Chacko, Elizabeth J.

Divorce Attorney Morris County Middlesex County New Jersey

Vincent P. Celli is a partner in the firm. His areas of practice are Family Law and related matters, Divorce, Custody, Adoptions, Municipal Court, Domestic Violence, Mediation, Arbitration and Appeals.

Mr. Celli has been in private practice since 1977. Prior to going into private practice, he served as the Law Clerk to the Honorable Neil G. Duffy, J.S.C., Superior Court of New Jersey, Family Division, Essex County from 1976 through 1977.

Mr. Celli was born in Brooklyn, New York on November 18, 1946. He attended Rutgers College where he graduated with a B.A., with distinction, in 1968. He also attended Seton Hall University where he graduated, cum laude, in 1976. Prior to attending law school, Mr. Celli served as a Major in the U.S. Army on active duty from 1969 through 1972, and in the reserves from 1972 through 1990. He was admitted to the bar of the state of New Jersey, 1976; U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey, 1978; District of Columbia, 1981; U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit, and U.S. Supreme Court, 1982. He has also been trained as an arbitrator and mediator by the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers.

His work has been reported in the cases of Neger v Neger 93 N.J. 15 (1983), Tweedly v Tweedly, 277 N.J. Super 246 (Ch. Div. 1994), and Chen v Chen, 297 N.J. Super. 480 (Ch. Div. 1997). In addition, he is the author of Matrimonial Arbitration- An Old Technique in a New Home New Jersey Lawyer- The Magazine, November/December 1993. He has also been an instructor with the American Institute for Paralegal Studies, 1979-1982; has lectured for the New Jersey Institute of Continuing Legal Education, Domestic Torts Update, 1995, Hot Tips in Family Law, 1990-1991; the Association of Trial Lawyers of America, Boardwalk Seminar, 1995, Matrimonial Trial Academy, 1991-1992, Peoples Law School, 1991; and his local Bar Associations.

Mr. Celli is proficient in Spanish and French.

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