Linda Mainenti Walsh
Top rated Family Law attorney in Morristown, New Jersey
Linda Mainenti Walsh, Esq., LLC
Practice Areas: Family Law; view more
Licensed in New Jersey since: 1989
Education: Seton Hall University School of Law
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Linda Mainenti Walsh, established her practice Linda Mainenti Walsh, Esq., LLC in Morristown, New Jersey in August 2018, where she continues to focus on Divorce, Family Law and related matters. Previously, she was of counsel with Ceconi & Cheifetz, LLC (practice dedicated to Family Law), of counsel in the Family Law Group at Sills Cummis & Gross, P.C. Prior to that time she was of counsel with Einhorn, Harris, Ascher, Barbarito & Frost, P.C. where she practiced for over 15 years. She has devoted her career to the practice of Family Law. She is a former law clerk to the Honorable B. Theodore Bozonelis, Morris County, Superior Court, Family Part, and has been practicing law over 35 years.
Ms. Mainenti Walsh is admitted to practice in New Jersey, before the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey and the United States Supreme Court.
She is a R. 1:40 Court Approved Mediator.
In 2022, 2023, and 2024 she ranked as a Top 50 Women New Jersey Super Lawyers. She has been selected for inclusion in the Super Lawyers list each year from 2014 to 2024. Ms. Mainenti Walsh was selected and interviewed for Super Lawyers 2022 yearly cover story “All the Single Ladies”.
She is an AV Preeminent Rated attorney. In 2013, she was selected for inclusion in the Bar Register of Preeminent Women Lawyers list through Martindale-Hubbell.
She was recently elected (July 2024) to serve on the Board of Directors of the New Jersey Women Lawyers Association. She will serve as Co-Chair of the Solo and Small Firm Committee.
Ms. Mainenti Walsh was the 2020 recipient of the Morris County Bar Association Pro Bono Award for service to the Bar and community.
She currently serves as Second Vice-President of the Morris County Bar Association Executive Board.
She served as Secretary of the Morris County Bar Foundation for seven terms and is currently Treasurer of the Foundation. She is co-chair of the Morris County Bar Association Mitchell H. Cobert Mentor Program Committee and participated in its creation and operation. The program has become a county pilot program for the State.
In 2016, Ms. Mainenti Walsh was selected to become a member of the Morris County Bar Association Professionalism Committee and she continues to serve on this committee. In November, 2017 she was a speaker/presenter for the Professionalism program regarding ethics and gender bias at the Morris County Bar Association's annual Legalpalooza CLE. She has served on the Legalpalooza Planning Committee and has Co-Chaired the Professionalism Committee Program Committee to develop and assemble the panel/program for the 2021, 2022 and 2024 (upcoming) Professionalism programs and served as a co-moderator for the programs.
She served as 2013 co-chair of the Morris County Bar Association Family Law Committee.
She served the maximum two two-year terms as Trustee to the Morris County Bar Association. In that capacity, she chaired, developed, coordinated and presented the 2011 and 2012 911 Day of Service program, a day-long event wherein over several hours attorneys from various practice areas presented overviews of the law and procedure and interacted with the community.
Ms. Mainenti Walsh serves as a Morris County Matrimonial Early Settlement Panelist for over 25 years. She also serves as a Blue Ribbon Panelist for that Program, selected by the Court to handle complex, difficult matters. She has also served as a volunteer for the Morris County Bar Association’s Self-Help Resource Center, the Morris County Court Family Justice Center and participated as a speaker and attorney volunteer for the 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2016 Annual Hispanic Community Affairs Law Outreach program.
2012 – 2019 Ms. Mainenti Walsh has served as a co-advisor for the Morris County Explorers in Law program sponsored by the Morris County Bar Foundation and Boy Scouts of America, a program for high school students interested in careers in law which meets monthly throughout the school year and presents a yearly Symposium.
Ms. Mainenti Walsh is serving a third term by appointment of the New Jersey Supreme Court as Chair of the District X Fee Arbitration Committee 2022/2023, 2021/2022, and 2023/2024 terms. She previously began her appointment to the Committee in 2019, serving as Vice-Chair, panel member and panel chair.
