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Amy Wechsler

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Top Rated Family Law Attorney with 38 years of experience

Family Law

776 Mountain Boulevard, Suite 202, Watchung, NJ 07069

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About Amy Wechsler

Practice Areas

Family Law

Education

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey School of Law - Newark, Newark, New Jersey
Juris Doctorate
Rutgers Graduate School of Social Work, 1976
M.S.W
University of Connecticut, 1972
B.S.
Rutgers University, 1994
Divorce Meditation Course
NJ Association of Professional Mediators, Mediation Internship 1993-1994
Numerous ICLE, NJAPM, ATLA, NJAJ Seminars in Family Law, 1993-Present
Rutgers University, Introductory Course in Divorce Mediation, 1994
Jersey Shore Collaborative Law Group, Collabortaive Law Training, 2008
Association of Family and Conciliation Courts, Parent Coordination Training, 2010
American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, Arbitration Training, 2012-2013, Chicago, Illinois
New Ways for Families Institute, High Conflict Families Training, 2014

Classes and Seminars

Speaker, Cutting Edge Issues in Custody Evaluations, ICLE Family Law Symposium, 2016
Speaker, Protecting Communications Made Prior to Signing a Collaborative Participation Agreement, ICLE Hot Tips Seminar, 2015
Speaker, Resources for Domestic Violence Victims and Their Families, NJSBA and SCBA, 2015
Instructor and Guest Lecturer, Collaborative Family Law and ADR, Rutgers School of Law - Newark, 2015
Moderator/Speaker, Professionalism in Family Law - The Ethics of Steering Your Client in the Right Direction, SCBA, 2015
Faculty, Mediation Training, ICLE, 2014
Speaker, Advanced Mediation Training, 2014, 2016
Speaker, Use of Guardian Ad Litum for Parties Not Represented by Counsel, ICLE Hot Tips Seminar, 2014
Moderator, Pet Peeves in Family Law, NJSBA, 2014
Speaker, The Neurobiology of Addiction: Implications for Families and Children in Custody Cases, NJ-AFCC, 2014
Speaker and Moderator, Parenting Coordination Workshop, ICLE, 2013
Speaker/Panelist, Joint Custody: Fact or Fiction?, NJSBA Annual Meeting, 2013
Speaker/Panelist, Ethics in the Law, Somerset County Bar Association, 2012
Speaker, Use of Guardian ad Litem Appointments for Adults in Family Law Matters, AFCC-NJ, 2012
Speaker, The Child Specialist-In or Out of the Collaborative Model, AFCC-NJ, 2012
Speaker/Panelist, Family Attorney as Diagnostician and Process Shaper, ICLE, 2012
Speaker, The Disposition of Pre-embryos: To Be or Not to Be?, ICLE Hot Tips Seminar, 2012
Instructor, Collaborative Law 2-day Training, ICLE, 2011, 2012
Speaker/Panelist, Ethics in the Law, Somerset County Bar Association, 2011 - 2012
Moderator/Speaker, Ethics in the Law, Somerset County Bar Association, 2011
Speaker, Motions to Modify Support, Somerset County Bar Association, 2010
Speaker, Arbitration in Family Matters, Somerset County Bar Association, 2010
Speaker, Savings as a Component of Marital Life Style, FLEC Meeting, 2010
Speaker, Alternatives/Precursors to Full Custody Evaluations, ICLE, 2010
Speaker, Enforcement of Anti-Lepis Provisions, NJSBA Annual Meeting, 2009
Speaker, Calculating Child Support in Equal Shared Parenting Cases, ICLE, 2009
Speaker, Modification of Support in the Current Economic Climate, ICLE, 2009
Speaker, Tax Issues in Divorce, Somerset County Bar Association, 2007
Speaker, Ethical Issues in Representing Children, ICLE, 2006
Speaker, Divorce and Taxes, Alimony and Taxes, NJ Society of CPA's, NJAPM and ICLE, 2006
Speaker, Recent Developments in Family Law, Association of Divorce Financial Planners, 2005
Speaker, Comparative Family Law, Association of Divorce Financial Planners, 2004
Speaker, Alimony and Child Support, NJAPM Advanced Divorce Mediation Seminar, 2004
Speaker, Family and Divorce Mediation, Somerset County Bar Association, 2001
Speaker, Structure and Use of Court Mediation Programs, NJAPM, 2000
Moderator & Presenter, Financial Planning in Divorce, Mediation, and Hot Tips, ADR Day, 1999
Moderator, Financial Planning in Divorce Mediation, NJAPM Annual Conference, - 1999
Moderator & Presenter, Child Support Guidelines Seminar, Somerset County Bar Association, 1998

