Jay R Atkins
Top Rated Family Law Attorney with 54 years of experience
Family Law, Criminal Law
887 Kinderkamack Road, Suite 3, River Edge, NJ 07661
About Jay R Atkins
Practice Areas
- Family Law
- Criminal Law
Education
- University of Maryland School of Law, Baltimore, Maryland, 1968LL.B., Bachelor of Law
- Major: Former member of the Bergen County Ethics Committee.
- Fairleigh Dickinson University, Teaneck, New Jersey, 1965B.A., Bachelor of Arts
- Honors: President of Graduating Class
- Honors: President of Senior Class
- Honors: Member of Student Counsel
- Honors: President of Junior Class Member of Varsity Baseball Team
Representative Cases
- Enright v. Lubow, 493 A.2d 1288 (N.J.Super.A.D. 1985)
- Enright v. Lubow, 493 A.2d 1288 (N.J.Super.A.D. 1985)
Qualifications
Bar Admissions
- New Jersey, 1969
- U.S. Court of Appeals 3rd Circuit, 1982
- U.S. Federal Court, 1969
- U.S. Supreme Court, 1978
Other Affiliations
- Bergen County Bar Association, Criminal Law Committee, 1969 - Present (Past Chairman)
- New Jersey Bar Association, 1969 - Present
- American Bar Association, 1969 - Present
- Past member of the Family Law Committee, Bergen County Bar
- Former member of the Bergen County Ethics Committee
Past Positions
- Honorable Benjamin P. Galanti, Presiding Judge of the Criminal Division of Superior Court of New Jersey, Bergen County
- Honorable William J. Arnold, Judge of the Superior Court of New Jersey, Civil Division, Bergen County 1968-1969
- Founding Partner of the Law Firm of Draesel, Sunshine, Atkins, now known as Atkins, Tafuri, Minassian, D’Amato & Beane; 1979 – Present
- Partner in the Law Firm of Skiba Atkins, Hackensack, New Jersey, specializing in criminal law, family law, and personal injury work and land use law; 1972 – 1979
- Partner in the firm of Goldberg & Atkins, Hackensack, New Jersey, specializing in criminal defense work; From 1972 – 1974
- Associate in the Law Office of Lucille P. Russell, Esq. prominent attorney in North Arlington, N.J.; 1969 – 1971
- Emerson, Rochelle Park, and Montvale and the former municipal attorney for Rochelle Park
Office Info
Other Colleagues
- Family Law
- Family Law
Nearby Lawyers
- Family Law
- Criminal Law
- 2.8 miles away
- 2.8 miles away
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