She is a former Chair, appointed by the New Jersey Supreme Court, of the District X Ethics Committee (1999-2000), Vice-Chair (1998-1999) and a member/investigator of the Committee for 2 years.
After serving a five 2-year terms as an appointed member of the Supreme Court Committee on Women in the Courts, by special appointment by the New Jersey Supreme Court in April 2018, Ms. Mainenti Walsh was appointed to serve an additional 2-year term. She served as the Co-Chair of the Committee’s Bar Education subcommittee. In that capacity, Ms. Mainenti Walsh developed, coordinated and presented programs to Bar organizations and Inns of Court throughout the State, the annual NJSBA Convention each year 2011-2018, the NJ Courts Judiciary Institute for Staff Attorneys, and Trial Attorneys of New Jersey on issues of gender and racial bias in the legal profession, in the practice and in the Courts.
Ms. Mainenti Walsh is the Immediate Past Chair of the New Jersey State Bar Association Women in the Profession Section where she served as Chair (2023/2024 term). She previously served a 2 term as a Trustee, Secretary, Vice-Chair and Chair-Elect of the Section.
May 2017 through May 2019, Ms. Mainenti Walsh served a 2-year term as an appointed member of the NJSBA Nominating Committee.
Ms. Mainenti Walsh is Co-Chair of the NJSBA Lawyer Well-Being Committee, appointed by NJ State Bar President 2024/2025, 2023/2023 terms.
Ms. Mainenti Walsh was appointed by the NJSBA as a member of the NJSBA Paralegal Committee 2022/2023, 2023/2024 terms. Additionally, she has been appointed and serves as a member of the NJSBA Diversity Committee.
She currently serves (appointed by NJSBA President) as Co-Chair of the NJSBA Legal Education Committee. She was personally appointed to serve as Co-Chair for the 2019/2020 to 2020/2021 terms.
She has been selected to serve as a trustee on the Executive Committee of the Family Law Section of the New Jersey State Bar Association (2023/2024). She previously served as a trustee 2014/2015, 2020/2021, 2021/2022, 2022/2023 terms.
She is a member of the NJSBA Solo and Small Firm Section.
She served on the 2022 New Jersey State Bar Foundation Medal of Honor Awards Dinner Committee.
In addition, she is a Master of the Barry Croland North New Jersey Family Law Inn of Court where she has been a member since 2003.
Ms. Mainenti Walsh served as a member of the County College of Morris Corporate and Community Programs Division Advisory Board.
Ms. Mainenti Walsh was a member of the National Association of Women Judges and served as a CLE compliance volunteer at its Symposium held in Newark, NJ in October 2011.
Ms. Mainenti Walsh was an adjunct professor for the Legal Studies Department of Montclair State College and has served as an instructor for the Institute of Continuing Legal Education (ICLE) Attorney Ethics Skills and Methods Courses in Family Law and Professional Responsibility and Ethics and has frequently served as speaker and moderator for the State Bar and Morris County Bar Associations on Family Law, Bias, and Professionalism/Ethics issues.
Appearing as a guest expert on Law Journal TV, Linda has also been published in Divorce Magazine Fall/Winter 2005 edition and Fall/Winter 2011 edition.
Ms. Mainenti Walsh received her BA from Montclair State College and her JD from Seton Hall University School of Law.
Practice areas
Family LawFocus areas
Alimony & Spousal Support, Child Support, Custody & Visitation, Dissolution, Divorce, Marital Property, Name Change, Paternity, Prenuptial Agreements, Same Sex Family Law
- 100% Family Law
First Admitted: 1989, New Jersey
Professional Webpage: https://www.mainentiwalshlaw.com/attorney/linda-a-mainenti-w...
- Director, Board of Directors of New Jersey Women Lawyers Association 2024/2026
- Chair, Women in the Profession Section of New Jersey State Bar Association
- Immediate Past Chair, Women in the Profession Section of the New Jersey State Bar Association 2024/2025
- Professionalism Program Chair 2018 to date.
