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Firm: The Law Office of Donald D. Vanarelli

242 St. Paul Street , Westfield , New Jersey 07090

Practice Areas: Business Organizations, Civil Rights, Construction , Consumer Protection, Contracts, Divorce, Elder , Employment & Labor , Estate Planning, Family , Government Agencies, Health Care & Hospitalization, Housing & Construction Defects, Insurance , Probate , Real Estate , Social Security Benefits & Disability, Taxation - State & Federal, Trusts, Wills, Elder Law

I have been a practicing attorney since 1983, admitted in New Jersey and New York. A graduate of Rutger's Law School in Newark, NJ, I practice in the areas of elder law, estate planning and administration, special needs planning, probate and guardianship litigation, family law, mediation and collaborative law. Before attending law school, I worked for the Social Security Administration adjudicating claims for benefits under the Social Security, SSI, Medicare and Medicaid programs. I served as law clerk to Hon. Herbert S. Alterman, J.S.C., a judge of the New Jersey Superior Court. I am board-certified as an elder law attorney. I have also received accreditation by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs to prepare, present and prosecute claims for veterans. In 1992, I founded my own law firm and I now employ other legal professionals and support staff.  I have litigated cases in federal and state courts and before administrative agencies. I am happily married and the father of three children.. For additional information visit:. The Law Office of Donald D. Vanarelli is on Google+: +dvanarelli/

Firm: Karen Kirchoff Saminski, Esq., LLC

123 South Avenue E , Westfield , New Jersey 07090

Practice Areas: Family

I have been a member in good standing of the New Jersey Bar since 1993. I have concentrated on the practice of family law and related issues since that time. I am a member of the State Bar Association, the Morris County Bar Association, the Essex County Bar Association, and the Virginia Long American Inn of Court.. I sit on the Essex and Morris Counties Early Settlement Panels, and sat on the Essex County Matrimonial Early Settlement Panel Subcommittee in 2010.. I have attended numerous and extensive continuing education classes, including completing the Court sponsored Mediation Training Program. I was also a volunteer judge for the Elliot Gressman Moot Court Competition and the Appellate Advocacy Moot Court Competition in 2009 and 2010, and the Vincent Apruzzese High School Mock Trial Competition in 2016, 2018, and 2019.. I also sit on the Board of Operation Ward 57, a small grass-roots non-profit helping wounded warriors and veterans.