Melissa Rosenblum

Owner/Sole Proprietor, 2019

(609) 904-6262

Practice Areas

Criminal Defense, Superior Court & Municipal Court
DWI/DUI
Traffic Tickets
Domestic Violence: Temporary & Final Restraining Orders
Juvenile Delinquency
Appeals

Education

Widener University School of Law, Wilmington, Delaware
J.D. - 1997
Honors: cum laude
Honors: Wapner, Newman & Wigrizer Award
Honors: Deans Honor List: Spring 1995, Fall 1995 and Spring 1996
Honors: Moe Levine Trial Advocacy Society
Honors: Phi Delta Phi. Harrington Inn, Honor Chapter
Honors: First place, Hugh B. Pearce Trial Competition, Spring 1997
Honors: Finalist, Hugh B. Pearce Trial Competition, Spring 1995
Honors: Juvenile Advocacy Clinic, Certified Legal Intern
Ithaca College, Ithaca, New York
B.A. - 1993
Major: Politics

Bar Admissions

New Jersey, 1997
Pennsylvania, 1997
Supreme Court of New Jersey, 2021

Professional Associations

Atlantic County Bar Association, Executive Committee, President-Elect, 2022 - Present
Atlantic County Bar Association, Executive Committee, Vice-President, 2021 - Present
Atlantic County Bar Association, Executive Committee, Treasurer, 2020 - 2021
Atlantic County Bar Association, Executive Committee, Secretary, 2019 - 2020
Atlantic County Bar Association, Board of Trustees, 2013 - Present
Atlantic County Bar Association, Member, 2010 - Present
Atlantic County Bar Association, One Judge One School Coordinator, 2015 - 2019
Atlantic County Bar Association, Continued Legal Education Coordinator, 2015 - 2019
Atlantic County Bar Association, Planning Committee Coordinator, 2018 - Present
Atlantic County Municipal Defense Attorney Association, 2011 - Present
Atlantic County Juvenile Detention Alternative Initiative, 2015 - 2018
Camp to Belong River Valley, Executive Committee, Secretary, 2022 - Present
Congregation Beth Israel, Board Member, 2016 - 2019
Jewish Family Services, Executive Committee, Vice-President, 2021 - Present
Jewish Family Services, Executive Committee, Treasurer, 2019 - 2021
Jewish Family Services, Executive Committee, Secretary, 2017 - 2019
Jewish Family Services, Board Member, 2016 - Present
Linwood Democratic Club, Member, 2015 - Present
Linwood First Committee, Elected Representative, 2016 - 2018
New Jersey State Bar Association, Member, 2016 - Present
National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, 2019 - Present
New Jersey Association for Justice, 2019 - Present
Vincent S. Haneman Inn of Court, Atlantic County, Executive Committee, 2016 - Present
Vincent S. Haneman Inn of Court, Atlantic County, Planning Committee, 2013 - Present
Vincent S. Haneman Inn of Court, Atlantic County, Member, 2011 - Present
Volunteer Linwood Travel Basketball, Assistant Basketball Coach, 2017
Volunteer Cherry Hill Atlantic Little League, Softball Coach, 2010 - 2013

Representative Cases

State V. Dontae Hathaway, 222 N.J. 453 , 2015, NJ S. CT

Honors

Awarded AC Best of the Press Award, 2019 - 2022
New Jersey State Bar Association, Professional Lawyer of the Year Award: Atlantic County, 2020
Jewish Family Services, President’s Award, 2020
New Jersey Judiciary Pro Bono Recognition Award, 2019
Named to the Super Lawyers list, 2018-2022
Recognized by Atlantic County Council on Juvenile Justice Improvement, 2016
Recognized by The National Trial Lawyers as a Top 100 Criminal Defense Trial Lawyer, 2015