- Co-Chair, New Jersey State Bar Association Legal Education Committee 2024/2025;Co-Chair 2019-2021, member 2021/2022, 2021/2022
- United States Supreme Court, 2006
- United State District Court for the District of New Jersey, 1989
- Trustee, Family Law Executive Committee of the New Jersey State Bar 2014/2015; 2020/2021; 2021/2022, 2022/2023, 2023/2024, 2024/2025
- Chair, District X Fee Arbitration Committee 2021/2022, 2023/2024, 2024, 2025
- Vice-Chair, District X Fee Arbitration Committee 2020/2021
- District X Fee Arbitration Committee Member/Panel Chair 2019 to date
- Co- Chair, New Jersey State Bar Association Lawyer Well-Being Committee 2024/2025, 2023/2024
- Member, Morris County Bar Association Professionalism Committee 2016 to date
- District X Ethics Committee, 1999-2000, Chair (1998-1999 Vice Chair; 1997-1999 Investigator
- District X Ethics Committee, 2004-2005, Recall Investigator
- Second Vice President, Morris County Bar Association Executive Board 2024/2025; Secretary 2022/2023; Treasurer 2023/2024
- Trustee, Morris County Bar Association, served two 2-year terms (maximum allowable)
- Co-Chair Morris County Bar Association Mitchell Cobert Mentoring Program 2021 to date; member 2016-2021
- Co-advisor to Boy Scouts/Morris County Bar Foundation Law Explorers Program, 2012-2020.
- NJSBA Nominating Committee member 2017 to May 2019.
- Morris County Matrimonial Early Settlement Panel program Panelist, in excess of 20 years to date and Morris County Matrimonial Early Settlement Panel Program Blue Ribbon Panelist
- Chair-Elect, Women in the Profession Section of the New Jersey State Bar Association 2022/2023
- Vice Chair, Women in the Profession Section of the New Jersey State Bar Association 2021/2022
- Secretary, Women in the Profession Section of New Jersey State Bar Association 2020/2021
- Trustee, Women in the Profession Section of New Jersey State Bar, 2-2 year terms
- Co-chair of the Family Law Subcommittee, Morris County Bar Association, 2013
- Trustee of the Morris County Bar Foundation 2022 to date
- Secretary of the Morris County Bar Foundation 2014-2021
- Northern New Jersey Family Law Inn of Court, Master, current, since 2003
- Appointed, member of the Supreme Court Committee on Women in the Courts, six 2 year terms and Co-Chair of the Bar Education Subcommittee of the Supreme Court Committee on Women in the Courts providing educational presentations to Bar organizations
- Appearance on American Law Journal TV, www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=rJqJWowh87M
- New Jersey Battered Women's Legal Assistance Program, Pro Bono
- New Jersey Battered Women's Service, Volunteer
- Annual Hispanic Outreach Law Symposium, speak/volunteer counsel, 2012
- Annual Hispanic Outreach Law Symposium, speaker/volunteer counsel, 2013
- Annual Hispanic Outreach Law Symposium, speaker/volunteer counsel, 2014
- Annual Hispanic Outreach Law Symposium, speaker/volunteer counsel, 2016
- Law Explorers (Morris County Bar Foundation/Boy Scouts of America Program), Advisor, 2014 to date
- Annual Hispanic Outreach Law Symposium speaker/volunteer counsel 2015.
