Our Staff

Managing Partner


  • Practice Areas: Real Estate; Estate Planning; Wills, Trusts and Estates and Corporations; Limited Liability Companies; Partnerships; and Banking.


Joel G. Cohen
joel@flanzbaumcohen.com
  • Background: Born Springfield, Massachusetts, May 16, 1958; admitted to bar, 1985, New Jersey and U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey.
  • Education: Bentley College (B.S., Business Management, with highest honors, 1980); Suffolk University (J.D., 1985).
  • Associations: President, Warren Business & Professional Association, 1995 - 2003, 2007-Present. Vice President: Jewish Federation of Somerset, Hunterdon and Warren Counties, 1997-2001. Vice President, 1996-1998 and President, 1998-1999, Warren-Watchung Rotary.
  • Memberships: Somerset County, New Jersey State and American Bar Associations.



Of Counsel

Michele E. D'Onofrio
mdonofrio@flanzbaumcohen.com


  • Practice Areas: Litigation and mediation of family law matters, including divorce, custody, support, domestic violence, prenuptial agreements, juvenile delinquency, and other family-related issues; and Municipal Court matters.


  • Background: Born Newark, New Jersey, Nov. 12, 1958; Admitted New Jersey Bar and U.S. Court District of New Jersey, 1991; admitted to U.S. Surpreme Court 2007.
  • Education: Caldwell College (B.A. magna cum laude. Kappa Gamma Pi National Honor Society 1986); Rutgers School of Law, (J.D. 1991); Family Law Mediator, New Jersey Institute for Consulting Legal Education.
  • Associations: Warren Municipal Prosecutor 2002-2007; Warren Public Defender 1998-2001.
  • Memberships: New Jersey State Bar Association, Family Law Section; Somerset County Bar Association, Family Law Committee,  Co-Chair 2004; Municipal Courts Committee; Judge, Mock Trial Competitions; Secretary, Vicinage 13 Women's Bar Association; Panelist, Somerset County Early Settlement Panel; Executive Committee Member, Family Law Inn of Court; Women's Resource Center Volunteer Attorney, Mass Disaster Quick Response Team, Volunteer Attorney.
  • Reported Decisions: Mackinnon v. Mackinnon,  191 N.J. 240 (2007) Docket No. 9-114-06, decided 2007-6-11.

 



Gerald A. Flanzbaum
gerry@flanzbaumcohen.com


  • Memberships: Plainfield (President, 1969-1971), Union County, Somerset County (Chair, Real Estate Committee, 1991-1994; 1995-1999), New Jersey State and American Bar Associations.
  • Practice Areas: Retired.


  • Background: Born Plainfield, N.J., Dec. 12, 1936; Admitted to bar, 1961, New Jersey; U.S District Court, District of New Jersey; 1969, U.S. Supreme Court.
  • Education: Lafayette College (A.B.,1958); New York University (LL.B., 1961). Phi Delta Phi.
  • Associations: Municipal Prosecutor, Warren Township, 1974 - 2001. Condemnation Commissioner; Court Appointed Special Fiscal Agent. President, Kirby Society of Government and Law. President, Jewish Federation of Central Jersey, 1982-1984. Chairman, New Jersey Advisory Board, Anti Defamation League of B'nai B'rith, 1986-1988. Chair, New Jersey Advisory Council on Holocaust Education, 1982-1992. Chair, New Jersey Commission on Holocaust & Genocide, 1992-1994. Vice-Chair, New Jersey Holocaust Victims Commission, 1990 --. Member, New Jersey Israel Commission, 1988 --. Honorary Life Commissioner, Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith National Commission, 1989 --.



Legal Staff
Judy Nadeau

Judy joined Flanzbaum & Cohen, LLC in 1992. She is a paralegal/ secretary and concentrates on real estate transactions, Corporate and general matters.

Janet Weaver

Janet has been with Flanzbaum & Cohen, LLC since 1998. She is a paralegal and devotes her time to real estate transactions, litigations, and general matters.

Marie Santucci

Marie came to Flanzbaum & Cohen, LLC in 1997. She is a paralegal with an emphasis on wills and trusts, litigation, corporate and general matters.
Donna Cullinane

Donna has been with Flanzbaum & Cohen, LLC since 2007.  She is a paralegal with the family law department.


 

 


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