Pamela M. Copeland graduated from Rutgers-Newark Law School in 1976 and limits her practice to family law. She was certified by the New Jersey Supreme Court as a Matrimonial Law Attorney in 1998, a member of the first such class of certified specialists. She is a Mediator on the court referral lists for Somerset, Hunterdon, and Union Counties and practices collaborative family law. She is a former Somerset County Trustee to the NJSBA, has served on the NJSBA Family Law Section's Executive Committee, and served for five years on the Family Division Practice Committee. She is a past president of the Somerset County Bar Association and a past Chair of the NJSBA Women's Rights Section. Since 2005, she has been named to the Super Lawyers list in the field of Family Law.