Lynn Fontaine Newsome
100 Southgate Parkway, Suite 190, Morristown, NJ 07960
About Lynn Fontaine Newsome
Practice Areas
- Family Law
Education
- Seton Hall University School of Law, Newark, New Jersey, 1981J.D.
- Seton Hall University, Newark, New Jersey, 1977B.A.
Qualifications
Bar Admissions
- New Jersey, 1981
- Federal District Court of New Jersey, 1981
- Supreme Court of the United States of America, 2006
Other Affiliations
- New Jersey State Bar Association - Continuing Legal Education (CLE) Advisory Committee, 2011 - Present (Member)
- Board of Directors, Volunteer Lawyers for Social Justice, 2008 - Present (Member)
- Board of Trustees, NJ State Bar Foundation, 2005 - Present (Member)
- American Bar Foundation, 2007 - Present (Fellow)
- Editorial Board, New Jersey Law Journal, 2008 - Present (Member)
- American Bar Association, Family Law Section, Section of Litigation, Executive Counsel, General Practice, Solo and Small Firm Division, Legal Opportunity Scholarship Fund Selection Committee, 1982 - Present (Member)
- American Bar Association, House of Delegates, 2006 - Present (Delegate)
- American Bar Association, Advisory Committee to the Commission on Lawyer Assistance Programs, 2012 - Present (Member)
- National Conference of Bar Presidents, Executive Counsel and Communications Committee, 2006 - Present
- New Jersey State Bar Association, 1982 - Present (President (2007-2008), Member)
- New Jersey Supreme Court Family Practice Committee, 1997 - Present (Member)
- Mercer County Bar Association, 1992 - Present (Member)
- Association of Trial Lawyers of America, 1982 - Present (Member)
- Ethics Diversionary Program, New Jersey State Bar Association, 2001 - 2007 (Panelist)
- Family Law Inns of Court, 1994 - 2002 (Master)
- Executive Committee, Family Law Section, New Jersey State Bar Association, 2000 - 2001 (Chair)
- Rules Subcommittee, Supreme Court Family Practice Committee, 1999 - 2001 (Chair)
- Morris County Bar Association, 1982 - Present (President (1999-2000), Member)
- Morris County Bar Foundation, 1995 - Present (President (1997-1998), Member)
- Morris County Family Law Committee, 1990 - 1993 (Chair)
- Worrall F. Mountain Inns of Court, 1989 - 1994 (Barrister/Master)
- District X Ethics Committee, 1990 - 1993 (Member)
- Seton Hall University, School of Law, Steering Committee, Capital Campaign, - 2008
- Seton Hall University, School of Law, Board of Regents, - 2008
- New Jersey State Bar Association/Foundation, Steering Committee, Capital Campaign, - 2008 (Co-Chair)
- Completed Mediation Training for Admission to Roster of Mediators for Economic Aspects of Family Law Cases
- National Conference on Pro Se Litigation, - 1999 (State Team Member)
- ABA Lobby Day, Washington, D.C., 2003 - 2012 (Participant)
- Marylawn of the Oranges Alumni Association (Member)
Past Positions
- Donahue, Hagan, Klein, Newsome, O'Donnell & Weisberg P.C., Partner, 1998 - 2012
- Courter, Kobert, Laufer & Cohen, P.C., Partner, 1991 - 1998
- Boyar, Higgins & Hayden, Associate and Partner, 1984 - 1991
- Sweeneym Boznoleis, Staehle & Woodward, Associate, 1982 - 1984
- Honorable George P. Helfrich, Superior Court of New Jersey, Law Secretary, 1981 - 1982
Office Info
Other Colleagues
- Associate
Nearby Lawyers
- Family Law
- 1.7 miles away
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