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Managing Partner at the firm Celli, Schlossberg & Friedland, L.L.C.
Areas of Practice
Matrimonial Law & Related Matters; Custody; Child Support; Alimony; Adoptions; Municipal Court; Domestic Violence; Mediation; Arbitration; Appeals
Admitted
1976, New Jersey and U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey; 1978, District of Columbia; 1981, U.S. Supreme Court; 1982, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit
Law School
Seton Hall University School of Law, J.D., cum laude, 1976
College
Rutgers College, B.A., with distinction, 1968
Membership
Morris County (Member: Matrimonial Early Settlement Panel, 1984; Board of Trustees, 1989-1990), New Jersey State (Member: Executive Committee, Family Law Section, 1991; Child Abuse Protocol Committee, Family Law Section, 1990-1992; Cause of Action Review Committee, Family Law Section, 1983) and American (Member, Family Law Section) Bar Associations. American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers (Recertified, 2004; Member: NJ Chapter Board of Managers 1996-1998; AAML Trained Arbitrator; AAML Trained Mediator).
Biography
Phi Alpha Delta. Law Secretary to the Hon. Neil G. Duffy, J.S.C., Superior Court of New Jersey, Chancery Division (Matrimonial), Essex County, 1976-1977. Recipient: Legal Services of New Jersey Equal Justice Medal, November 2000; Project Self-Sufficiency (Newton, NJ) Volunteer Attorney of the Year 2004. Author: " Economic Mediation Mandated in Matrimonial Cases," The Morris Lawyer, 1/00; "Matrimonial Arbitration," The Morris Lawyer, 12/95; "Matrimonial Arbitration - An Old Technique in a New Home," New Jersey Lawyer - The Magazine, November/December, 1993. Instructor, American Institute for Paralegal Studies, 1979-1982. Lecturer: N.J. Institute for Continuing Legal Education (Hot Tips in Family Law 2005, 1991, 1990; Vital Legal Issues Arising from Military Mobilization 2002; Domestic Torts Update 1995); Association of Trial Lawyers of America (Boardwalk Seminar 1995, Matrimonial Trial Academy 1991-1992, People's Law School, 1991); Local Bar Associations. Member: Zoning Board of Adjustment, East Hanover, New Jersey, 1980-1982; Board of Trustees, The Calais School, Whippany, N.J., 1987-2000. Attorney, Planning Board, East Hanover, New Jersey, 1983. Member (President, 1993-1994), Board of Trustees, Legal Aid Society of Morris County, 1989-2003. Member, Volunteer Lawyers Project, Legal Aid Society of Morris County, 1983-2003. Judge of the Municipal Court, Township of East Hanover, Morris County, New Jersey, 1989-1993. Master: New Jersey Family Law Inn of Court, 1993-1996; Worrall F. Mountain Inn of Court, 1999-2000. Secretary/Treasurer, New Jersey Association of Matrimonial Arbitrators. Member, Sussex County Matrimonial Early Settlement Panel, 1996. Court-Appointed Economic Mediator in NJ Supreme Court Economic Mediation Pilot Project, 1999.
Military
Major (Ret.) U.S. Army: active component, 1969-1972; reserve component, 1972-1990
Languages: French and Spanish
Reported Cases
Neger v. Neger, 93 N.J. 15, 459 A.2d 628 (1983); Tweedley v. Tweedley, 277 N.J. Super. 246, 649 A. 2d 630 (Ch. Div. 1994); Chen v. Chen, 297 N.J.Super. 480, 688 A.2d 636 (Ch.Div. 1997).
Born
Brooklyn, New York, November 18, 1946
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