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Amanda Trigg

Cohn Lifland Pearlman Herrmann & Knopf, LLP
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  • 250 Pehle Ave Ste 401
    Saddle Brook, NJ
    07663-5832
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Amanda Trigg is a family law attorney with over 25 years of experience representing clients in all phases of family law resolution, litigation, arbitration and mediation. Her clients include entrepreneurs, physicians, lawyers, artists, parents of special needs children, and grandparents and third parties seeking custody.

Education

Emory School of Law/ 1994/ JD

Admitted to Practice

Georgia/ 1994; New Jersey/ 1999; New York/ 1999

AAML Position(s) Held

National
  • 2022-23: Secretary, Executive Committee
  • 2021-22: Chair, Membership Committee
  • 2019-2021: Co-Chair, Hennenhoefer Council
  • Co-Chair, Admissions Standards & Procedures Committee
State
  • President of New Jersey Chapter, 2017-2018

Legal Organizations

  • President, AAML New Jersey Chapter
  • 2017-2018
  • Officer, AAML New Jersey Chapter, 2012-2019
  • Board, New Jersey Chapter, 2019-2022
  • IAFL-USA Counsel 2022-2024
  • IAFL-USA Parliamentarian 2020-2022
  • Chair, New Jersey State Bar Association Family Law Section, 2015-16
  • Officer, New Jersey State Bar Assn. Family Law Executive Committee, 2011 – present. Member, New Jersey State Bar Assn. Family Law Executive Committee, 2004- present
  • Chair of Legislation Sub-Committee, 2008-09 term, Co-chair 2007-09 term
  • Co-chair of Adoption Sub-committee 2005-2006, member 2004-2005
  • Member, Supreme Court of New Jersey Statewide Bench-Bar Liaison Committee on Family Division Standardization, 2006-2007.

CLE Presentations

  • Speaker, -The Future of Family Law: What the Trends Might Tell Us.” American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, Pennsylvania Chapter. November 2022. Speaker, -COVID Custody & Coparenting,” Hudson County Bar Association, May 2022. Moderator, -Trust but Verify: Investigative Tips for Asset Tracing.” American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, New Jersey Chapter. January 2022. Co-author, -Navigating the Use of Social Media by Family Law Attorneys and Our Clients,” New Jersey Family Lawyer, Vol. 40, No. 4, January 2022. Speaker, -The Future of Family Law,” American Bar Association Family Law Section, October 2021. see also www.amandatrigg.com Moderator, 2016 Family Law Symposium. New Jersey Institute of Continuing Legal Education, January 2016. Speaker, -Cohabitation and Alimony.” New Jersey Institute of Continuing Legal Education, January 2016. Moderator, -Unmasking Fraud in Matrimonial Litigation.” New Jersey Institute of Continuing Legal Education, November 2015. Speaker, -Take your Medicine: What you are expected to know and do to be competent” re: electronic information. American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, November 2015. Speaker, -The Second Time Around: Remarriage and Second Families.” New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education, August 2015. Speaker, -Family Law Summer Institute,” New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education, July 2015. Speaker, Family Law Bench/ Bar Conference, NJSBA Annual Meeting, New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education, May 2015. Speaker/ Moderator, -Marketing in the 21st Century,” American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, Annual Meeting, November 2014. Panelist, -Hot Tips in Family Law,” New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education, February 2005, September 2006, September 2007, October 2009, October 2010, October 2011, November 2012, November 2014. Moderator: November 2013. Speaker, -Equitable Distribution of Pensions and Retirement Plans,” National Business Institute, November 2014. Speaker, -New Alimony Law in New Jersey,” New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education, September 2014. Speaker, -Interplay of Family Law, Elder Law, Estate Planning and Real Estate,” New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education, August 2014. Moderator, Family Law Bench/ Bar Conference, NJSBA Annual Meeting, New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education, May 2014. Speaker, -The Best Part of the Case: Effective Utilization of a Lifestyle Analysis in Divorce” & -Women are Great Expert Witnesses: Embracing the Differences: Gaining the Advantage,” American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers & American Institute of Certified Public Accountants Divorce Conference, April 2014. Moderator, -Emancipated? The Rights of Young Adults & Parents in the Wake of the Rachel Canning Case,” Institute for Continuing Legal Education, April 2014. Speaker, -Alimony Update,” Family Law Symposium, New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education, January 2014. Speaker, -Family Law Update,” National Association of Certified Valuation Analysts, Advanced Matrimonial Litigation Symposium, December 2013. Speaker, -Executive Compensation: more than just the K-1,” American Institute of Certified Public Accountants’ Forensic & Valuation Services Conference, November 2013.
  • Moderator:  -Custody in the 21st Century,”  New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education, August and November 2013
  • Speaker, -Executive Compensation,” National Association of Certified Valuation Analysts, Annual Consultants’ Conference, June 2013
  • Moderator, -Winning and Losing in Relocation Cases,”  2013 NJSBA Annual meeting in conjunction with New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education, May 2013
  • Panelist, -Hot Tips in Family Law,” New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education, February 2005, September 2006, September 2007, October 2009, October 2010, October 2011, November 2012.  Moderator: November 2013
  •   Speaker, -Bankruptcy and Divorce,” Association of Divorce Financial Planners, 10th Annual Conference, September 2012
  •   Speaker, -Financial Planning – Guiding your clients through Divorce,”  New Jersey Society for Certified Public Accountants (Bergen County Chapter), September 2012
  •   -Relocation Update,” New Jersey Association For Justice Boardwalk Seminar, April 2012
  • -Business Valuation for Attorneys,” New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education, February 2012
  • -Yours, Mine and Not Ours: Children’s College Accounts,” 2012 Family Law Symposium. New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education, January 2012
  • Moderator, “Death after Divorce: Avoiding Custodial & Financial Pitfalls,” NJSBA Annual Meeting, May 2009
  • Moderator, “Beyond the Family Part,” New Jersey Institute of Continuing Legal Education, December 2008
  • Panelist, “Hot Tips in Family Law,” New Jersey Institute for continuing Legal Education, February 2005, September 2006 and September 2007
  • October 2009, October 2010, October 2011. Panelist, “Custody Conversations,” New Jersey State Bar Assn. Annual Meeting, May 2007
  • Moderator, Custody Basics, New Jersey Institute of Continuing Legal Education, August, October and December 2006
  • Speaker, “Law and the Libido” American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers Forum, (New Jersey Chapter), September 2006
  • Speaker, Family Law Symposium, New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education, January 2006
  • Speaker, “Family Law for Paralegals,” New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education, July 2005
  • Panelist, “Evidence for Family Lawyers (2005),” New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education, March 2005
  • Moderator, “Taxation for Family Lawyers (2004),” New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education, August 2004
  • Panelist, Family Law Retreat 2004, Young Lawyers’ Presentation, March 2004
  • Moderator, “Beyond the Family Part: What Matrimonial attorneys Need to Know about Bankruptcy, Immigration, Personal Injury, Taxation, Estate Planning and Disability Issues (2004),” New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education, February 2004
  • Speaker, “Assessing a Custody Case,” Bergen County Bar Assn., Family Law Committee, October 2002.

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