- MCBA 911 Day of Services Programs, Coordinator and Speaker, 2011 & 2012
- Morris County Bar Association Pro Bono Practice Award, 2020
- Seton Hall Law School, 1989
- Using the Fee Arbitration System to get paid., Speaker, NJSBA Family Law Section Hot Tips Program-Never Have I Ever Used the Fee Arbitration System to Help Get Paid, 2022
- "What Happened When You Fell Apart?", Organizer, "What Happened When You Fell Apart?", 2024
- MCBA Legalpaloza Professionalism Program: “We’re All in this Together: Attorney Well- Being Coming Out of the Pandemic” ( Co-Chair, Moderator, Speaker), Co-Chair, Moderator, Speaker, MCBA Legalpaloza Professionalism Program: “We’re All in this Together: Attorney Well- Being Coming Out of the Pandemic” ( Co-Chair, Moderator, Speaker), 2021
- MCBA Professionalism Committee: Revisiting the Wilson Rule- Is the Line Too Bright? (Moderator, Speaker), Moderator, Speaker, MCBA Professionalism Committee: Revisiting the Wilson Rule- Is the Line Too Bright? (Moderator, Speaker), 2022
- 2022 NJSBA Family Law Section: “Roadblocks to Equality for Women Lawyers: Navigating Advancement, Compensation, and Retention Concerns” , NJSBA Family Law Section: “Roadblocks to Equality for Women Lawyers: Navigating Advancement, Compensation, and Retention Concerns”, 2022
- 2023 NJSBA Women’s Leadership Conference “Lessons in Leadership and Lie” (contributor), Contributor, NJSBA Women’s Leadership Conference “Lessons in Leadership and Lie”, 2020
- MCBA Professionalism Committee Program: Ethical Cliffhangers- Attorney Advertising and Billing , Co-Chair, organizer, moderator, MCBA Professionalism Committee Program: Ethical Cliffhangers- Attorney Advertising and Billing, 2023
- 2023 MCBA Professionalism Committee Program: Ethical Cliffhangers- Attorney Advertising and Billing (Co-Chair, organizer, moderator) , Co-Chair, organizer, moderator, NJSBA Annual Convention Women in the Profession Section Program: “Out of Sight, Out of Mind and Other Pitfalls for Women Who Work Remotely” (Co-Chair, organizer, moderator), 2023
- 2023 Out of Sight Out of Mind , Out of Sight Out of Mind, 2023
- 2024 Defining Your Legal Legacy: Purpose-Driven Paths in the Law (Moderator, Organizer) , Moderator, Organizer, Defining Your Legal Legacy: Purpose-Driven Paths in the Law, 2024
- Panel shared their journeys that led them to roles that place women at the table and the skills they learned to become better attorneys and more effective in law. Discussed benefits and limits of being a leader in the public and political landscape. , Curator, organizer, moderation, 2023 NJSBA Women in the Profession Section “Attaining a Seat at the Table”, 2023
- In November 2021, Ms. Mainenti Walsh co-developed, selected panel, moderated program entitled “We're all in this Together: Well-Being Coming Out of the Pandemic” for the Morris County Bar Association Legalpalooza Professionalism program , Co-developed, Selected Panel, Moderated Program, MCBA Legalpalooza Professionalism Program: We're all in this Together: Well-Being Coming Out of the Pandemic, 2021
- In October 2020, Ms. Mainenti Walsh co-created, developed, selected the Panel, moderated and presented a CLE Program entitled "Financial Domestic Violence - How to Identify It and How to Protect Victims" which was presented through the New Jersey State Bar Association (co-sponsored by the Women in the Profession and Family Law Sections)., Co-Creator, Moderator and Presenter, Financial Domestic Violence - How to Identify It and How to Protect Victims, 2020
- Speaker on issues of Gender Bias in the Legal Profession (and the Courts) and Rules of Professional Conduct, Ethics and Civil Liability; discussion of case and statutory law, RPCs., Speaker, Gender Bias in the Legal Profession presented to Atlantic County Bar Association, Gloucester County Bar Association and Warrall Mountain Inn of Court, 2019
- Speaker on issues of Gender Bias in the Legal Profession (and the Courts) and Rules of Professional Conduct, Ethics and Civil Liability; discussion of case and statutory law, RPCs., Speaker, Gender Bias in the Legal Profession presented to Trial Attorneys of New Jersey (TANJ), 2019
- "Bench Guide to Addressing Bias in the Courts", Presenter, NJ Judiciary Institute, 2018
