New Brunswick, New Jersey family Law lawyers represented the parties in a divorce.



The parties were married in 1996. They have one daughter together who is now emancipated. A final judgment of divorce (FJOD) was entered on September 6, 2012. Under the FJOD, defendant agreed to pay $120 per week in child support and $125 per week in permanent alimony through wage ga... More...    $0 (08-12-2024 - NJ)

Somerville, New Jersey family law lawyers represented the parties in a divorce.



Plaintiff and defendant were married February 10, 2006, and share one son. Plaintiff filed a complaint for divorce in December 2020 and defendant filed an answer and counterclaim. At the time of the divorce proceeding, plaintiff was approximately forty-nine years old, and defendant was ... More...    $0 (08-15-2024 - NJ)

The parties were married in 1985. Plaintiff filed a complaint for divorce from defendant on February 11, 2020. After default was entered and vacated, defendant filed an answer and counterclaim for divorce on or about October 12, 2020. Both parties were represented by counsel thr... More...    $0 (07-31-2024 - NJ)

Newark, New Jersey criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with receiving military-type training from Hizballah, marriage fraud, and making false statements.

Alexei Saab trained extensively on military tactics and weapons use, he specialized in how to construct and detonate explosives, and he surveilled major American landmarks to identify potential attack sites.

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Andre Petras appeals the District Court’s dismissal of
his reverse False Claims Act suit against his former employer,
Simparel, Inc.; David Roth, Simparel’s founder and Chief
Technology Officer; and Ron Grilli, Simparel’s Chief
Executive Officer (collectively, “the Simparel defendants”).2
Petras initially alleged a reverse FCA claim3 and
retaliation claim4 under the False C... More...    $0 (05-18-2017 - NJ)

A.M. has known defendant since she was four years old. A.M.'s
family and defendant's family enjoyed a close relationship, and
both families were active in their local church, where defendant
served as associate pastor at the time of his arrest.
The accusations came to light on November 30, 2009, when A.M.
reported her past sexual relationship with defendant to the ... More...    $0 (02-24-2017 - NJ)

Defendant purchased a $300,000 life insurance policy and
$200,000 accidental death benefit insuring Scharf's life on May
23, 1991. He was the primary beneficiary; the parties' son,
Jonathan, ten years old at the time of the murder, was the
contingent beneficiary. Scharf's therapist, Patricia Teague, who
had been treating Scharf for depression since July 1990, testified <... More...    $0 (01-27-2017 - NJ)

Wentworth is a property-management company, and the
Wentworth Group is the parent entity. Michael Mendillo was the
president and chief executive officer of Wentworth and the owner
of the Wentworth Group. In May 2005, Mendillo hired Ramon to
serve as one of Wentworth’s regional vice presidents -- the only
one of Hispanic descent. In that role, Ramon managed high-rise More...    $0 (09-21-2016 - NJ)

The issue in Olivo was “whether a landowner can be liable
for injuries allegedly caused from asbestos exposure experienced
by the wife of a worker who had performed welding and steam
fitting tasks that brought him into contact with asbestos on the
landowner’s premises.” Id. at 398-99. Based on the facts as
presented in Olivo’s summary judgment record and considerations <... More...    $0 (07-09-2016 - NJ)

In 2010, respondent F.M.’s personal firearm and firearms
purchaser identification card (identification card) were seized
pursuant to the Prevention of Domestic Violence Act of 1991,
N.J.S.A. 2C:25-17 to -35 (Domestic Violence Act).2 Both items
1 The statute on possession and licensing of firearms, N.J.S.A. 2C:58-3, ref... More...    $0 (07-06-2016 - NJ)

Tried by a jury, defendant Apollo H. Cardenas was convicted
of the first-degree murder of his wife, Youngsook Lee, N.J.S.A.
2C:11-3(a)(1) and N.J.S.A. 2C:11-3(a)(2), and third-degree
possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose, N.J.S.A. 2C:39
4(d). After denying defendant's motion for a new trial, the
judge sentenced him to life imprisonment with a thirty-year
peri... More...    $0 (06-30-2016 - NJ)

