CARYL WOLFSON LEIGHTMAN, ESQ.
527 So. Springfield Avenue, Springfield,
N.J. 07081
141 Clarken Drive, West Orange, N.J. 07052
87 West
End Avenue, Somerville, N.J. 08876
Telephone: (973) 564-5644
E mail: cleightman06@comcast.net
LEGAL EXPERIENCE:
1987-present Solo Practitioner
with practice devoted to
Divorce, Custody, other Family Law issues and
Family Law Appeals, Adoptions, Paternity
1984-1987 Sidney S. Kanter, Esq., Irvington, New Jersey
Associate in Divorce, General Litigation
and
Appellate matters
1983-1984 Lowenstein Sandler Kohl Fisher & Boylan
Roseland,
New Jersey
Associate in Litigation Department
1982 Mayer Brown & Platt, Chicago, Illinois
Summer Associate
1982 Honorable Milton I. Shadur
U.S. District Court, Chicago, Illinois
Judicial Intern
1981-1982 Legal Services Center
Chicago Kent College of Law
Intern,
Civil and Criminal Clinic
EDUCATIONAL DATA:
Post-graduate Divorce Mediation, 1995
Rutgers University Dispute Resolution
Collaborative
Divorce Interdisciplinary Training, 1999
Collaborative Law Training--Chip Rose
Collaborative Law Interdisciplinary
Training, 2007
Chicago Kent College of Law
Juris Doctor, 1983
Valedictorian
GPA:
3.81 of 4.0
LAW REVIEW: "Robak v. United States: A
Precedent-Setting Damage Formula
for Wrongful
Birth", 58 ChiKent L. Rev. (1982)
HONORS: U.S. Law Week Award; West
Hornbook
Award; American Jurisprudence Awards for
Trusts and Property; Dean's List; Academic
Discipline Committee
Undergraduate George Washington University
B.A. in Political Science, 1969
LEGAL ACTIVITIES & ASSOCIATIONS:
New Jersey Collaborative
Divorce Alliance, (2007-present)
Founding Member and President
International Academy of Collaborative
Professionals
(1999 and 2008)
Superior Court of New Jersey, Family Part
Union County
Early Settlement Panel
Panelist since 1989
American Bar Association (1984-2001)
Family Law Section (1988-2001)
Marital Property Comm. (1988-2001)
Alimony & Child Support Comm.
Child Support Comm. (1989-2001)
Co-Chair
(1999-2001)
New Jersey State Bar Association
Family Law Section (1987-2001)
Alimony, Maintenance &
Support Comm.(1987)
Union County Women Lawyers (1990-present)
President 1998 to 2000
Union County Bar
Association (1998-2000)
Essex County Women Lawyers (1992)
Volunteer, Women's Center of Morris
County
Honored Member of Strathmore's Who's Who 2001 ed.
PUBLISHED COURT OPINIONS:
Dotsko v. Dotsko, 244 N.J. Super. 668 (App. Div. 1990)
Langley v. Allstate Ins. Co., 206 N.J. Super. 365 (App. Div. 1985)
State v. Federico, 198 N.J. Super. 120 (App. Div.),
cert. granted 102 N.J. 333,
aff'd 103 N.J. 169 (1986)
Winegarden v. Winegarden,
316 N.J. Super. 52 (App. Div. 1998)
Levine v. Levine,
322 N.J. Super. 558 (App.Div. 1999),
cert. den.163 N.J. 75 (2000)
PRESENTS
SEMINARS ON DIVORCE AT:
Union County College Continuing Education
South Orange-Maplewood
Adult School
Millburn Adult School
Rutgers Cooperative Extension
Union and Morris Counties
NCJW Women's Center
Franklin Township Adult Education
Scotch Plains/Westfield Adult Education
American Bar Association, Family Law Section
Charleston, April, 1994
"Is Attributing Alimony to Wives
at the
Time of Divorce Appropriate?"
Boston, April, 1998
"Drafting for Dollars"
OTHER WORK & VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE:
National Organization of Women for New Jersey
Divorce Reform Task Force (1988-1991)
Montgomery County Abused Persons Program
Bethesda,
Maryland, Family Advocate
United States Congress
Honorable Dante B. Fascell, Legislative
Aid
National Council of Jewish Women