- "First Chair at Trial. More Women Need Seats at the Table: Addressing Gender Bias and Advancement and Retention of Women in Law Firms, the Profession, and the Courts", Developed, coordinated and presented, Annual State Bar Convention, 2017
- "Shoemaker's Children Syndrome" What Lawyers and Law Firms Need to Know about Law Firm Policies Addressing Gender Bias in the Workplace", Developed, coordinated and presented, Annual State Bar Convention, 2016
- "The Intersection of Race and Gender Bias in the Legal Profession & the Courts", Developed, coordinated and presented, Annual State Bar Convention, 2015
- Law Explorers (Morris County Bar Association Presentation) Careers in Law Symposium 2015, 2016, Organizer and Speaker/Moderator., Organizer and Speaker/Moderator, MCBA Law Explorers Careers in Law Symposium, 2015
- Adjunct Professor, Legal Studies Department of Montclair State University, Legal Research and Writing
- Instructor, Family Law and Professional Responsibility and Ethics, New Jersey Institute of Continuing Legal Education (ICLE) Attorney Ethics Skills and Methods Courses: Lecturer for the Morris County Bar Family Law section on issues of ethics in family law practice; Lecturer for State Bar Association, Family Law section on Family Law issues; Lecturer for the State Bar Association, Family Law Section on issues of ethics, professionalism and gender bias: Lecturer/Presenter for the Supreme Court Committee on Women in the Courts Bar Education subcommittee on issues of ethics, professionalism and gender bias
- Lecture- Morris County Bar Association, Family Law Section Facing Ethical Dilemmas in Family Law Practice: Professional Responsibility and Ethics Issues
- 2006 & 2007 appearances as guest on Family law Issues for television program, Law Journal TV
- Develop, organize, moderate and speaker - 2011 NJ State Bar Convention program: Incivility and Gender Bias-Words and Perceptions matter-An update from the Supreme court Committee on Women in the Courts; 2012 NJ State Bar Convention program: “Recognizing and Addressing Gender Bias in the Litigation Process: What Lawyers and Courts Need to Know”, Lecturer and Program Coordinator, NJ State Bar Convention Program
- 2011 and 2012 Chair of Morris County Bar Association 911 Day of Service Program. The program provides panels of lawyers presenting legal information to the public.
- “Gender Bias in the Private and Corporate Law Office Environment and How to Avoid It”, Develop, organize, moderate and speaker, NJ State Bar Convention Program, 2014
- Develop, organize. moderate and speaker - 2013 NJ State Bar Convention program - "Recognizing and Addressing Gender Bias and Its Effect on LGBT Litigants and Attorneys in the Courts, the Litigation Process and Law Practice", Lecturer and Program Coordinator, 2013
- Coordinator, developer, moderator, Family Law Motion Practice, Morris County Bar Association Family Law Section, 2013
- Moderator, How to Get Paid, Morris County Bar Association Family Law Section, 2013
- Moderator, developer, Demystifying Business Valuations, Morris County Bar Association Family Law Section, 2013
- , Lecturer, ICLE- Is Palimony Dead?, NJ State Bar Association, 2012
- "Intersection of Racial and Gender Bias in the Legal Profession and The Courts", develop, organize, moderate and speaker at State Bar Convention Program 2015, Developer, Organganizer, Moderator, Speaker, "Intersection of Racial and Gender Bias in the Legal Profession and The Courts", 2015
- LGBT issues in Family Law; speaker, NJ State Bar Convention Program, 2016, Speaker, LGBT issues in Family Law, 2016
- 2017 NJSBA program "First Chair at Trial. More Women Need Seats at the Table: Addressing Bias and Advancement and Retention of Women in Law Firms, the Profession and the Courts", "First Chair at Trial. More Women Need Seats at the Table: Addressing Bias and Advancement and Retention of Women in Law Firms, the Profession and the Courts", 2017
These comments were made by fellow attorneys during the annual nomination process.
“Exceptional and compassionate family law attorney”
“A working mother - capable of balancing her job responsibilities with those of her family. She dedicates herself to learning more about the practice, while serving as a mentor to other attorneys.”
“Family Law”
Office location for Linda Mainenti Walsh
6 South St
STE 301
Morristown, NJ 07960-8108
Phone: 973-933-1318
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