Robert H. Goodwin
Member
Email: Goodwinlaw@optonline.net
Practice Areas: All Aspects of Family Law including but not limited to: Alimony; Child Support; Cohabitation Agreements; Child Custody; Divorce, Complex & Simple; Domestic Violence & Restraining Orders; Domestic Partnerships; Guardianship; Paternity Disputes; Post Divorce Modifications; Prenuptuals; Parenting Time Issues; Wills; Estates; Residential Real Estate Closings; and Mediation.
Admitted: 1976, New Jersey; 1977, U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey; U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit; U.S. Supreme Court
Education: Rutgers University, A.B., History, cum laude, 9/69-6/93; Tulane University, J.D., 9/73-6/76; Certification and Practicum in Divorce Mediation from the Institute for Dispute Resolution of New Jersey, 11/99; Continuing Legal Education in Issues Involving Family Law.
Member: Middlesex County (Member, Family Law Committee) and New Jersey State Bar Associations.
Biography: Phi Beta Kappa; Former Law Clerk to the Honorable Herman Breitkopf, Superior Court, State of New Jersey, County of Middlesex; Central Jersey Social Services, 1990-; Municipal Prosecutor, New Brunswick, 2000-present; Participating attorney for Legal Services of New Jersey, Volunteer Attorney Program; Former President of the Open Door, a United Way sponsored agency for the outpatient treatment of drug and alcohol addiction and abuse, 1982-1989; Court Approved, Family Law Economic Mediator, Somerset County, 2000-present; Court Appointed Attorney for Incompetent Persons, Middlesex County, 1982-present; Founder, Rutgers University Legal Clinic, 1983-present; Member, Condemnation Commission, Middlesex County, 1982-present; Instructor at the Institute for Paralegal Studies; Adjunct Professor, Middlesex County College, Business-Law, 2006.
Languages: Spanish.
References: Warren K. Racusin, Esq.; John V. Strong, Esq.; Reid Weinman, Esq.
Born: New York City, N.Y., April 18, 1951