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Edward J. O'Donnell

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Top Rated Family Law Attorney with 40 years of experience

Family Law

100 Southgate Parkway, Suite 190, Morristown, NJ 07960

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About Edward J. O'Donnell

Practice Areas

Family Law

Education

Seton Hall University School of Law, Newark, New Jersey, 1983
J.D.
Montclair State University, Upper Montclair, New Jersey, USA, 1978
B.A.

Representative Cases

Matter of Baby M., 109 N.J. 396 (New Jersey Supreme Court 1988)
Matter of Jobes, 108 N.J. 394 (New Jersey Supreme Court 1987)
Kamen v. Egan, 322 N.J. Super. 222 (App. Div. 1999)
Boardman v. Boardman, 314 N. J. Super. 340 (App. Div. 1998)
Ruprecht v. Ruprecht, 252 N.J. Super. 230 (New Jersey Superior Court, Chancery Division 1991)
Lerman v. Lerman, 245 N.J. Super. 312 (New Jersey Superior Court, Chancery Division 1990)
J.S. v. L.S., 389 N.J. Super. 200 (App. Div. 2007)

Classes and Seminars

"Evidence for Family Lawyers", New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education (ICLE), 2002
"Issues Involving the Highly Compensated Litigant", New Jersey State Bar Association Annual Meeting, 2002
"Best Practices and Experts", Essex County Bar Association, Family Law Bench Bar Committee, 2002
"Settlement Techniques", New Jersey State Bar Association, Family Law Section Bench Bar Conference, 2002
"The Top 40: Matrimonial Law's Greatest Hits", New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education (ICLE), 2002
"Baby M. Revisited", Bergen County Bar Association, 2002
"Preparing Your Case for Trial Readiness", Association of Trial Lawyers of America (ATLA), 2001
"How to Survive in the Courts", Essex County Bar Association, Young Lawyers Section, 2001
"Evidence for Family Lawyers", New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education (ICLE), 2001
"Best Practices for Family Lawyers", New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education (ICLE), 2001
"Best Practices in Essex County", Essex County Bar Association Family Law Bench Bar Committee, 2001
"How to Survive Traps and Minefields in Family Law Practice", New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education (ICLE), 2001
"Equitable Distribution: Tips, Traps & Techniques", New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education (ICLE), 2001
"Alternative Reproduction Technologies", Pennsylvania Bar Institute, Family Law Symposium, Philadelphia, PA, 2000
"The Truth About Alimony", Essex County Bar Foundation, 2000
"The New Alimony Statute", New Jersey State Bar Association Retreat, Baltimore, MD, 2000
"Domestic Violence", New Jersey Family Law Inns of Court, 2000
"Estate Planning Issues in Matrimonial Law", New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education (ICLE), 1999
"The Top 40: Matrimonial Law's Greatest Hits", New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education (ICLE), 1999
"Marital Agreements: Pre-Nuptial, Mid-Marriage and Property Settlement Agreement", New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education (ICLE), 1999
"Negotiating and Drafting Property Settlement Contracts, 'Doing It Right'", New Jersey Institute of Continuing Legal Education (ICLE), 1998 - 1999
"Third Annual Bench Bar Conference", Essex County Bar Foundation, Family Law Section, 1998
"Trial of a Matrimonial Case" and "Custody Issues for the New Millennium", Association of Trial Lawyers of America (ATLA), 1998
"Traps for the Unwary", Essex County Bar Foundation, 1998
"Introduction to Equitable Distribution", New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education (ICLE), 1998
"Post-Judgment Lepis Applications", New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education (ICLE), Second Annual Family Law Summer Institute, 1997
"Surviving the Practice of Family Law", Association of Trial Lawyers of America (ATLA); Boardwalk Seminar, 1997
"Settlement Conference", New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education (ICLE); 1996 Family Law Summer Institute, 1996
"The Top 40: Matrimonial Law's Greatest Hits", New Jersey Institute of Continuing Legal Education (ICLE), 1995
"Equitable Distribution: Cutting Edge Issues for 1995 and Beyond", New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education (ICLE), 1995
"Sexual and Domestic Violence Personal Injury Claims", The Canadian Institute, Toronto, Ontario, 1994
"Hot Tips Seminar", Essex County Bar Foundation, Family Law Section, 1993
"Documents and Writings in Evidence: The Hearsay Rule and it's Exceptions", Administrative Office of the Courts, Child Support Hearing Officer Program, 1991
"Bioethics and the Law", United Jewish Federation of MetroWest, Business and Professional Women's Counsel, Panel Discussion, 1991
"Sexual Abuse Allegations in Custody Litigation", Essex County Bar Association, Family Law Section, 1989
"Equitable Distribution: What, When & How -- Asset Valuation & Use of Experts", Bergen County Bar Association, Family Law Section, 1988
"Alternatives to Infertility and Unanswered Legal Questions", University of West Virginia, Charleston, West Virginia, 1988
"Trial Tactics in the Baby M Case", Association of Trial Lawyers of America (ATLA), Family Law Section, Kansas City, Missouri, 1988
"Surrogacy: Feminist Viewpoints", Women's Bar Association of the State of New York, Bolton Landing, New York, 1988
"Surrogacy in the Aftermath of Baby M", University of Pittsburgh, School of Law, Women's Law Caucus, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1988
"Surrogate Parenting and the Infertility Epidemic", Monroe County Citizens Day Conference on the Law, Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, 1987
"Surrogate Parenting", University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1987
"Surrogacy: An Alternative Means of Human Reproduction and the Baby M Case", Northampton County Bench/Bar Conference, Buck Hill, Pennsylvania, Panel Discussion, 1987
"Surrogacy, A Cure for Infertility", National Association of Legal Secretaries, New Brunswick, New Jersey, 1987
"Court TV", New York, New York, 2002
"Due Process", Court TV, New York, New York, 1998
"Prime Time Justice", Court TV, New York, New York, 1994
"Your Community Connection", WMTR, Morristown, New Jersey, 1994
"The Jessee Freese Show", WMTR, Morristown, New Jersey, 1993
"The McLaughlin Show", CNBC, New York, New York, 1990
"Lawline", WHWH, Princeton, New Jersey, 1987
"Legally Speaking", KSTP, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1987
National Public Radio, WNYC, New York, New York, 1987
"Hour Magazine", Fox Television Network, Hollywood, California, 1986
"A Current Affair", Fox Television Network, New York, New York, 1986

