Attorney Profiles
Amy Zylman Shimalla Warren, New Jersey,
| Partner, since
1992 | |
| phone | 908-922-4238 |
| fax | 908-753-4189 |
| Email Me | |
A practice dedicated to Family Law with a focus on Collaborative Divorce, Mediation and Litigation with a resolution oriented approach.
Mediation Experience
- Accredited Professional Mediator, NJ Association of Professional Mediators, 1999 - Present
- Mediator for Economic Mediation Program in conjunction with Superior Court of New Jersey, 1999 - Present
- Founding Member, Somerset County Volunteer Custody Mediation Program, 1995 - Present
- Mediation in Private Practice, 1995 - Present
- Instructor for Biannual ICLE Mediation Training Course
- Named in Best Lawyers in America for Alternate Dispute Resolution, 2005-2011
Click here to see Amy on Fox 5 News discussing collaborative law.
- Areas of Practice:
- Family Law
- Family Law Mediation
- Family Law Collaborative Divorce
- Family Law Litigation
- Certification/Specialties:
- Matrimonial Law Attorney, Supreme Court of New Jersey, 1998
- Accreditation- Divorce and Family Meditation
- Collaborative Divorce Attorney
- Bar Admissions:
- New Jersey, 1986
- U.S. District Court District of New Jersey, 1986
- U.S. Supreme Court, 1996
- Education:
- Seton Hall University School of Law, Newark, New Jersey,
May, 1986
Juris Doctorate - Rutgers University, University College,
1980
B.S. with Highest Honors - Rutgers University,
1994
Divorce Mediation Course - Jersey Shore Collaborative Law Group,
2008
Collaborative Law Training
- Classes/Seminars Taught:
- Custody Seminar - Case Law Review, ICLE, 2007
- Judicial College Bar representative to teach recent developments in case law, 2007
- Biannual Family Law Mediator Training, ICLE, 2004 - Present
- Hot Tips Seminar - 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, ICLE
- Family Law Symposium - 2006
- Hot Tips, Family Law Retreat, 2009
- Collaborative Law , Family Law Summer Institute, 2010
- Collaborative Law Seminar, ICLE, 2010
- Collaborative Divorce Law Training, NJ ICLE, April 9, 2011 - April 16, 2011
- Collaborative Divorce, Rutgers School of Law – Newark, June 20, 2011
- Honors and Awards:
- New Jersey Commission on Professionalism Lawyer of the Year Award for Somerset County, 2000
- Somerset County Women of Distinction Award, 2001
- Best Lawyers of America for Alternate Dispute Resolution, 2005 - 2011
- Chosen as Super Lawyer by NJ Monthly Magazine, 2005 - 2011
- Chosen as Top 50 Women Lawyers in NJ by NJ Monthly Magazine, 2008 - 2010
- Professional Associations and Memberships:
- Somerset County Bar Association, 1989 - Present
- President 1995-1996
- Somerset County Bar Association, 1989-Present
- Family Law Committe Member, Co-Chair 2010
- District XIII Ethics Committee
- Member, 1993 - 1997, 2010
- District XIII Fee Arbitration Committee, 1997 - 2001
- Member/Chair
- NJSBA Family Law Executive Committee, 1989 - Present
- NJSBA Women in the Profession Section, 1990 - Present
- Member & former Chair
- NJSBA Task Force on Diversity, 1998 - 2002
- Former Chair
- District XIII Family Law Inn of Court, 2008 - Present
- New Jersey Association of Professional Mediators
- New Jersey Collaborative Law Group
- Vice President
- Past Employment Positions:
- Law Offices of Pamela Copeland Kaufelt, Associate, 1989 - 1992
- Thiele & Hermes, Associate, 1987 - 1989
- Hon. Paul T. Murphy, Superior Court of New Jersey, Judicial Clerkship, 1986 - 1987
