Professional Experience
Ms. Cone is the Matrimonial practice group chair and practices in the areas of family law litigation and counseling. She represents family law clients who have large marital estates, including senior-level corporate executives, partners in professional service firms, owners of closely held businesses, and well-known individuals.
Ms. Cone provides advice on and litigates all aspects of marriage dissolution, including spousal and child support, equitable distribution, and custody. She practices primarily on the business and financial aspects of the dissolution. She counsels clients on the valuation and distribution of assets such as closely held businesses, partnership interests, retirement plans, pension plans and other deferred compensation plans, severance payments, golden parachutes, stock option plans, health insurance benefits, and executive perquisites. Ms. Cone also advises on general business planning, tax concerns, and estate planning issues.
In addition to providing full services in the traditional area of marriage dissolution, Ms. Cone counsels and represents individuals in matters regarding premarital agreements, matters of palimony, paternity litigation, and adoption proceedings. In addition to her litigation experience, she has experience in mediation both as a mediator and as an advocate.
Representative Matters
· Represented senior executives, including presidents, chief executive officers, chief financial officers, and chairmen of major national and international corporations in the dissolution of their marriages, with marital estates ranging from $1 million to $100 million; individual clients have been senior-level executives or owners of large U.S. banking institutions, stock exchanges, leading accounting and consulting firms, leading office supplies retailers, prominent fashion design and retailing companies, leading consumer electronics companies, major manufacturing companies, leading providers of financial and economic data, major data processing systems and products companies, and major media and entertainment companies
· Represented a large number of managing directors of financial banking companies and partners in large professional service organizations
· Represented prominent individuals in the national news
News, Publications & Presentations
· Featured, "Seventy-two Day Pitney Lawyers Named to Best Lawyers List for 2012," Day Pitney Press Release, October 4, 2011
· Featured, "Thirty-three Day Pitney Attorneys Named New Jersey Super Lawyers," Day Pitney Press Release, March 31, 2011
· Featured, "Seventy-six Day Pitney Lawyers Named to Best Lawyers for 2011," Day Pitney Press Release, August 9, 2010
· Featured, "Seventy-seven Day Pitney Partners Named to Best Lawyers 2010," Day Pitney Press Release, July 30, 2009
· Featured, "75 Day Pitney Partners Named Among The Best Lawyers in America® 2009 Ranked #1 in New Jersey and #2 in Connecticut," Day Pitney Press Release, December 11, 2008
Professional Affiliations
· American Bar Association
· New Jersey State Bar Association
· Pennsylvania Bar Association
Awards and Achievements
· AV rated by Martindale Hubbell
· Chosen for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America, Family Law, 2006-2012
· Recognized as a New Jersey Super Lawyer in the area of family law, 2010-2011