Sarah M. Eaton

Areas of Practice

• Family Law
• Divorce
• Mediation
• Arbitration
• Child Custody
• Parenting Time and Visitation
• Child Support
• College Expenses & Child Support
• Parental Relocations
• Adoptions
• Spousal Support
• Prenuptial Agreements
• Cohabitation & Palimony
• Division of Non-Retirement and Retirement Assets and Debts
• Enforcements & Modifications
• Guardianship & Guardian Ad Litem
• Parenting Coordination
• Domestic Violence

Bar Admissions

• New Jersey, 2007
• U.S. District Court District of New Jersey, 2007
• New York, 2008
• District of Columbia, 2009

Education

• Seton Hall University School of Law, Newark, New Jersey
  • JD – 2007
     
• University of Maryland, College Park
  • BA – 2003

Publications 

• Co-Author with Todd B. Ruback, Esq.:”An Overview of Recent Statutory Changes to Privacy Law in India in Comparison to Similar U.S. and EU Privacy Rules,” New Jersey Lawyer Magazine, October 2011
• Co-Author with Michele D’Onofrio, Esq.: “Apportioning the Financial Burden of College for a Child of Divorced Parents: An Overview of NJ Case Law,” The Clarion, May, 2014
• Author: “How to Obtain Personal Jurisdiction Over Defendants in Interstate Flight Domestic Violence Matters“, New Jersey Family Lawyer (Vol. 41, #3), April 2023

Honors & Awards

• Selected to Best Lawyers in America list, 2024
• Selected to the list of the “Best of the Best Top 10 Family Law Attorneys”, 2022, 2024
• Selected to the Super Lawyers list, 2022 – 2023
• Selected to the Rising Stars Super Lawyers list, 2014–2017
• Selected to the list of “10 Best” for client satisfaction by American Institute of Family Law Attorneys, 2015

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Lepp, Mayrides & Eaton, LLC, has received a Metropolitan Tier 1 regional ranking in Family Law Practice and Family Law Mediation by U.S. News – Best Lawyers for the 2025 Edition of “Best Law Firms.” Methodology for ranking can be found here: https://bestlawfirms.usnews.com/methodology.aspx. Please visit https://www.bestlawfirms.com/to view the firm’s profile.

Professional Associations & Memberships

• Early Settlement Panel Statewide Organization, 2022 to Present
• Somerset County Bar Association, Family Practice Committee, Co-Chair, 2021 – Present
• Somerset County Bar Association, Young Lawyer’s Committee, Co-Chair, 2013–2021
• Somerset County Bar Foundation, Trustee, 2012–2014
• Somerset County Matrimonial Early Settlement Panel, 2014–Present
• Hunterdon County Matrimonial Early Settlement Panel, 2019 – Present
• Attorney Member—District XIII Ethics Committee, 2017 – 2023
• Vice Chair—District XIII Ethics Committee, 2023 – 2024
• New Jersey State Bar Association
• South Jersey Legal Services Family Assistant Project, Volunteer, 2023 – 2024

Experience

• Lepp, Mayrides & Eaton, LLC, Partner, 2021–Present
• Shimalla, Wechsler, Lepp & D’Onofrio, LLP, Partner, 2017–2021
• Shimalla, Wechsler, Lepp & D’Onofrio, LLP, Associate, 2013–2017
• DiFrancesco, Bateman, Coley, Yospin, Kunzman, Davis, Lehrer & Flaum, PC, Associate 2008-2012
• Honorable Julie M. Marino, Superior Court of NJ, Judicial Clerk, 2007-2008