Northeast New Jersey Legal Services
Margaret M. Ochner, Esq. is a seasoned attorney specializing in family law, currently serving as a Staff Attorney in the Family Unit at Northeast New Jersey Legal Services since March 2024. Prior experience includes roles as an Associate Attorney at Herbert & Weiss, LLP and as an Attorney for Family Law, along with a position as a Research Assistant at a law firm where research on an expert witness report for an asylum seeker was conducted. Academic contributions include serving as an Adjunct Professor at Montclair State University and as a Pre-College Program Instructor at Farleigh Dickinson University. Previous legal experience encompasses work as an Associate Attorney at Damiano Law Offices and a Law Clerk to the Honorable Rudolph A. Filko in the New Jersey Superior Court's Family Division. Margaret M. Ochner holds a Juris Doctor from Cardozo School of Law and a Bachelor of Arts in Jurisprudence and Political Science from Montclair State University.
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Northeast New Jersey Legal Services
Northeast New Jersey Legal Services’s (NNJLS) mission is to ensure equal access to justice for residents of Bergen, Hudson, and Passaic Counties, NJ experiencing poverty. No one should be denied a meaningful opportunity to have their day in court simply because they cannot afford a lawyer. NNJLS is a private non-profit public interest law firm that provides free legal representation in civil (non-criminal) matters to underserved individuals and families experiencing poverty. We also work to increase the public’s knowledge of their rights and responsibilities through community legal education. NNJLS focuses on four core areas of civil law – housing, consumer, family, and public benefits. NNJLS also has specialized programs in place to address the civil legal needs of veterans, seniors, students, survivors of domestic violence, survivors of sexual assault, recent immigrants, persons living with HIV or AIDS, formerly incarcerated, the homeless, and residents experiencing poverty who have federal income tax issues with the IRS.