Divorce Lawyers in Monmouth County NJ

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DIVORCE AND FAMILY LAW ATTORNEYS
Monmouth County Red Bank Middlesex County -
Woodbridge
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John P. Paone Jr.

• Mr. Paone, a Certified Matrimonial Law Attorney,
  is a founder and senior partner of the firm. With
  over 30 years of experience in family law, child
  custody and divorce, Mr. Paone has worked with
  hundreds of families, has leadership roles in a
  variety of professional organizations and has won
  many awards through the legal profession.
• Mr. Paone is a Diplomate of the American College
  of Family Trial Attorneys. The College is
  composed of the top 100 divorce attorneys in the
  United States.

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• The New Jersey Supreme Court has appointed Mr.
  Paone over the years to committees relating to
  the practice of divorce and family law. Locally,
  he is a member of the Monmouth, Middlesex and New
  Jersey bar associations. He is a Past President
  of the Middlesex County Bar Association and the
  Past President of the American Academy of
  Matrimonal Lawyers New Jersey Chapter. He serves
  by appointment of the New Jersey Supreme Court as
  a member of the Supreme Court Special Committee
  on Attorney Ethics and Admissions. He is a past
  Chair of the Supreme Court Board on Attorney
  Certification and a past member of the Supreme
  Court Board on Continuing Legal Education.
• Nationally, Mr. Paone is a member of the American
  Bar Association, Family Law section.
• Mr. Paone has received many accolades throughout
  his distinguished career in law, including The
  International Academy of Trial Lawyers Award for
  Outstanding Ability in Courtroom Advocacy, the
  Middlesex County Bar Association Family Lawyer of
  the Year,

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• the New Jersey State Bar Association
  Distinguished Legislative Service Award, the New
  Jersey State Bar Association Family Law Section
  2002 Tischler Award, the Middlesex County Bar
  Association Family Law Section 2008 Schoifet
  Award and the 2010 Distinguished Service Award,
  New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal
  Education.
• Mr. Paone has been selected by Best Laywers as a
  2015 Family Law Lawyer of the Year. He was also
  elected to Digital Press Int. as One of the Top
  10 Matrimonial Attorneys in Central New Jersey.
  He was also selected by N.J. Monthly as one of
  The Top 10 Super Lawyers of New Jersey. Mr.
  Paone has also served as Chair of the Ad Hoc
  Committee on Mandatory Continuing Legal Education
  and was the 1995-96 Chair of the New Jersey State
  Bar Association Family Law Section.

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• In May 2012, the New Jersey State Bar Association
  appointed Mr. Paone as a member of the Judicial
  and Prosecutorial Appointments Committee.  The
  Committee evaluates every candidate being
  considered by the governor as possible nominees
  for judicial appointment or reappointment to the
  Supreme Court and Superior Court, and for
  appointment or reappointment to the position of
  county prosecutor.
• Mr. Paone is a graduate of American University,
  Washington College of Law, where he was Articles
  Editor of the Law Review.

