Current Employment Position(s)

Partner

Lawyer Overview

Divorce Attorney

Ann M. Edens is a partner in the law firm of Iandoli & Edens, LLC located at Chester Commons, 310 Route 24, Suite A4, Chester, New Jersey . She graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree from Drew University in 1981 and received her Juris Doctor from Cardozo Law School/Yeshiva University in New York City in 1989.  She was admitted to the New Jersey State Bar U.S. District Court of New Jersey and United States Court of Appeals Third Circuit in 1989.  In 1990, she received her mediation training through the Seton Hall Institute for Dispute Resolution.

The law firm's practice is devoted exclusively to matrimonial law/mediation.  Ms. Edens has practiced in the field of matrimonial law since her graduation from law school (eighteen years) and has been mediating for seventeen years.  Ms. Edens was appointed to the New Jersey State Bar Association Alternative Dispute Resolution Committee, as well as the District X Ethics Committee, and the District X Ethics Fee Arbitration Committee of which she is a past chair. 

Ms. Edens also volunteers her time at the Women's Center at Centenary College in Hackettstown, New Jersey and the Women's Center at County College of Morris in Randolph, New Jersey .  Ms. Edens serves as a volunteer Court Appointed Mediator for the Pilot Economic Mediation Program for the Superior Court, Morris County.

Areas of Practice

• Family & Matrimonial Law

West Practice Categories

Alternative Dispute Resolution, Mediation, Family Law, Alimony & Spousal Support, Child Support, Custody & Visitation, Domestic Violence & Neglect

Bar Admissions

• New Jersey, 1989
• U.S. District Court District of New Jersey, 1989
• U.S. Court of Appeals 3rd Circuit, 1989

Certification/Specialties

• Accredited Divorce and Family Mediator, New Jersey Association of Professional Mediators

Professional Associations and Memberships

• American Bar Association, Family Law Division (Member)
• New Jersey Bar Association, Committee on Alternative Dispute Resolution (Member)
• Academy of Family Mediators (Associate Member)
• Morris County Bar Association, Family Law Section (Member)

Pro Bono Activities

• Ethics Committee, 1996 - 2000
• Fee Arbitration Committee, 2001 - 2005
• Fee Arbitration Committee Chair, 2004 - 2005
• County College of Morris Women's Center
• Centenary College Women's Center
• Morris County Court Pilot Program -- Economic Mediation
• Jersey Battered Women's Center

Past Employment Positions

• Center for Divorce Mediation
• Ann O'Flanagan & Associates
• Divorce Alternatives

Education

• Yeshiva University Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, New York, New York, 1989
  J.D.
• Drew University, Madison, NJ, USA, 1981
  B.A.
• Seton Hall Law School Institute of Dispute Resolution, 1990
  Mediation Training

Address

310 State Route 24
Suite A4
Chester, NJ 07930-2627

Phones

(908) 879-9499

Faxes

(908) 879-4841

Emails

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Websites

http://www.iewlaw.com
http://www.iandoliedens.com