New Jersey Divorce Lawyer

                                      BIO OF ERIC S. SOLOTOFF, ESQ.

Eric Solotoff has been Certified by the Supreme Court of New Jersey as a Matrimonial Law
Attorney.

From the time that he began practicing, Eric Solotoff has concentrated his practice on family
law litigation and related matters including matrimonial actions, appeals, child custody,
alimony and child support, paternity, grandparent visitation, domestic violence and the
negotiation and preparation of pre-nuptial, separation, and property settlement agreements.
Additionally, his LL.M. in taxation provides a unique background for dealing with both simple
and complex financial matters. Mr. Solotoff has also completed the American Bar Association’
s Family Law Trial Advocacy Institute. He is quite familiar with current technology and
software and attempts to incorporate it into his practice, whenever possible, to provide the
best result attainable for the client. In addition, he has been involved in more than 30
appellate matters during his career including reported decisions in Crews v. Crews, Moriarty
v. Bradt, Wilde v. Wilde, Brawer v. Brawer and Eaton v. Grau. Mr. Solotoff has achieved an
AV rating from Martindale-Hubbell which indicates very high to preeminent legal ability and
very high ethical standards as established by confidential opinions from members of the Bar.
He has also received an AV rating from Martindale-Hubbell and has been recognized by his
peers for inclusion in the New Jersey Super Lawyers Rising Stars Edition which was published
in the August 2006 New Jersey Monthly Magazine, will be included in the April 2007 New
Jersey Monthly Magazine as a Super Lawyer, the 10 Leaders program in Matrimonial Law
in New Jersey Under the Age of 45 as well as the 10 Under 40 Program for Family and
Matrimonial Law.

Mr. Solotoff is a member of the American Bar Association and New Jersey Bar Association,
Family Law Sections. He is also a member of the Morris, Essex and Bergen County Bar
Associations. He serves on the Executive Committee of the Essex County Bar Association.
He is also a Master in the New Jersey Family Law Inns of Court. Mr. Solotoff has served as
a panelist for the Essex, Morris, Bergen and Union County Matrimonial Early Settlement
Panels. He has also lectured on family law and related topics to judges at Judicial College,
before the bar groups as well as in law school and paralegal training classes. Mr. Solotoff has
also served as a judge for Rutgers Law School’s Moot Court competition.

Mr. Solotoff is married and the father of one.

Bar Admissions:
·        New Jersey, 1992
·        Pennsylvania 1992
·        Colorado, 1993
·        District of Columbia, 1993
·        United States Supreme Court, 2003

Education:
·        Widener University School of Law. LL.M. in Taxation, 1994

·        Widener University School of Law, J.D., 1992

·        State University of New York at Albany, B.A. 1989, cum laude
Major: Psychology
Minor: Business and Psychology

·        American Bar Association Family Law Trial Advocacy Institute May 2001

Professional Affiliations:

·        American Bar Association,
  Family Law Section
  Law Practice Management Section
  Litigation Section

·        New Jersey State Bar Association,
  Family Law Section

·        Morris County Bar Association
  Family Law Committee

·        Essex County Bar Association
  Family Law Section

·        Bergen County Bar Association
  Family Law Section

·        Northern New Jersey Family Law Inns of Court -Master

·        American Trial Lawyers of America – New Jersey, Family Law Section

Committees:

·        Essex County Bar Association Family Law Executive Committee (2001- present)
  -Program Committee co-chair (2001 – 2002)

·        American Bar Association Family Law Section
  -Vice-chair of the Law Practice Management Committee (2002 – 2005)

·        American Bar Association Family Law Section
  Vice-chair of the Bankruptcy Committee (2005 – present)

·        American Bar Association Litigation Section
  -Appellate Practice Committee, Bar Liaison Subcommittee (2002 – 2003)

·        Essex County Non-Dissolution Planning Committee,
  -Bar Association Designee (2001 – 2003)

·        Essex-Newark Legal Services Board of Trustees (2001 – 2003)

Reported Decisions:

·        Crews v. Crews, 164 N.J. 11 (2000) (standard of living as it relates to alimony)

·        Moriarty v. Bradt, 177 N.J. 84 (2003) (grandparent visitation) (A Petition for Certiorari
is pending in the United States Supreme Court.)

·        Wilde v. Wilde, 337 N.J. Super. 1 (App. Div. 2001) (grandparent visitation)

·        Brawer v. Brawer, 329 N.J. Super. 273 (App. Div. 2000) (the enforceability of an oral
settlement agreement)

·        Eaton v. Grau, 368 N.J. Super. 215 (App. Div. 2004) ("hold harmless" provision in
parties' property settlement agreement did not require ex-husband to remove ex-wife's name
from the mortgage)

Lectures/Presentations:

·        Judicial College, Alimony presentation, November 2001

·        Essex County Bar Association Family Law Section, Seminar on Wiretap, Invasion of
Privacy and computer related issues, Spring 2001

·        Family Law Inns of Court, Trial Preparation and Trial Notebook Presentation, Spring
2001, Spring 2003, Spring 2005

PUBLICATIONS:

·        Law in the Fifty States, (contributor to New Jersey report), ABA Family Law Quarterly,
1994-1995, 1995-1996, 2001-2002, 2002-2003, 2004-2005, 2005-2006, 2006-2007 (presently in
the works)

HONORS:

·        AV Rating, Martindale Hubbell

·        New Jersey Super Lawyers -Selected for inclusion in 2007 edition

·        New Jersey Super Lawyers Rising Stars Edition for Family Law, August 2006

·        10 Leaders in Family Law in New Jersey Under the Age of 45

·        10 Under 40 in Family and Matrimonial Law

·        Recognized as Morris County Achiever in Applause section of the November 17, 2004
Daily Record

·        Honored Member, American Registry of Outstanding Professionals, 2003-2005