New Jersey Lawyers Meghan Gulczynski to Melissa Emert

Firm: Brunetti, Donnelly & Gulczynski, LLC

35 Journal Square , Jersey City , New Jersey 07003 Zip code: 07003

Practice Areas: Family

I had the privilege of serving the community in Hudson County as a staff attorney at Northeast New Jersey Legal Services until 2012 when my partners and I opened Brunetti, Donnelly and Gulczynski. We have 20 years of combined experience practicing law and we bring that expertise to every case. We know the judges, we know our adversaries, we know the law. I also bring to the my representation of you the experience of raising two children. I am a proud Mom of two beautiful and busy girls.

Firm: Manes & Weinberg, LLC, Special Needs Lawyers

802 South Avenue West , Westfield , New Jersey 07090 Zip code: 07090

Practice Areas: Probate

Melanie Ritter takes great pleasure in being able to assist families with their legal needs especially in the areas of special needs planning involving special needs trusts, protective arrangements, guardianships, probate and estate administration.. Melanie currently works at Manes & Weinberg advocating for people with special needs. Melanie is a fomer associate with the Law Offices of G. Emerson Dickman and is a former judicial law clerk to the Honorable Judge Marguerite Simon and Judge Peter Doyne in the Chancery and Probate Divisions of the Bergen County Superior Court.. Melanie graduated University of Maryland-College Park, where she received a Bachelor of Arts in Criminology and Criminal Justice.  Melanie received her law degree from Seton Hall Law School where she was a president of the Student Honor Council.. Melanie is a member of Congregation Beth Israel in Scotch Plains. She enjoys spending time with her children in her free time.

Firm: Melissa B. Brisman, Esq. LLC

One Paragon Drive , Montvale , New Jersey 07645 Zip code: 07645

Practice Areas: Adoption

Melissa B. Brisman graduated Valedictorian from the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania and graduated with honors from Harvard Law School. She is an attorney admitted to practice in Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, and Texas, and is a licensed certified public accountant.. Melissa first started helping couples become parents in 1996. She was her own first client, guiding and directing the process in which she and her husband, Dan, became parents of twin boys carried by a gestational carrier. A few years later, they had a daughter who was also carried by a gestational carrier.. Melissa’s excellent reputation is based on her compassion and empathy for each intended parent. Her expansive knowledge and experience have allowed her to create a staff that is prepared to successfully help parents build their family. Melissa is considered a true pioneer in this field who advocates for changes in the law in this area and lectures to physicians, potential parents, universities, and lawyers around the world.. Melissa is the first attorney to obtain court orders directing that the genetic parents be placed on the original birth certificates of their children born to gestational carriers in the State of Maine, in 1997, and the State of New Jersey, in 2000. She also argued and won landmark gestational carrier cases before the Supreme Court of Massachusetts in 2001 and the State Supreme Court of New York in 2004, setting legal precedents for birth orders in these states. In 2003, Melissa was the first attorney to obtain a court order placing two women on the birth certificate of their child, without an adoption, in the State of New Jersey; and, in 2005, to place two men on the birth certificate of their children, born through a gestational carrier, without an adoption, in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. In 2008, she was also able to have two women who were validly married in Canada placed on the birth certificate of their child in the State of New York. Since 2012, Melissa joined government officials and other attorneys in lobbying for legislation in New Jersey to promote and regulate compensated surrogacy. In May 2018 these efforts were realized when NJ Governor Phil Murphy signed the New Jersey Gestational Carrier Act.. Melissa has been a keynote speaker at numerous events and organizational activities and for prestigious institutions across the country, including the New Jersey Society for Reproductive Nursing Specialists, the American Society of Reproductive Medicine, Cornell Hospital, and the Donor Egg Conference held each year in Charleston, South Carolina. Melissa has also served as a faculty member for the 2010 International Nursing Conference on Reproductive Health & Infertility. Melissa is a Notable Contributor for GayParentstoBe and has served on the Boards of the American Fertility Association (AFA)/ Path2Parenthood, Fertile Dreams, and Conceive Magazine and has also been the legal advisor and a Board Member of Parents Via Egg Donation (PVED) and the LIVESTRONG Fertility Advisory Committee. Melissa is a professional member of Resolve, Path2Parenthood, the American Bar Association-Family Law Section-Reproductive and Genetic Technology Committee (ABA), the American Society of Reproductive Medicine (ASRM), and the Academy of Adoption & Assisted Reproduction Attorneys (AAARTA).. Melissa was the recipient of the 2017 Advocacy Award from P2P (Path to Parenthood), the 2015 Infertility Hero Award and the 2004 Star of Resolve Award. She is a chapter author of Reproductive Medicine Secrets by Zev Rosenwaks, Fertility Preservation in Male Cancer Patients by John P. Mulhall, and Principles of Oocyte and Embryo Donation by Mark V. Sauer. In 2006, Melissa B. Brisman’s law firm, Melissa B. Brisman, Esq., LLC was named as a finalist for the prestigious 2006 Forbes Enterprise Award. Melissa is also the author of numerous articles on the subjects of gestational carriers and reproductive law.. In 2010 Melissa was invited to Taiwan to assist the government in drafting surrogacy legislation.. Melissa’s law firm drafts and negotiates contracts for many types of reproductive arrangements including gestational carrier contracts, ovum, sperm, and embryo donation contracts and adoptions; works with international couples; finalizes same sex and step parent adoptions; obtains court orders for gestational carrier arrangements to allow the intended parents to go directly on the birth certificate of their child at birth; and reviews insurance books on behalf of intended parents and their gestational carriers.

