2025 Jeffrey P. Weinstein Family Law Institute

Presenters

Hon. Glenn Berman, J.S.C. (Ret.)

Of Counsel, Greenbaum, Rowe, Smith & Davis LLP

Hon. Marc R. Brown, P.J.F.P., Union

Superior Court of New Jersey

Hon. Bradford M. Bury, J.S.C. (Ret.)

Hon. Richard C. Camp, J.S.C. (Ret.)

Lum Drasco & Positan

is Of Counsel to Lum, Drasco & Positan LLC in Roseland, New Jersey, where he concentrates his practice in mediation and arbitration, complex case management, special master matters and settlement conferences in family, chancery and civil law. Prior to his appointment he worked in private practice for twenty years, concentrating in family and civil litigation as well as commercial zoning (having represented RICOH Company, Shoprite and Deluxe Check Printers, among others). Judge Camp also served as a Municipal Court Prosecutor for the Township of Verona and in 1992 was sworn in as an Essex County Superior Court Judge. While he served in the Criminal Division, most of his time was devoted to the Family Division, and he was also the disqualifying judge for Chancery and frequently handled both Chancery and Civil settlements.

Judge Camp has been highly involved with the Bench and Bar, working closely with the Administrative Office of the Courts on the Judicial Committees on Salary and Pensions and the Judicial Code of Conduct. He is a member of the New Jersey State and Essex County Bar Associations, the American Trial Lawyers Association and the American Judicature Society. He was elected a Fellow of The American Bar Association and was recently selected as one of the 36 New Jersey Members to the National Academy of Distinguished Neutrals.

Judge Camp has lectured extensively at the Northern New Jersey American Inns of Court and at his alma mater, Seton Hall Law School. He has also lectured on numerous panels for state and county bar seminars, as well as family law retreats.

Judge Camp received his B.A. from Colgate University and his J.D. from Seton Hall University School of Law.

Hon. Michael R. Casale, (Ret.)

Greenbaum Rowe Smith & Davis

is Of Counsel to Greenbaum Rowe Smith & Davis LLP with offices in Roseland and Iselin, New Jersey, where he concentrates his practice in alternate dispute resolution of family law and complex civil and commercial cases. Appointed to the bench in 1996, he formerly served in the Criminal, Civil and Family Divisions in the Essex Vicinage, including time served as Acting Presiding Judge in the Criminal and Family Divisions.

Admitted to practice in New Jersey and before the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey and the Third Circuit Court of Appeals, Judge Casale previously served as Assistant Township Attorney and Councilman for the Township of Bloomfield. He is a member of the Executive Committee of the New Jersey State Bar Association Family Law Section, the NJSBA Cannabis Law Special Committee and the Essex County Bar Association.

Judge Casale has lectured for ICLE, the New Jersey State Bar Association and other organizations. He is a member of the Barry Croland Family Law and Brennan-Vanderbilt American Inns of Court and has been quoted in The New York Times.

Judge Casale received his B.A., cum laude, from the University of Connecticut and his J.D., magna cum laude, from Seton Hall University School of Law, where he was the recipient of the Peter J. Rodino Award. He was Law Clerk to the Honorable Nicholas J. Scalera.

Hon. Lisa F. Chrystal, PJFP (Ret.)

Brach Eichler LLC

is counsel to Brach Eichler, LLC in Roseland, New Jersey, where she concentrates her practice in alternative dispute resolution, mediation and arbitration, and discovery management. She is a former Presiding Judge, Family Division, Union County, and sat in Elizabeth, New Jersey. Appointed to the bench in 2000 by Governor Christine Todd Whitman, she also sat in the Civil Division.

Prior to her appointment to the bench, Judge Chrystal maintained a solo litigation practice in Scotch Plains, New Jersey. She also served as Assistant Union County Counsel and was a civil litigator for two law firms before opening her own office. Judge Chrystal served on the Supreme Court Model Jury Charge Committee and is a former Co-Chair of the Union County Minority Concerns Committee. A former Trustee of the Union County Bar Association, she is a member of the Supreme Court Committee on Diversity, Inclusion and Community Engagement, and the Supreme Court Family Practice Committee, where she serves on the FM/FD Subcommittee. Judge Chrystal is a member of the New Jersey State and Union County Bar Associations, and serves on the Executive Committee of the NJSBA Family Law Section. She has also served on the Family Subcommittee on Mentoring of New Judges.