The warrant was issued on April 30, 2012, based upon an
affidavit presented by Detective James Powers of the Monmouth
County Prosecutor's Office's Narcotics Strike Force. Powers
described a four-month narcotics investigation of a target known
as "Pete," and later identified as defendant. With the
assistance of a confidential informant and an undercover
officer, Powe... More...    $0 (05-24-2016 - NJ)

A jury convicted defendant Peter Shanley of the murder of
his wife, as well as two weapons offenses, and a judge sentenced
him to prison for life. Defendant appeals from the judgment of
conviction and makes these arguments: first, the trial judge
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erred by not dismissing the murder charge because of a
prosecutor's misstatements and prej... More...    $0 (05-14-2016 - NJ)

Although this matter was not tried, the parties'
submissions reflect the following facts the State would have
presented through its evidence. Defendant's uncle by marriage
called the police on August 10, 2011, claiming defendant pulled
a gun and threatened him in the course of an argument. When the
police arrived, defendant was gone. The victim recounted he was
cha... More...    $0 (04-22-2016 - NJ)

At approximately 11:45 a.m. on November 23, 2008, defendant
entered Saint Thomas Syrian Orthodox Church in Clifton and shot
and killed Reshma, his wife, and Dennis John. Silvy, Reshma's
cousin, was also shot, but she survived and is now partially
paralyzed. At trial, these facts were undisputed. The issue
was whether defendant's conduct was purposeful or knowing, as More...    $0 (03-13-2016 - NJ)

On September 11, 2014, a grand jury in Trenton, New Jersey, returned a five-count Superseding Indictment against Binyamin Stimler, Mendel Epstein, Jay Goldstein ("Goldstein"), and David Aryeh Epstein.1 Defendants are all Orthodox Jewish men and their prosecutions arise out of allegations that Defendants engaged in criminal means to facilitate Orthodox Jewish divorces. According to the Supe... More...    $0 (01-06-2016 - NJ)

This appeal arises from a challenge by initiative to the
City of Camden’s decision to disband its municipal police
department and to contract with Camden County for the delivery
of police services to the City of Camden by a countywide police
department. The City of Camden’s transition from municipal to
county police services followed more than a decade of State
overs... More...    $0 (08-11-2015 - NJ)

We decide whether Candace Ruitenberg’s interest in an equitable share of marital property pending her divorce from Paul Ruitenberg, III is a pre-petition “claim� against Paul’s bankruptcy estate. The issue has divided Bankruptcy Courts in our Circuit.

Paul filed for bankruptcy under Chapter 7 of the Bankruptcy Code, and Thomas J. Orr was appointed as the Trustee of the bankruptcy es... More...    $0 (03-13-2014 - NJ)

Elias Eid and Gwen Packard-Eid filed a complaint challenging the denial by the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA�) of the I-130 Petition for Alien Relative filed by Packard-Eid, a United States citizen, that would accord Eid,

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her husband and a non-citizen, preference status as the spouse of a citizen. The BIA denied the Petition under 8 U.S.C. § 1154(c), which requires denyin... More...    $0 (01-10-2014 - NJ)

Trenton, N.J. The Supreme Court of New Jersey upheld a superior court order that gay weddings must start Monday and denied a request by New Jersey Governor Chris Christi's to stay the implementation of same sex marriage in New Jersey.

The Court rejected all of the arguments made by New Jersey, concluding that same-sex couples who cannot marry are not treated equally under the law.
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The parties appeal from four post-judgment orders in this highly contentious and litigious matrimonial matter. Plaintiff Katherine Milne challenges provisions set forth in Family Part orders dated March 10, 2011, March 23, 2011, and September 30, 2011, the latest of which was entered following our limited remand. Defendant Robert Goldenberg appeals from an April 29, 2011 order, which reallocated ... More...    $0 (09-21-2012 - NJ)

The law firm of Budd Larner, P.C. (Budd Larner) was one of three firms that represented plaintiff Edie Britman Sauro during this protracted matrimonial case. Budd Larner now appeals the Family Part's equitable distribution award, arguing that the manner in which the court allocated the parties' marital assets negatively affected the firm's attorney charging lien pursuant to N.J.S.A. 2A:13-5. Speci... More...    $0 (05-14-2012 - NJ)

The issues in this matrimonial action include whether, for purposes of determining alimony, it was appropriate to impute income to a party based on her beneficial interest in a discretionary support trust.


