Attorney Mediator
Founding Partner
Shelley Albert, Esq. received her BA cum laude and law degree from Temple University in Philadelphia. After graduating in 1990, she was an Assistant District Attorney in the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office in New York City. During her tenure as an Assistant District Attorney for Robert Morgenthau, Shelley investigated and prosecuted hundreds of serious felony cases and handled jury trials to verdict. She handled every aspect of criminal justice practice, from victim witness interviews, case investigation, Grand Jury investigations and presentations, authorizing decisions about just resolutions, and trials in the Manhattan Supreme Court. Her caseload was extremely varied, including narcotics, fraud, robbery, sex crimes, and homicides.
Since 1995, Shelley has focused her practice on Family and Criminal litigation including Domestic Violence, International disputes, Hague jurisdictional matters, International Parental Kidnapping and Abductions, (IPK) and she has successfully defended her clients in Title IX matters. Shelley is an extremely experienced litigator, having tried over 100 jury trials during the course of her career. Shelley has a concentration on International Parental Abduction and Hague matters in both the Federal and State systems, and she has assisted parents in the return of their abducted children from both Hague Convention and non-convention countries. Shelley has also provided expert testimony concerning our Family Court system in foreign jurisdictions and is called upon to teach Continuing Legal Education courses for other attorneys in her practice areas.
More About Shelley
Shelley is a member of the bars of New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, the Federal District Court in New Jersey, the First and Second Federal Districts in New York, and the United States Supreme Court.
In addition to her practice, Shelley volunteers her services for Northeast New Jersey Legal Services of New Jersey, and she has acted as a mentor for young attorneys.
Frequent Guest appearances:
- Court T.V.
- MSNBC
- and other media
Additional television appearances:
- CNBC
- Fox News
Yale Mock Trial Competition Judge
Accolades
Shelley has been recognized with several awards including the National Trial Lawyers Top 100 Women Trial Layers and Top Attorneys of North America for 2020, 2000 Women of 2000, Top 20 Attorneys in Bergen County, New Jersey, ‘Ten Best’ of Family Law attorneys in 2015 and 2016, 2017, Top Attorneys of North America 2018, and in 2019 awarded the VIP distinction, Super Lawyers and the Boy Scouts of America Professional Good Scout Award.
Shelley is also a Mensa Member.
Selected Representations
- Representation of a litigant in a successful argument before the Supreme Court of New Jersey, modifying the law on trusts and divorce.
- Successful representation of a high-ranking Member of Service and public official defending against domestic violence allegations.
- Representation of left behind parents seeking to secure the return of their abducted children from both Hague and non-Hague countries successfully coordinated FBI, Prosecution, foreign law enforcement, and the United States State Department.
- Representation of company executives in a New York State and Federal tax prosecution.
- Successful representation of a ranked Police Officer involving allegations of sex crimes against a minor.
- Successful representation of physician in securing the return of his professional license and defending against sexual assault allegations.
- Representation of police officer accused in multi-year multi-million-dollar pension and social security fraud matter, securing a non-pros
- Representation of professional actor in securing custody and the appropriate support provisions with consideration for multi-state and international residences and educational desires.
Certification
Shelly recently completed a Harvard Law School Mediation and Conflict Management program.
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