Classes & Seminars

Speaker, “Miranda Update: Just Stop Talking” (2022)
Moderator, “Atlantic County, Central Municipal Court Bench/Bar Meeting” (2022)
Panelist, “Are you Smarter than a 2L: Ethics Edition” (2022)
Speaker, “Domestic Violence: Handling Final Restraining Order Hearings” (2021)
Moderator/Panelist, “Professionalism During a Pandemic” (2020)
Panelist, Law Day Event, “Woman’s Panel: A Woman’s Place is at the Bar” (2020)
Rowan University, Department of Law and Justice Studies, Glassboro, NJ (2006-2013)
Speaker, Atlantic County Advisory Commission on Women, Topic: Human Trafficking (2019)
Speaker, “Criminal Law 101: How to Handle All Criminal Law Cases” (2018)
Moderator, “Criminal Bench/Bar Meeting- Criminal Law Updates” (2017)
Panelist, “Quizzo: Law Edition” (2017, 2018, 2019)
Panelist, “Bail Reform: Where Are We Now” (2017)
Panelist, “The Nuts and Bolts of Handling First Appearances and Detention Hearings in 2017” (2017)
Panelist, “One Judge One School,” Richmond Avenue School (2016 – present)
Panelist, “One Judge One School,” Mainland Regional High School (2016 – present)
Panelist, “One Judge One School,” Atlantic County Institute of Technology (2013 – present)
Panelist, “Criminal Bar/Bench Meeting: Jail Re-entry Program, ADP & Updated Expungement Laws” (2016)
Panelist, “One Judge One School,” New York Avenue School (2015, 2016)
Panelist, “One Judge – One School – One Mission,” 2014 John Neufeld Award Winner, Mid-Atlantic Association for Court Management (2015)
Moderator, “And Never the Twain Shall Meet: Criminal Law and Domestic Violence” (2015)
Panelist, “Wade/Henderson: Understanding Identification Issues” (2014)
Moderator, “South Jersey Educational Re-entry Program” (2013)
Panelist, “Professionalism Seminar” (2013)
Panelist, “Criminal Trial Workshop” (2012)

Pro-Bono Activities

Volunteer Linwood Travel Basketball, Assistant Basketball Coach, 2017
Congregation Beth Israel, Board Member, 2016 to Present
Jewish Family Services, Board Member, 2016 to Present
Jewish Family Services, Executive Committee, Secretary, 2017 to Present
Linwood Democratic Club, Member, 2015 to Present
Linwood First Committee, Elected Representative, 2016 to 2018
Superior Court of New Jersey, Atlantic County Disorderly Persons Domestic Violence Pro Bono Calendar, Coordinator, Atlantic County Disorderly Persons Domestic Violence Pro Bono Calendar, 2017
Superior Court of New Jersey, Atlantic County Pro Bono Domestic Violence Calendar, Volunteer, Atlantic County Pro Bono Domestic Violence Calendar, 2013 to 2021
Superior Court of New Jersey, Atlantic County Jail Reentry Program and Drug Court, Volunteer, Atlantic County Jail Reentry Program and Drug Court, 2015
New Jersey Commission of Professionalism and the Law, Mentor Committee, Volunteer, Mentor Committee, 2014
District Ethics Committee, 2013 to 2019

Past Positions

Widener University Delaware Law, Adjunct Professor, Fall 2020
Levin Pisetzner Levin, Atlantic City, NJ, Partner, 2016 to 2019
Law Offices of Joseph A. Levin, LLC, Atlantic City, NJ, Associate, 2010 to 2016
Rowan University, Department of Law and Justice, Adjunct Professor, 2006 - 2013
Defender Association of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, Pre-Trial Supervisor, Juvenile Unit (2001-2004), 1998 to 2004
Cherry Hill Women’s Center, Cherry Hill, NJ, Counselor, 1994 to 1997
Brach, Eichler, Rosenberg, Silver, Bernstein, Hammer & Gladstone, P.C., Roseland, NJ , Summer Associate, 1996
Widener University School of Law, Prof. Alice Eakin, Wilmington, DE, Research Assistant, 1996
Superior Court of New Jersey, Passaic County, NJ, Family Crisis Intervention Unit Intern, 1995

Certified Legal Specialties

Criminal Trial Attorney, Supreme Court of New Jersey, 2015