Qualifications

Bar Admissions

New Jersey, 1985
U.S. District Court District of New Jersey, 1985
U.S. Supreme Court, 1996

Other Affiliations

Association for Advancement of Collaborative Practice (Co-President/Member, 2015)
Segal v. Lynch on behalf of NJ-AFCC, 2012 - Present (Co-authored Amicus Brief)
Vicinage XIII Inn of Court, 2010 - 2014 (Steering Committee/Member)
New Jersey Collaborative Law Group, 2009 - 2014 (Secretary/Chair and Co-Chair, Cducation Committee/Member)
NJ Supreme Court , 2007 - Present (Testified in support of establishing a Parenting Coordination Court Rule)
New Jersey State Bar Association (Family Law Executive Committee, 2007-Present)
Association of Family and Conciliation Courts - NJ Chapter, 2004 - Present (President-Elect/Treasurer/Member)
Pilot Program for Economic Issues in Divorce Matters, Somerset County, 1999 - Present (Mediator)
District XIII Ethics Committee, 1998 - 2001 (Chair/Vice-Chair/Member)
New Jersey Association of Professional Mediators (Member, 1996-Present; Trustee, 1997-2001)
Central Jersey Family Inn of Court, 1996 - 1999 (Member, Steering Committee and Master)
Somerset County Custody Mediation Program, 1995 - Present (Co-founder and Custody Mediator)
New Jersey State Bar Association, 1994 - Present (Member)
Somerset County Bar Association, 1993 - Present (Member/Past President/Trustee/Mediator/Chair and Co-Chair of Family Law Committee)
Matrimonial Early Settlement Panel, Hunterdon and Somerset Counties, 1991 - Present (Panelist)

Past Positions

Shimalla, Wechsler, Lepp & D'Onofrio, LLP, Partner, 2011-Present
Copeland, Shimalla, Wechsler & Lepp, LLP, Partner, 1995 - 2010
Copeland & Shimalla, Of Counsel, 1993 - 1995
Herold & Haines, Associate, 1992
Norris, McLaughlin & Marcus, Associate, 1986 - 1991
Sills, Cummis, Zuckerman, Radin, Tischman & Epstein, Associate, 1985 - 1986
New Jersey Division of Mental Health and Hospitals, Program Analyst, 1977 - 1981
NJ Division of Youth and Family Services, Program Development Specialist, 1973 - 1975

Articles

Published Works

Summary of Significant Changes to the 2016 NJ Court Rules Affecting Family Practice, The Clarion, Somerset County Bar Association, Fall, 2015
Custody and Parenting Time/Visitation Plans: What Are They and Why Do We Need Them?, New Jersey Family Lawyer, Vol. 36, No. 1, August, 2015
Co-Author, Alimony and Taxes, New Jersey Family Lawyer, Vol. 33, No. 1, June , 2012
Co-Author, The Do's and Don'ts of Mediation and Arbitration, New Jersey Family Lawyer, Vol. 27 No. 2 October, 2006
Co-Author, Imputing Income to Assets, New Jersey Family Lawyer, Vol. 18 No. 7 Nov/Dec., 1998