Court of New Jersey as a Matrimonial Law Attorney
Past Chair, NJSBA Family Law Section
Weinberg Kaplan & Smith, Marlton
Debra Weisberg, Esq.
Donahue, Hagan, Klein & Weisberg, LLC, Morristown
Andrea Beth White, Esq.
Certified by the Supreme Court of New Jersey as a Matrimonial Law Attorney
Past Chair, NJSBA Family Law Section
Past Chair, NJSBA Certified Attorney Section
Ansell, Grimm & Aaron, PC, Ocean

Tentative Program Agenda: (DAY 1- Jan. 26th)
8:30 Virtual Exhibits – Presented by our Sponsors
9:00 Welcome and Introduction - Ronald G. Lieberman, Esq.
9:05 Advanced Trial Techniques in Family Law Litigation - John F. DeBartolo, Esq. (Moderator); Frank A. Louis, Esq.; Jeyanthi C. Rajaraman, Esq.; Cassie Murphy, Esq.; Michael A. Weinberg, Esq.; Hon. Lisa James-Beavers, JSC
11:00 Break
11:10 What I Wish I Knew Then-Hot Practice Tips from Past Family Law Chairs - John F. DeBartolo, Esq.; Lizanne Ceconi, Esq.; Lynn Fontaine Newsome, Esq.; Edward O'Donnell, Esq.; Cary B. Cheifetz, Esq.; Michael Stanton, Esq.; Madeline Marzano-Lesnevich, Esq.; Andrea Beth White, Esq.; Michael A. Weinberg, Esq.; Timothy F. McGoughran Esq.; Bonnie Frost, Esq.
12:00 Challenges in Family Law Practice - A Solutions track from our Sponsors
12:15 Luncheon
12:45 Home is Where the Heart(ache) is: Occupancy Under NJSA 3B:35-3(a), Pendente Lite Occupancy, and Need for Each Party to Have a Residence - Derek M. Freed, Esq. (Moderator); Michael A. Weinberg, Esq.; Andrea Beth White, Esq.; Stephanie Lomurro, Esq.; Tanya Freeman, Esq.; Debra Weisberg, Esq.
1:35 Unique and Cutting Edge Issues - Frank A. Louis, Esq.; Mark Sobel, Esq.
2:25 Break
2:35 Custody Outside the Box: Why the Factors for Custody Need to be Factored In - Megan S. Murray, Esq.(Moderator;) Hon. Angela White Dalton, JSC; Lizanne Ceconi, Esq.; Amy Wechsler, Esq.; Albertina Webb, Esq.
3:25 How Tax Issues, Government Programs, and COVID-19 Have Impacted Business Valuation - Jeffrey Fiorello, Esq. (Moderator); Timothy F. McGoughran Esq.; Christine Fitzgerald, Esq.; Robert Epstein, Esq.; Rita Aquilio, Esq.; Carmen Diaz-Duncan, Esq.
4:15 Wrap Up
4:30 Adjourn

Tentative Program Agenda: (DAY 2- Jan. 27th)
8:30 Virtual Exhibits – Presented by our Sponsors
9:00 Welcome and Introduction - Ronald G. Lieberman, Esq.
9:05 Top Ten Family Law Cases Of 2020 - John P. Paone Jr., Esq.
9:55 What I Wish I Knew Then II -Hot Practice Tips from Past Family Law Chairs - Mark Biel, Esq.; Edward O'Donnell, Esq.; Charles F. Vuotto, Jr., Esq.; Thomas Snyder, Esq.; Brian M. Schwartz, Esq.; Jeralyn Lawrence, Esq.; Stephanie Frangos Hagan, Esq.; Amanda S. Trigg, Esq.; Sheryl J. Seiden, Esq.
10:45 Break
11:00 A Deep Dive into the Alimony Statute - Robin C. Bogan, Esq., (Moderator); Marie Lihotz, PJAD, (Ret.); Hon. James M. DeMarzo, PJFP; Jeralyn Lawrence, Esq.; Cheryl Connors, Esq.; Thomas DeCataldo, Jr., Esq.; Brian G. Paul, Esq.
11:45 Challenges in Family Law Practice - A Solutions track from our Sponsors
12:15 Luncheon
12:30 Status Quo, Marital Momentum, and The Creative Support Awards in the New Reality - Sheryl J. Seiden, Esq. (Moderator); Hon. Marcella Matos Wilson, JSC; Hon. Peter J. Melchionne, PJFP; Karin Duchin Haber, Esq.; Brian M. Schwartz, Esq.; Stephanie Frangos Hagan, Esq.
1:20 What is Comingling and Transmutation Anyway? - Ronald G. Lieberman, Esq. (Moderator); Elissa Perkins, Esq.; Paris Eliades, Esq.; Carolyn Daly, Esq.; Edward O'Donnell, Esq.; J. Patrick McShane III, Esq.
2:10 Breakout Sessions – Choose One
- Diversity and Bias Issues in Family Law Practice - Jeffrey Fiorello, Esq.; Hon. Katherine Dupuis, PJCH (Ret.); Jodi Argentino, Esq.; Debra Guston, Esq.; John Nachlinger, Esq.; Alison Leslie, Esq.
- Diversity and Bias Issues in DCP&P Practice -Dina Mikulka, Esq.; Jeyanthi C. Rajaraman, Esq.
3:00 Adjourn

2021 Family Law Symposium Sponsors
• Cindy & Len Rossine, Divorce & Home Loan Specialists at Caliber Home Loans
• Cowan, Gunteski & Co., PA
• Family Law Software Inc.
• Financial Research Associates
• Friedman LLP
• Investors Bank
• LawPay
• Marc Demetriou-The Divorce Lending Expert at Guaranteed Rate
• Soberlink
• USI Affinity
• Weinberg Lieberman & Co.
• WithumSmith+Brown, PC

CLE Credits: (DAY 1- Jan. 26th)
NJ CLE information: This program has been approved by the Board on Continuing Legal Education of the Supreme Court of New Jersey for 8.2 hours of total CLE credit. Of these, 8.2 qualify as hours of credit toward certification in matrimonial law.
NJ CLE: This program has been approved for 8.2 credits (50 minute hour)
Matrimonial Law Certification: 8.2 general credits pending
PA CLE: 6.5substantive credits pending ($28 fee – separate check payable to NJICLE must be submitted at the end of the program)
NY CLE (nt): 8.0 professional practice credits
CPE: 1.0 taxation credits

CLE Credits: (DAY 2- Jan. 27th)
NJ CLE information: This program has been approved by the Board on Continuing Legal Education of the Supreme Court of New Jersey for 6.6 hours of total CLE credit. Of these, 1.0 qualify as hours of credit for diversity and inclusion and 6.6 qualify as hours of credit toward certification in matrimonial law.
NJ CLE: This program has been approved for 6.6 credits (50 minute hour), including 1.0 diversity and inclusion credit.
Matrimonial Law Certification: 6.6 general credits pending
PA CLE: 4.5 substantive and 0.5 ethics credits pending ($20 fee – separate check payable to NJICLE must be submitted at the end of the program)
NY CLE (nt): 5.5 professional practice credits and 1.0
diversity and inclusion credits
CPE: 1.0 taxation credits

The tuition for NJSBA members is $225. The general tuition is $245.

Click here to register for Webcast - 2021 Family Law Symposium.

For questions or to register by phone, please contact an association representative at 732-214-8500, or by email at [email protected].

All the best,
Barb

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Barbara Straczynski
Director of New Media and Promotions
New Jersey State Bar Association
New Brunswick NJ
(732) 937-7524
[email protected]
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