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New Jersey Family and Divorce Lawyers

11 distinguished family and divorce law attorneys in New Jersey, each reviewed by the Lawyers of Distinction Selection Committee.

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Jonathan Z. Petro

Jonathan Z. Petro

Distinguished Lawyer

Family and Divorce Law

9 Robbins St, Toms River, NJ 08753, USA

As part of the Carluccio, Leone, Dimon, Doyle, Gutman & Petro firm, I am given the rare opportunity to work with a highly successful and well-known group of attorneys whose outstanding reputation precedes their collective efforts. By utilizing this broad scope of experience with a team approach, Carluccio, Leone, Dimon, Doyle, Gutman & Petro is ideally equipped to respond to our client’s every legal problem regardless of its complexity. Carluccio, Leone, Dimon, Doyle, Gutman & Petro as a firm is truly greater than the sum of its parts.

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Lydia Fabbro Keephart

Family and Divorce Law

989 Lennox Drive, #1, Lawrenceville, New Jersey 08648

She practices exclusively in the area of family law, with special emphasis on child custody matters for married and unwed individuals, preparation of premarital agreements, highly contested matrimonial cases involving multimillion-dollar assets, domestic violence matters and same sex partner disputes. A skilled trial attorney, Ms. Keephart also embraces mediation as an alternative dispute resolution method. She serves as a Mediator in the Superior Court of New Jersey and privately. Ms. Keephart is licensed to practice law in New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Colorado. She is a member of the American, New Jersey, Mercer County, Princeton and Pennsylvania Bar Associations. Ms. Keephart received her Bachelor of Arts degree from Trenton State College, her Master’s degree from Rider University, and her Juris Doctor degree from Seton Hall University School of Law.

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Philip Burnham

Family and Divorce Law

8000 Sagemore Dr, Marlton, NJ 08053, USA

Philip S. Burnham, II was born in Englewood, Colorado. He graduated from Arcadia University with a Bachelor of Science in computer science with a minor in business in 1986. In 1990, he graduated from Widener University School of Law with his Juris Doctor. Mr. Burnham started his legal career as a Law Clerk to the Honorable Rushton H. Ridgway J.S.C. in the Superior Court of New Jersey. In 1994, he founded the Burnham Law Group, LLC,. He has experience in preparing and trying numerous cases in federal and state courts in both civil and criminal courts. His clients include individuals, businesses, and corporations. In addition to managing a successful law firm, Mr. Burnham currently serves as an MESP panelist in Burlington, Camden and Gloucester Counties. He has been selected in 2007, 2010, 2012-2018 Awesome Family Law Attorney by South Jersey Magazine, Nations Top One Percent from 2016-2018, and 2018 Distinguished Men by SJ Magazine.

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Richard Diamond

Richard Diamond

Featured Lawyer

Family and Divorce Law

830 Morris Tpke suite 207, Short Hills, NJ 07078, USA

Richard Diamond is the founder and managing partner of Diamond & Diamond, P.A., a highly respected divorce and family law firm with its main office in Short Hills, New Jersey. Mr. Diamond is a Certified Matrimonial Trial Lawyer by the New Jersey Supreme Court; Listed in the Superlawyers Publication for 2026 for Divorce & Family Law in New Jersey; and a Member of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers. Mr. Diamond is also one of the few accredited divorce mediators in New Jersey, authorized to conduct economic mediation in divorce and post-divorce matters where there is an active domestic violence restraining order in place. With over 40 years of legal practice in New Jersey and 38 years dedicated exclusively to divorce and family law, Mr. Diamond provides strategic, client-focused representation in complex matters, including handling high-net-worth divorces, business valuations tied to matrimonial disputes, and child custody and parenting time disputes.

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