Tina M James
Making Legal Issues Easier
Attorney at Tina James Law PA
Tina M. James, Esq., is an experienced advocate and litigator. Her legal work focuses on estate planning and administration, guardianship and surrogate decision making, disability discrimination, and special needs planning for individuals with disabilities and their families.
She previously worked as a litigator with a national law firm and served as a judicial law clerk in the New Jersey Superior Court, Appellate Division. She has successfully argued before the Florida Supreme Court as well as other state and federal courts. Tina was selected for inclusion in the Super Lawyers Rising Stars in 2015 and 2016.
Tina is an avid writer and editor, both personally and professionally, and she loves helping others realize their potential. Her personal interests include painting, conducting genealogy research, and writing.
- Estate Planning
- Guardianship & Conservatorship Estate Administration, Health Care Directives, Trusts, Wills
- Probate
- Probate Administration, Probate Litigation, Will Contests
- Elder Law
- Special Education
- Special Needs Trusts
- Guardianship
- Credit Cards Accepted
- Florida
- The Florida Bar
- ID Number: 89534
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- New Jersey
- New Jersey Courts
- ID Number: 012492010
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- English: Spoken, Written
- Attorney / Owner
- Tina James Law
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- www.tinajameslaw.com
- Attorney
- Hinkle Prior and Fischer
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- Represented individuals with disabilities and their families in guardianship matters, estate planning with special needs trusts, estate administration, trust administration, and social security and medicaid appeals.
- Attorney / Shareholder
- Law Office of Tina M. James
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- Adjunct Professor in the Legal Studies Department
- Hodges University
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- Attorney
- Quarles & Brady
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- ? Represented clients in a wide-range of business disputes and complex litigation matters. ? Extensive knowledge of labor and employment laws. ? Counseled clients on day-to-day business decisions and practices. ? Additional experience includes litigating guardianship and probate matters, along with representing the interests of financial and banking institutions.
- Appellate Law Clerk
- New Jersey Courts
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- New Jersey Appellate Law Clerk to the Honorable Linda G. Baxter
- Mediator
- Superior Court of New Jersey
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- Rutgers School of Law-Camden
- J.D.
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- Honors: Rutgers Law Journal (Production Editor) Hunter Advanced Moot Court Competition (Quarter-Finalist, Top Ten Brief) Teaching Assistant for Civil Procedure
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- Rutgers University - New Brunswick/Piscataway
- B.A. | Women's and Gender Studies
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- Honors: B.A. with High Honors; Douglass College Mabel Smith Honors; Women’s and Gender Studies Honors; Golden Key National Honor Society
- Activities: Peer Academic Advisor
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- Rising Star
- Super Lawyers
- Rising Star
- Super Lawyers
- New Jersey State Bar
- Current
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- Florida State Bar
- Current
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- Middlesex County Bar Association
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- Tri-state Diversity Council
- Current
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- 3 LEGAL DOCUMENTS EVERY COLLEGE STUDENT SHOULD HAVE
- Tina James Law
- 5 BENEFITS OF A GOOD ESTATE PLAN
- Tina James Law
- ESTATE PLANNING FOR FIRST RESPONDERS
- Tina James Law
- Estate Planning for First Responders
- North Brunswick Public Library
- https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwocOusqj0tG9T8iyZetIEwbwtbezXmVPVB?fbclid=IwAR1fMBqp_rzenC4B3o6GZ4QhIxxlFiUIYevHxX-WeYoQEZcmns5SEZ3a5aw
- Disability Law: Estate Planning, Special Needs Trusts and Able Accounts, Belmar Public Library
- Belmar Public Library
- https://www.belmarlibrary.org/upcomingevents.php?event=3177
- Resolving Disputes with School Districts, Zoom
- Lakehurst District Special Education Parent Advisory Group
- https://ldsepag.weebly.com/get-social-with-us.html
- Planning for Your Child with Disabilities, Zoom
- Sayreville Public Library
- http://engagedpatrons.org/EventsExtended.cfm?SiteID=1717&EventID=443389&PK=
- Website
- Tina James Law
