Ms. Von Ellen has been a practicing attorney since 1986 and her practice is devoted exclusively to Family Law.   She received her B.A. at the State University of New York, University at Albany and her Juris Doctorate at Union University, Albany Law School. Ms. Von Ellen is Certified by the Supreme Court of New Jersey as a Matrimonial Law Attorney. She was named a New Jersey Super Lawyer in 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009.  In 2009, she was selected as one of the Top 50 Women Attorneys in New Jersey. Ms. Von Ellen has been appointed by Courts in Essex, Middlesex and Union Counties as arbitrator, mediator, guardian ad litem and law guardian. She has an extensive mediation practice and received her mediation Certification from the Institute for Dispute Resolution at Seton Hall University Law School in 1996.  She is a current Member of the New Jersey State Bar Association Family Law Section Executive Committee; a Member of the Matrimonial Committee of the Middlesex County Bar Association; the Middlesex County Assignment Judge's Family Lawyers' Committee; and the Union County Bar Association Family Lawyers Committee. She serves as a panelist with the Early Settlement Program, Matrimonial Division, in both Union and Middlesex Counties; and was a member of the District XII (Union County) Ethics Committee for the term expiring August 31, 2004. She is a member of the Union County, Middlesex County, State of New Jersey and American Bar Associations.   Ms. Von Ellen has lectured extensively on various Family Law topics, both on the county level and statewide.