A former Master of the Richard J. Hughes American Inn of Court, Judge Chrystal is a member of the Barry I. Croland American Inn of Court and The Justice Virginia Long Hudson County American Inn of Court. She has trained newly-appointed judges and those transferring to the Family Division in the Comprehensive Judicial Orientation Program (C.J.O.P.) and co-authored the judges’ “Dissolution Manual.” Judge Chrystal has taught CLE classes for the Union County Bar Association and Ethics for Trial Attorneys for ICLE, and was an Adjunct Legal Writing Instructor at Seton Hall Law School. In 2022 she was the recipient of the prestigious William J. McCloud Award bestowed by the Union County Bar Association, which recognizes significant contributions to the administration of justice in the Family Part.

Judge Chrystal is a graduate of Syracuse University and a cum laude graduate of Seton Hall University School of Law.

Hon. Lisa A. Firko, J.A.D.

is a Superior Court Judge assigned to the Appellate Division and sits in Newark, New Jersey. Appointed to the Bench in June of 2008, Judge Firko originally served in the Civil Division, Bergen County, and was subsequently assigned to the Chancery Division, Family Part, until 2013, when she was reassigned to the Civil Division. She has handled matters involving domestic violence, dissolution, non-dissolution and child support enforcement.

Judge Firko is Co-Chair of the Family Practice Committee and of the Non-Dissolution/Domestic Violence Subcommittee. She is a member of the American, New Jersey State and Bergen County Bar Associations, and a former member of the Supreme Court Committee on Women in the Courts. Prior to her appointment to the bench Judge Firko was a Partner in Lum, Drasco & Positan for more than 20 years, where she handled a variety of civil and family matters. She has lectured for ICLE, ATLA-NJ and other organizations.

Judge Firko received her B.A., magna cum laude, from Seton Hall University, where she was elected to Pi Sigma Alpha, and her J.D. from Seton Hall University School of Law. She was Law Clerk to the Honorable Burrell Ives Humphreys, Assignment Judge, Superior Court, Hudson County.

Hon. Hany A. Mawla, P.J.A.D.

Appellate Division, Part C

Hon. Gary Potters, J.S.C., Hudson

Hon. Jodi L. Rosenberg, J.S.C.

Superior Court Judge
Family Division, Essex County

Hon. Ronny Jo Siegal, (Ret.)

Pashman Stein

Hon. Andrea J. Sullivan, J.S.C.

Middlesex Family Courthouse

appointed to the bench by Governor Murphy, sits in Family Part, Middlesex County, in New Brunswick, New Jersey. She was formerly a Partner in the Litigation and Family Law Departments of Greenbaum, Rowe, Smith & Davis LLP, where her practice included commercial litigation, estate litigation, matrimonial litigation, chancery litigation and alternative dispute resolution; and she also represented professionals in actions from professional malfeasance to claims of fraud, and in cases of alleged professional malpractice.

A Fellow of the Litigation Counsel of American, Judge Sullivan is Past President of the Middlesex County Bar Association and has been Chair of the Women Lawyers Section and several of the Association’s committees. She was a member of the Board of Trustees of the New Jersey State Bar Association, a former Trustee of the Women in the Profession Section and a former member and Vice Chair of the Equity Jurisprudence Committee. Past President of the Middlesex County Bar Foundation, Judge Sullivan has been Chair of the Foundation’s Finance Committee and a member of the Scholarship Committee, and has served on the New Jersey Supreme Court Committee on Mandatory Continuing Legal Education. She has also been a member of Executive Women of New Jersey, served on the Supreme Court Committee on the Rules of Evidence and is Past President of Central Jersey Legal Services.

