 Amy Zylman Shimalla
Warren, New Jersey
Partner, since
1992
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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, 2005-2008
- Member, NJSBA Dispute Resolution Committee
- Co-Chair, SCBA Dispute Resolution Committee
Click here to see Amy on Fox 5 News discussing collaborative law.
- Family Law
- Family Law Mediation
- Family Law Collaborative Divorce
- Family Law Litigation
- Matrimonial Law Attorney, Supreme Court of New Jersey, 1998
- Accreditation- Divorce and Family Meditation
- Collaborative Divorce Attorney
- New Jersey, 1986
- U.S. District Court District of New Jersey, 1986
- U.S. Supreme Court, 1996
- 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
- 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, ICLE
- Family Law Symposium - 2006
- Joint panel with Tax Section - 2007, NJSBA Annual Meeting
- Hot Tips - 2009, Family Law Retreat
- 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
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2009
- Chosen as Super Lawyer by NJ Monthly Magazine,
2005
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2010
- Chosen as Top 50 Women Lawyers in NJ by NJ Monthly Magazine,
2008
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2010
- Somerset County Bar Association,
1989
- Present
- President 1995-1996
- Somerset County Bar Association, 1989-Present
- Family Law Committe Member
- Somerset County Bar Association, 1989-Present
- Dispute Resolution Committee Co-chair
- District XIII Ethics Committee,
1993
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1997
- Member
- District XIII Fee Arbitration Committee,
1997
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2001
- Member/Chair
- NJSBA Family Law Executive Committee,
1989
- Present
- Member
- NJSBA Women in the Profession Section,
1990
- Present
- Member & former Chair
- NJSBA Task Force on Diversity,
1998
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2002
- Former Chair
- District XIII Family Law Inn of Court,
2008
- Present
- New Jersey Association of Professional Mediators
- New Jersey Collaborative Law Group
- Member/Trustee
- Somerset County Judicial & Prosecutioners Review Committee,
2009
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2010
- Co-Chair
- Law Offices of Pamela Copeland Kaufelt, Associate,
1989
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1992
- Thiele & Hermes, Associate,
1987
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1989
- Hon. Paul T. Murphy, Superior Court of New Jersey, Judicial Clerkship,
1986
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1987
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