Michele Crupi is a partner and co-chair of the Firm’s Family Law Department with over 20 years experience. Ms. Crupi was a duly elected member of the International English Honor Society of Sigma Tau Delta from Seton Hall University in 1994 and graduated Cum Laude from Brooklyn Law School in 1997. She was admitted to the New Jersey and New York Bars in 1998. Following law school, she served as judicial law clerk to the Honorable Melvin S. Whitken, J.S.C., Presiding Judge of the Family Part, Superior Court, Union County during the 1997-1998 term. She also clerked for the Honorable John J. Callahan, Judge of the Family Part, Superior Court, and Union County through his retirement in October 1997.
Ms. Crupi is a member of the New Jersey, New York, Monmouth, Ocean and Richmond County Bar Associations. She is the President of the Woman’s Lawyers in Monmouth County, a member of the Monmouth County Family Law Committee, and a member of the Family Law Executive Committee of the New Jersey State Bar Association. She is also a panelist in the Early Settlement Panel Program in Ocean County. In addition, she actively participates as an arbitrator for the City of New York Civil Court in Richmond County.
Certified Legal Specialties
• Certified Family Mediator
Past Employment Positions
• Honorable John J. Callahan, Judge of the Family Part, Superior Court, and Union County, Clerk, 1997
• Honorable Melvin S. Whitken, J.S.C., Presiding Judge, Family Division, Superior Court Union County, Judicial Law Clerk, 1997 to 1998
Pro Bono Activities
• Early Settlement Panel Program in Ocean County, Panelist
Professional Associations and Memberships
• New Jersey State Bar Association, Member
• New York State Bar Association, Member
• Monmouth Bar Association, Member
• Ocean County Bar Association, Member
• Richmond County Bar Association, Member
• Woman’s Lawyers in Monmouth County, President
• Monmouth County Family Law Committee, Member
• Family Law Executive Committee of the New Jersey State Bar Association, Member
