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Anju D. Jessani, MBA, APM®

Accredited Professional Mediator

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Speaking & Training, Engagements & Events

 

New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education, 40-Hour Divorce Mediation Class, 5/5/10, Practice Management (also all prior Spring and Fall Classes starting Fall of 2005

 

NJAPM Annual Divorce Mediation Seminar, 4/17/10, "Making Five-Way Meetings Work" Panel Presenter

 

 

NJAPM 40-Hour Divorce Mediation Training Class, 3/13/10 & 3/21/10; Segments on Equitable Distribution, Domestic Violence & Practice Management (also all prior Spring and Fall Classes starting Spring of 2005)

 

NORWESCAP Career and Life Transitions Center, 10/29/09, Workshop on Divorce and Mediation

 

New Jersey Society of CPAs' Matrimonial Accounting & Litigation and Forensic - Interest Groups, 10/15/09, Panel Presenter on  Mediation Techniques

 

Association for Conflict Resolution of Greater New York, Annual Conference, 6/25/09, Workshop - Public Relations Initiatives & Marketing Ideas for the ADR Practitioner

 

New Jersey Alternate Dispute Resolution Day, Conference, 6/5/09, Family Case Consultation Presentation

 

Pohatcong School, 5/7/09, Presentation to Peace & Justice Student Peer Mediators

 

Hoboken High School, 4/1/09, Panelist for Career Day

 

 

WDVR Radio Show, 11/13/08, Interview on Real Life Adventures with Rita Cleary about "Divorce with Dignity"

 

Seton Hall Law School, 11/6/08, Panel Judge for Client Counseling Competition

 

New Jersey Alliance of Family Support Organizations, 2008 Annual Conference, 9/27/08, Moderator for "Board to Board" Round Table" 

 

Association for Conflict Resolution of Greater New York, Annual Conference, 6/27/08, Workshop - Marketing 101 - A Primer for New Mediators

 

Rutgers Law School Mediation Class, 6/9/08, Panel Presenter on Family & Divorce Mediation Techniques

 

NJAPM Annual Conference, 11/3/07, Workshop - Marketing 101 - A Primer for New Mediators

 

New Jersey Family Court Mediators' Meeting, Sponsored by the Administrative Office of the Courts, 10/19/07, Advanced Mediation Techniques

 

Association for Conflict Resolution of Greater New York, Annual Conference, 6/15/07, Panelist for Quality Assurance in Mediation: NY, NJ, PA & CT

 

Rutgers Law School Mediation Class, 6/12/07, Panel Presenter on Family & Divorce Mediation Techniques

 

New Jersey State Bar Association - Annual Atlantic City Conference, 5/16/07, Panel Discussion on State of ADR in NJ

 

New Jersey Alternate Dispute Resolution Day Conference, 4/12/07, Civil Mediation Role Play, the Prosando Case

 

Association of Family and Conciliation Courts, New York Chapter, Annual Conference, 12/1/06, Panel Workshop on "Race, Gender and Economics: Who's Got the Power?"

 

NJAPM Annual Conference, 11/4/06, Opening Remarks & State of the Organization

 

New Jersey Family Court Mediators' Meeting, Sponsored by Hudson County, 5/8/06, Issues and Techniques for Court Mediators

 

Seton Hall Law School, Family Mediation Class, 4/18/06, Panel Presenter on Mediation Techniques

 

Hunterdon County Peer Mediation Group, 2/14/06, Woody Mosten's Approach to Case Consultation (and most subsequent monthly meetings)

 

Montclair State University, Graduate Course in Dispute Resolution, 11/15/05, Financial Aspects of Divorce Mediation

 

NJAPM Annual Conference, 11/12/05, Opening Remarks & State of the Organization

 

New Jersey Alternate Dispute Resolution Day Conference, 10/23/05, Divorce Mediation Panel - Cases That Didn't Settle

 

Hunterdon County, Educational Services Commission, 10/10/05, Divorce Mentors Training with Resource Specialists, Separation, Divorce & Mediation

 

Association for Conflict Resolution of Greater New York, Annual Conference, 6/17/05, The Practice of Family Mediation: Perspectives and Visions from Within

 

Monmouth University, Communications Department Class, 4/13/05, Overview of Mediation

 

Christ Hospital/Jersey City, 3/7/05, Overview of Divorce and Divorce Mediation

 

NJAPM Advanced Civil Mediation Techniques Seminar, 2/12/05; Business Side of Court Annexed Mediation Programs

 

Speeches, News & Events

Anju D. Jessani/Divorce with Dignity Mediation Services: "In the News" - Click Links for Full Articles

Comments Regarding Economic Aspects of Family Law Mediation Program, 1/10/09:  I am pleased to submit my comments in response to Judge Hansbury’s letter dated December 9, 2008... Implement Random and Rotating Assignments of Mediators... The Court Should Maintain a Unified, Statewide and Professionally Integrated Roster...  PDF Format

News Release, 7/21/08:  Anju D. Jessani of Divorce with Dignity Mediation Services of Clinton & Hoboken, recognized by NJ Biz as Top 20 NJ Family/Divorce Mediator...  HTML Format; PDF Format

North Jersey Record, 6/22/08, "There's Very Little Easy About E-Z Pass" by John Cichowski:  An example of Anju D. Jessani's ability to persevere for a solution - "surrender is anathema."  While not directly about mediation, it shows how she will help you continue to explore options when you feel the well has run dry...  PDF Format

