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Melissa Kapustin

New York, NY18 years experienceAdmitted 2007

About Melissa Kapustin

Melissa Rothenberg-Kapustin joined The Rothenberg Law Firm in 2007 and manages the firm's Hackensack, NJ office. She earned her J.D. with High Honors from Rutgers University School of Law-Newark in 2007 and was inducted into the Order of the Coif. While in law school, she worked as a student attorney for the Rutgers Urban Legal Clinic representing low-income clients in Social Security/SSI disability hearings, and assisted in preparing briefs and motions before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. She completed a summer judicial internship with the Honorable Rachel N. Davidson of the Essex County Superior Court, Law Division. She also holds a Master's degree in Modern Jewish History and is a frequent lecturer on Jewish history and law.

Practice areas

Education

Rutgers University School of Law-Newark
J.D. (High Honors, Order of the Coif); B.A. magna cum laude; M.A. Modern Jewish History (Yeshiva, 2002), 2007
Yeshiva University, Stern College for Women
Undergraduate, 2001

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of New Jersey, admitted 2007
State Bar of New York, admitted 2008
State Bar of Pennsylvania, admitted 2015
American Association for Justice
American Bar Association
Pennsylvania Bar Association
New Jersey Association for Justice

Awards & recognition

Order of the Coif
High Honors, Rutgers Law

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