Joanna D. Brick

Bar / Professional Activity

• New Jersey, 2000
• Supreme Court of the State of New York
• United States District Court for the District of New Jersey
• New York, 2001
• District Ethics Committee for State of New Jersey, Member
• Bergen County Bar Association, Bergen County Early Settlement Panel Chair
• New Jersey Bar Association, Member

Verdicts / Settlements (Case Results)

• Weeks v. Weeks, unpublished opinion, Union County Div. 2001 (decision as Law Clerk, Hon. David J. Issenman, J.S.C. ret.)
• White v. White, 344 N.J. Super 211 (Ch. Div. 2001) (decision as Law Clerk, Hon. David J. Issenman, J.S.C. ret.)
• Leingang v. Leingang, unpublished decision: Nos. A-0307-05 and A-1425-05 (App. Div. Jan. 3, 2007), and Leingang, No. A-0594-03 (App. Div. Oct. 22, 2004)
• Schwartz v. Schwartz, remand from unpublished decision, 2005
• Plotnick v. DeLuccia, No. FD-16-00008-14, 2013 WL 7869380, at *1 N.J. Super. Ct. (Ch. Div. Nov. 19, 2013), 2013

Special Licenses / Certifications

• Certified Family Law Mediator NJR 1:4072, 2018
• Court Qualified R. 1:40 Mediator

Pro bono / Community Service

• Partners for Women and Justice, Inc.
• Joanna is a committee member for District IIA of the New Jersey Ethics Committee. This is an honor and privilege to serve the community., 2022
• Battered Women’s Legal Advocacy Project

Educational Background

• University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont, B.S., 1990-1994

Other Outstanding Achievements

• Reported Decision - DeLuccia v. Plotnick 434 N.J. Super 597 (Ch. Div. 2013), 2013

Honors

• Selected to the 2017 10 Best Attorney List for Family Law in New Jersey
• Selected to the 2017 Attorney and Practice Magazine Top 10 attorney award in New Jersey

Industry Groups

• Family Law

“Joanna is kind, compassionate but also firm and aggressive when she needs to be! She is a very knowledgeable and experienced family law attorney skilled in all aspects of family law.”

“Joanna is among the most respected family law attorneys in New Jersey. She has handled some of the most difficult and notable family law disputes, including matters that have drawn national attention. I do not ever hesitate to refer potential clients to her.”

“Joanna is thorough and professional and a quality lawyer.”

““Joanna D. Brick is founder of Brick Law, LLC. She is an attorney and mediator with broad legal experience with a focus on all aspects of family law, licensed to practice in New Jersey and New York. For more than 20 years she has worked in the legal world, first as a legal assistant/paralegal and then as a legal intern during law school with the City of New York's Administration of Children's Services (ACS) in its abuse and neglect division. There Ms. Brick prosecuted parents and guardians who were not acting in the best interests of their minor children. After receiving her J.D. from New York Law School, Ms. Brick clerked for Hon. David J. Issenman, Superior Court of N.J., Ch. Div., Family Part - Union County, ret. Since her clerkship, Ms. Brick has had tremendous experience working for law firms, gaining knowledge and skills in the area of family law. Ms. Brick's professional experiences led her to devote her skills to her own boutique practice , which provides personal attention and effective representation to parents and their children. Her passion for helping those in need has extended to her community involvement, where she volunteered with Partners for Women and Justice, Montclair, N.J., and the Battered Women's Legal Advocacy Project (BWLAP), Morris County, N.J. She is licensed to practice before all Courts of the State of New Jersey, United States District Court of New Jersey and Supreme Court of New York. She has now been certified with the State as a New Jersey Family Law Mediator.””

“Outstanding matrimonial lawyer”