Michele E. D'Onofrio
Michele E. D'Onofrio
Michele D'Onofrio is a Court Appointed Mediator, Collaborative Trained Attorney
Professional Associations & Memberships
New Jersey State Bar Association: Family Law Executive Committee, Member
New Jersey State Bar Association, Children's Rights Law Committee, Member
Trustee, Somerset County Bar Association, presently
· Co-Chair and Family Law Committee, 2004
· Co-Chair, Municipal Courts Committee, 2005
· Co-Chair Diversity Committee, 2007
· Chair, Law Day, 2010 and 2011
· Judge, Mock Trial Competition
Attorney Coach, Mock Trial Competition, Warren Township Middle School
Co-Chair, Steering Committee, Central New Jersey Family Law Inns of Court, 2007 to present
Barrister, Family Law Inns of Court, Central New Jersey, 1998
Graduate, William J. Brennan Inns of Court, Civil Litigation, 1995
Court-Approved Mediator for Economic and Parenting Time Mediation
Panelist, Early Settlement Panel, Somerset County, 1997 to present
Member, New Jersey Collaborative Law Group
Secretary, Vicinage 13 Women’s Bar Association
Areas of Practice
- Family Law
- Family Law Collaborative Divorce
- Family Law Litigation
Bar Admissions
- New Jersey, 1991
- U.S. District Court District of New Jersey, 1991
- U.S. Supreme Court, 2007
Education
- Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey School of Law - Newark, Newark, New Jersey
- J.D. - 1991
Published Works
- MacKinnon v. MacKinnon, 191 N.J. 240, Removal, 2007
Classes/Seminars
- Jurisdiction in Custody and Divorce, NJICLE, 2010
- International Relocation, Somerset County Bar Association, 2007
- Legal Consequences of Underage Drinking, Watchung Hills Regional High School, 2006
- DWI Laws of New Jersey, Lions Club, 2003
- The Impact of Breast Cancer on Professional Women, Television Show, 2002
Honors and Awards
- Award for Outstanding Volunteer Efforts to Assist Hurricane Floyd Victims
Past Employment Positions
- Flanzbaum & Cohen, LLC, Of Counsel, 2007 - September 30, 2011
- DiFrancesco, Bateman, Coley, et al, P.C., Chair of Matrimonial Department, 2001 - 2007
- Municipal Prosecutor, Warren Township, New Jersey, 2002 - 2007
- Alternate Prosecutor in the towns of Bernards, Bridgewater, Hillsborough, Peapack-Gladstone, Raritan, Somerville, and Watchung
- Municipal Public Defender, Warren Township, New Jersey, 1998 - 2001
- Private Practice, 1991 - 2001
Pro Bono Activities
- Volunteer Attorney, Women't Resource Center, Somerset County
- Volunteer Attorney, Mass Disaster Quick Response Team of the American Red Cross
Fraternities/Sororities
- Kappa Gamma Pi
