I was born in Ocean County and currently reside there. I clerked for the then presiding Monmouth County Presiding Family Law Judge. After clerking, I immediately began working for a family law firm. I have been working with all areas of family law for my entire career and it continues to be my focus and area of concentration.
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501 Stillwells Corner Road, Freehold, NJ, 07728
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2014
Intensive Settlement Panelist, Monmouth County Courthouse Superior Court Family Division
2013
Speaker/Presenter, Monmouth OCean County Family Law Inns of Court
2011
Family Law Litigation Barrister, Hayden Proctor Inns of Court
2007
Certified Mediator, New Jersey Superior Court - Monmouth County
2013 - Present
Managing Partner, The Law Offices of O’Toole & Gunteski, LLC
2011 - 2013
Partner, Grabelle & Gunteski
2008 - 2011
Associate, Jacobowitz, Defino, Latimer & O'Toole
2007 - 2008
Law Clerk to Honorable Honora O'Brien Kilgallen, New Jersey Superior Court, Monmouth Vicinage
2014 - 2014
Monmouth County Bar Association, Family Law SectionEarly Settlement Panelist
2013 - 2014
Ocean-Monmouth Family Law American Inn of CourtTreasurer
2013 - 2014
Ocean County Bar AssociationFamily Law Early Settlement Panelist
2012 - 2014
Monmouth Bar AssociationFamily Law Committee Member
2012 - 2013
Haydn Proctor Inn of CourtFamily Law Litigation Graduate
2012 - 2014
Jersey Shore Collaborative Law GroupAttorney Member
Won a Final Restraining Order for my client.
Won all issues on trial.
2007
JD - Juris Doctor
2004
BA - Bachelor of Arts
2012
Removal
2014
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