NJ Supreme Court Upholds $1.4 Million Award in Workplace Discrimination Case
Posted in: Employment Law

NJ Supreme Court Upholds $1.4 Million Award in Workplace Discrimination Case

September 22, 2016

The New Jersey Supreme Court recently upheld a $1.4 million emotional distress jury award in a workplace discrimination case involving two Hispanic men who were discriminated against by their company and who suffered repeated denigration of their ethnic heritage. Ramon was represented in the 2011 employment lawsuit by one of The Montanari Law Group Former Senior Partners, Darren Del Sardo. In the recent decision, New Jersey Supreme Court justices supported the award granted by a jury in Hudson County Superior Court. […]

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How to Successfully Navigate Child Custody Mediation During a Divorce

August 24, 2016

  A contested divorce can be a challenge.  And when child custody issues exist, an already stressful situation may intensify.  When the parties are not in agreement about child custody, you may participate in a custody evaluation during a divorce, also known as custody and parenting time mediation.  During the mediation, the parties meet with a court appointed mediator, to try to come to an agreement about custody.  Both parties are asked to comment on the lives, schedules and preferred […]

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How to Position Yourself for Success in Divorce
Posted in: Divorce Family Law

How to Position Yourself for Success in Divorce

August 19, 2016

According to the National Center for Health Statistics, there were 2,140,272 marriages in the United States in 2014 and 813,862 divorces. Among the hundreds of thousands of divorces that occur among Americans each year, every situation is unique, based on the individuals and circumstances involved. The level of contentiousness in divorce exists on a spectrum, ranging from entirely amicable no-fault or uncontested divorces, to knock-down, drag-out battles that are litigated for years. Based on our extensive experience as New Jersey divorce lawyers […]

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Contested vs. Uncontested Divorce in New Jersey
Posted in: Divorce

Contested vs. Uncontested Divorce in New Jersey

July 5, 2016

In the last article of our New Jersey divorce series, we discussed the first step of the divorce process: the initial filing. After this essential step is complete, your spouse’s response will be extraordinarily significant in determining the trajectory of your divorce. In essence, the initial filing, also known as the Complaint for Divorce, contains the provisions you seek as it relates to alimony, division of assets, child custody, child support, etc. Whether or not your spouse shares the same views about these […]

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New Jersey Supreme Court Protects Workers from Discrimination Based on Divorce

June 21, 2016

Today, the New Jersey Supreme Court issued a ruling that prohibits New Jersey employers from retaliating against workers who are separated, considering divorce, or currently engaged in the divorce process. The court found that New Jersey’s Law Against Discrimination protects workers from discriminatory employment practices resulting from their relationship status. The aforementioned ruling stems from a case involving Robert Smith, a long-term employee of the Millville Rescue Squad, who accused his employer of firing him after he disclosed that he was […]

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