203:2 Matrimonial Law Requirements. The applicant must establish that he or she has:
(a) Devoted a substantial part of his or her time to the practice of matrimonial law;
(b) Devoted a substantial portion of professional time to the preparation of
matrimonial litigated matters in New Jersey, venued in Superior Court, for the
three years immediately preceding the filing of the application;
(c) Had primary responsibility for a minimum of fifteen contested matrimonial law
hearings per year over the three years immediately preceding the application;
(d) Had primary responsibility for a minimum of twenty-five negotiated matrimonial
law judgments or negotiated Property Settlement Agreements in the three years
immediately preceding the application;
(e) Had substantial involvement in a minimum of twenty-five contested matrimonial
law actions during the three year period preceding the application or not less than
forty contested matrimonial law actions during the applicant's career; and
(f) A minimum of five contested matrimonial law trials or plenary hearings during
the three year period preceding the application on a substantive or factual issue or,
alternatively, a total of ten contested matrimonial law trials during the applicant's
career. In addition, the Board may consider cases that were settled prior to
judgment, but only when the applicant was the attorney primarily responsible for
preparing the case for trial.
(g) The Board, in its discretion, may relax certain of the standards set forth above in
those instances in which an applicant demonstrates exceptional qualifications that
justify certification and may, in doing so, consider significant active participation
during the five year period preceding Certification in the following:
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(1) Service as a Matrimonial Early Settlement Panelist;
(2) Service as counsel or as a guardian ad litem by appointment of the
Court;
(3) Service with a County Bar, State Bar, national bar association, national
or state organization dealing primarily in matrimonial law-related matters
or service on Supreme Court Committees dealing with matrimonial law;
[and]
(4) Authorship of published article(s) on matrimonial law[.]; and
(5) Mediation proceedings that result in a substantial resolution of the
case. The proceeding must either have been more than one session or
longer than two hours.
(h) Definitions. … no change
(i) Required information. … no change