Judge Sullivan has lectured for ICLE and the New Jersey State and Middlesex County Bar Associations, and authored New Jersey Business Litigation (New Jersey Law Journal Books, 2012-2022 Editions) and Guidebook to Chancery Practice in New Jersey (ICLE, 10th Edition, 2018). She is the recipient of the 2010 Robert J. Cirafasi Chancery Practice Award bestowed by the Middlesex County Bar Association as well as several other honors.

Judge Sullivan received her A.B., cum laude, from Mount Holyoke College and her J.D., magna cum laude, from Rutgers University School of Law-Newark, where she was a member of the Order of the Coif and the recipient of an Alumni Senior Prize. She was Law Clerk to the Honorable Eriminie Lane Conley, Chancery Division, General Equity Part, Superior Court of New Jersey.

Hon. Marcella Matos Wilson, J.S.C., Essex

Superior Court of New Jersey

was appointed to the Superior Court in 2014, is assigned to the Family Division, Essex County, and sits in Newark, New Jersey. She serves as the Lead Judge for the FM Unit in Essex County. Prior to being appointed to the bench, she was a solo practitioner for 20 years and concentrated her practice in family law.

Co-Chair of the Supreme Court Child Support Subcommittee, Judge Wilson serves on the Supreme Court Family Practice Committee and Presiding Judge FD-FM Committee. Prior to being appointed to the bench, she was a member of the Essex County Family Law Executive Committee, a volunteer for the Early Settlement Panel and was a court approved Mediator. She was the recipient of the Essex County Prosecutor’s Award for her outstanding contributions to crime victims and their families.

Judge Wilson received her B.S. from Caldwell University and her J.D. from Seton Hall University School of Law. She clerked for the Honorable John J. Dois and the Honorable Joseph A. Falcone.

Hon. Thomas P. Zampino, J.S.C. (Ret.)

Sarno Da Costa D'Aniello Maceri LLC

is Of Counsel to Snyder Sarno D’Aniello Maceri & da Costa LLC with offices in Roseland, Bridgewater, Hackensack and Morristown, New Jersey, and limits his practice to the mediation and arbitration of matrimonial cases by referral or appointment by the court. He served as a Judge of the Superior Court, Family Part, for more than two decades, where he settled or decided thousands of divorce cases, and for a time also served as Presiding Judge of the Family Court.

Admitted to practice in New Jersey and New York, and before the United States Supreme Court, Judge Zampino is a Trustee of the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges and has co-chaired the Council’s Permanency Planning for Children Committee. As an attorney, he is Past Chair of the New Jersey State Bar Association Family Law Section and the New Jersey Child Support Commission, as well as a member of the New Jersey Supreme Court Family Practice Committee. A member of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers (AAML), he has lectured for ICLE and the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges, and is the author of articles which have appeared in New Jersey Lawyer and New Jersey Family Lawyer.

Judge Zampino is a graduate of St. Peter’s College and Seton Hall University School of Law.

Jason Addesso, CVA

DLA, LLC, Shrewsbury

is a Managing Director in the Forensics, Valuation & Litigation Support practice at DLA Litigation Services, LLC in Shrewsbury and Fairfield, New Jersey. He is responsible for the day-to-day management of matrimonial litigation and business valuation engagements, tax consultation and commercial litigation matters. Mr. Addesso has 15 years of business advisory expertise including matrimonial and commercial litigation support, forensic accounting, business valuation, and tax consultation for estate, gift, and income tax purposes. He also advises on specific and complex tax issues arising from marital dissolution and his industry experience includes companies in the manufacturing, distribution, financial, real estate, healthcare, service and retail sectors.

Prior to joining DLA, Mr. Addesso was a Manager in the Advisory Services division of a large regional accounting firm and has prior experience in the tax department for a national accounting firm. He has been a panel speaker and lectured on topics such as business valuation and matrimonial accounting and holds the Certified Valuation Analyst (CVA) designation.

Mr. Addesso received his B.S. from Monmouth University.