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Robert M. Zaleski
A partner of the firm, Mr. Zaleski has been
practicing law since 1988. His expertise is in
child custody and divorce issues, as well as
divorce mediation. Mr. Zaleski is certified by
the Supreme Court as a Matrimonial Law Attorney
and previously served on the Middlesex County
Assignment Judges Family Lawyers Committee. He
is also a member of the Family Law Legal Clinic,
Women Helping Women program. He appears as a
guest commentator on the television program Law
on the Line. Mr. Zaleski is active in the
Somerset County, Middlesex County and New Jersey
State (Member, Family Law Section) bar
associations. He served as a member of the
Supreme Court of New Jersey District VIII Ethics
Committee. He has received numerous awards for
his service to clients, including the Martin S.
Goldin Family Law Award and designation as a New
Jersey Super Lawyer. Mr. Zaleski earned his law
degree from Seton Hall University.
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Megan S. Murray
A partner at Paone, Zaleski, Murray, Ms. Murray
focuses her practice in family law, child custody
and divorce. Ms. Murray received the 2013 Young
Attorney of the Year Award for Middlesex County.
She also received the 2012 Martin Goldin Award
for excellence in the practice of family law. 
She is Co-Chair of the Domestic Violence
Legislative Committee of the Family Law Executive
Committee. She is also an associate managing
editor for New Jersey Family Lawyer and served as
co-chair of the Young Lawyers Subcommittee of the
Family Law Section of the New Jersey State Bar
Association.
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• Ms. Murray is a past Chair of the Monmouth County
  Bar Associations Family Law Committee. Ms.
  Murray previously served as a managing editor for
  Dictum Magazine, the newsletter for the New
  Jersey State Bar Association Young Lawyers
  Division. Ms. Murray was just named a 2015 New
  Leader of the Bar by the New Jersey Law Journal.
• Ms. Murray has authored numerous articles and has
  been featured in publications, including the New
  Jersey Family Lawyer the New Jersey Law Journal,
  the Middlesex County Advocate, and New Jersey
  Lawyer Magazine. She is also co-author of the
  book, Divorce in New Jersey. Ms. Murray has also
  spoken in seminars across the state on issues
  relating to family law, including appearances at
  the annual Family Law Hot Tips Seminar, the
  annual Family Law Symposium, and the annual
  meeting of the New Jersey State Bar Association.
  Ms. Murray has also been a featured guest on the
  WOBM radio program Inside the Law with Bob Novy.
• Ms. Murray is a member of the Middlesex County,
  Monmouth County and New Jersey State (Member,
  Family Law Section and Young Lawyers Division)
  bar associations. Before joining the firm, she
  served as clerk to the Hon. Judge Paul Kapalko,
  Presiding Judge, Family Part, Monmouth County.
  Ms. Murray is certified by the Supreme Court of
  New Jersey as a Certified Matrimonial Law
  Attorney.
• Ms. Murray earned her Bachelors Degree at Boston
  University, where she graduated summa cum laude.
  She earned her Juris Doctorate from Wake Forest
  University, where she served as editor of the law
  school newspaper.

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Cassie Murphy
An associate at Paone, Zaleski Murray, Ms.
Murphy (formerly Ms. Ansello) focuses her
practice in family law, child custody and
divorce. Ms. Murphy is admitted to the bar in New
Jersey, New York, and the District of Columbia.
She is a voting member of the Family Law
Executive Committee of the New Jersey State Bar
Association, serving as co-chair of the Young
Lawyers Section for the 2016-2017 year.
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• As Associate Editor for New Jersey Family Lawyer,
  Ms. Murphys article, Cohabitation and the
  Amended Alimony Statute Has the Economic Needs
  Standard Been Replaced?
• was published in the June 2016 edition.
  Additionally, her article, An Illustration of
  Changed Circumstances in the Shadow of
  Gonzalez-Posse, was published in the April 2012
  edition. She was chosen as a New Jersey Super
  Lawyers Rising Star for the 2013, 2014, 2015, and
  2016 years.
• Ms. Murphy is a member of the Middlesex County,
  Monmouth County, and New Jersey State (Family Law
  Section) Bar Associations. She presently serves
  on the Monmouth Bar Association Young Lawyers
  Committee. Before joining the firm, she served as
  clerk to the Hon. Lisa Perez-Friscia, J.S.C.,
  Family Part, Bergen County, and practiced divorce
  and family law at the firm of Riker Danzig
  Scherer Hyland Perretti in Morristown.
• Ms. Murphy earned her Bachelors Degree at
  University of Maryland, where she graduated summa
  cum laude as a member of Phi Beta Kappa. She
  earned her Juris Doctorate from University of
  Maryland School of Law, cum laude, where she
  served as an Associate Editor of the Maryland Law
  Journal of Race, Religion, Gender and Class.

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John P. Paone III
An associate at Paone, Zaleski, Murray, Mr.
Paone focuses his practice on family law, divorce
and domestic violence. Mr. Paone is admitted to
the bar of New Jersey. From 2013-2016, he served
as a Deputy Attorney General for the State of New
Jersey as a member of the Specialized Crime
Unit.  As a Deputy Attorney General, Mr. Paone
tried cases before juries and appeared before
Superior Courts throughout the state.   Before
joining the Attorney Generals office, he served
as a law student extern to the Hon. Barry Albin
of the New Jersey Supreme Court and upon
graduating from law school he served as a
Chancery Division law clerk to the Hon. Glenn
Berman and later the Hon. Ann McCormick. Barry
Albin of the New Jersey Supreme Court and upon
graduating from law school he served as a
Chancery Division law clerk to the Hon. Glenn
Berman and later the Hon. Ann McCormick. Mr.
Paone is a member of the Middlesex County and New
Jersey State Bar Association.  He earned his
Bachelors Degree from Muhlenberg College where
he graduated Magna Cum Laude.  He earned
his Juris Doctorate from  Western Michigan
University Cooley Law School where he graduated
Cum Laude and served as an Associate Editor of
the Law Review.
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