Adelaide Riggi Cutalo

Adelaide Riggi, Partner at Snyder Sarno D’Aniello Maceri & da Costa, devotes her practice exclusively to all aspects of divorce and family law. She is certified by the Supreme Court of New Jersey as a matrimonial law attorney. Her practice includes divorce litigation and mediation, post-judgment litigation, custody and parenting time issues, alimony and child support, pre-nuptial agreements, matrimonial settlement agreements, palimony suits, adoption, domestic violence, and domestic partnership matters. In particular, she is experienced in handling custody and parenting time disputes.

As a mother, wife and daughter, Adelaide understands the importance of each of her cases and the impacts decisions on such matters can have to all parties involved. She dedicates her time to helping her clients navigate these difficult personal matters while ensuring that the family structure is as protected and minimally impacted as possible. Keeping the larger picture in mind and prioritizing the needs of the children; Adelaide ensures that her clients’ needs are not sacrificed or overlooked in the process. As a seasoned negotiator, she utilizes her experience in and out of the court room when settling even the most complex matters.

Adelaide handles complex matrimonial matters, which can involve the engagement of variety of experts, including forensic accountants, employability experts, real estate and personality appraisers, and custody and substance abuse evaluators. Adelaide has commercial litigation experience and assists clients with the distribution of businesses and professional practices and executive benefits, such as stock options and restricted stock. She counsels clients regarding alimony, child support, custody and parenting time issues and the equitable distribution of assets.

To complement her family law practice, Adelaide is actively involved in various professional commitments outside of the firm. She has spoken at divorce and family law programs and seminars and authored articles on matrimonial matters. She serves as a Matrimonial Early Settlement Panelist for Somerset County. She has been Co-Chair of the Vincent J. Abruzzese Mock Trial Competition in Somerset County since 2011 and was Co-Chair of the Educational Committee for the Young Lawyers Division, Family Law Section of the New Jersey State Bar Association from 2009 to 2010. Adelaide is also Chair of the Somerset County Bar Foundation, a nonprofit organization that reaches out to the public and local legal community to offer programs, services and funding.

Adelaide has also been included in Thomson Reuter's Super Lawyers list in the Family Law section in 2017-2019 (1), and included Thomson Reuters' Rising Stars in the Family Law section list in 2010, 2013, 2014 and 2015. (2)

Additionally, in 2019 Adelaide was named as one of New Jersey’s Best Lawyers for Families 2019 by NJ Family Magazine.(3) She was also included on a list of Essex County’s Top Lawyers 2019 published by Morris & Essex Health and Lifestyle magazine.(4) Adelaide was honored by the New Jersey Law Journal as one of the New Leaders of the Bar in 2014.(5)
Adelaide served as a judicial clerk to the Honorable James M. Havey, P.J.A.D., Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division. She also held a judicial internship with The Honorable Joseph A. Greenaway, Jr., U.S.D.J., United States District Court, District of New Jersey and a legal internship with the State of New Jersey, Office of Attorney General, Appellate Bureau. While pursuing her law degree, she was the Executive Editor of the New York Law School Journal of Human Rights and was a New York Law School Public Interest Fellow.

1. Adelaide Riggi has been included in the New Jersey Super Lawyers list published by Thomson Reuters in 2017-2019. The list is generated using a patented selection process involving three basic steps: creation of the candidate pool using peer nominations; evaluations of candidates by the research department; and peer evaluation by practice area. Prior to that she was included on the Rising Stars List published by Thomson Reuters in 2010, 2013, 2014, 2015. The list is generated using a patented selection process involving three basic steps: creation of the candidate pool using peer nominations; evaluations of candidates by the research department; and peer evaluation by practice aspect of this advertisement has been approved by the Supreme Court of New Jersey.
2. Our firm includes lawyers who have been included in the New Jersey Rising Stars list published by Thomson Reuters 2010, 2013-2015. The list is generated using a process involving three basic steps: creation of the candidate pool using peer nominations of who are 40 or under, or who have been practicing for 10 years or less; evaluation of candidates by the research department by assigning points based on a set of defined evaluation criteria; and ranking and selecting those candidates with the highest point totals. No aspect of this advertisement has been approved by the Supreme Court of New Jersey.
3. This list was generated by collecting referrals from NJ Family readers between November 2017 and November 2018.
4. This list was generated using a peer review process managed by Morris/Essex Health & Life. After the list is generated the nominated parties are researched to ensure they are actively licensed, in good standing with the bar, and never had disciplinary action taken.
5. The list of New Leaders of the Bar is generated by the New Jersey Law Journal each year. The list is compiled through peer reviews and later narrowed down by the NJLJ committee. The honorees come from a variety of backgrounds and handle a wide array of legal work, but each has made his or her mark, and shows promise for much more as determined by the New Jersey Law Journal.