Kristyl M. Berckes

Kristyl M. Berckes represents clients in all aspects of matrimonial and family law, including all stages of divorce litigation, mediation and arbitration, custody and parenting time issues, third-party custody, alimony and child support, modification of support obligations, separation and marital settlement agreements, post-judgment litigation, domestic violence, grandparent visitation rights, palimony, and domestic partnership matters under the Domestic Partnership Acts.

Kristyl represents clients throughout the State of New Jersey. While her office is in Somerset County, she regularly appears in courts in the following New Jersey counties: Somerset, Hunterdon, Warren, Middlesex, Morris, Sussex, Bergen, Hudson, Union, Essex, Passaic, Mercer, Ocean, Monmouth, Gloucester and Burlington.

In family law matters, Kristyl’s clients can rely on her compassion, patience, listening skills, creative problem-solving abilities, and knowledge of the law and the New Jersey court system. She wants her clients to feel that they have a voice, and she will be the best advocate for that voice, in what undoubtedly is one of the most difficult times in their lives. Having handled hundreds of divorce and family law cases, Kristyl is a fierce advocate who will undoubtedly work hard to achieve results that are in the best interests of her clients and their families. Kristyl believes success for a client is being able to walk away from his or her case with an identifiable plan for his or her future that they are satisfied with and the tools to execute that plan.

Kristyl received the New Jersey State Bar Association’s Young Lawyer’s Division Professional Achievement Award in 2016. In 2021, Kristyl was selected as Somerset County Business Partnership’s 40 Under 40 as well as an NJBIZ 40 Under 40 Honoree. She has been chosen as a New Jersey Super Lawyer for 2024 and had been selected for inclusion on the list of New Jersey Super Lawyers Rising Stars for Family Law from 2017 – 2022. Kristyl has been selected to the Super Lawyers list in 2024. From 2021 through 2025, Kristyl has been selected by Best Lawyers as Ones to Watch. Kristyl was a presenter on October 14th, 2024 for Family Law Hot Tips – Let’s Talk About Tech.

Kristyl is certified by the New Jersey Supreme Court as a Certified Matrimonial Law Attorney. She is a former co-chair of the Somerset County Bar Association’s (SCBA) Young Lawyer’s Division. She currently serves as Second Vice President of the SCBA and serves as the New Jersey State Bar Association Trustee for the SCBA. She also serves on the Board of Trustees for the NJSBA. In addition, she is a member of the NJSBA Appellate Practice Committee and is a graduate of the NJSBA Leadership Academy.

Prior to and while attending law school, Kristyl served as a New Jersey high school English teacher. Since concluding a judicial clerkship with the Honorable James G. Troiano, J.S.C, in the Essex County Superior Court, Chancery Division, Family Part, she has devoted her private practice exclusively to matrimonial and family law matters.

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Representative Matters

Anthony C. Major v. Julie Maguire (074345), A-110-13 (N.J. 2016)

Awards

2015 NJSBA Young Lawyer’s Division Personal Achievement Award

Kristyl M. Berckes was selected to the 2018 Rising Stars Super Lawyers list. The Super Lawyers List is issued by Thompson Reuters. A description of the selection methodology can be found here. No aspect of this advertisement has been approved by the Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Professional Affiliations

New Jersey State Bar Association

Appellate Practice Committee

• New York State Bar Association

Somerset County Bar Association

• Co-Chair, Young Lawyer’s Division

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