Michael Andrew Conte
I exclusively practice in the areas of Divorce and Family Law in New Jersey.
I help people with complex legal, financial, and personal issues during what is often the most traumatic times of their lives.
A worked as a Senior Probation Officer in Child Support Enforcement while attending Law School at night at Temple University, Beasley School of Law. In law school, I received various awards. I was a Law Faculty Scholar, a member of the prestigious Temple Law Review, and an award-winning member of the Moot Court Honor Society.
After law school, I clerked for two wonderful judges: the Hon. Mary Jacobson, who was the Presiding Judge of the Mercer County Family Part at the time of my clerkship and became the Mercer County Assignment Judge before retiring; and the Hon. Catherine Fitzpatrick, who was the Presiding Judge of the Mercer County Family Part before also retiring. I practiced Family Law at a distinguished New Jersey law firm for the decade following my clerkships, before establishing Conte Family Law LLC in 2021.
Conte Family Law LLC is focused exclusively on New Jersey Divorce and Family Law matters, including child custody, child support, spousal support, equitable distribution of assets and debts, and all other similar legal matters.
- Family Law
- Child Custody, Child Support, Father's Rights, Paternity, Restraining Orders, Same Sex Family Law
- Divorce
- Collaborative Law, Contested Divorce, Military Divorce, Property Division, Same Sex Divorce, Spousal Support & Alimony, Uncontested Divorce
- Domestic Violence
- Domestic Violence Restraining Orders, Victims Rights
- Child Custody
- Child Support
- Equitable Distribution
- Spousal Support
- New Jersey
- New Jersey Courts
- ID Number: 28532009
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- Pennsylvania
- Disciplinary Board of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
- ID Number: 306602
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- English: Spoken, Written
- Divorce and Family Law Attorney
- Conte Family Law LLC
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- Divorce and Family Law Attorney
- Ulrichsen Rosen & Freed LLC
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- Law Clerk to the Hon. Catherine Fitzpatrick, P.J.F.P.
- New Jersey State Judiciary
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- Law Clerk to the Hon. Mary Jacobson, P.J.F.P.
- New Jersey State Judiciary
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- Senior Probation Officer
- New Jersey State Judiciary, Probation, Child Support Enforcement
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- Temple University
- J.D. | Law
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- Honors: Temple Law Review Staff Member (2007-08) Moot Court Honor Society (2008-09) Best Brief, Samuel L. Polski Moot Court Competition (2008) Finalist, I. Herman Stern Moot Court Competition (2009)
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- Columbia University
- M.A. | Philosophy of Education
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- Rutgers University - New Brunswick/Piscataway
- B.A. | English, Philosophy
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- Honors: magna cum laude
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- Rising Star
- Super Lawyers Magazine
- Rising Star
- Super Lawyers Magazine
- Rising Star
- Super Lawyers Magazine
- Rising Star
- Super Lawyers Magazine
- Rising Star
- Super Lawyers Magazine
- New Jersey Bar Association
- Member
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- Mercer County Bar Association
- Member
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- Pennsylvania Bar Association # 306602
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- Q. Is financial infidelity considered grounds for divorce?
- A: Residents of New Jersey for at least one year before filing a complaint are able to obtain a divorce without cause for "irreconcilable differences," as long as those differences have existed for at least 6 months, and there is no reasonable prospect of your reconciliation. Basically, if you decide on your own that you want to divorce, you are able to obtain one without getting specific about why.
- Q. Can I still receive half of pension awarded from Divorce? Deceased & I are both Retired from NJDOC. Divorced 3/3/10
- A: It depends. Was the pension distributed in your Marital Settlement Agreement or Judgment of Divorce? Did you have a QDRO prepared after your divorce, to divide your interest in the pension? Did the pension plan allow for a beneficiary in case of his death? Did your ex-spouse select a pension option that provided you as a beneficiary? These are all important questions that you will need to sort out in order to determine whether you will receive a pension payment from your ex-spouse's payment. If you need help tracking this down and sorting it out, you should schedule a consultation with a qualified family law attorney.
- Q. Can alimony stop if your ex has been living with another man for 5 years. She tells people they are married.
- A: Alimony can be suspended or terminated in the event that the recipient is cohabitating with someone in a relationship akin to marriage. These are complex cases that require a careful approach. Your brother should have a consultation with a qualified matrimonial attorney immediately.
