Steven P. Monaghan is a family law and matrimonial attorney with extensive experience in all areas of divorce law, including litigation, mediation, and collaborative law. A practicing family law attorney for 28 years, Mr. Monaghan has been Certified in Matrimonial Law by the Supreme Court of State of New Jersey since 2006. (Recertification 2011, 2016). This designation is held by a limited number of attorneys who pass a rigorous test on matrimonial law, and who hold the highest reputation amongst fellow attorneys and the judiciary in New Jersey.
Attorney Monaghan is active as both a matrimonial litigator and mediator. He is officially qualified as a mediator by the State of New Jersey and has served as a member of the New Jersey Association of Professional Mediators (2010-2014). He is highly sought after by fellow attorneys and judges to help mediate high conflict divorce cases in the legal system. He has been a participating mediator for the Economic Aspects of Family Law Cases since the inception of the program in 2007, and he has been appointed by the Court or selected by his fellow attorneys over 600 times to mediate high conflict cases prior to trial.
He has served as an arbitration panelist in the Matrimonial Settlement Panel on countless occasions throughout the years. He also has been routinely appointed by the Court as an Intensive Settlement Panelist in Monmouth County and he has arbitrated countless cases as a private arbitrator, MESP panelist and ISP panelist. He has also been appointed by the Court in custody cases as a Guardian Ad Litem on behalf of the children, as well as a Parenting Coordinator. Mr. Monaghan was a founding member of the Jersey Shore Collaborative Law Group (2005) and is still active in collaborative divorce practice. He has recently served as a member of the Collaborative Divorce Professionals (2016-2017).
Mr. Monaghan has been included in the Super Lawyers list (2009-2012, 2017-2021) and the Super Lawyers Rising Stars list (2006-2007). Super Lawyers is a rating service of outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who have attained a high-degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. This selection process includes independent research, peer nominations, and peer evaluations. No aspect of this advertisement has been approved by the Supreme Court.
Mr. Monaghan has also served as a Master Instructor for the Ocean-Monmouth County Family Law American Inns of Court (2013-2016) where he served as a mentor and instructor to younger attorneys in the area of family law.
He was admitted to practice in the State of Louisiana (1993, inactive) and is currently admitted in New Jersey (1996), the United States Supreme Court (2005), the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey and the United States Court of Appeals for both the 3rd (2000) and 5th Circuits (1996). Mr. Monaghan has also been a member of the Family Law Sections of the New Jersey State Bar Association and the Family Law Section of the American Bar Association. He is a member of the Monmouth Bar Association.
Active in community organizations, Mr. Monaghan has served on the Interlaken Planning and Zoning Board (2003-2004) and the Middletown Township Zoning Board of Adjustment (2012). He has also served on the Board of Trustees for the Library of Middletown Township, New Jersey (2012-2016), where he has served as both the Vice President and President of the Board. In 2017, he was appointed to a three-year term as a Municipal Court Judge for Middletown Township, and he was re-appointed in 2020 for an additional three-year term as a Municipal Court Judge.
Certified Legal Specialties
- Matrimonial Law Attorney, Supreme Court of New Jersey, 2006
- Qualified Mediator, State of New Jersey
Bar Admissions
- Louisiana
- New Jersey
- U.S. District Court District of New Jersey
- U.S. Court of Appeals 3rd Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit
- U.S. Supreme Court
Awards
- Recognition on the Super Lawyers® list ten times*
- As a Top Young Attorney in New Jersey twice in 2006 and 2007
- *Super Lawyers is a rating service of outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who have attained a high-degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. This selection process includes independent research, peer nominations, and peer evaluations. No aspect of this advertisement has been approved by the Supreme Court.
- As a Top Attorney in New Jersey five times in 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, and 2015
- *Super Lawyers is a rating service of outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who have attained a high-degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. This selection process includes independent research, peer nominations, and peer evaluations. No aspect of this advertisement has been approved by the Supreme Court.