Plaintiff Mark Tannen and defendant Wendy Tannen were married for nearly eighteen years. During the marriage, Wendy’s parents settled an irrevocable, discretionary support trust wit... More...    $0 (12-15-2011 - NJ)

The issues in this matrimonial action include whether, for purposes of determining alimony, it was appropriate to impute income to a party based on her beneficial interest in a discretionary support trust.


Plaintiff Mark Tannen and defendant Wendy Tannen were married for nearly eighteen years. During the marriage, Wendy’s parents settled an irrevocable, discretionary support trust wit... More...    $0 (12-08-2011 - NJ)

After a divorce, applications by a custodial parent1 to relocate with the children are fairly common. For all their ubiquity, however, such requests present us with difficult and often heart-wrenching decisions.

Inevitably, upon objection by a noncustodial parent, there is a clash between the custodial parent’s interest in self-determination and the noncustodial parent’s interest in the... More...    $0 (02-08-2011 - NJ)

This case – a case that involves the rights of the posthumously conceived children of a deceased wage earner and his widow – requires us to consider the intersection of new reproductive technologies and what is required to qualify for child survivor benefits under the Social Security Act (the ―Act‖). It goes without saying that these technologies were not within the imagination, much less ... More...    $0 (01-04-2011 - NJ)

Plaintiff Yaakov Abdelhak appeals from a Law Division order that dismissed his defamation complaint against defendants, The Jewish Press, Inc., Oleg Rivkin, Richard Scharlat and Gabrielle Tito, for lack of subject matter jurisdiction, pursuant to Rule 4:6-2(a). The judge concluded that plaintiff's claims could not be resolved without excessive entanglement by the court and jury in issues of religi... More...    $0 (12-31-2009 - NJ)

This appeal, which comes before the Court as of right based on the opinion of the dissenting Appellate Division judge, requires the Court to interpret the provisions in the New Jersey Cemetery Act of 2003, N.J.S.A. 45:27-1 to -38, governing interment, N.J.S.A. 45:27-22, and disinterment, N.J.S.A. 45:27-23. Specifically, this dispute, between a decedent's surviving spouse and children about his fin... More...    $0 (09-18-2009 - NJ)

In this appeal, we consider the tort of conversion as it applies to money rather than chattels. More specifically, we consider whether defendants who received fraudulently obtained money must repay it to the rightful owner even if they had no knowledge of the fraud.

Plaintiff Chicago Title Insurance Company seeks to recoup from defendants portions of more than $22 million dollars def... More...    $0 (07-21-2009 - NJ)

Defendant Earl Johnson appeals from a judgment entered in the Family Part in favor of plaintiff Fiona Bayne for $384,000 in damages as palimony and from a separate award of $48,660 against both Earl and his wife, defendant Carolyn Johnson, representing a fifteen percent interest in real property located in North Bergen. Carolyn initially appealed the second portion of the judgment, but that appeal... More...    $0 (10-28-2008 - NJ)

In this quintessential palimony action, defendant Edward Diehl appeals from a December 6, 2005, judgment in favor of plaintiff Rosemary Connell awarding $107,494.40 in palimony, $70,000 as a return of an inheritance Connell received in 1997 and gave to Diehl and $15,000 in counsel fees, less a partial payment of $36,000 from Diehl to Connell after they separated. Connell cross-appeals f... More...    $0 (01-14-2008 - NJ)

After substantially all of the issues in this matrimonial case were resolved, but prior to the completion of the extended trial of the child support and related counsel fee issues, defendant husband was discharged from his high-income employment position. The trial court found sufficient income from the parties' unearned income for the child support award and prorated child support on the basis... More...    $0 (02-02-2005 - NJ)