Attorney Amy Wechsler has been practicing law since 1985. She practices exclusively in the area of family law. She is certified by the New Jersey Supreme Court as a matrimonial attorney and is an accredited divorce and family mediator and trained arbitrator, parenting coordinator, and collaborative family law practitioner. She has trained hundreds of family law, mental health, and financial professionals in mediation and collaborative family law. She lectures and presents at the New Jersey State Bar Association as well as the New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education.
Mediation Experience
Accredited Professional Mediator, NJ Association of Professional Mediators 1997 – Present
Mediator for Economic Mediation Program in conjunction with Superior Court of New Jersey 1999 – Present
Co-founder and Mediator for Somerset County Volunteer Custody Mediation Program and Speaker at Custody Mediation Workshop 1995 – Present
Mediation in Private Practice 1995 – Present
Faculty Instructor for Biannual ICLE Basic Mediation Training 2013 – Present
Faculty Instructor for ICLE Advanced Mediation Training 2013 – Present
Education
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey School of Law Newark, New Jersey, Juris Doctor
Rutgers Graduate School of Social Work M.S.W – 1976
University of Connecticut B.S. – 1972
Rutgers University, Divorce Mediation Course 1994
NJ Association of Professional Mediators, Mediation Internship 1993-1994
Numerous ICLE, NJAPM, ATLA, NJAJ Seminars in Family Law 1993-Present
Jersey Shore Collaborative Law Group, Collaborative Family Law Training 2008
Association of Family and Conciliation Courts, Parenting Coordination Training Chicago, Illinois, 2010
American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, Arbitration Training Chicago, Illinois, 2013
New Ways for Families Institute, High Conflict Families Training 2014
40-hour Introductory Course in Divorce Mediation Rutgers University New Brunswick, N.J. 1994
Numerous ICLE, NJAPM, ATLA, NJAJ and other seminars in family law 1993 to the present
Bar Admissions
New Jersey, 1985
U.S. District Court District of New Jersey, 1985
U.S. Supreme Court, 199
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