Lynne co-chairs the Family Law Department and handles all aspects of divorce litigation, including complex equitable distribution matters, alimony, child support, child custody, parenting time, pre-nuptial agreements and adoptions.
She is a fellow of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, New Jersey Chapter.
Since 1998, Lynne has served as Chair of the Matrimonial Certification Committee and serves on the Board on attorney certification that oversees the statewide attorney certification process. She was appointed to this position by the Chief Justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court.
Lynne is the former Chair of the Family Law Section of the New Jersey State Bar Association (1992-1993) and is also the former Chair of the Essex County Bar Association Family Law Section Executive Committee (1988-1991).
In 1993, she received the Essex County Bar Association Family Law Attorney Achievement Award.
Lynne was appointed and served for several years on the Supreme Court Family Division Practice Committee and has served on the Supreme Court Family and Civil Motions Practice Committee and other Bar Association committees. She was appointed by the Supreme Court to serve as a member of the Domestic Violence Working Group (1992-1994 and 2002-2004 terms). She is a member of the Essex County, New Jersey State and American Bar Associations.
Lynne has published numerous articles in the New Jersey Family Lawyer and she is on the Board of Editors of the Matrimonial Strategist, a nationwide publication. She lectures extensively to lawyers and judges for the New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education and for the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, N.J. Chapter.
At the request of the Essex County Bar Association, Lynne serves since 2003 as the attorney representative on the Security Committee, which oversees the safety of the Essex County Court System. For more than two decades she served on the Family Law Section Executive Committee of both the New Jersey State Bar Association and the Essex County Bar Association.
Lynne has appeared on numerous television stations discussing family law issues including ABC, MSNBC, WORTV, The Home Shopping Network and various cable shows. She has also spoken on various radio programs. Lynne has been featured in interviews in various newspapers and publications.
In 2005 Lynne was recognized as one of the "Top 50 Women and Minorities in the Legal Profession", having been selected because of her significant contributions to the development of family law in New Jersey.
In 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010 she was named a Super Lawyer by N.J. Monthly Magazine.
In 2007 she was named one of the top 50 women attorneys by NJ. Monthly Magazine.
Lynne has an AV rating in Martindale-Hubbell. She was admitted to the practice of law in New Jersey in 1978.
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Areas of Practice
Domestic Violence
Family Law (chair)
Bar Admissions
New Jersey, 1978
Education
Franklin Pierce Law Center, Concord, New Hampshire
Honors and Awards
Fellow, American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers,
New Jersey Chapter
Essex County Bar Association Family Law Attorney Achievement Award, 1993
AV Rating, Martindale-Hubbell
Super Lawyer, 2006 - 2009
Professional Association Memberships
New Jersey Supreme Court, 1998 - Present
New Jersey Supreme Court, 1997 - 1199
Member Matrimonial Certification Committee
Supreme Court Board on Attorney Certification, 1998 - Present
New Jersey State Bar Association, Family Law Section, 1992 - 1993
Essex County Bar Association, Family Law Section, 1988 - 1991
Matrimonial Strategist
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