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To find all additional Areas of Practice please visit these sites. Martindale-Hubbell® Peer Review Ratings™ to identify lawyers who have been rated by their peers to be AV® Preeminent™—the highest Peer Review Rating available. Helmer, Paul, Conley & Kasselman, P.A. Powell, Trachtman, Logan, Carrle & MCBRIDE ADMINIStratiVE YARON HELMER Lombardo A Professional Corporation Windels Marx Lane & Mittendorf, LLP Hill Wallack LLP GUNTHER O. CARRLE, PAUL A. LOGAN I. LEO MOTIUK Archer & Greiner A Professional Corporation PATRICK D. KENNEDY Riker Danzig Scherer Hyland & Perretti LLP ROBERT W. BUCKNAM, CRAIG J. HUBER, Hoagland, Longo, Moran, Dunst & Doukas MARY KATHRYN ROBERTS AlternatiVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION L. GERALD RIGBY ANDREW J. CARLOWICZ, ANDREW N. Robert H. Stoloff Attorney at Law Beattie Padovano, LLC KESSLER, LAWRENCE P. POWERS ROBERT H. STOLOFF Adinolfi & Lieberman, P.A. RALPH J. PADOVANO Jeri L. Warhaftig Attorney at Law Scarinci Hollenbeck, LLC JOSEPH P. 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ROBERT LEVY VICKI W. BEYER Brown & Connery, LLP MARK D. SCHORR Lum, Drasco & Positan LLC Sterns & Weinroth A Professional CARL J. GREGORIO DeCotiis, FitzPatrick & Cole, LLP WAYNE J. POSITAN Corporation ALEX J. KEOSKEY McElroy, Deutsch, Mulvaney & Carpenter, PAUL M. O’GARA, JOEL H. STERNS, Budd Larner, P.C. Delta Dental Plan of New Jersey, Inc. LLP RICHARD J. VAN WAGNER, RICHARD K. DEBORAH E. NELSON WEINROTH DOUGLAS G. SANBORN JOHN ZEN JACKSON 972.315.4426 | Page 27 Douglas J. Harper Attorney at Law Neiman & Mairanz P.C. Taht, Stanton & McCrosson A Professional DOUGLAS J. HARPER MARVIN NEIMAN Corporation Capehart & Scatchard, P.A. RONALD L. TAHT BRUCE L. HARRISON, ROBERT A. HICKEN, Fierro, Fierro & Izzard, P.C. O’Connell, Hartman & Loder BETSY G. RAMOS, ARMANDO V. RICCIO ALFRED D. FIERRO WARREN LODER Thorp Reed & Armstrong, LLP JOHN P. DONOHUE Cooper Levenson April Niedelman & Fox and Fox LLP Pamela C. Mandel Attorney at Law Wagenheim, P.A. DAVID I. FOX PAMELA C. MANDEL Tobia & Sorger Esquires, LLC RONALD L. TOBIA RAYMOND S. PAPPERMAN Gibbons P.C. Parker McCay P.A. David A. Pressler & Associates JAMES R. ZAZZALI STEPHEN J. MUSHINSKI, PHILIP A. Waters, McPherson, McNeill, P.C. WALTER GIGLI Giordano, Halleran & Ciesla A Professional NORCROSS DONALD J. FAY Corporation Wilentz, Goldman & Spitzer P.A. MICHAEL J. GROSS STEPHEN E. BARCAN, HESSER G. 2 NEW JERSEY’S TOP RATED LAWYERS TO SEE A DIRECTORY OF ALL AV® PREEMINENT™ RatED ATTORNEYS IN NEW JERSEY VISIT WWW.LAW.COM/NEWJERSEYTOPRatED SPECIAL ADVERTISING SECTION COVER SPOTLIGHT Leading New Jersey Family Law Firm The attorneys at Weinberger Law Group are both litigators and mediators whose depth in the courtroom is equaled only by the breadth of their compassion. Grossman Statia hen managing partner Bari Weinberger founded Weinberger Law Group,