Janell Weinstein – New Jersey Family Law Attorney

Janell Weinstein is an active member of the family law community. She currently serves as a volunteer panelist in the Matrimonial Early Settlement Panel program in Bergen County Family Part in the Superior Court of New Jersey, and is also a Master in the New Jersey Barry Croland Family Law Inns of Court. She previously volunteered at the Women’s Rights Information Center in Englewood, New Jersey giving legal guidance to women contemplating divorce or dealing with family matters.

Janell is admitted to practice in the State of New Jersey, the State of New York, United States District Court, District of New Jersey and United States District Court, Southern District of New York. She is a member of the New Jersey State Bar Association, and a member of the Family Law Committee of the Bergen County Bar Association. She served on the Fee Arbitration Committee for three years and has been a panel member for matrimonial seminars conducted by the New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education. Janell is also a member of Jewish Bar Association of New Jersey.

Janell has a distinct ability to explain legal principles in a way that people can understand. With her energetic personality, she is often called to give her expert opinion on television and radio. Janell appears as a guest commentator for Court TV and Your World with Neil Cavuto on Fox News.
She also appeared on Fox and Friends, CNN, HLN, Inside Edition, The Bill Cunningham Show, WPIX- NY, TruTV, LXTV-NBC and Daybreak (formerly GMTV) in the United Kingdom.

Janell was a legal correspondent for the “Vinnie & Me” show on Sirius/XM and discussed current legal issues on various radio programs such as 77 WABC with Rita Cosby. As a frequent guest on “The Ralphie Radio Show” which aired on 97 BHT in Pennsylvania and 92 ProFM in Rhode Island, she would talk about celebrity legal issues. As a guest on “The World of TJ McCormack” on LaTalkRadio.com, she discussed pop culture issues and family matters.

In addition to her television and radio appearances, Janell was a writer and contributing legal expert for FirstWivesWorld.com, a website that focused exclusively on family and divorce issues. She has been interviewed by many print media outlets to give her legal opinion. Janell has been quoted in newspapers such as the San Francisco Chronicle and Bergen Record.

Janell was born in London, England. She received a B.A. from Rutgers University, Douglass College. While in college, she was an Intern for the Northeast Midwest Congressional Coalition in Washington D.C., attending Congressional hearings and markups of legislation, and performing extensive research and written analysis of legislative issues at that time. Janell had unique experience, early on, to see and develop an understanding of the legislative process first hand.

After college, Janell attended Hofstra University School of Law where she was awarded a Juris Doctor. Upon receiving her law degree, she served as a judicial law clerk for the Honorable Jonathan N. Harris, in the Criminal Part of the Superior Court in New Jersey where she also mediated small claims and landlord tenant matters. Janell’s law clerk experience provided her insight to the workings of the court system and an understanding of New Jersey law and procedure. This experience has remained valuable throughout her legal career.

In her free time, Janell enjoys traveling and spending time with her family and friends.