Attorney Profiles

Amy Zylman Shimalla 
Warren, New Jersey
Partner, since 1992
phone 908-922-4238
fax 908-753-4189
email 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, 2005-2008
  • Member, NJSBA Dispute Resolution Committee
  • Co-Chair, SCBA Dispute Resolution Committee

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, ICLE


Family Law Symposium - 2006


Joint panel with Tax Section - 2007, NJSBA Annual Meeting


Hot Tips - 2009, Family Law Retreat


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 - 2009


Chosen as Super Lawyer by NJ Monthly Magazine, 2009


Chosen as Top 50 Women Lawyers in NJ by NJ Monthly Magazine, 2008 - 2009


Professional Associations and Memberships:
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 - 1997
Member


District XIII Fee Arbitration Committee, 1997 - 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 - 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


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