Michael Andrew Conte
I exclusively practice in the areas of Divorce and Family Law in New Jersey.
I help people with complex legal, financial, and personal issues during what is often the most traumatic times of their lives.
A worked as a Senior Probation Officer in Child Support Enforcement while attending Law School at night at Temple University, Beasley School of Law. In law school, I received various awards. I was a Law Faculty Scholar, a member of the prestigious Temple Law Review, and an award-winning member of the Moot Court Honor Society.
After law school, I clerked for two wonderful judges: the Hon. Mary Jacobson, who is currently the Mercer County Assignment Judge, and the Hon. Catherine Fitzpatrick. Both of these judges was the Presiding Judge of the Mercer County Family Part at the time of my clerkships. I practiced Family Law at a distinguished New Jersey law firm for the decade following my clerkships, before establishing Conte Family Law LLC in 2021.
Conte Family Law LLC is focused exclusively on New Jersey Divorce and Family Law matters, including child custody, child support, spousal support, equitable distribution of assets and debts, and all other similar legal matters.
- Temple University
- J.D. | Law
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- Honors: Temple Law Review Staff Member (2007-08) Moot Court Honor Society (2008-09) Best Brief, Samuel L. Polski Moot Court Competition (2008) Finalist, I. Herman Stern Moot Court Competition (2009)
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- Columbia University
- M.A. | Philosophy of Education
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- Rutgers University - New Brunswick/Piscataway
- B.A. | English, Philosophy
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- Honors: magna cum laude
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- Divorce and Family Law Attorney
- Conte Family Law LLC
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- Divorce and Family Law Attorney
- Ulrichsen Rosen & Freed LLC
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- Law Clerk to the Hon. Catherine Fitzpatrick, P.J.F.P.
- New Jersey State Judiciary
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- Law Clerk to the Hon. Mary Jacobson, P.J.F.P.
- New Jersey State Judiciary
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- Senior Probation Officer
- New Jersey State Judiciary, Probation, Child Support Enforcement
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- Rising Star
- Super Lawyers Magazine
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- Super Lawyers Magazine
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- Super Lawyers Magazine
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- Super Lawyers Magazine
- Rising Star
- Super Lawyers Magazine
- New Jersey Bar Association
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- Mercer County Bar Association
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- Pennsylvania Bar Association # 306602
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- New Jersey
- New Jersey Courts
- ID Number: 28532009
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- Family Law
- Child Custody, Child Support, Father's Rights, Paternity, Restraining Orders, Same Sex Family Law
- Divorce
- Collaborative Law, Contested Divorce, Military Divorce, Property Division, Same Sex Divorce, Spousal Support & Alimony, Uncontested Divorce
- Domestic Violence
- Domestic Violence Restraining Orders, Victims Rights
- Child Custody
- Child Support
- Equitable Distribution
- Spousal Support
- English: Spoken, Written
- Q. Sons wife filed for divorce, finalized 10/29/2020. Unfortunately he 52 yo passed 3/2/21
- A: I would reach out to an attorney who handles estates matters. I sounds like your son's estate probably has a claim against his former spouse for the funds that were supposed to be transferred to him pursuant to the divorce decree. I don't understand the part of your question about the 3/21 pension share... It sounds like that has to do with an alimony obligation or something, if his ex-wife was not receiving a pension payment directly pursuant to a QDRO of your son's pension. I'm not sure if his estate would be liable to her for some portion of a payment that was never made prior to his death. Again, the right person to try to help you with this sort of thing would be a lawyer specializing in estates.
- Q. How do I get hold of a last will and testament, my mother says I'm in the will, but my aunts wouldnt share that info
- A: Contact the Surrogate’s Office of the county where the deceased person lived.
- Q. If a father is not on birth certificate in new jersey does he have legal rights
- A: If you believe you are the father of the child in question, you can file a case in family court to establish paternity of the child. If the court determines that you are the father of the child, then you would have the legal right to seek parenting time, while you would simultaneously have the legal obligation to help to financially support the child.