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Amy Wechsler
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Biography
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.
Practice Areas
8
Practice Areas
Alimony
14%
Arbitration
14%
Child Custody
14%
Child Support
14%
Fees and Rates
Licenses
Licensed in New Jersey for 40 years
State: New Jersey
Acquired: 1985
No misconduct found
Location
Lawrence Law
(908) 645-1000
Fax
(908) 645-1001
Fax
744 Mountain Boulevard, Watchung, NJ, 07069
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Posted by anonymous | June 20, 2025 | Hired Attorney | Child Custody
Stay away
A deceitful liar who causes pain and should be removed. She will mess up your kids and your life.
Posted by anonymous | April 02, 2021 | Hired Attorney | Child Custody
Terrible. Stay away.
If you are a father that is engaged in the child’s life stay far away. This woman seems to have old fashioned perceptions about child rearing and will almost certainly side on the mother’s behalf. She has a CSW, but that is a smoke screen. Keep in mind she is a lawyer first. While this is a general a...
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Experience
Honors
2025
Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers
2024
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2023
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2022
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2021
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2020
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2019
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2018
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2017
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2016
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2015
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2014
Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers
2013
Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers
2012
Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers
2011
Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers
2011
Top 50 Women Lawyers in NJ, New Jersey Monthly
2010
Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers
2010
Top 50 Women Attorneys in NJ, New Jersey Monthly
2009
Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers
2008
Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers
2007
Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers
2006
Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers
2005
Professional Lawyer of the Year, Somerset County
2005
Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers
Work Experience
1993 - Present
Partner, Shimalla, Wechsler, Lepp & D'Onofrio
1900 - Present
Partner, Lawrence Law
1992 - 1993
Attorney, Herrold & Haines
1986 - 1991
Attorney, Norris McLaughlin & Marcus, PA
1985 - 1986
Attorney, Sills Cummis Zuckerman Radin Tischman Epstein & Gross
Associations
2011 - Present
New Jersey State Bar Association, Family Law SectionChair - Children's Rights Committee
2009 - Present
Association of Family and Conciliation CourtsTreasurer
2007 - Present
New Jersey State Bar Association, Family Law SectionExecutive Committee
1997 - Present
New Jersey Association of Professional MediatorsMember
1993 - Present
Somerset County Bar Association, Family Law CommitteeTrustee
1993 - Present
Somerset County Bar Association, Family Law CommitteeChair
1985 - Present
New Jersey State Bar AssociationMember
2013 - 2014
Somerset County Bar AssociationPresident
2003 - 2004
Vicinage XIII Attorney Ethics CommitteeChair
1997 - 2001
New Jersey Association of Professional MediatorsTrustee
1996 - 1999
New Jersey Family Law American Inn of CourtMaster
Education
1985
Rutgers University School of Law
JD - Juris Doctor
1976
Rutgers University School of Social Work
MSW
1972
University of Connecticut
BS - Bachelor of Science
Speaking Engagements
2013
Parenting Coordination Workshop
Parenting Coordination Workshop
2013
NJ State Bar Annual Meeting
Legal Custody - Fact or Fiction
2013
Hot Tips in Family Law
Restraining Orders in Domestic Violence Actions Without a Finding of Domestic Violence
2013
Addiction Conference
Impact of Addiction on Parenting and Custody Determinations
2012
The ABCs of ADR
Family Attorney as Diagnostician and Process Shaper
2012
Hot Tips Seminar
The Disposition of Pre-embryos - To Be or Not to Be?
2012
Collaborative Divorce Training
Collaborative Divorce
2012
Annual meeting - Association of Family and Conciliation Courts NJ Chapter
Use of Guardian ad Litem Appointments for Adults in Family Law Matters
2012
Annual Meeting - Association of Family and Conciliation Courts (New Jersey chapter)
“The Child Specialist-In or Out of the Collaborative Model
2011
Hot Tips Seminar
Calculating Child Support in Equal Shared Parenting Cases
2011
Collaborative Training
The Role of the Collaborative Attorney
2010
Hot Tips Seminar
Alternatives/Precursors to Full Custody Evaluations
2010
Continuing Legal Education Marathon
Arbitration in Family Matters
2009
NJ Institute for Continuing Legal Education
Applications to Modify Support:When is a Support Obligation no Longer Fair and Equitable?
2009
Annual Meeting
Enforcement of Anti-Lepis Provisions
2007
Somerset County Bar Association
Tax Issues in Divorce
2006
Somerset County Bar Association
Child Custody Jurisdiction
2006
N.J. Society of CPA's and I.C.L.E.
Divorce and Taxes, Alimony and Taxes
2006
I.C.L.E.
Ethical Issues in Representing Children
2005
Association of Divorce Financial Planners
Recent Developments in Family Law
2004
N.J.A.P.M Advanced Divorce Mediation Seminar
Alimony and Child Support
2004
Association of Divorce Financial Planners
Comparative Family Law
2001
Somerset County Bar Association
Family and Divorce Mediation
Publications
2013
New Jersey Family Lawyer
Tax Issues in Divorce
2006
New Jersey Family Lawyer, Vol. 27 No. 2
The Do's and Don'ts of Mediation and Arbitration
1998
New Jersey Family Lawyer, Vol. 18 No. 7
Imputing Income to Assets