Karen Saminski - Lawyer in Westfield, NJ - Avvo

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License

State	Status	Acquired	Updated
NJ	Active	1988	03/31/2022

We have not found any instances of professional misconduct for this lawyer.

Avvo Contributions

Legal answers	36
Legal guides	0

Awards

Award name	Grantor	Date Granted
Avvo Client's Choice Award	Avvo	2016
BV Rated	Martindale-Hubbell	2016
Hudson County Family Law Attorney of the Year	Hudson County	2003

work experience

Title	Company name	Duration
Partner	Saminski Rodriguez Papadopoulo, LLC	2016 - Present
Judge	Jersey City Municipal Court	1996 - 2003
Owner	Law Offices Of Karen Saminski	1989 - 2016
Attorney	Hudson County Legal Services Family Law Unit	1988 - 1989

associations

Association name	Position name	Duration
Association of Family and Conciliation Courts	Member	2011 - Present
New Jersey Bar Association	Member	1988 - Present
Hudson County Bar Association	Member	1988 - Present
New Jersey State Bar Association	Member	N/A
Hudson County Bar Association	Chair	2005 - 2007

Supreme Court of New Jersey, District VI Attorney Ethics Committee	Member	1996 - 1999
Hudson County Inns of Court	Barrister	1995 - 1997

education

School name	Degree	Graduated
Rutgers University	Rule 1:40 Qualified Mediator	2002
Rutgers University	Diplomate in Municipal Law	1996
Seton Hall University School of Law	JD - Juris Doctor	1988
Montclair State University	BA - Bachelor of Arts	1985

speaking engagements

Conference name	Title	Date
Hudson County Bar Association	Handling Child Abuse and Neglect Issues in Family Court	2016
Hudson County Bar Association	Hot Tips in Family Law Seminar	2014
Family Law	Overview of the Divorce Process in New Jersey	2009
CLE	Equitable Distribution Not Necessarily 50/50	2003
Parent/Family Education Program	Parent/Family Education	1998

Hudson County Bar Association	The New Child Support Guidelines	1997
Hudson County Bar Association	Mock Trial of a Divorce Case with Expert Witnesses	1996

legal cases

Case name	Outcome
Kiely v. Kiely, No. A-0738-12T4, 2013 N.J.Super. Unpub. LEXIS 2784 (App. Div. Nov. 19., 2013)	Representing the Father on appeal we were successful in having that portion of the Motion Judge's Order finding his daughter "unemancipated" reversed.
Blancas v. Blancas (N.J. Super., 2012)	We succeeded in lowering the amount of income imputed to our client for purposes of child support.
Falkowski v. Falkowski (N.J. Super., 2011)	The Court found that our client was entitled to a greater share of the property (in excess of 50%) due to his sacrifice and hard-work, which the judge referred to as “sweat equity.”
Levine v. Levine (Unpublished, 2007)	Representing the defendant mother, we successfully defended the plaintiff’s appeal.
Drakeford v. Rivers (N.J. Super., 2010)	Representing the children’s mother, we were successful in arguing that the court should conduct a full and complete hearing before awarding custody.

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