Amy Zylman Shimalla

A practice dedicated to Family Law with a focus on Collaborative Divorce, Mediation, Arbitration and Litigation with a resolution oriented approach. Mediation Experience Accredited Professional Mediator, NJ Association of Professional Mediators, 1999 - Present Mediator for Economic Mediation Program in conjunction with Superior Court of New Jersey, 1999 - Present Founding Member, Somerset County Volunteer Custody Mediation Program, 1995 - Present Mediation in Private Practice, 1995 - Present Faculty Instructor for Biannual ICLE Mediation Training Course Faculty Instructor for Advanced Mediation Training Faculty Instructor for Biannual Collaborative Law Training Named in Best Lawyers in America for Alternate Dispute Resolution, 2005-2015 Awards and Honors Honors Chosen as Top 100 Lawyers in NJ by NJ Monthly Magazine, 2016 Chosen as Top 50 Women Lawyers in NJ by NJ Monthly Magazine, 2008 - 2016 Best Lawyers of America for Arbitration, Family Law, Family Law Mediation, Mediation, 2005 - 2016 Chosen as Super Lawyer by NJ Monthly Magazine, 2005 - 2016 Somerset County Women of Distinction Award, 2001 New Jersey Commission on Professionalism Lawyer of the Year Award for Somerset County, 2000

• Law Offices of Pamela Copeland Kaufelt, Associate, 1989 - 1992
• Thiele & Hermes, Associate, 1987 - 1989
• Hon. Paul T. Murphy, Superior Court of New Jersey, Judicial Clerkship, 1986 - 1987

• Speaker, Getting to Yes in Divorce: Using and Understanding ADR in Family Law Cases, NJICLE, 2015, 2016
• Speaker, Professionalism in Family Law - Steering Your Client in the Right Direction, SCBA, 2015
• Speaker, How to Be a Better Advocate for Your Client in an ADR Process, SCBA, 2015
• Speaker, Privileges, Confidences and Their Ethical Implications in Family Law Litigation, NJICLE, 2015
• Panelist, Hot Tips for Handling Domestic Violence Matters, SCBA, 2015
• Economic Mediation with Domestic Violence Final Restraining Orders, NJICLE, 2015
• Speaker, Alternative Dispute Resolution in Family Law, 2015, Rutgers School of Law (Newark)
• Speaker, Vicinage XIII Family Law Bench Bar Conference, 2015, SCBA
• Speaker, Domestic Violence Seminar , NJSBA Midyear Meeting, 2015
• Faculty, Family Law Summer Institute, 2010 - 2015
• Speaker, Family Law Symposium - 2006, 2015
• Speaker, Collaborative Divorce, Rutgers School of Law (Newark), 2011 - 2015
• Faculty, Collaborative Divorce Law Training, NJ ICLE, 2011-2015
• Speaker, Hot Tips Seminar , ICLE, 2007-2015
• Speaker, Alimony: Termination & Modification, NJAJ, 2014
• Equitable Distribution Panel, NJ State Bar Association Annual Meeting, May 15, 2014
• Speaker, NJ Collaborative Law Act, NJSBA, 2014
• Faculty, Advanced Mediation Training, ICLE, 2012 - 2014
• Parent Coordination Workshop, ICLE, 2013
• Matrimonial Mediation Workshop, ICLE, 2013
• Bench Bar Panel, 2013 NJSBA Annual Meeting
• Speaker, The Workings of the Ethics Committee, Somerset County Bar Association - October, 2012
• Speaker, Joint Custody – A Fiction, NJAJ, 2012
• Alimony Panel, NJ State Bar Association Annual Meeting - May, 2012
• Custody Panel - Boardwalk Seminars, NJAJ - April, 2012
• Speaker, How to Settle a Case, Family Law Retreat - 2012
• Speaker, Beyond the Best Interests Evaluation, SCBA, 2011
• Collaborative Law Seminar, ICLE, 2010
• Speaker, Divorce in Tough Economic Times, SCBA, 2010
• Speaker, Collaborative Divorce and Arbitration in Family Law Matters, SCBA, 2010
• Speaker, Hot Tips, Family Law Retreat, 2009
• Judicial College Bar Representative to Teach Recent Developments in Case Law, 2007

• New Jersey, 1986
• U.S. District Court District of New Jersey, 1986
• U.S. Supreme Court, 1996
• Specialties and Certifications
• Certified Matrimonial Law Attorney, Supreme Court of New Jersey

• Somerset County Bar Association (Family Practice Committee Member, Co-Chair 2013-2016)
• Statewide Counsel of Collaborative Professionals (2011 - 2014)
• New Jersey Supreme Court Matrimonial Certification Committee (Chair)
• NJSBA Family Law Executive Committee
• Association for the Advancement of Collaborative Practice (Co-President)
• New Jersey Divorce Arbitrators Association (Board Member)
• Vicinage XIII Family Law Inn of Court
• New Jersey Collaborative Law Group (President - 2012)
• Somerset County Bar Association (Member; President 1995-1996)
• District XIII Ethics Committee (Immediate Past Chair)
• NJSBA Women in the Profession Section (Member & Former Chair)
• NJSBA Task Force on Diversity (Former Chair)
• New Jersey Association of Professional Mediators
• Matrimonial Early Settlement Panelist, 1991-Present