Hillary Piedra – NJ Family Law Attorney

  Of Counsel

  Office: Parsippany, Morris County

Email: Hillary@wlg.com

Hillary Piedra is Of Counsel at Weinberger Divorce & Family Law Group, LLC. As a family law attorney, Hillary places great priority on understanding her clients’ unique circumstances and goals in their matters so that she can help them design solutions that truly match their needs, and the needs of their children.

A skilled, compassionate listener, Hillary guides her clients through all their legal options by offering straightforward advice and options while ultimately providing her recommended course of action for safeguarding their rights and future. Hillary’s clients appreciate her clear, understandable communication style.

While many disputes can be resolved amicably through negotiation or mediation, Hillary is a fierce advocate for her clients when Family Court is the best or only option for protecting their interests. Her exemplary skills include an unparalleled sensitivity to the needs of her clients, thorough attention-to-detail, and a drive to provide the highest level of legal representation possible. At all times during her clients’ matters, she works diligently to provide her clients with peace of mind.

Hillary exclusively focuses her practice on family law matters, including but not limited to, divorce, child custody, parenting time, domestic violence, alimony, equitable distribution, post-dissolution and other matrimonial matters. In addition to representing clients in contested matters, Hillary also represents clients in a full array of post-judgment matters, including property or marital settlement agreement enforcement, college contribution disputes, modifications of alimony or child support and appeals from unfavorable judgments. Additionally, she assists clients in negotiating prenuptial agreements to protect premarital assets, income, family assets and future inheritances.

Hillary has prior legal experience handling residential real estate law. Her family law knowledge coupled with her understanding of real estate legal procedure has helped her guide her clients through the division of assets, including real property.

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Hillary received her Juris Doctorate from Nova Southeastern University Shepard Broad Law Center in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. During her law school career, she served as secretary of her school’s Family Law Society and focused her studies primarily in the family law realm. Hillary clerked for the Honorable Judge Thomas M. Lynch, VI of the 17th Judicial Circuit, where she gained a better insight of different areas of substantive law and procedural issues that helped shape her knowledge of the legal field and pushed her in the direction of practicing family law.

Hillary is a member of the Young Lawyer’s Division of the New Jersey State Bar Association, the Essex County Bar Association and the Morris County Bar Association.

Outside of the legal realm, Hillary enjoys spending time with her husband and teaching Spin classes.

Awards

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Areas of Practice:

  • Family and Matrimonial Law
  • Divorce and Legal Separations
  • Dissolution of Domestic Partnerships/Civil Unions and Same Sex Marriages
  • Child Custody
  • Visitation and Parenting Time
  • Child Support
  • Alimony and Palimony
  • Division of Assets - Equitable Distribution
  • Pre and Post-Nuptial Agreements
  • Emancipation
  • Division of Child Protection and Permanency (DCP&P -formerly DYFS)
  • Modification of Custody
  • Modification of Child Support
  • Modification, Reduction or Termination of Alimony
  • Enforcement of Custody
  • Enforcement of Child Support
  • Enforcement of Alimony
  • Paternity
  • Domestic Violence Matters
  • Post Divorce Matters
  • Relocation out of the State of New Jersey with a child

Bar Admissions:

State of New Jersey
State of Pennsylvania

Education:

Nova Southeastern University Shepard Broad Law Center, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, J.D.
University of Central Florida, B.A.

Professional Associations and Memberships:

New Jersey State Bar Association, Young Lawyer’s Division
Essex County Bar Association
Morris County Bar Association

Pro Bono / Volunteer Activities:

Speaker, New Jersey Bar Association at P.S. 15 in Paterson, NJ

Hillary Piedra is located in our Parsippany, Morris County office. To schedule an initial consultation with Hillary, please call (888) 888-0919 or click to schedule online.