Thomas A. Roberto

Thomas A. Roberto is a Partner with the firm, focusing his practice exclusively in the area of family law. Tom represents clients in all aspects of family law matters, involving issues of parenting time, child support, alimony, equitable distribution, domestic violence and prenuptial and postnuptial agreements. Tom handles all stages of family law litigation, including trials, appeals and emergent applications, as well as pre and post judgment applications.

Admitted to practice law in New Jersey and Pennsylvania, Tom is a member of the Family Law Section Executive Committee of the New Jersey State Bar Association. He previously served as the Co-Chair of the Young Lawyers’ Subcommittee of the Family Law Section. Tom is also an associate editor of the New Jersey Family Lawyer, a publication of the Family Law Section. He has lectured on numerous family law topics for NJICLE and other professional organizations.

Tom received his B.A. from The College of New Jersey and his J.D. from Widener University School of Law with honors. He served as judicial law clerk to the Honorable Terrence R. Cook, J.S.C., Superior Court of New Jersey, Chancery Division, Family Part.

AWARDS & RECOGNITIONS

• Best Lawyers – Ones to Watch, Best Lawyers (a trademark of Woodward/White Inc) (2021)

• Super Lawyers Rising Star, (a Thomson Reuters business) (2017 – 2020)

• 10 Best Attorneys for Client Satisfaction, NJ, American Institute of Family Law Attorneys (2015 – 2018)

• Notre Dame High School Athletic Hall of Fame (induction class of 2012)

SEMINARS & PRESENTATIONS

• Hot Tips in Family Law, Using the Case Information Statement to Establish and Attack Credibility: Be Careful of Your Pendente Lite CIS Coming Back to Haunt You at Trial, New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education (November 2020)

• Hot Tips in Family Law, Communication Under the Rules of Professional Conduct, New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education (November 2019)

• Family Law for Paralegals and New Attorneys, New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education (August 2019)

• Hot Tips in Family Law, Equitable Distribution: The income or property brought to the marriage or civil union by each party, New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education (November 2018)

• Family Law for Paralegals and New Attorneys, New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education (January 2018)

• Find it Fast and Free on the Net: Strategies for Legal Research on the Web, NBI CLE (November 2015)

PUBLICATIONS

• New Jersey Child Support Guidelines, Chamber of Commerce Southern New Jersey Connection, Guest Column (April 2017)

• Parenting Coordination in New Jersey: The Surprisingly Nebulous Task of Removing a Parenting Coordinator, New Jersey Family Lawyer, Vol. 37, No. 4 (February 2017)

• Food Advertising and Childhood Obesity: A Call to Action for Proactive Solutions, Minnesota Journal of Law, Science & Technology, Vol. 12 (2), 619 (2011)

• Should Congress Pass Legislation To Regulate Child-Directed Food Advertising?, Food and Drug Law Institute, Food and Drug Policy Forum, Vol. 1 (9) (2011)

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS & MEMBERSHIPS

• New Jersey Family Lawyer, Associate Editor

• New Jersey State Bar Association, Member

• New Jersey State Bar Association, Family Law Executive Committee

• New Jersey State Bar Association Family Law Executive Committee Young Lawyers Co-Chair (2016-2018)

• American Bar Association, Young Lawyers Division, Member

• Burlington County Bar Association, Member