John P Paone Jr

Mr. Paone, a Certified Matrimonial Law Attorney, is a founder and senior partner of the firm. With over 35 years of experience in family law, child custody and divorce, Mr. Paone has worked with hundreds of families, has leadership roles in a variety of professional organizations and has won many awards through the legal profession.

Mr. Paone is a Diplomate of the American College of Family Trial Attorneys. The College is composed of the top 100 divorce attorneys in the United States.

Mr. Paone is a member of the Monmouth, Middlesex and New Jersey Bar Associations. He is a Past President of the Middlesex County Bar Association, Past Co-Chair of the Monmouth Bar Association Family Law Committee, Past President of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers New Jersey Chapter and Past Chair of the New Jersey State Bar Association Family Law Section. He was appointed by the New Jersey State Bar Association as Chair of the Ad Hoc Committee on Mandatory Continuing Legal Education.  He has served by appointment of the New Jersey Supreme Court as a member of the Supreme Court Special Committee on Attorney Ethics and Admissions. He is a past Chair of the Supreme Court Board on Attorney Certification and a past member of the Supreme Court Board on Continuing Legal Education.

Nationally, Mr. Paone is a member of the American Bar Association, Family Law section.

Mr. Paone has received many accolades throughout his distinguished career in law, including The International Academy of Trial Lawyers Award for Outstanding Ability in Courtroom Advocacy, the Middlesex County Bar Association Family Lawyer of the Year, the New Jersey State Bar Association Distinguished Legislative Service Award, the New Jersey State Bar Association Family Law Section 2002 Tischler Award, the Middlesex County Bar Association Family Law Section 2008 Schoifet Award and the 2010 Distinguished Service Award, New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education.

Mr. Paone has been selected by Best Laywers® as a 2020 and 2015 Family Law Lawyer of the Year. He was also elected to Digital Press Int. as “One of the Top 10 Matrimonial Attorneys in Central New Jersey.” He was also selected by N.J. Monthly as one of “The Top 10 Super Lawyers of New Jersey.”

The New Jersey State Bar Association appointed Mr. Paone as a member of the Judicial and Prosecutorial Appointments Committee.  The Committee evaluates every candidate being considered by the governor as possible nominees for judicial appointment or reappointment to the Supreme Court and Superior Court, and for appointment or reappointment to the position of county prosecutor.

Mr. Paone is a graduate of American University, Washington College of Law, where he was Articles Editor of the Law Review.