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Glenn Berman
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Judge Berman serves as a mediator, arbitrator and discovery master/special adjudicator in commercial, probate, employment, real estate, general equity, personal injury matters, and high-net-worth matrimonial cases. He also undertakes law enforcement investigations and has served as a hearing officer in disciplinary matters across various public sectors. 

An American Arbitration Association (AAA) trained arbitrator, Judge Berman sits on the AAA’s Employment and Commercial Panels. He is also a Certified Mediator for the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey. 

Following a 17-year career in private practice, Judge Berman served in the Superior Court of Middlesex County from 1989 to 1998, where he presided over matters ranging from prerogative writs to capital murder. He was appointed Prosecutor for Middlesex County in 1998, appearing before the New Jersey Supreme Court and trying numerous jury cases during his tenure. In 2002, he returned to the Middlesex County bench, serving as Presiding Judge of the Family Part from 2003 to 2008, and from 2008 through 2012 served as one of two Superior Court Judges in the Chancery Division, General Equity, presiding over complex commercial, business, probate, real estate and general equity matters. During his tenure on the bench, Judge Berman authored 17 published opinions across all four divisions – General Equity Part, Civil Division, Chancery/Family Part, and the Criminal Part.

Prior to his retirement on January 1, 2013, Judge Berman also served as Acting Assignment Judge and was specially designated to preside over New Jersey’s 2012 landmark cyberbullying case, State of New Jersey v. Dharun Ravi.

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Bar Admissions

  • New Jersey, 1972
  • U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey, 1972
  • U.S. Supreme Court, 1978

Education

  • Case Western Reserve Law School, J.D., 1972
  • Gettysburg College, B.A., with honors, 1969

Recognition

  • American Bar Foundation Fellow
  • Recipient of the 2025 Eugene D. Serpentelli Award from the New Jersey State Bar Association’s Family Law Section, in recognition of extraordinary contributions to the development of family law in New Jersey
  • Recipient of the Middlesex County Bar Association Robert J. Cirafesi Chancery Practice Award (2023)
  • Recipient of the Middlesex County Bar Association Arthur H. Miller Lawyer Achievement Award (2015)
  • Martindale-Hubbell Peer Review Rated AV Preeminent (a trademark of Internet Brands, Inc.)

Proud Fellow of the American Bar Foundation

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Published Cases

Chancery-General Equity

  • Bank of New York Mellon v. George S. Elghossain and Mona C. Elghossain, 419 N.J. Super. 336
  • UPS Capital Business Credit v. Kenneth J. Abbey, Washington Mutual Bank, FA and American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc., 408 N.J. Super. 524
     

Civil Division-Law

  • South Brunswick Associates v. Township of Monroe, 285 N.J. Super. 377
  • Diocese of Metuchen v. Township of Piscataway, 252 N.J. Super. 525
     

Chancery Division-Family Part

  • In the Matter of Ashley Meng, 376 N.J. Super. 641
  • DiBella V. DiBella, 372 N.J. Super. 350
  • Paulino v. Ramirez, 311 N.J. Super. 420
  • Pasternak v. Pasternak, 310 N.J. Super. 483
  • Siegel v. Siegel, 243 N.J. Super. 211
  • Siegel v. Siegel, 241 N.J. Super. 12
  • Prikril v. Prikril, 236 N.J. Super. 49
     

Criminal Division

  • In the Matter of Application of R.C. for Expungement, 292 N.J. Super. 151
  • State of New Jersey v. Pittman, 282 N.J. Super. 349
  • State of New Jersey v. Dylag, 267 N.J. Super. 348
  • State of New Jersey v. Parkins, 263 N.J. Super. 423
  • State of New Jersey v. McCoy, 261 N.J. Super. 202
  • State of New Jersey v. Jersey Carting, Inc., 259 N.J. Super. 130

Memberships

  • American Arbitration Association: Commercial and Employment Arbitration Panels
  • New Jersey State Bar Association: Family Law Section Executive Committee; Equity Jurisprudence Special Committee; Amicus Committee; Business Law Section; Business and Commercial Litigation Special Committee
  • Middlesex County Bar Association (former Trustee)
  • Middlesex County Bar Foundation (former Trustee)
  • Middlesex County Trial Lawyers Association
  • Jewish Bar Association of New Jersey
  • Aldona E. Appleton Family Law American Inn of Court (former Master)
  • Halpern-Furman Inn of Court, Somerset and Middlesex Counties (past President)

Committees

  • New Jersey Supreme Court: Family Practice Committee (2019-2021, 2021-2023); Committee on Women in the Courts, Conference of Family Part Presiding Judges, Conference of General Equity Judges, and Conference of Criminal Part Presiding Judges, past Member
  • New Jersey Supreme Court District VIII Fee Arbitration Committee (former member)
  • New Jersey Supreme Court District VIII Ethics Committee (former member)

Other Activities

  • Municipal Prosecutor: Townships of Old Bridge (1982-83); Monroe (1984-87); East Brunswick (1986-87)
  • Zoning Board of Adjustment Counsel: Boroughs of Helmetta (1980-85) and South River (1973-74)
  • Director of Law: Townships of Monroe (1987); Old Bridge (1988-89)
  • Special Counsel: Township of South Brunswick (1984)
  • Councilman (1976-81), Council President (1980); Borough of South River

Seminars & Events

Of Interest