Lee, J. Jeffrey

Joanne Ventura has been practicing in New Jersey since 1979. Her practice focuses in the areas of Family Law, Divorce, Wills, Trusts, Estate Planning, Elder Law and Business law. For four years she was a Master in the Thomas S. Forkin Family Law Inns of Court. She regularly appears in Camden and Burlington County as a Matrimonial Early Settlement Panelist assisting other attorneys and litigants in resolving their divorce litigation. She has also been actively involved in the South Jersey Legal Services Private Attorney (Pro Bono) Involvement Program. Our law firm has been honored by Legal Services of New Jersey with an Equal Access to Justice Medal.

Ms. Ventura is trained as a Divorce and Family Law Mediator and regularly is called on to help people reach fair and cost-effective settlements, that capacity. She presently serves on the panel of mediators for the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of New Jersey and for the New Jersey Superior Court, Family Part.

Ms. Ventura has served as a Court appointed guardian on several occasions. She regularly handles real estate transactions, Estate litigation, guardianships and incompetency proceedings. She is a regular speaker before the local chapter of the American Society of Certified Financial Planners on various topics related to her practice and expertise.

She is a past-President of Cerebral Palsy of New Jersey (Advancing Opportunities,) a statewide not-for-profit organization serving the needs of individuals with a wide variety of disabilities. She also serves, and is Chair of the Board of Directors of the non-profit Moorestown School of Music, South Jersey's Suzuki School.