Professional Biography
College: Montclair State University
Major: Political Science
Minor: Pre-Law
Law School: Brooklyn Law School.
Admissions: New Jersey Bar & New York Bar.
Legal Work: Garces & Grabler from 2000 to 2004.
Paula started her firm, Paula A. Menar, Attorney at Law, LLC, in May of 2004. It became Menar & Menar Attorneys at Law in 2007.
Areas of Practice: Family Law
Committees: Middlesex County Early Settlement Panel on since or about 2006, Assignment Judge’s Committee for Family Part on since or about 2006, Ethics Committee from 2006 to 2010, Fee Arbitration Committee from 2010 to present, Trustee of the Middlesex County Bar Foundation.
Awards: Received the Martin S. Goldin Family Law Award
Personal Biography
Family: Mother of two young children.
Background: Born in Punta Arenas, Chile.
Practice areas
22 years
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18 years
22 years
18 years
Languages spoken
Spanish, English
State | Status | Acquired | Updated |
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NY | Resigned | 2004 | 02/24/2022 |
NJ | Active | 2001 | 04/06/2022 |
Legal answers | 0 |
Legal guides | 0 |
Award name | Grantor | Date Granted |
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Martin S. Goldin Family Law Award | Middlesex County Bar Association | 2011 |
Title | Company name | Duration |
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Senior Partner | Menar & Menar, Attorneys at Law | 2007 - Present |
Owner | Paula A. Menar, Attorney at Law, LLC | 2004 - 2007 |
Associate | Garces & Grabler, PC | 2000 - 2004 |
Association name | Position name | Duration |
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Middlesex County Bar Foundation | Vice President | 2014 - Present |
Monmouth Bar Association | Member | 2013 - Present |
Middlesex County Bar Foundation | Trustee | 2011 - Present |
Middlesex County Bar Association | Member | N/A |
New Jersey State Bar Association, Family Law Section | Member | N/A |
Office of Attorney Ethics - Fee Arbitration Committee for District 8 | Chair | 2013 - 2014 |
Middlesex County Bar Foundation | Treasurer | 2013 - 2014 |
Middlesex County Bar Foundation | Secretary | 2012 - 2013 |
Office of Attorney Ethics - Fee Arbitration Committee for District 8 | Member | 2010 - 2014 |
Office of Attorney Ethics - Ethics Committee for District 8 | Member | 2006 - 2010 |
Middlesex County Bar Association, Presiding Judges Committee | Member | 2004 - 2014 |
School name | Degree | Graduated |
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Brooklyn Law School | JD - Juris Doctor | 2000 |
Montclair State University | BA - Bachelor of Arts | 1997 |
Conference name | Title | Date |
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2014 Boardwalk Seminar | Matrimonial Program | 2014 |
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Kiomeiry Csepes, Family Attorney on Apr 27, 2020
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I know Paula as a professional colleague. She fights hard for her clients. I endorse her work highly.
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