CURRICULUM VITAE
OF
TOBY SOLOMON

5 Becker Farm Road
Roseland, New Jersey 07068
(973) 533-0078
Facsimile: (973) 533-0466

Columbia University, M.A.

Ohio State University, B.S.

New Jersey, State and Federal

Certified Matrimonial Law Attorney by the Supreme Court
of New Jersey

Certified Adoption Mediator by the American Academy of Adoption Attorneys

Certified Economic Mediator by the Superior Court of
New Jersey

Harvard Law School, Program of Instruction for Lawyers,
Mediation Workshop, Fall 1995

Designated an Angel in Adoption by the Congressional Coalition on Adoption Institute, September 2008

Designated to New Jersey Super Lawyers

New Jersey Monthly Magazine, May 2005
Listed, Best Lawyers in New Jersey

The New Jersey State Bar Association Distinguished Legislative Service Award, 1993

Jersey Woman Magazine, January/February 1987, Listed under "Leading Women in Business"

University of Southern California Law School
Computer/Law Journal's Annual Computer Law Writing Contest

New Jersey State Bar Association

Essex County Bar Association

Fellow, American Academy of Adoption Attorneys
(April 1993 - )

Senior Editor, New Jersey Family Lawyer
(June 2002 - )

Master, New Jersey Family Law Inns of Court

Member, Executive Committee, Family Law Section, New Jersey State Bar Association (1991 – 2001, 2004 - )

Member, Executive Committee, Family Law Section, Essex County Bar Association (1997 - )

Chair and Co-Founder, Children's Rights Committee, New Jersey State Bar Association (1996 - 1997)

Chair, Work First Reform Proposal Committee (1996 - 1997)

Vice-Chair, Children's Rights Committee, New Jersey State Bar Association (1995 - 1996)

Chair, Adoption Subcommittee, Family Law
Section, New Jersey State Bar Association
(1986 – 1994, 1995 – 1996, 2004 - 2005)

Member, Committee on Character, Appointed by the Supreme Court of New Jersey (September, 1993 - September, 1994)

Member, Editorial Board, New Jersey Lawyer (1988 - 1997); Special editor four times
Member, Child Custody Evaluation Standards Committee, New Jersey State Board of Psychological Examiners (1991 - 1993)

Member, Child Abuse Protocol
Subcommittee, Family Law Section, New Jersey State Bar Association (1991 - 1993)

Associate Member, Concerned Professionals for the Accurate Assessment of Child Sexual Abuse, a Task Force of the Committee on Children, Youth & Families of the N.J. Psychological Association. Co-Sponsors: Committee on Child & Adolescent Psychiatry of the N.J. Psychiatric Association and the N.J. Chapter of the National Association of Social Workers (1991 - 1992)

Member, Women In the Profession, New Jersey State Bar Association

Member, Velvet Glove - Professional Women and Women in Politics (1991 - 1993)

Member, New Jersey Network of Business and Professional Women (1986 - 1994)

Author, “What You Need to Know About Adoption",
New Jersey State Bar Foundation Publication (2009)

Author, “Same-Sex Marriage and Civil Unions: The Passion, Protest and Progress”, New Jersey Family Lawyer,
Volume 28, Number 2 (August 2007)

Author, “Pre-Marital, Reconciliation and Mid-Marriage Agreements: An Overview”, New Jersey Family Lawyer, Volume 26, Number 4 (January 2006)

Author, “The Impact of Death on Divorcing and Divorced
Spouses, Partners and Other Dependents”, New Jersey Family
Lawyer, Volume 25, Number 7 (June 2005)

Author, “Does Death Do Us Part?”, Essex County Bar
Foundation Chronicle (April 2005)

Author, “Adoption and Related Issues and what DPA Doesn’t
Do”, New Jersey Lawyer, 13 NJL 2601 (December 2004)

Author, “Representing Same-Sex Couples: 2003 Update”, New Jersey Lawyer, No. 223 (August 2003)

Author, “Before and After the Vows: From Pre-Nups to Post-Nups”, New Jersey Family Lawyer, Volume 23, Number 2 (January, 2003)

Author, “The Ball is in the Legislature’s Court to Amend
Grandparent Visitation Law”, Commentary, New Jersey
Law Journal, Vol. CLXIX – Index 587 (August 12, 2002)

Author, “Grandparent Visitation in New Jersey”, New Jersey Family Lawyer, Volume 22, Number 1 (March 2002)

Author, “Grandparent Visitation in New Jersey”, New Jersey
Family Lawyer (November 2001)

Author, “Representing Unmarried and Same-Sex Couples,”
New Jersey Family Lawyer, Volume 20, Number 2 (April/May 2000)

Author, "Problems and Progress: The Prevention of Domestic Violence Act Revisited," New Jersey Family Lawyer, Volume XVM, Number 1 (January/February 1998)

Author, "Trends and Pitfalls in Adoption," New Jersey Family Lawyer (July 1996)

Author, "Adoption by Same-Sex Partners," New Jersey Lawyer Magazine No. 175 (March, 1996)

Co-Author, "Reconsidering Adoption: The New New Jersey Adoption Statute," New Jersey Family Lawyer (April, 1994)

Co-Author, "Adoption reforms are signed into law," New Jersey Lawyer (January 10, 1994)

