New Jersey Supreme Court
Matrimonial Law
2021
Julie R. Burick
Julie R. Burick
Partner
Julie R. Burick is a partner and shareholder with the firm. Julie has the distinction of being one of a small number of attorneys in New Jersey who has been certified by the Supreme Court of New Jersey as a Certified Matrimonial Law Attorney which means she has been recognized as an expert in divorce and family law matters. Julie went through rigorous application and testing standards to be approved for Certification, which was granted on December 7, 2021.
Julie is passionate about her work, believing it is her calling to use her voice and skills to help those in a time of tremendous distress. Admitted to the New Jersey Bar in 1999, Julie has practiced all aspects of divorce and family law throughout her career, having found her calling before even graduating from law school. Julie began as a law clerk for Camden Regional Legal Service, Inc. in the Gloucester County/Woodbury office while a 1L in law school working on a wide variety of matters including various family law issues. Upon obtaining her Juris Doctor from Rutgers University School of Law- Camden in 1999, she went on to clerk for New Jersey Superior Court Judge John Tomasello, (retired) then sitting in Vicinage XV, Gloucester County Family Court. After concluding her clerkship, Julie worked as a first-year associate at Gerstein Grayson in their family law department before returning to Legal Services as a staff attorney from 2002 to 2011 when she joined private practice to head the family law department at Helmer, Paul, Conley & Kasselman. Julie joined us shortly thereafter.
Certified Attorney
A New Jersey attorney who is certified by the Supreme Court as a matrimonial law attorney must be a member in good standing of the NJ bar for over five years, maintain ongoing legal education requirements, demonstrate a substantial level of experience in matrimonial law, be favorably reviewed by other attorneys and judges familiar with his/her work, and take and pass a rigorous examination in matrimonial law. Only 3% of all attorneys in the state achieve this designation.
Bar Admissions
- New Jersey
- Pennsylvania
- U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey
- Supreme Court of the United States of America.
Honors & Awards
- Madeline L. Houston Outstanding Attorney Award – Legal Services of New Jersey, 2010
- Gloucester County Bar Association Appreciation Award 2014
Professional Experience
- Adinolfi et al. (2013 to present)
- Helmer, Paul, Conley & Kasselman, P.A., Head of Family Law Department (2011-2012)
- South Jersey Legal Services, Inc. (2002-2011)
- Gerstein Grayson, LLP, Family Law Department, Associate (2000-2002)
- Honorable John Tomasello, J.S.C. – Gloucester County Family Part, Judicial Law Clerk (1999-2000)
Education
- Rutgers University School of Law – Camden, NJ. Juris Doctor 1999
- State University of New York – College at Fredonia, Bachelor of Arts 1996
Professional Associations & Memberships
- New Jersey State Bar Association
- Gloucester County Bar Association
- Trustee of the Gloucester County Bar Association Executive Committee since 2008
- Young Lawyer Trustee 2008 to 2011
- Trustee 2011 to present
- President Elect the Gloucester County Bar Association 2012/2013
- President of the Gloucester County Bar Association 2013/2014
- Immediate Past President the Gloucester County Bar Association 2014/2015
- Co-Chair of the Gloucester County Bar Association Family Law Committee since 2016
- Member Women in Law Committee
- Trustee of the Gloucester County Bar Association Executive Committee since 2008
- Camden County Bar Association
- Matrimonial Early Settlement Panelist Gloucester, Camden & Burlington Counties
- Member of the Thomas S. Forkin Family Law American Inn of Courts since 2006- 2019; elevated to Master Level in 2015
- Cumberland and Salem County Domestic Violence Working Groups, 2002 – 2006
More About Julie
Since 2011, Julie has dedicated her practice, time and boundless energy exclusively to matrimonial and family law. She has effectively represented clients in all aspect of matrimonial and family law matters before the Superior Court of New Jersey trial courts as well as the Appellate Division. Her particular areas of emphasis are complex cases including domestic violence, Department of Child Protection & Permanency (DCPP) child abuse/neglect cases and appellate work. She has been appointed by the Courts to act as Guardian to investigate the appropriateness of guardianship applications of incapacitated individuals as well as to act as Guardian Ad Litem to children in contested custody cases.
Julie has been actively involved in Gloucester County since 1997 when she went to work for Legal Services, adopting it has her “home county” (having grown up in the Niagara Falls/Buffalo area) and has been a Gloucester County resident for the last twenty years. Julie believes strongly in community and giving back. Julie is a member of the Gloucester County Bar Association, where she has been a member of the Executive Committee since 2008 and was President in 2013/2014. She has donated her time and efforts to the Gloucester County Bar Foundation for years to events such as the Children’s Holiday Breakfast, an annual event in which she has participated since 2008, created the Foundation motto and spearheaded the Bar Outing Basket Auctions.
Julie was admitted to the New Jersey and Pennsylvania State bars as well as the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey in 1999, the same year she clerked. In June 2014, Julie had the honor of being sworn in as a member the bar of the Supreme Court of the United States.
Julie received her Juris Doctor from Rutgers University School of Law- Camden in 1999 and graduated from the State University of New York – College at Fredonia summa cum laude in 1996.