Dr. Mathias R. Hagovsky

, Livingston

is a psychologist in Livingston, New Jersey, and has worked with infants, children and adolescents for more than 30 years in a variety of evaluation and treatment capacities in schools, hospitals and private office settings. As a forensic psychologist, Dr. Hagovsky has provided evaluative information to the courts and other referral agents in more than 2,200 matters and/or has testified in approximately 400 family, civil or criminal matters, many of which directly or indirectly relate to allegations of sexual abuse of children, parental alienation and/or domestic violence. He has been court appointed in 11 New Jersey counties to conduct evaluations and to provide alternative dispute resolution, and has also served as a Parent Coordinator for many years. He has also been a staff member in the Department of Psychology and Pediatric Specialty Consultant to the High Risk Clinic at Saint Barnabas Medical Center.

A licensed Psychologist in New Jersey and Certified New Jersey School Psychologist since 1971, Dr. Hagovsky is a member and Past President of the New Jersey Psychological Association as well as a member of several divisions of the American Psychological Association. He is a member of the American Board of Forensic Examiners and the Board of Directors of the New Jersey Chapter of the Association of Family Conciliation Courts, and has been listed in the National Register of Health Service Psychologists, the National Registry of Forensic Examiners and the Best Lawyers in America’s Directory of Experts. A Fellow of the American Board of Forensic Examiners, he is a Diplomate, American Board of Psychological Specialties-Child Custody Evaluations.

Dr. Hagovsky is a Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine at New York College of Osteopathic Medicine and a former Clinical Instructor at Children’s Hospital of New Jersey. A regular presenter for ICLE and at the Annual Judicial College Conferences, he has also lectured to teachers, parents’ groups, and religious and civic organizations. His articles have appeared in New Jersey Psychologist, Pediatric Research and other publications.

Dr. Hagovsky received his B.A. from Benedictine College, his M.A. in School Psychology from Seton Hall University and his Ph.D. in School Psychology from Fordham University. After a Summer Externship at Marlboro Psychiatric Hospital, he did a Clinical Internship in association with the New Jersey State Junior Fellowship Program in Clinical Psychology at the New Jersey
Neuropsychiatric Institute.

Ilan Hirschfeld, CPA, ABV, CFF, MBA

CBIZ, Neptune

is a licensed Certified Public Accountant and the Partner-in-Charge of the New Jersey Region of Marcum LLP, with offices in Saddle Brook, New Jersey. He specializes in business valuations, litigation support and matrimonial accounting within the firm’s forensic accounting group. He holds certifications to practice accountancy in New Jersey and New York; is Accredited in Business Valuations (ABV) by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants; and also holds the Certified in Financial Forensics (CFF) designation.

Mr. Hirschfeld is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) and the New Jersey and New York Societies of Certified Public Accountants. He is Past Chair of the New Jersey State Society of Certified Public Accountants’ Valuations Interest Group, has been a member of the Society’s Matrimonial and Litigation Support Services Committees, and served on the Litigation Support Committee of the New Jersey State Society of Certified Public Accountants.

A former Adjunct Professor of Accounting in the Graduate School of Business at William Paterson University, Mr. Hirschfeld frequently lectures on litigation support accounting, business valuation and accounting for divorce for ICLE, the AAML, the New Jersey Judicial College, the New Jersey State Bar Association and other organizations. He is the co-author of “Business Solutions: Cost Cutting Opportunities & Caveats” (New Jersey Business Magazine, Nov. 6, 2013).

Mr. Hirschfeld received his Bachelor of Commerce degree from Sir George Williams University and his M.B.A. in Finance from the University of Western Ontario.

Nicole D. Lyons, CPA/CFF/CVA

WithumSmith+Brown, PC, Princeton

Dr. Sharon Ryan Montgomery

, Morristown

is a licensed psychologist in private practice in Morristown, New Jersey. Her areas of expertise are in all areas of forensic psychology, child custody evaluations, child sexual abuse, criminal and personal injury, family violence, mediation/arbitration, therapeutic mediation, parenting coordination, therapeutic visitation, child and adolescent psychopathology, and emotional sequelae/complications of juvenile diabetes. She also sees patients in individual, marital and group psychotherapy, and served as a psychologist and Coordinator of the Family Enrichment Program at Morristown Memorial Hospital for several years.

