Mr. Poles is admitted to practice law in New Jersey and New York. He practices exclusively in the areas of Matrimonial and Family Law and handles all aspects of those matters including divorce, custody and parenting time, alimony and child support, equitable distribution of property, prenuptial agreements, domestic violence, and post-judgment family-related matters. After graduating from law school, he served as the Law Clerk to the Honorable William R. DeLorenzo, Jr., J.S.C. in the Superior Court of New Jersey, Bergen County, Family Part and also as a Mediator for both family and Special Civil law suits as part of his Law Clerk responsibilities. Mr. Poles has been selected to the New Jersey Super Lawyers, Rising Stars Edition, a list published by Thomson Reuters and which features no more than 2.5% of New Jersey attorneys as featured in New Jersey Monthly Magazine. Mr. Poles also volunteers for New Jersey’s Mandatory Early Settlement Panel Program in Bergen County. He also served on the executive committee for the NJ State Bar Association’s Young Lawyer Division in 2016-2017.
Bar Admissions
- New Jersey, 2011
- New York, 2012
- U.S. District Court District of New Jersey, 2011
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of New York, 2015
- U.S. District Court Southern District of New York, 2015
Honors and Awards
- Super Lawyer, Rising Star, According to New Jersey Monthly Magazine 2014-2023
- Bergen County’s Top Lawyers 2017; 2022
- New Jersey's Best Lawyers for Families 2019
- Best Lawyer’s Ones to Watch 2022 and 2023
- National Academy of Family Law Attorneys Top 10 Under 40
- American Institute of Family Law Attorneys “10 Best Under 40 Client Satisfaction Award”
- 10.0 Avvo Rating
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- For Bergen Magazine, DataJoe Research of Fort Collins, Colorado, a software and research company specializing in data collection and verification, conducted a peer-review survey of more than 3,500 lawyers across Bergen County. Recipients were asked to provide information on which attorneys (other than themselves) they considered the best, across dozens of specialties.
- The National Academy of Family Law Attorneys uses a thorough selection process to determine the top family law attorneys in each state. With thousands of attorneys in each state, the NAFLA’s rigourous, independent selection process resolves the challenge of attorneys claiming to be “the best” without basis for such claims. To learn more about the selection process see www.nafla.net/selection-process. No aspect of this advertisement has been approved by the Supreme Court.”.
- American Institute of Family Law (10 Best Client Satisfaction; Top10 Under 40) “To be named an attorney must be formally nominated by the board, client, and/or fellow Attorney; have attained the highest degree of professional achievement in his or her field of law; and having done so with an impeccable Client Satisfaction rating. To learn more about the selection process see www.aiofla.org. No aspect of this has been approved by the Supreme Court of New Jersey.
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