Heidi Ann Lepp
Contact: [email protected]
Heidi Ann Lepp, Partner and Co-Founder, has been practicing family law since 1993. She is certified by the New Jersey Supreme Court as a matrimonial attorney and is both a trained mediator and collaboratively trained practitioner. Ms. Lepp is a Past President of the Somerset County Bar Association and has lectured/presented at the New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education.
Areas of Practice
- Divorce
- Mediation
- Child Custody
- Adoption
- Parenting Time and Visitation
- Child Support
- Parental Relocations
- Spousal Support
- Marital Settlement Agreements
- Prenuptial/Ante-nuptial Agreements
- Domestic Violence, including Temporary and Final Restraining Orders
- Parent Coordination
- Guardian Ad Litem
- Collaborative Divorce
- College Expenses & Child Support
- Cohabitation & Palimony
- Division of Non-Retirement and Retirement Assets and Debts
- Enforcements & Modifications
Certified Legal Specialties
- Certified Matrimonial Attorney, New Jersey Supreme Court, 2013
- Collaborative Trained Attorney
Bar Admissions
- New Jersey, 1993
- Federal District Court of New Jersey, 1994
- Supreme Court of the United States of America, 1996
Education
- Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey School of Law–Newark
- JD – 1993
- Rutgers University
- BA – 1988
- Graduated with Highest Honors
- Collaborative Law Group, Collaborative Law Training, 2009
Classes/Seminars
- Instructor, 2012 Published NJ Family Law Cases Review, Somerset County Bar Association
Honors & Awards
- Selected to Best Lawyers in America List, 2023, 2024
- Selected to the Best Lawyers lists of 2022 and 2023 “Lawyer of the Year” in Family Mediation
- Selected to the Top 50 Women in New Jersey Super Lawyers list, 2021, 2022
- Recipient of the Professional Lawyer of the Year Award from the Commission on Professionalism, 2021
- Selected to the Super Lawyers list, 2014– Present
- Selected to the Best Lawyers for Families list
- Selected to Top 100 Lawyers in NJ Super Lawyers list, 2022
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Professional Associations & Memberships
- NJ State Bar Association, Judicial and Prosecutorial Appointment Committee, 2014–2019
- New Jersey State Bar Association, Family Law Section, Member
- Somerset County Bar Association, Past President, 2020–2021
- Somerset County Bar Association, Judge, Mock Trial Competition, 2015–Present
- Somerset County Bar Association, Family Law Section, Chairperson, 2008–2009
- Somerset County, Custody Mediator, 2005–Present
- Somerset County Bar Association, Member/Trustee, 2001–Present
- District XIII Fee Arbitration Committee, 2009–2012
- District VIII Ethics Committee, Board Member, 2002
- Somerset County, Early Settlement Panel, Panelist, 2001–Present
- Hunterdon County, Early Settlement Panel, Panelist, 2003–Present
- Warren County, Early Settlement Panel, Panelist, 2007–Present
- Middlesex County, Early Settlement Panel, Panelist, 1998–Present
- Superior Court of New Jersey Economic Mediation Program, Mediator, 2003–Present
- Vicinage XIII Family Law Inn of Court
- Collaborative Law Group Member, 2009-Present
Experience
- Lepp, Mayrides & Eaton, LLC, Partner, 2021–Present
- Shimalla, Wechsler, Lepp & D’Onofrio, LLP, Partner, 2007–2021
- Copeland, Shimalla & Wechsler, LLP, Associate, 2001–2007
- Baer, Arbeiter, Ploshnick, Tannenbaum, Weiss, LLC, Associate, 1994–2001
- Honorable Martin Kravarik, J.S.C., Superior Court of New Jersey, Judicial Clerk, 1993–1994
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