A Board-Certified Forensic Examiner, Dr. Ryan Montgomery is a Diplomate of the American Board of Forensic Examiners and holds certification in group psychotherapy from the New Jersey Academy of Group Psychotherapy. She has been Clinical Supervisor of Morris County's Family Court Mediation Program, on the Steering Committee of the New Jersey State Bar Association's Child and Family Project, and a member and President of the Morris County Psychologist Association. Dr. Ryan Montgomery has also been a member of the New Jersey Psychological Association (NJPA) and the American Psychological Association. She was a member of the Task Force for the American Bar Association, Family Law Section, Standards of Practice on Divorce Mediation, and the Board of the New Jersey Psychological Association, chairing its Interpersonal Relations Committee, and has been a member-at-large on the NJPA Executive Committee. She has served as President of the New Jersey Chapter of the Association of Family and Conciliation Courts (AFCC).

A lecturer at national and international child abuse conferences and for ICLE and the Newly-Appointed Judges Orientation Program, Dr. Ryan Montgomery has served as an expert witness in numerous custody disputes in several New Jersey counties. She has also conducted evaluations in criminal matters and has testified in court on numerous occasions.

Dr. Ryan Montgomery holds a doctorate in psychology from Rutgers University.

William J. Morrison, CPA/ABV, CFF

WithumSmith+Brown, PC, Princeton

Dr. Marcy A. Pasternak

, Watchung

is a clinical and forensic psychologist with a practice in Watchung, New Jersey. While her practice serves individuals of all ages in both the clinical and forensic arena, Dr. Pasternak’s special interests include marital and family therapy, divorce therapy, forensic evaluations concerning custody and parenting time, removal, grandparent visitation, risk assessment and personal injury. She often serves as a parenting coordinator and is a certified divorce mediator, conducting both divorce mediation and therapeutic mediation. She conducts Intensive Family Interventions through “Building Family Resilience,” an outgrowth of her practice.

A licensed psychologist in New Jersey, New York and Vermont, Dr. Pasternak has been a member of the American, New Jersey and Somerset Hunterdon Psychological Associations, and has an APA Certificate of Proficiency in the Treatment of Alcohol or Other Psychoactive Substance Use Disorders and an NCC AP Master Addiction Counselor Credential. She has been a member of the New Jersey Psychological Association’s Forensic Committee and is Past President of the New Jersey Chapter of the Association of Family and Conciliation Courts (NJ-AFCC).

Dr. Pasternak has served as a psychological expert in eleven New Jersey counties and as an adjunct staff member at Muhlenberg Regional Medical Center, and has been a Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at New Jersey Medical School, UMDNJ. She has given workshops and presentations to the mental health and legal communities.

Dr. Pasternak received her B.A., magna cum laude, from the State University of New York at Buffalo, where she was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. She received her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from Duke University.

David Politziner, CPA

EisnerAmper LLP

is a Partner in the Financial Advisory Services Group of EisnerAmper LLP in the firm’s Iselin, New Jersey, office. With more than 35 years of experience serving as a technical resource in litigation actions, he provides expert advice and testimony for plaintiffs and defendants in areas including business valuations, damage assessments, lost profit calculations, matrimonial matters, shareholder disputes, malpractice matters and the sale or purchase of businesses. He has also been appointed by judges in several counties to act as an expert witness in these matters and to issue reports for the court on these cases.

A Certified Public Accountant in New Jersey and New York, Mr. Politziner is Accredited in Business Valuation and Certified in Financial Forensics by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA). He is a member of the AICPA and the New Jersey and New York State Societies of Certified Public Accountants, Past President of the Hunterdon/Warren Chapter of the NJSCPA and a Charter Member of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers Foundation’s Forensic & Business Valuation Division. He is a frequent presenter for ICLE and other professional and civic organizations, and is often quoted by local newspapers and business publications.

Mr. Politziner received his B.A. from Rutgers University and his M.B.A. from the University of Michigan.