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Jeralyn L. Lawrence, a member of the firm, devotes her practice to matrimonial, divorce and family law.
Certified by the Supreme Court of New Jersey as a Matrimonial Law Attorney and a Family/Divorce Mediator, Jeralyn has worked with clients whose needs lie in all areas of matrimonial and family law, including divorce litigation and mediation, 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 takes great pride and care in helping her clients make it through these difficult personal matters.
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. Jeralyn spends her spare time as an attorney volunteer at the Somerset County Resource Center for Women and Their Families.
Jeralyn was recently honored as an Outstanding Woman in Somerset County for 2008 by the Somerset County Commission On The Status Of Women. She has been selected by her peers as one of New Jersey’s Top 10 matrimonial lawyers under the age of 40. She has also been 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.
Jeralyn is a member of the NMM Women’s Forum Steering Committee as well as its Education Subcommittee, which is responsible for the professional development and training of the firm’s women attorneys. While in law school at Seton Hall, Jeralyn was awarded the New Jersey Chapter of American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyer’s Award, in addition to serving as Student Director of the Seton Hall University School of Law, Family Law Clinic. Upon graduating, Jeralyn served a one-year clerkship with the Honorable Herbert S. Glickman, Essex County, Chancery Division, Family Part. She is also a graduate of the National Institute of Trial Advocacy and a former member and barrister of the Central New Jersey Inns of Court. | 