New Jersey Family Law and Divorce Lawyer

A graduate of the Washington College of Law at The American University in Washington, DC, Jennifer Cornelius has been practicing family law for over twenty years.  Admitted to practice in New Jersey in 1998, she is also a member of the New York Bar, as well as the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey and the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.

Following law school,  she served as law clerk to the Honorable Maureen P. Sogluizzo, J.S.C. from 1998-1999 and has ever since been in the private practice of law.  She has served as a Matrimonial Early Settlement Panelist since 2002 and practiced exclusively in the area of family law since 2004.

Her memberships include the Hudson County (2000-2004) and the Barry Croland Family Law (2004-2013) Inns of Court, the New Jersey State Bar Association and the Morris County Bar Association.  

In addition to extensive experience in the litigation of complex and high net worth family cases,  she is a trained Mediator and assists parties to resolve their cases prior to or instead of pursuing a trial in Court. Ms. Cornelius is on the Superior Court’s list of approved R.1:40-12 Family Law Mediators and she is frequently appointed by the Court to represent the interests of vulnerable individuals in Chancery Court matters.