Co-Author, "In Whose Best Interests: Child v. Parent," New Jersey Lawyer Magazine No. 157 (November/December 1993)

Editorial, "Adoption Amendments Make Better Law," New Jersey Lawyer (April 19, 1993)

Co-Author, "Interstate and International Child Custody," New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education (1992)

Co-Author, "Who Owns the Ova," New Jersey Lawyer 141, 20 (July/August 1991)

Co-Author, "Adoption Practice," New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education (1991)

Co-Author, "Matrimonial Motion Practice," New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education (1991)

Author, "The Psychologist's Role in Contested Custody Cases," New Jersey Psychologist, Publication of the New Jersey Psychological Association, Vol. 41, No. 3 (Summer 1991)

Co-Author, "Courts Continue to Define Scope of Removal Issues," New Jersey Family Lawyer (September/October 1990)
Co-Author, "Negotiating Child Custody Agreements," New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education (1990)

Author, "Trends in Alimony Law," New Jersey Lawyer Magazine No. 127 (March/April 1989)

Author, "Personal Privacy and the '1984' Syndrome," Western New England Law Review Computer Symposium, Vol. 7, Issue 3 (1985)

Special Editor

"Children's Rights," New Jersey Lawyer, No. 175
(March, 1996)

"Women and the Law," New Jersey Lawyer, No. 141 (July/August 1991)

"Law Firm Economics," New Jersey Lawyer, No. 132 (January/February 1990)

"The Scope of Family Law," New Jersey Lawyer, No. 127 (March/April 1989)

New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education:

Estate Planning for Non-Traditional Families
(March 2008)

Hot Tips in Family Law
(September 2008, September 2007, February 2005, March 2003)

Advanced Adoption Practice
(January 2006)

52nd Semi-Annual Tax & Estate Planning Forum
(December 2004)

New Issues in Adoption Practice
(November 2004)

51st Semi-Annual Tax and Estate Planning Forum
(June 2004)

The New Domestic Partnership Act
(March 2004, April 2004 and June 2004)

Estate Planning Issues in Matrimonial Law
(March 2003, December 1999, March 1998, February 1998, March 1997, February 1997)

Alternative Custody Arrangements Seminar
(January 2003)

48th Semi-Annual Tax and Estate Planning Forum (December 2002)

45th Semi-Annual Tax and Estate Planning Forum
(June 2001)

Adoption Practice: Update 1999
(May 1999)

New Jersey State Bar Association, Annual Meeting 1999, Hot Tips for Litigators: Don't Get Burned, Get Results

Children, Divorce & Custody Seminar
(November 1998)

Drafting & Negotiating Property Settlement Agreements: Doing It Right, Seminar
(October 1998, November 1998)

New Jersey State Bar Association, Annual Meeting 1998, Representing Unmarried Couples and Families

Skills and Methods Course, Family Law
(1987 - 1997, one to three times per year)

The New Custody Evaluation Guidelines Seminar
(May 1995)

Mock Trial of a Divorce Action Seminar
(October 1993)

Adoption Practice Seminar
(1988, 1989 - twice, 1991, 1992, May 1995, December 1997)

Matrimonial Appellate Practice Seminar
(1990 - three times, January 1994)

Matrimonial Motion Practice Seminar (1991)

Negotiating Child Custody Agreements Seminar
(1990 - three times)

Interstate and International Child Custody Seminar
(1992 - three times)

Speaker, What You Need to Know About Adoption
New Jersey State Bar Foundation (February 12, 2009)

Speaker, Meadowlands Seminar 2007
Matrimonial Law
Association of Trial Lawyers of America (October 20, 2007)

Calculating Alimony
Essex County Bar Association (April 12, 2007)

Presenter, New Jersey’s 25th Annual “Let’s Talk Adoption”
Conference, Concerned Persons for Adoption,
Rutgers University (November 4, 2006)

Hot Tips for Hot Litigators
New Jersey State Bar Association, Annual Meeting
(May 18, 2006)

Presenter, New Jersey’s 23rd Annual “Let’s Talk Adoption”
Conference, Concerned Persons for Adoption (November 2004)

Domestic Partnership Act
Union County Women Lawyers (September 29, 2004)
Avoid Tax Pitfalls in Dividing Marital Property, Essex County
Bar Foundation (September 30, 2003)

Trying a Custody Case Without an Expert, Essex County, Family
Law Section (September 26, 2002)

Workshop on Adoption, Jewish Family Services, Where do Babies Come From? (May 5, 1998 – three times)

A Training Program for Lawyers: How to Represent Victims of Domestic Violence; Vanguard Lawyers/Jewish Women Lawyers (November 13, 1997)

Workshop/Symposia, New Jersey Psychological Association, Bonding and Adoption (May 2, 1992)

Numerous speaking engagements to various professional
and civic groups

In the Matter of the Adoption of a Child by W.P. and M.P.,
163 N.J. 158 (2000)

Pacelli v. Pacelli, 319 N.J. Super. 185 (App. Div. 1999),
cert. denied 161 N.J. 147 (1999)

In re Adoption by P.S., 315 N.J. Super. 91 (App. Div. 1998)

Kinsella v. Kinsella, 150 N.J. 276 (1997)

Kinsella v. Kinsella, 287 N.J. Super. 305 (App. Div. 1996)

Smith v. Smith, 261 N.J. Super. 198 (Ch. Div. 1992)

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