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• Janice Newman Teetsell

Law Firm Overview

Experience

Janice Newman Teetsell, Esq., 1986 to Present
Sole Practitioner

• From 1986 to 1994 I maintained a part-time law practice in Newark, NJ.
• In 1994 I opened my full-time office in South Orange, NJ.
• My areas of concentration include Family Law, Real Estate and Immigration.
• In January 1999 I changed the name of my office from Janice M. Newman to Janice Newman Teetsell, Esq.

NJ Dept. of Environmental Protection, Trenton, NJ, 1992-1995
Communications Specialist, Municipal Wastewater Assistance

• Develop and implement communications strategies to promote the financing of municipal wastewater treatment facilities and infrastructure.
• Design and produce literature and multi-media presentations; review and edit technical reports.
• Represent NJDEP at conferences and exhibitions. Liaison with the NJ Wastewater Treatment Trust.

NJ Dept. of Environmental Protection and Energy, Trenton, NJ, 1991-1992
Environmental Issues Specialist, Office of Communications

• Develop and implement communications strategies for departmental programs in areas such as underground storage tanks, water quality and conservation and wastewater treatment.
• NJ coordinator for celebration of the Delaware Estuary involving NJ, PA and Delaware.
• Editor of departmental monthly newsletter, In the DEPE.

NJ Dept. of Community Affairs Trenton, NJ, 2/90 to 6/90
Interim Director, Division on Women

• Administer the activities of the Division, overseeing a staff of 11 with a budget in excess of $2 million.
• Oversee the funding of programs for women dealing with the prevention of domestic violence, displaced homemakers, urban women centers, child care, women with disabilities, and services for Hispanic women.
• Serve as the legislatively-mandated representative to the NJ Advisory Commission on Women Veterans.

NJ Dept. of Community Affairs Trenton, NJ, 5/88 to 2/90
Legislative Liaison/Public Information Officer, Division on Women

• Review and comment on new legislation and amendments to existing legislation. Prepare testimony for legislative committee hearings on issues affecting women and children in NJ.
• Speech writing; all phases of public information services.

City of Newark, Office of the Mayor Newark, NJ, 1982-1986
Assistant Communications Director

• Supervision of staff of 7 in the Public Information Office; administering a budget in excess of $100,000.
• Serve as deputy press secretary to the Mayor. Arrange press conferences and other special events.
• Coordinate the design and production of literature and graphics for municipal agencies.
• Producer and host of "Newark and Reality", a weekly half-hour television program on WOR-TV/Channel 9 (until 1985). Producer and Host of "The Newark Report", broadcast on WBGO-FM and other local stations (until 1993).
• Journalist and columnist for "INFORMATION", a tabloid published for the residents of Newark.

City of Newark Newark, NJ, 1974-1982
Public Information Officer, Public Information Office

• Producer and host of "Newark and Reality", a weekly half-hour television program on WOR-TV/Channel 9 (until 1985). Producer and Host of "The Newark Report", broadcast on WBGO-FM and other local stations (until 1993).
• Journalist and columnist for "INFORMATION", a tabloid published for the residents of Newark.
• Design and produce publications and audio/visual presentations for municipal agencies.
• Represented the City of Newark on a promotional tour in San Francisco and Los Angeles, promoting tourism in the New York-New Jersey region.

Areas of Practice

• Family Law
• Real Estate
• Immigration
• Divorce
• Adoption
• Child Custody
• Child Support

Published Works

• Special Editor, Minorities in the Profession, New Jersey Lawyer Magazine
• Special Editor, Women in the Profession, New Jersey Lawyer Magazine

Pro Bono Activities

• Senior Warden, St. Andrew & Holy Communion Episcopal, So. Orange, NJ, January 23, 2005
• District Governor, Rotary International District 7470, Northern New Jersey, 2008
• President, Rotary Club of South Orange, 1999 - 2000
• President, Rotary Club of South Orange, 2006 - 2007
• Former Member, Editorial Board, THE VOICE of the Episcopal Diocese of Newark
• Parliamentarian, Episcopal Diocese of Newark
• Former Host and Co-Producer, "New Jersey Reports", a Weekly Cable Television Program on CTN and Cablevision, 1996 - 1998
• Former Host and Producer, "Newark & Reality", a Weekly Television Program on WOR-TV/Channel 9, 1974 - 1985
• Former Host and Producer, "Newark Reports", a Weekly Radio Program on as many as Five Local Radio Stations, 1974 - 1990

West Practice Categories

Family Law, Adoption, Child Support, Custody & Visitation, Divorce, Immigration, Real Estate Law