Jonathan W. Wolfe

Top rated family law attorney in Livingston, New Jersey

Skoloff & Wolfe, P.C.
Jonathan W. Wolfe
Skoloff & Wolfe, P.C.

Practice Areas: Family law, Business litigation

Licensed in New Jersey since: 2002

Education: New York University School of Law

Selected to Super Lawyers: 2011 - 2023 Selected to Rising Stars: 2006 - 2010
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Skoloff & Wolfe, P.C.

293 Eisenhower Parkway
Suite 390
Livingston, NJ 07039 Phone: 973-992-0900 Email: Jonathan W. Wolfe Visit website

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Jonathan is Co-Managing Partner of Skoloff & Wolfe and Chair of the firm’s Matrimonial and Litigation Departments. He focuses his practice on business litigation and matrimonial disputes.

Jonathan began his career in the litigation department of Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy in New York. He uses his background in financial disputes to represent leaders or the spouses of leaders from the finance, real estate, professional and entertainment/sports communities in complex matrimonial matters. A significant portion of his practice is devoted to business valuation, private equity/hedge funds, treatment of trust assets in divorce and the protection of non-marital assets. He also assists clients in all other aspects of matrimonial and family law, including custody and parenting time, and the preparation of marital, prenuptial and mid-marriage agreements.

Jonathan’s commercial litigation experience includes representing publicly and privately held corporations, partnerships and individuals in complex, high-stakes business disputes. In a victory that received national attention, he successfully defended a hedge fund against multi-billion dollar civil racketeering and conspiracy claims. He has experience pursuing and defending a wide range of business and investment disputes, including claims for breach of contract, fraud, negligent misrepresentation, breach of fiduciary duty, tortious interference, unfair competition, breach of restrictive covenants, and misappropriation of trade secrets. He has successfully represented clients at the trial and appellate levels in the state and federal courts in New York, New Jersey and the United States Supreme Court. He frequently serves as local counsel for out of state law firms.

First Admitted: 2002, New Jersey

Professional Webpage: http://www.skoloffwolfe.com/JonathanWWolfe.html

Bar/Professional Activity:
  • Board of Governors of the Amercan Bar Association (2008-2010)
  • Member of Executive Committee of the American Bar Association (2010-2011)
  • Board of Trustees New Jersey State Bar Association (2010-present)
  • House of Delegates of the American Bar Association (2003-2010)
  • Chair, New Jersey State Bar Association Young Lawyers Division (2009)
Scholarly Lectures/Writings:
  • Depositions Gone Wrong: Taking an effective Deposition, Law Education Istitute
(Colorado 2010)
  • Matrimonial Law in the Tri-State: Distinctions Every Matrimonial Practitioner Must Know, Association of the Bar of the City of New York (New York 2009)
  • Hot Tips from the Experts, American Bar Association (Illinois 2009)
  • Hot Tips from the Experts, Institute of Continuing Legal Education (New Jersey 2009)
  • Discovery and Analysis of Hidden Assets and Income in Divorce, Law Education Institute (Colorado 2009)
  • Similarities and Differences of Matrimonial Law Issues Among New York, New Jersey and Connecticut, Westchester County Bar Association (New York 2009)
  • Support Modification in Today’s Economic Environment, New Jersey State Bar Association (California 2009)
  • Building the Financial Aspects of a Divorce Case: Discovery and Analysis of Hidden Income and Assets, American Journal of Family Law (Spring 2010)
  • The Treatment of Trusts in Divorce, American Journal of Family Law (Winter 2009)
  • The Treatment of Intellectual Property in Divorce, New Jersey Lawyer Magazine (June 2009)
  • Drafting Prenuptial Agreements (contributing author), Aspen Publications (2008)
  • New York County Lawyers’ Association: Matrimonial Law In New York - What You Must Know to Effectively Represent Your Client (5/20/11) (New York)
  • Prenuptial Agreements: Avoiding the Minefield, New Jersey Law Journal (2010)
  • American Bar Association, Center for Continuing Legal Education:  The Keys to An Effective Deposition (5/18/11) (Webinar)
  • National Association of Certified Valuation Analysts/Institute of Business Appraisers: Annual Consultants’ Conference: How to Discover and Prove the Existence of Hidden and Overseas Assets and Income (6/3/10)
  • National Association of Certified Valuation Analysts/Institute of Business Appraisers: Annual Consultants’ Conference: Hot Topics in Family Law: Collaborative Law Trends in Alimony, Same Sex Matrimonial Distribution, and Others (6/3/10)
Honors/Awards:
  • Received the 2011 "Star of the Year Award", Star of the Year, American Bar Association Young Lawyers Division, 2011
  • Named one of New Jersey’s 2008 top "40-Under-40" business leaders by NJ BIZ, a leading New Jersey business publication.
  • Service to the Bar Award, New Jersey State Bar Association (December 2008)
  • Received the 2008 Professional Achievement Award from the Young Lawyers Division of the New Jersey State Bar Association

Office location for Jonathan W. Wolfe

293 Eisenhower Parkway
Suite 390
Livingston, NJ 07039

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  • Rising Stars: 2006 - 2010

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