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Who is Lesley Renee Adams?
Who is Lesley Renee Adams?
Who is Lesley Renee Adams?
Education: St. Augustine's College, Raleigh, NC; B.A. Psychology 1988 University of Akron, School of Law; J.D. 1991
When she is not practicing law, Lesley: shares meals with her family, reads science fiction to relax [an easy way to release stress], is an avid skier [blue and green trails only, she skis for fun not adventure], takes hot yoga classes [if she leaves work early enough], takes her dog Jeter to "the dog park"[he is a runner],socializes with friends, goes to the spa [the body mind connection needs rejuvenation] and participates with members of her sorority, Delta Sigma Theta in public service projects and works on philanthropic endeavors with other members of her chapter of The Links, Inc.
Practice Areas and Attorney Resume
Who is Lesley Renee Adams?
Who is Lesley Renee Adams?
Admitted: New Jersey '92, Pennsylvania '92, the District of Columbia '94 and New York '03.
Family Law:
•Divorce •Alimony •Annulment • Military Divorce
•Equitable Distribution •Separations
•Child Custody & Visitation & Support •Paternity
•Parental Alienation •Child Abuse & Neglect
•Domestic Violence or Domestic Abuse: Plaintiff or Defendant
•Prenuptial Agreement
•DCP&P Matters •Termination of Parental Rights
•Separation Agreements •Spousal Support
•Adoptions: Contested and Uncontested
•Civil Unions •Domestic Partnerships
•Reproductive Law
•Grandparent Visitation Rights
Real Estate:
•Landlord & Tenant Law
•Real Estate Purchase and Sale
•Residential Real Estate
•Buyer and Seller
Ms. Adams has practiced in the following counties: NEW JERSEY: Essex, Bergen, Union, Middlesex, Hudson, Somerset, Hunterdon, Atlantic, Passaic, Ocean, Monmouth, Gloucester, Camden, Cape May, Sussex, Burlington, Morris and Mercer. NEW YORK: Suffolk, Kings and the Bronx.
Ms. Adams' Professional Memberships and Achievements:
ABWL Representative to the New Jersey Supreme Court Family Practice Committee From 2002 to 2015 NJSBA Family Law Section Executive Committee Member From 2003 to 2008 GSBA Rep. to the Supreme Court Statewide Domestic Violence Working Group From 2008 to 2013 Early Settlement Panelist in Essex County Since 2006 Debate Participant ICLE, 2006 Family Law Symposium Co-Moderator ICLE, 2008 "Family-Based Immigration Seminar Co-Presenter 2009 the Ann E. Thompson Inn of Court "DV Primer"
Co-Presenter BCBA and WLIB 2011 DV Primer-From Family Court to Criminal Court
Who is Lori E. Caughman?
PRACTICE AREAS AND ATTORNEY RESUME
Admitted:
New Jersey January 1991,
Federal District Court of New Jersey
- Ms. Caughman has had a varied legal practice. In addition to practicing in all areas of family law at several firms, Ms. Caughman has practiced Governmental Entity defense as an Assistant City Attorney and Deputy Attorney General, Insurance Defense as a staff counsel for two insurance companies, Criminal as an Assistant Prosecutor and Assistant Deputy Public Defender. She also represented parents in child protective service cases for the Public Defender’s Office of Parental Representation.
- Ms. Caughman has practiced in the following counties:
- NEW JERSEY: Essex, Bergen, Union, Middlesex, Hudson, Somerset, Hunterdon, Atlantic, Passaic, Ocean, Monmouth, Warren, Camden, Cape May, Sussex, Burlington, Morris and Mercer.
- Ms. Caughman's Professional Achievements and Memberships:
- Life Member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc. and the NAACP. Past President of the Garden State Bar Association, Past President of Association of Black Women Attorneys-New Jersey, Past Board Member of the National Bar Association, Past Chair of the Minorities in the Profession Section of the New Jersey State Bar Association, Past and Current member of the Executive Committee of the NJ State Conference of NAACP.
Education:
- The American University, Washington DC, Rutgers University-Newark, Newark, NJ; BA with high honors-Political Science 1987, Thurgood Marshall School of Law, Texas Southern University, Houston, TX, JD 1990;
- Ms. Caughman was also a member of the Black Catholic Coordinating Team of the Archdiocese of Newark, NJ while attending Queen of Angels and Blessed Sacrament Roman Catholic Churches, Newark, NJ. She currently attends (virtually) Kingdom Fellowship AME in Silver Spring, MD, and Greater Mt. Zion AME (in person) in Trenton, NJ.
- When Lori is not working she enjoys: music, books, scenic driving trips, attending to her dogs: Simba and Michaela, testing the latest recipes on family and friends and spa treatments.
