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Address
The Galleria
2 Bridge Avenue, Suite 601
Red Bank, New Jersey 07701 (Monmouth Co.)
Average Client Review Rating
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Average Peer Review Rating
4.8
out of 5
(Main Office) Statement of PracticeInternational Family Law, International Child Custody, Family Law, Divorce, Child Support, Child Custody, Premarital Agreements, Spousal Support and International Law. Year Established: 1996
Firm Size: 5
Peter C. Paras (Member) born Passaic, New Jersey, December 5, 1951; admitted to bar, 1976, New Jersey. Education: University of Pennsylvania (B.A., 1973); Villanova University (J.D., 1976). Law Clerk to Hon. Joseph J. Takacs, Superior Court of New Jersey, 1976-1977. Author: "Proving Defending - Avoiding Palimony," New Jersey Family Lawyer, April 1994; "The Admissibility of Sexual Abuse Allegations in Custody Cases," New Jersey Family Lawyer, May/June 1995. Lecturer: NJ Institute of Continuing Legal Education; American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers; Master Central Jersey Family Law Inn of Court, 1997-1998; selected as a Top Attorney in New Jersey by New Jersey Monthly Magazine 2005-2008. Member: Monmouth County (Member, Family Law Committee) and New Jersey State (Former Member, Executive Committee, Family Law Section) Bar Associations. Fellow: American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers. Practice Areas: Family Law; Custody; Domestic Violence; Complex Business Litigation.Email: Peter C. Paras
Patricia E. Apy (Member) born Newark, New Jersey, June 28, 1957; admitted to bar, 1986, New Jersey. Education: Oral Roberts University (B.S.W., 1978); University of Missouri (M.S.W., 1983); Case Western Reserve University (J.D., 1986). Lecturer: International Bar Association, Edinburgh, Scotland, 1995; Berlin, Germany, 1996; New Delhi, India, 1997; American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, May 1996; National Child Support Enforcement Association; Second World Congress of Family Law and the Rights of Children and Youth, 1997. Author: "Managing Child Custody Cases Involving Non-Hague Contracting States," Journal of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, Vol. 14, Summer 1997. Member, American delegation to Hague Conference on Private International Law, Convention on Protection of Minors, October, 1996. Legal Advisor to American delegation to Hague Conference on Private International Law, Maintenance Obligations, November 1995. Family Litigation in Gulf and Middle East Countries. Assistant Monmouth County Prosecutor, 1986-1988. Member: Monmouth County, American (Co-Chair, Family Law Section of the International Law and Procedures Committee, 1995; Liaison, Family Law Section of International Law and Practice Section, 1996) and International (Member, Family Law Section) Bar Associations. Fellow: International Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers. Reported Cases: Ivaldi v. Ivaldi, 147, N.J. 190, 684 A. 2d 1319, 1996 N.J. Lexis 1092. Languages: German. Practice Areas: Family Law; Divorce; Child Support; Child Custody; International Child Custody; International Family Litigation; Criminal.Email: Patricia E. Apy
Bonnie M. S. Reiss (Member) born Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, January 6, 1954; admitted to bar, 1978, New Jersey and U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey. Education: Rutgers University (B.A., with honors, 1975; J.D., 1978). Phi Beta Kappa. Law Secretary, Hon. Robert L. Garrenger, Jr., 1978-1979. Assistant Prosecutor, Middlesex County, 1979-1980. Editor in Chief, Matrimonial Strategist, 1989-1990. Author: "To Get or Not To Get: The Role Of The Courts in Religious Divorces," New Jersey Family Lawyer, March, 1983 and "Ten Tips for Effective Motion Practice," Matrimonial Strategist, July, 1989; "Don't Make Children Pawns of Intra Family Wars," New Jersey Law Journal, January 18, 1993 on New Jersey Stature on Grandparents Visitation. Member: New Jersey Supreme Court Committee on Family Practice, 1990-1992; New Jersey Supreme Court Committee on Model American Bar Association Code of Judicial Conduct. Member: Middlesex County (Trustee, 1981-1988), Monmouth County and New Jersey State (Member: Executive Committee, Family Law Section, 1995-2001; Co-Chairman, Juvenile Justice Subcommittee, 1990-1995; Board of Editors, New Jersey Family Lawyer, 1981-1983) Bar Associations. Fellow: American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers. Reported Cases: Philipp v. Stahl, 344 N.J. Super 262, 181A 2d 1065, 2001. Practice Areas: Family Law; Divorce; Child Support; Child Custody; Spousal Support.Email: Bonnie M. S. Reiss
——————————Susan M. Markenstein (Associate) born Jersey City, New Jersey; admitted to bar, 2004, New Jersey. Education: St. Peter's College (B.S., summa cum laude, 1997); Rutgers University School of Law (J.D., 2003). Member, Moot Court Board, Rutgers University School of Law, 2002-2003. Recipient: Nathan N. Schildkraut Award for Excellence in Appellate Advocacy, Rutgers University School of Law, 2003; Best Brief, First Place Oral Argument, David Cohn Appellate Advocacy Competition, Rutgers University School of Law, 2002. Member: Monmouth, New Jersey State and American (Member, Family Law Section and Litigation Section) Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Family Law; Divorce.Email: Susan M. Markenstein
Michael J. Fleres (Associate) born Morristown, New Jersey, July 28, 1974; admitted to bar, 2001, New Jersey and U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey. Education: University of Dayton (B.S., 1997); University of Detroit Mercy (J.D., 2000). Moot Court Honor Society. Member, Order of Barristers, University of Detroit Mercy, 2000.Email: Michael J. Fleres
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