Qualifications

Bar Admissions

New Jersey, 1983
U.S. District Court District of New Jersey, 1983

Other Affiliations

Supreme Court of New Jersey, 2001 - 2002 (Appointee, District Ethics Committee)
New Jersey State Bar Association, Section of Family Law, 1995 - Present (Exec. Committee)
New Jersey State Bar Association, 2001 - 2002 (Chair, Equitable Distribution Sub-Committee)
Essex County Bar Association, 2000 - Present (Trustee)
Essex County Bar Association, 1996 - 2001 (Chair., Family Law Committee)
Essex Newark Legal Services, 1996 - 1999 (Trustee)
American Inns of Court, 1993 - Present (Master, New Jersey Family Law Inns of Court)
American Bar Association, Family Law Section
Essex County Bar Association, 2008 - 2009 (President)

Past Positions

Skoloff & Wolfe, P.C., Partner, 1984 - 2002
State of New Jersey, Law Clerk to Hon. Herbert S. Glickman, 1983 - 1984

Articles

Published Works

New Jersey Family Law Practice, (Contributing Author), NJICLE, 10th ed., 2001
Traps for the Unwary, (Family Law Chapter), Essex County Bar Foundation, 1997
Commentary, Baby M: A Disquieting Decision, Seton Hall Law Review, Vol. 18, No. 4, 1988
Surrogacy: A Cure for Infertility?, The National Law Journal, November 2, 1987