ON APRIL 1, 1996 Bonnie Reiss, Patricia Apy, and I formed Paras, Apy & Reiss, a Professional Corporation for the Practice of Family Law. We founded our firm on three guiding principles.
First, all divorces are unique and require an approach specifically tailored to their unique characteristics. Second, communication between lawyer and client is essential to achieving the client’s goals in a fair and reasonable manner. Third, there is no substitute for preparation. We are committed to knowing the case better than anyone else in the room, whether it’s a conference room or a courtroom.
Twenty years and nearly two thousand cases later, we are as committed to these principals, in providing effective professional representation to family law clients, as we were when we began. Over the years our partners and associates have represented clients throughout New Jersey and in several states and foreign countries in a variety of matters ranging from large asset divorces to high conflict custody cases and just about everything in between.
We have resolved cases through negotiation, mediation, arbitration, trial and appeal. Frequently clients are referred to us by other lawyers or come to us on their own because of our reputation for being unafraid of legal challenges that may overwhelm other lawyers. When a client brings his or her case to us it is generally because of our reputation for professional advocacy, our experience, and our commitment to our founding principles.
Firm lawyers are members of many professional organizations, including the prestigious American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers and the International
Academy of Family Lawyers, as well as the American Bar Association, the New Jersey State Bar Association, several county bar associations, and the American Inns of Court. And many prestigious designations have come our way through selection by our peers.
Martindale Hubbell lists us a Preeminent Law Firm and U.S. News and World Reports included Paras, Apy & Reiss, P.C. in its list of Best Law Firms in Family Law. Individual firm lawyers have been listed in Best Lawyers in America, designated Super Lawyer by New Jersey Monthly Magazine, achieved the highest professional rating by Martindale Hubbell, and certified by the Supreme Court of New Jersey as Approved Mediator and Matrimonial Law Attorney.
It has been a rewarding twenty years of providing quality legal services to family law clients. We look forward to doing the same for many more years to come.
