Attorney Profiles

Glenn R Turtletaub 
West Orange, New Jersey
Of Counsel
phone (973) 325-1188
fax (973) 325-3399
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Glenn Turtletaub brings to the firm twenty-eight years of experience in civil and criminal matters, focusing on matrimonial, appellate and municipal court practice.

He is a graduate cum laude of the University of Pennsylvania in 1975 and of Rutgers School of Law in Camden in 1978. Following a judicial clerkship with the Honorable Irving W. Rubin, J.S.C. in Middlesex County, he practiced for over ten years with Sachar, Bernstein, Sikora and Mongello in Plainfield and Greenberg Margolis in Roseland, prior to opening his own solo practice.

Mr. Turtletaub has appeared as counsel in a number of reported decisions, including Adler v. Adler, 229 N.J. Super. 496, 552 A.2d 182 (App. Div. 1988); Weingarten v. Weingarten, 234 N.J. Super. 318, 560 A.2d 1243 (App. Div. 1989); In the Matter of the Liquidation of Integrity Insurance Company, 251 N.J. Super. 501, 598 A.2d. 940 (Ch. Div. 1991); and Cressinger v. Board of Education of the City of Newark , 256 N.J. Super. 155, 606 A.2d 849 (App. Div. 1992). He is the author of Cost Effective Use of Paralegals in Matrimonial Practice, appearing in Volume XIII, Number 3 of the New Jersey Family Lawyer (April 1993). He has been appointed as Sequestrator and as Guardian ad litem by the Superior Court of Middlesex County, New Jersey.

Mr. Turtletaub has been active in local government for over a decade, having served as the Municipal Prosecutor for the Township of Livingston from 1990 until 2001. He is currently serving as Municipal Clerk to the Township.

He has extensive experience in the area of Alternative Dispute Resolution, including appointment by the Superior Court as a Rule 1:40 mediator, service on the Essex County Matrimonial Early Settlement Panel, and service as an Arbitrator in Essex County .

Mr. Turtletaub is a member of the District Ethics Committee.  He previously served as Vice-Chair of the District V-B Fee Arbitration Committee.  He has served as a Reader for the New Jersey Board of Bar Examiners.

His credentials also include hosting local radio and television programs, and serving as an adjunct faculty member at both Fairleigh Dickinson University and Middlesex County College. He is a member of the American, New Jersey and Essex County Bar Associations.

Areas of Practice:
Civil and Criminal Matters
Matrimonial
Appellate and Municipal Court Practice
Bar Admissions:
New Jersey, 1978
U.S. Federal Court, 1978
Education:
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey School of Law - Camden, Camden, New Jersey, 1978
Doctor of Jurisprudence


University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1975
B.A.
Honors: Cum Laude


Representative Cases:
Adler v. Adler, 229 N.J. Super. 496, 552 A.2d 182 (App. Div. 1988)
Weingarten v. Weingarten, 234 N.J. Super. 318, 560 A.2d 1243 (App. Div. 1989)
In the Matter of the Liquidation of Integrity Insurance Company, 251 N.J. Super (Ch.Div.  1991)
Classes/Seminars Taught:
Adjunct Faculty Member


Professional Associations and Memberships:
District Ethics Committee
Member


Municipal Clerk
Township of Livingston


American Bar Association
Member


New Jersey Bar Association
Member


Essex County Bar Associations
Member


Past Employment Positions:
Hon. Irving W. Rubin, J.S.C., Judicial Clerkship


Sachar, Bernstein, Sikora and Mongello


Languages:
French