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Thomas D. Baldwin

Phone: (973) 315-4420
Fax: (973) 379-7734
tbaldwin@budd-larner.com

Thomas D. Baldwin Shareholder
Thomas Baldwin, a Budd Larner shareholder, is a matrimonial/family law litigation specialist. He has substantial experience handling virtually all matters pertaining to family law including without limitation, marriage dissolution (e.g., divorce, annulment, separate maintenance), custody, child removal matters, establishing, modifying based on changed circumstances, and enforcing support obligations (child support, alimony, and related economic obligations), drafting and enforcement of all types of agreements (e.g., cohabitation, premarital, marital, reconciliation, divorce and post-marital), palimony, and domestic violence. He is also an active appellate advocate, having appeared in New Jersey's Appellate Division and Supreme Court on numerous occasions. He is the co-author of one of New Jersey's leading treatises on Family Law, and is regularly invited to speak on family law issues. He was in the first class of New Jersey attorneys certified by the New Jersey Supreme Court as a "Matrimonial Attorney".

Education

  • Moravian College   B.A. , 1983
  • Rutgers University School of Law - Newark
  • Quinnipiac School of Law   J.D. , 1987

Bar Admission

  • New Jersey, 1987
  • U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey, 1987
  • Pennsylvania, 1987 (currently inactive)

Practice Areas

Professional Profile

  • Family Law Mediator (Rutgers - The Center for Children and Families Divorce Mediation Training)
  • Certified in 1998 by the New Jersey Supreme Court as a Matrimonial Attorney (currently inactive)
  • American Inns of Court, Arthur T. Vanderbilt Chapter (1990)
  • Early Settlement Panel (ESP) Panelist (Essex, Morris and Union Counties)
  • New Jersey and American Bar Association (Member: Family Law and Litigation Sections)

Articles/Publications
  • Author: West Group's New Jersey Practice - Family Law and Practice Vols. 10 - 12
  • Author: Domestic Relations Forms, with Tax Analysis (West Publishing)
Honors/Awards
  • "AV" peer-review rated by Martindale Hubbell
  • Selected for inclusion in New Jersey Super Lawyers, (2005, 2007, 2008, 2009)
Speaking Engagements
  • Guest Speaker: Association of Divorce Financial Planners (“Comparative Matrimonial Law:” White Plains, NY; 11/11/99)
  • Guest Speaker: Financial Planner Seminar (“The Essential Role of a Financial Planner in Divorce;” Fairfield, NJ; 6/16/92)
  • Guest Speaker: Northern New Jersey Society of the ICFP (“Divorce Planning Part II: A Case Study;” Cranford, NJ; 3/4/92)
  • Guest Television Appearance: CN8's “It’s Your Call” with Lynn Doyle (“The Price of Adultery;” 9/21/04)
  • Guest Television Appearance: CN8's “Real Life” with Mary Amoroso (“Deadbeat Parents;” 4/2/02)
  • Guest Television Appearance: CN8's “Real Life” with Mary Amoroso (“My ‘Ex’ is a Deadbeat Dad;” 2/28/02)
  • Guest Television Appearance: “Metrolaw” with Bobby Rivers (“The Friendly Divorce;” 11/3/98)
Published Decisions
  • Hendry v. Hendry, 339 N.J. 326 (App. Div. 2001) (parties' voluntary agreement to interstate child relocation restriction enforceable notwithstanding six-month home state provision of UCCJA).
  • Conlon v. Conlon, 335 N.J. Super. (Ch. Div. 2000) (former spouse's post-judgment cohabitation with another in a relationship akin to marriage not a basis for terminating limited duration alimony; economic impact analysis of cohabition on need for alimony pursuant to Supreme Court's Gayet decision, as well as circumstances surrounding original alimony agreement, necessary).
  • N.B. v. T.B., 297 N.J. Super. 35 (App. Div. 1997) (sets standard for a finding of harassment in a domestic violence matter and approves of the court's entry of civil restraints in a concurrent divorce proceeding where the acts alleged do not necessarily rise to the level of domestic violence but where there is demonstrated tumult between the parties).