Firm: Law Office of Melissa H. Abu-Adas, LLC

620 Shrewsbury Avenue , Tinton Falls , New Jersey 07701 Zip code: 07701

Practice Areas: Elder Law

, Newark , New Jersey

Practice Areas: Defective and Dangerous Products

, Freehold , New Jersey

Practice Areas: Family

3 University Plaza Drive, Ste. 207 , Hackensack , New Jersey 07601 Zip code: 07601

Practice Areas: Family

895 BERGEN AVENUE, SUITE 306 , JERSEY CITY , New Jersey 07306 Zip code: 07306

Practice Areas: Personal Injury

Mekhail Sarofiem practices in the areas of Civil Litigation – Plaintiff's Personal Injury. Mekhail has dedicated his career and life’s work to fighting for injury victims. He helps victims of all kinds of accidents, including, but not limited to, car accidents, Uber/Lyft accidents, truck accidents, slip & falls and more. Mekhail provides a voice and is a pillar of hope for his clients. Mekhail expressed that the law is “both the cornerstone and the foundational building block, which lies at the heart of our great nation. The law of the United States provides for life, liberty, and happiness for all Americans,” and that “having the opportunity to advance these principles through diligent advocacy on behalf of my clients is a humbling privilege.”

Firm: Assistant Prosecutor Monmouth County Prosecutor's Office

132 Jerseyville Ave , Freehold , New Jersey 07728

Firm: Jaguar Land Rover North America, LLC

555 Macarthur Blvd , Mahwah , New Jersey 07430

Practice Areas: Employment & Labor

Firm: Law Offices of Hoffman DiMuzio

65 Harristown Rd , Glen Rock , New Jersey 07452

Practice Areas: Divorce & Separation

Firm: Johnson & Conway, LLP

18 Sycamore Avenue , Ho-Ho-Kus , New Jersey 07423 Zip code: 07423

Practice Areas: Entertainment

Firm: Jeffer, Hopkinson & Vogel

1600 Route 208 North , Hawthorne , New Jersey 07507 Zip code: 07507

Practice Areas: Estate Planning

, Berlin , New Jersey

Practice Areas: Family

371 Melroseterr # 411 , Long Branch , New Jersey 07740

Firm: Gm

406 Elizabeth Ave , Ramsey , New Jersey 07446

, Salem , New Jersey

4 Bypass Road , Salem , New Jersey 08069 Zip code: 08069

Practice Areas: General Practice

Firm: Carella, Byrne, Cecchi, Olstein Brody & Agnello, P.C.

Five Becker Farm Road , Roseland , New Jersey 07068 Zip code: 07068

Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation, Environmental Litigation, Insurance Coverage Litigation, Labor and Employment Law

Firm: Kantrowitz, Goldhamer & Graifman, P.C.

135 Chestnut Ridge Rd Ste 200 , Montvale , New Jersey 07645