About
Megan Hodes joined Lesnevich, Marzano-Lesnevich, O’Cathain & O’Cathain, LLC as an companion inside the summer season of 2018. Megan turned into born and raised in Bergen County in which she maintains to reside these days.
Before attending law faculty, Megan earned her diploma in Paralegal Studies from New York University in 2009 and labored as a Matrimonial Paralegal for 2 years. That experience helped Megan comprehend she wanted to commit her existence to human beings struggling via difficult instances.
During her first yr of law college, Megan interned for Volunteer Lawyers for Justice/Newark Re-Entry Legal Services (VLJ/ReLeSe) wherein she utilized her information of circle of relatives regulation to prepare court docket filings for previously incarcerated people and to assist in the coordination and management of 3 (three) Pro Se Family Motion clinics. While in regulation faculty, Megan received the Pro Bono Justice Award for Extraordinary Service due to her paintings at VLJ/ReLeSe, the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office, the New York County District Lawyer’s Office and the USA Lawyer’s Office for the District of New Jersey. Throughout her regulation faculty revel in, Megan purposely obtained internships and externships that would yield as a good deal court experience as feasible. As former President of the Boston University American Parliamentary Debate Association and player of several moot court docket competitions in law college, Megan has devoted her existence to being capable of successfully argue her role, that's of the utmost significance when handling touchy and/or complex circle of relatives regulation subjects.
Upon graduating from law school, Megan finished a clerkship for the Honorable Teresa Kondrup Coyle, Superior Court Judge of Monmouth County. During her clerkship, Megan assisted Judge Kondrup Coyle with DCPP topics (previously called DYFS) and her publish-judgment movement calendar. After completing her clerkship, Megan worked in personal exercise in Monmouth County earlier than returning to Bergen County and joining LMLOO.
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Legal Issues
- Divorce
- Collaborative Law, Contested Divorce, Military Divorce, Property Division, Same Sex Divorce, Spousal Support & Alimony, Uncontested Divorce
- Family Law
- Adoption, Child Custody, Child Support, Father s Rights, Guardianship & Conservatorship, Paternity, Prenups & Marital Agreements, Restraining Orders, Same Sex Family Law
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Accepted Jurisdictions
Experience
- Associate
Lesnevich, Marzano-Lesnevich, O Cathain & O Cathain, LLC
2018 - Associate
Sherwood & Johnson, LLC
2017 - Associate
Silverman and Roedel, LLC
2016 - Law Clerk
Ocean County Prosecutor s Office
2015 - Paralegal
Law Office of Claire Scully, Esq.
2014 - Law Clerk to Honorable Teresa Kondrup Coyle, J.S.C.
Superior Court of Monmouth County - Family Division
2013 - Legal Intern
Essex County Prosecutor s Office - Narcotics Unit
2013 - Legal Intern
United States Lawyer s Office, District of New Jersey
2012 - Legal Intern
New York County District Lawyer s Office
2012 - Legal Intern
Essex County Prosecutor s Office - Juvenile Justice Division
2012 - Legal Intern
City of Newark Municipal Prosecutor s Office
2011 - Legal Intern
Volunteer Lawyers for Justice/Newark Re-entry Legal Services (VLJ/ReLeSe)
2011 - Legal Intern
Essex County Prosecutor s Office - Appellate Division
2011 - Matrimonial Paralegal
Law Office of Veronica M. Davis, Esq.
2008
Educations
Graduation year: 2011
Graduation year: 2010
Graduation year: 2003
