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Rebekah E Heilman
About Rebekah
Practice Areas
4
Practice Areas
Child Abuse
70%
16 years | 9 cases
Adoption
10%
14 years | 2 cases
Child Custody
10%
15 years | 2 cases
Marriage and Prenuptials
10%
15 years | 2 cases
Fees and Rates
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Licensed in New York for 18 years
State: New York
Acquired: 2007
No misconduct found
Licensed in New Jersey for 19 years
State: New Jersey
Acquired: 2006
No misconduct found
Location
Rebekah Heilman, Esq.
16 3rd St, Freehold, NJ, 07728-2461
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Experience
Honors
2006
Fellowship Finalist, Skadden, Arps, Meagher and Flom Post Graduate Fellowship Program
2006
Eric Neisser Pro Bono Award, Rutgers School of Law - Newark
2005
LSPIN Fellowship, NYU Public Interest Law Award
2005
Bill and Ann Shepherd Award, Equity Foundation
2004
LSPIN Fellowship, NYU Public Interest Law Award
2004
Austin Scott Scholarship, Rutgers School of Law - Newark
2004
Equal Justice Fellowship Award, Equal Justice America Foundation
1997
Volunteer of the Year, Planned Parenthood of Western PA
1996
Youth Leadership Award, Hugh O'Brien Foundation
Work Experience
2010 - Present
Pool Attorney/Designated Counsel, New Jersey Office of Public Defender
2010 - 2013
Owner/Attorney, Rebekah E. Heilman, Esq.
2007 - 2010
Director of Youth Services, Center for Community Alternatives
2006 - 2007
Community and Economic Development Attorney, Northeast NJ Legal Services
2005 - 2006
Auditor/Legal Fellow, New Jersey Office Of the Child Advocate
2005 - 2005
Shepherd Legal Fellow, Sylvia Rivera Law Project
2004 - 2004
Equal Justice Legal Fellow, The Legal Aid Society of NYC
Associations
2007 - Present
New Jersey Volunteer Lawyers for the ArtsVolunteer/Performer
2009 - 2010
Task Force to End Racial Disparity in NYC Juvenile Justice SystemVolunteer Member
2007 - 2010
Juvenile Justice CoalitionMember
2007 - 2010
NYC Mayor's Office Alternatives to Detention Working GroupMember/Program Provider
Sample of Legal Cases
DCPP v. A.S. and D.P., IMO J.S.
Appellate Division affirmed custodial placement with relative caregive and all other trial orders, in accordance with biological mother's wishes and contrary to biological father's objection.
DYFS v. J.M.H. IMO E.M.S.
Reversal of Child Abuse and Neglect Finding against non-custodial father secured.
DYFS v. Y.Z., IMO D.Z.
NJ Supreme Court reversed Appellate Division termination of parental rights, secured reversal of termination and remand for retrial.
DYFS v. C.G., IMO R.S.
Secured reversal of abuse and neglect finding (Title 9) in matter involving a mother who overdosed on prescription medication while her daughter was asleep.
DYFs v. J.B. and N.D., IMO J.H., Ja.F., J.F. and N.D.
Secured reversal of abuse and neglect finding (Title 9) and secured expungement.
DYFS v. L.W. and S.W., IMO K.W.
Defeated attempt to indefinitely hold mother in New Jersey following termination of Title 9 litigation, reunification, and closure of DYFS case.
DYFS v. H.F. and A.S., IMO A.A.S.
Secured reversal and remand for second trial for a noncustodial father whose parental rights were terminated.
Education
2006
Rutgers School of Law - Newark
JD
Speaking Engagements
2007
Youth Services
Understanding Your Status as a JO, JD, and YO
2007
Wellesley College
Inclusion on Women's College Campuses
2003
Mon Yough Community Services, Project Pindua
HIV, STI's and Communicable Diseases
2003
Mon Yough Community Services - Project Pindua
Post-Release Hygiene and Health
Publications
2009
Center for Court Innovation - Youth Justice Board
Recommendations to Improve NYC's Alternative to Detention Programs
2006
NJ Office of the Child Advocate
Adolescents in New Jersey's Foster Care System: An Assessment of Case Practice and Recommendations for Reform
2006
Syliva Rivera Law Project
Your Healthcare Rights: Trans Adult in NYC
2006
Sylvia Rivera Law Project
Your Healthcare Rights: Trans Youth in NYC
2003
Pittsburgh City Paper
"Rant: Racial Discrimination Among Food Delivery Services"
Languages
German