MEMBERS OF FIRM
Jean M. Ramatowski (Member) born Bronx, New York, May 11, 1958; admitted to bar, 1983, New Jersey and U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey; 1984, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit; 1985, District of Columbia. Education: Rutgers University (B.A., in Economics, 1980); Seton Hall University (J.D., 1983). Law Clerk for the Honorable Donald King, N.J. Superior Court, 1983-1984. Chair, Ethics Committee, New Jersey Supreme Court, District VIII, 1996-1997. Co-Lecturer, Professional Responsibility, Skills and Methods Ethics Course, 1996. Certified by New Jersey Supreme Court, Matrimonial Law Attorney, 2003. Master, Central Jersey Family Law Inns of Court, 1997. Member: Middlesex County (Member, Family Law Section), New Jersey State (Member, Family Law Executive Committee) and American Bar Associations; American Academy of the Matrimonial Lawyers. Practice Areas: Divorce; Matrimonial Law; Family Law; Child Custody; Premarital Agreements; Child Support; Adoption Law; Visitation Rights.Email: Jean M. Ramatowski
Ellen F. Schwartz (Member) born Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; admitted to bar, 1985, Pennsylvania, New Jersey and U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey; 1990, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit. Education: Dickinson College (B.A., Political Science); Seton Hall University (J.D., 1985). Volunteer Attorney, Middlesex County Legal Services Corporation; Qualified Family Law Mediator, pursuant to Rule 1:40. Member: Early Settlement Panel, Essex County, 1986-1987; Early Settlement Panel, Middlesex County, 1991; Supreme Court District VIII Fee Arbitration Committee, 1992-1996; Supreme Court District VIII Ethics Committee, 2003; Middlesex County Family Part Courthouse Committee. Member: Essex County (Member, Early Settlement Panel, 1986-1987), Middlesex County and New Jersey State (Member, Family Law Section) Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Matrimonial Law; Family Law; Child Support; Child Custody; Alimony; Visitation Rights; Domestic Violence; Divorce; Family Mediation; Civil Litigation.Email: Ellen F. Schwartz
Cheryl M. Spilka (Member) born Brooklyn, New York; admitted to bar, 1991, New Jersey and U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey. Education: Brooklyn College of the City University of New York (B.A., cum laude, 1968; M.S., 1971); Seton Hall University (J.D., 1990). Kappa Delta Pi. Recipient, Martin S. Goldin Family Law Award, 2005. Law Clerk, Hon. Joyce E. Munkacsi, Superior Court, New Jersey. Appointed by New Jersey Supreme Court as Member to New Jersey District Ethics Committee VIII. Early Settlement Program Panelist and Blue Ribbon Early Settlement Panelist. Appointed, Middlesex County Assignment Judge's Family Lawyers' Committee. Qualified Family Law Mediator. Elected New Jersey Monthly "New Jersey Super Lawyer." Barrister, Joseph Halpern American Inns of Court. Member: Middlesex County (Member, Family Law Section) and New Jersey State (Member, Family Law Section) Bar Associations. (Certified Matrimonial Trial Attorney, Supreme Court of New Jersey, Board on Trial Attorney Certification). Practice Areas: Matrimonial Law; Family Law; Divorce; Child Custody; Alimony; Visitation Rights; Child Support; Step Parent Adoptions; Domestic Violence; Family Law Mediation; Divorce Mediation; Residential Real Estate; Divorce Arbitration; Post Divorce Modification.Email: Cheryl M. Spilka
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Stacey Z. Rodkin (Associate) born New York, N.Y., February 9, 1961; admitted to bar, 1987, New Jersey and U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey. Education: Rutgers College (B.A., Economics, cum laude, 1983); Rutgers University School of Law at Camden (J.D., with honors, 1986). Law Clerk to the Honorable Mark B. Epstein, Superior Court, Family Division, 1986-1987. Served on Middlesex County Early Settlement Panel, 1987-1991; 2001. Member: Middlesex County and New Jersey State Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Family Law; Divorce; Child Custody; Child Support; Adoption Law; Visitation Rights.Email: Stacey Z. Rodkin