OF COUNSEL

Pamela M. Copeland, Esq.

Pamela Copeland is a graduate of Rutgers-Newark Law School where she was Administrative Editor of The Women’s Rights Law Reporter and published several articles. She was a member of the first class of Matrimonial Law Attorneys certified by the New Jersey Supreme Court, and Pamela was actively involved in the Vicinage XIII New Jersey Family Law Inn of Court from its inception.

Over the years, Pamela has been appointed to various family law task forces and committees by the New Jersey State Bar Association and the New Jersey Supreme Court, including the Family Division Practice Committee. She is a former Somerset County Trustee to the New Jersey State Bar Association, served twice on the NJSBA Family Law Section’s Executive Committee, is a past president of the Somerset County Bar Association, and a past Chair of the NJSBA Women’s Rights Section (now known as the Women in the Profession Section).

In 2002, Pamela was honored as an Outstanding Woman in Somerset County by the Somerset County Commission on the Status of Women. She has taken numerous continuing legal education courses in the field and has lectured for ICLE and various county bar association family law committees.

Pamela is on the list of Court-approved economic mediators and is trained in collaborative law. She was named a Super Lawyer in the Family Law area and one of the Top 50 Women Lawyers in the New Jersey Monthly magazine.

Education

• Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey School of Law – Newark, Newark, New Jersey, 1976 J.D.
• University of Michigan, 1971

Professional Associations & Memberships

• NJ Supreme Court Committee on Character, Board of Bar Examiners – Member (1995 – 2011)
• Somerset County New Jersey State Bar Association – Trustee (1990 – 1992)
• New Jersey State Bar Association (NJSBA) – Section/Committee Trustee (1988 -1990)
• New Jersey State Bar Association’s Family Law Section Executive Committee (1986 -1993; 2002 – 2006)
• NJ Supreme Court Family Division Practice Committee – Member (1987 – 1992)
• Somerset County Bar Association, (1981 – 1988) –
  Second Vice-President, First Vice-President, President
• New Jersey State Bar Association (1981 – 1988) –Second Vice-Chair, First Vice-Chair, Chair Women’s Rights Section
• New Jersey State Bar Association – Nominating Committee Chair (1987 – 1988)
• New Jersey State Bar Association – Resolutions Committee Chair (1984 – 1986)
• New Jersey Women Lawyers’ Association – Vice-President (1983 – 1987)
• Vicinage 13 Women’s Bar Association – President & Founder (1980 – 1988)
• Resource Center for Women and Their Families, Inc., – Legal Counsel (1978 – 1986)
• New Jersey Commission on Child Support Enforcement – Member (1985 – 1986)