Press Release for NJAPM November 3, 2007, 14th Annual Conference, from PR.com: Anju D. Jessani to conduct Marketing 101 for Mediators workshop... PDF Format

RealSavvyMoms.com, Summer 2007, The Effect of Divorce on Children by Elaine Stillerman, LMT: Summary of roundtable discussion with Anju D. Jessani, Mediator, two divorced parents, and a psychotherapist... HTML Format

New Jersey Law Journal, 7/16/07, "Divorce Mediation Centers Subject to Lawyer Ethics Rules, Committee Says" by Henry Gottlieb:  Anju Jessani, president of the mediation association, says the group asked for guidance after members noticed how certain multi-professional practices worked and wondered whether they could adopt those models... PDF Format

Press Release, 2/27/07, New Jersey State Bar Association  by Barbara S. Straczynksi:  Anju D. Jessani was recognized by the NJSBA at a ceremony at the NJ Law Center on February 23, 2007 for her work on S-1467 (Irreconcilable Differences Bill)...  HTML Format/NJSBA Site; PDF Format

NJBiz, 1/22/07, "Free-Hours Rule Seen As an Unfair Burden" by Yvonne Darling: “I’ve never heard of a surgeon paying for the first three hours of surgery,” says Anju Jessani, referring to a rule that many mediators like her consider unfair... PDF Format Online; PDF Format Print

Written Testimony Before the Senate Judiciary Committee in Support of S-1467, the Irreconcilable Differences Divorce Bill, 11/13/06:  This bill will not increase the divorce rate.  Rather, it will facilitate the pathway for more a more peaceful divorce process, including the use of mediation...  PDF Format

The Times (Trenton), 7/31/06, "Couples Find Breaking Up Hard to Do, Even with No-fault Divorce; Seeking a Way Out, Without Recriminations" by Linda Stein: After five years, Selina Penn-King wanted out of her marriage... But when a judge did not accept the reasons she and her soon-to-be ex-husband put forth, the couple had to open their relationship to scrutiny... HTML Format 

New Jersey Law Journal, 6/26/06, "Pay Mediators From the Get-go" by Anju D. Jessani:  Mediators provide three free hours for each case referred by Superior Court presiding judges. But, according to a court study, the average number of billable hours per case is only 1.43 hours.  NJAPM has an alternative proposal for compensation...  PDF Format

 

NJAPM Letter to Assembly Sponsors in Support of A-483, the Irreconcilable Differences Divorce Bill, 5/3/06:  NJAPM is in full support of this change in divorce law which will make the divorce process less acrimonious, increase the use of mediation... and reduce the burden of contested divorces on our court system...  PDF Format

 

New Jersey Law Journal, 4/17/06, "Working It Out - ADR for Homeowner Associations Makes Sense" by Anju D. Jessani:  Disputes involving homeowners' associations often lead to costly and time-consuming litigation.  That is why the NJAPM supports the dispute resolution process in the proposed New Jersey Uniform Common Interest Ownership...  PDF Format

 

Hunterdon County Democrat, 1/5/06, "Divorce Leads to Career as Conflict Mediator" by Rachael Brickman: Anju Jessani knows how to turn lemons into lemonade, turning a difficult time into a new career... HTML Format

 

Hunterdon Voice, 10/27/05-11/2/05:  "Anju D. Jessani Starts Term as President of New Jersey Association of Professional Mediators":  NJAPM, with nearly 350 members, is the state's largest mediation organization, and the only mediation association with its own accreditation process...  PDF Format

 

Hunterdon County Democrat, 10/27/05, "People Making News On the Job":  Anju Jessani started her term as President of NJAPM on Oct. 1...  HTML Format; PDF Format

 

New Jersey Law Journal, 8/22/05, "Mediators Mixed on Pay Proposal for First 3 Hours" by Mary P. Gallager:  A proposal to raise the pay of court-referred mediators from nothing to $100 an hour for the first three hours is working its way through the system... HTML Format; PDF Format

 

Hunterdon County Democrat, 2/24/05,"Divorce-Mediation Practice Opens An Office In Clinton":  Anju D. Jessani has expanded her divorce-mediation practice, opening an office at 42 Main St...  HTML Format; PDF Format

 

Princeton Packet, 11/30/04, "Untying the Knot" by Diane Landis Hackett:  Behind the scenes, divorce mediators can make the best of a painful situation... HTML Format; PDF Format

 

Realtor Magazine, 2/1/04,  "Selling: Divorcing Sellers" by Barbara Ballinger:  When Darryl Bodle II represented a divorced couple in the sale of their once happy home, the experience was somewhat reminiscent of the 1989 movie War of the Roses...   HTML Format; PDF Format

 

Lawyers Weekly USA, 7/23/01,  "Can Grandparents, Others Get Visitation?  State Courts Are in Disarray" by Sheila Creaton Kelly:  Where grandparents can obtain visitation over the parents' objections, this state statute is constitutional, says West Virginia's highest court in the latest ruling on an issue that is sharply splitting the state courts...  HTML Format

New York Post, 9/1/00, "$20M Isn't Enough for Exec's Ex-Wife" by Jeane McIntosh: Spurned corporate wife Lorna Wendt — who snagged an eye-popping $20 million in her 1997 divorce settlement from former General Electric CEO Gary Wendt — is determined to go hack to the till for more... HTML Format

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Clinton: (908) 303-0396

 

Hoboken: (201) 217-1090

 

Fax: (201) 217-1220

 

Email: ajessani@dwdmediation.org

 

 
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