Colleen McGuigan

In addition to private practice, Ms. McGuigan also receives appointments from the Court to serve in the capacity as counsel and guardian ad litem for alleged incapacitated individuals and minors, as well as administrator for estates. Ms. McGuigan also serves as a panelist for the Matrimonial Early Settlement Program in Burlington County and is also a qualified mediator in the State of New Jersey for family law matters.

Ms. McGuigan graduated with distinction from Pennsylvania State University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Psychology. She received her Juris Doctorate from Widener University School of Law, where she was a member of the Women’s Law Caucus, Brehon Society, the Moe Levine Trial Advocacy Honor Society, and the Pennsylvania Criminal Defense Clinic. Throughout her educational pursuits, Ms. McGuigan worked as a counselor with survivors of domestic violence at the Domestic Violence Center of Chester County; interned at the Women Against Abuse Legal Center in Philadelphia; and worked with children with behavioral issues.

Following her graduation from law school, Ms. McGuigan served as a Judicial Law Clerk to the Honorable Marie White Bell, J.S.C. (ret., recall) in the Superior Court of New Jersey Burlington County in the Family Division.

In 2010, Ms. McGuigan became one of the founding members of the South Jersey Collaborative Law Group, a group of attorneys, mental health and financial professionals dedicated to resolving family law matters respectfully, while still protecting the interests of the entire family.