Ms. Frankland joined the firm in 2015 and was previously a Partner at the Law Firm of Melli, Guerin, Wall & Frankland, P.C. and senior associate at the Law Firm of Foster & Mazzie, LLC in Totowa New Jersey. Ms. Frankland's practice areas include arbitration, family law, real estate and estates.
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Biography
Suzanne J. Frankland received her Juris Doctor degree from Rutgers University, Newark, New Jersey and obtained her Baccalaureate degree from Georgetown University, Washington, D.C. Ms. Frankland joined the firm in 2015 and was previously a Partner at the Law Firm of Melli, Guerin, Wall & Frankland, P.C. and senior associate at the Law Firm of Foster & Mazzie, LLC in Totowa New Jersey. Ms. Frankland”s practice areas include arbitration, family law, real estate and estates.
Ms. Frankland is admitted to practice law in New Jersey, New York and the District of Columbia as well as the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey. She is a member of the Bergen County Bar Association, New Jersey Bar Association and District of Columbia Bar Association. Suzanne is a full-time arbitration for Forthright, the Administrator of the New Jersey PIP arbitration system, Forthright Advisory Counsel for 8 years, Vice Chairperson of the New Jersey Supreme Court Committee on the Unauthorized Practice of Law and a Matrimonial Settlement Panelist in Bergen County. Additionally, Ms. Frankland is a past member of the Borough of Paramus Zoning Board and is currently the Chairman of the Borough of Paramus Pool Commission.
Practice Areas
- Arbitration
- Family Law
- Real Estate
- Estates
Education
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Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey School of Law – Newark, Newark, New Jersey
- J.D. – 1991
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Georgetown University
- B.A. – 1988
- Major: Psychology
Sororities
- Psi Chi
Bar Admissions
- New Jersey, 1992
- New York, 2001
- District of Columbia, 1993
- U.S. District Court District of New Jersey, 1992
Clerkship
- Sybil R. Moses, AJSC, Bergen County, Law Clerk, 1991 – 1992
Professional Associations and Memberships
- New Jersey State Bar Association, Member, 1992 – Present
- Bergen County Bar Association, Member, 1992 – Present
- American Bar Association, Member
- Forthright Arbitration (Administrator of NJ NO Fault Arbitrations) Advisory Council, 2005 – 2013
- NJ State Supreme Court – Committee on the Unauthorized Practice of Law Vice Chairperson, 2006 – Present
- Borough of Paramus Pool Commission Chairperson, 2006 – Present
- Georgetown University Hoyas Unlimited Board of Directors, Member, 1992 – 2014
- Georgetown University Hoyas Unlimited Board of Directors, Past Executive Board
Secretary, Vice President - Bergen County, Superior Court, Family Part, Matrimonial Early Settlement Panelist, 2000 – Present
- Paramus Board of Adjustment, Member, 1995 – 1996
Past Employment Positions
- Foster & Mazzie, LLC, senior associate, 2013 – 2014
- Melli, Guerin, Wall & Frankland, Partner, 1992 – 2012