Jennifer Fortunato
Counsel
Jennifer Fortunato is Of Counsel at Einhorn, Harris, Ascher, Barbarito & Frost, P.C., where she has devoted her career exclusively to family law and related matters. She has broad experience in all areas of family law and related matters, including divorce litigation, custody and visitation, alimony and child support, business and other asset valuation, equitable distribution, domestic violence, separation and property settlement agreements, prenuptial agreements, post-divorce issues and litigation, grandparent rights, adoptions, guardianship, palimony, appeals, and civil unions. Ms. Fortunato is certified by the Supreme Court of New Jersey as a Matrimonial Law Attorney, a certification achieved by only 2% of the attorneys in the State of New Jersey. She has been listed in Super Lawyers, New Jersey Edition in the area of Family Law.
Ms. Fortunato served as a judicial law clerk for the Honorable Bernard Rudd, JSC, Essex County, Superior Court, Family Law, upon receiving her law degree from Wake Forest University School of Law in 1992.
Practice Areas [ expand ]
Year Joined Organization [ expand ]
- 1997
Bar Admissions [ expand ]
- New Jersey, 1993
- U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey, 1993
- New York, 1994
Education [ expand ]
- Boston University. Boston, Massachusetts, B.S., 1989 cum laude
- Wake Forest University School of Law. Winston Salem, North Carolina, J.D. 1992
Certifications [ expand ]
- Certified Trial Matrimonial Lawyer since 2002
Published Works [ expand ]
- Relocating With Children - an Emerging Phenomena in the 21st Century
- Marital Momentum: Taking the Good With The Bad
Published Cases [ expand ]
- Italiano v. Rudkin, 294 N.J. Super. 502 (App. Div. 1996)
Speaking Engagements [ expand ]
- New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education, Custody A Removal Update: The Impact On Baures v. Lewis
- Appellate Division Judge for Mock Court at Seton Hall Law School, 1998
Professional Associations and Memberships [ expand ]
- New Jersey State Bar Association
- Morris County Bar Association
- Passaic County Bar Association 1993- 1998
- Somerset County Inns of Court, 1998
- Passaic County Inns of Court, 1996
Honors and Awards [ expand ]
- Super Lawyers in the New Jersey 2006 Edition in the area of Family Law, as a Rising Star and Top Young Lawyer
Past Employment Positions [ expand ]
- Honorable Bernard Rudd, Essex County, Superior Court, Family Law
- Sabbath. Struble, Ragno, Petrie, Oroho & Spinato
Pro-Bono/Volunteer Activities [ expand ]
- Expert Panelist, Morris County Family Court in the Early Settlement Panel
- Kinnelon Special Education Advisory Counsel (2010-2011)