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Klaiman & Carney, LLP
1099 Mt. Kemble Avenue
Morristown, New Jersey 07960
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Klaiman & Carney, LLP is dedicated to helping you and your family through this difficult period. Our attorneys have expertise in all areas of family law, offering you effective representation. Our attorneys are accredited mediators and are trained in collaborative divorce practice. This allows our attorneys to help you find creative and alternative solutions to your financial issues while attending to your emotional needs. Let the attorneys at Klaiman & Carney provide you with assistance through

“A New and Better Way.”

 
 
Patricia E. Carney Esq., APM * is a founding member of the firm. She is accredited as a professional mediator by the New Jersey Association of Professional Mediators and also completed training in Interdisciplinary Collaborative Practice. After a successful career in accounting and finance, with major multinational firms, Ms. Carney completed her law degree at the S.I. Newhouse Center for Law and Justice at Rutgers University. She was a clerk to the Honorable John Garrett Penn, Chief Judge, U.S. District Court, District of Columbia. She concentrates her practice in matrimonial law, including contested and uncontested divorce actions, child custody matters, adoptions, domestic violence, international family law matters, and mediation. She is a zealous advocate for her clients at the trial level as well as in appellate actions. Ms. Carney has complimented her practical court room experience with advanced trial training at the National Institute for Trial Advocacy. She received her mediation training at the Institute for Dispute Resolution of New Jersey. Ms. Carney is a court-approved, accredited mediator and is on the New Jersey Administrative Office of the Courts' roster of mediators for economic aspects of family law cases and the roster of mediators for Somerset County Parenting and Custody. She lectures on mediation and is a frequent speaker and panelist for the New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education, training professionals in the Interdisciplinary Collaborative Divorce process. Ms. Carney has joined the faculty at the Rutgers Law School, Newark, New Jersey as an adjunct professor. She is admitted to the bar of New Jersey and the U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey. She is a member of the New Jersey State, Morris County and Somerset County Bar Associations, an accredited member of the New Jersey Association of Professional Mediators and a member of the International Academy of Collaborative Professionals. Ms. Carney was the president of the New Jersey Collaborative Law Group. She is on the Board of Directors for the New Jersey Collaborative Law Group and the New Jersey Council of Collaborative Practice Groups.
 
* Accredited Professional Mediator
 
Education:
 
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey School of Law - Newark, Newark, New
Jersey, J.D.
Rutgers University, B.A.
 
Professional Associations and Memberships:
 
New Jersey Association of Professional Mediators
Accredited Member
International Academy of Collaborative Professionals
Member
New Jersey Collaborative Group
President, Member of the Board of Directors
New Jersey Council of Collaborative Practice Groups
Member of the Board of Directors
Morris County Bar Association
Member
Somerset County Bar Association
Member
New Jersey State Bar Association, Family Law Section
Member
 
Seminars:
 
Lecturer, "Comparative Analysis of Traditional Divorce Versus Mediation", Behavior Therapy Associates, 2003
Lecturer, Mediation Seminar, Mendham Township Library
Speaker, The Effects of Divorce on Parents and Children: A Dialogue Among Disciplines, 2004, Morris County Psychological Association
Moot Court Competition Judge, Rutgers University School of Law
Lecturer, The Benefits of Mediation in Divorce and Custody Disputes, Summit Psychological Services, 2007
Lecturer, Mediation and Collaborative Divorce:  The Civilized Alternatives, Morris County Psychological Association, 2008
Lecturer, Interdisciplinary Collaborative Divorce Training, New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education. Lecturer, Family Law ADR, Rutgers Law School, Newark, New Jersey.
 
Languages:
 
French
 
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