Judith A. Hartz

Ms. Hartz graduated from Fairleigh Dickinson University (B.A.) and Seton Hall University School of Law (J.D.) and is admitted to practice before the New Jersey bar. Upon graduation, Ms. Hartz served as Law Clerk to the Honorable Robert P. Tarleton, Superior Court of New Jersey, General Equity Division.

Ms. Hartz has engaged in the general practice of law with a primary focus on civil litigation and family law (antenuptial agreements, custody and visitation, domestic violence and divorce), contracts, medical malpractice, criminal defense and wills, trusts and estates. She is a member of the New Jersey State Bar Association (Family Law Section) and the Essex County Bar Association (Member of the Family Law Executive Committee), an Editor of the New Jersey Family Lawyer and a trustee of the Essex County Bar Association. Ms. Hartz is the 2005 recipient of the Family Lawyer of the Year Award of the Essex County Bar Association. She has also participated in the Family Law Inns of Court and serves on the Early Settlement Panels in Essex County and Morris County. Ms. Harts is an R. 1:40-1 Economic Mediator in Morris County, Essex County and Union County and has served as a privately retained and court-appointed mediator in matrimonial cases. She is a contributor to Forensic Accounting in Matrimonial Divorce, (Co-Author, Litigating and Proving Child Support in High Asset or High Income Cases: What to Do When a Heavy Hitter is at the Plate), R.T. Edwards, Inc. (2005) and New Jersey Family Lawyer, (Co-Author, Appointed Counsel in Cases Involving Children: Responsibilities and Considerators, Vol. 27, No. 3).