Angela White Dalton 
Red Bank, New Jersey

Angela White Dalton concentrates her practice in probate, guardianship and chancery litigation, estate planning, family and elder law, commercial litigation and appellate practice. She has an "AV" rating from Martindale-Hubbell, the highest rating available from this national attorney peer review organization and has been selected for inclusion in Super Lawyers–a Thompson Reuters publication since 2005. Ms. Dalton was elected Secretary of the New Jersey State Bar Association in 2011 and is in line to be President in 2016. She is an active member of several bar associations, and serves on many committees within those organizations. Ms. Dalton has lectured for such groups as the New Jersey Association for Justice, the New Jersey State Bar Association, Monmouth Bar Association, New Jersey Society of Certified Public Accountants, the New Jersey Institute of Continuing Legal Education, and other civic organizations concentrating in areas including estate planning, special needs trusts, elder law, and legal ethics.

Ms. Dalton received her B.A. summa cum laude from Monmouth University, where she received a full scholarship as an H.R. Young Scholar and the Hon. Elvin R. Simmill Scholarship. She received her law degree from Rutgers University School of Law - Camden, with Honors, where she was a recipient of the American Jurisprudence Award for Legal Research and Writing. The recipient of several other scholastic awards, including the Harry S. Truman Memorial Scholarship, Ms. Dalton was law clerk to the Hon. Thomas F. Shebell Jr., Presiding Judge Appellate Division, Superior Court of New Jersey. She was also a Lyndon B. Johnson Fellowship Legislative Assistant to the Hon. Robert Andrews, United States Congress, First District of New Jersey, and was a legal intern in the Trenton office of the New Jersey Attorney General.

Ms. Dalton resides in Howell Township (pop. 53,000 +/-) with her husband and three daughters, where she served four years on the Township Council as a Councilwoman and as Deputy Mayor, and a member of the Planning Board.

Areas of Practice:

Guardianship and Probate Litigation

Elder & Disability Law, Including Guardianships

Family Law

Estate, Trust and Probate Administration and Litigation

Estate and Trust Planning

Commercial Litigation

Business Counseling

Appellate Practice

Litigation Percentage:

50% of Practice Devoted to Litigation

Bar Admissions:

New Jersey, 1995

Pennsylvania, 1998

U.S. District Court District of New Jersey, 1996

U.S. Court of Appeals 3rd Circuit, 1999

Education:

Rutgers School of Law - Camden, Camden, New Jersey, 1995
J.D.
Honors: With Honors

Monmouth University, West Long Beach, New Jersey, 1992
B.A.
Honors: Summa Cum Laude
Major:  Political Science

Classes/Seminars Taught:

New Jersey Institute for Continuing Education Speaker – January 2006, April 2008, October 2009 – Let's Write a Will/Will Drafting for Paralegals and New Attorneys

Elder Law Primer, A day in the life of an elder law case, NJSBA Mid-year meeting November 2008

Work Life Balance November 2010;

New Jersey Society of CPA’s Speaker - October 2009 Special Needs Trusts

2002 NJ Association for Justice - Special Needs Trusts in Workers Compensation Cases

Abundant Life Fellowship - Estate Planning and Elder Law issues June 2010

Professional Associations and Memberships:

New Jersey State Bar Association
The largest attorney organization in New Jersey - Elected Secretary, 2011, In line to become President May 2016.
Member since 1998
2006-2008 Trustee NJSBA Board of Trustees
Chair, Women in the Profession Section, 2009-2010
Nominating Committee, 2008-2010
Membership Committee – 2006 to 2011; chair 2008-2011
Long Range Planning Committee – 2008 to present
Meetings Arrangements and Programs (MAPS) Committee 2007-present
Judicial Administration Committee Co-Chair, 2007-2008, 2010-2011, Committee member 2004-2011
Pipeline Task Force on Diversity in Law Schools, 2006-2007
Strategic Task Force on Sections, Committees and Infrastructure, 2006-2007
Ethics Diversionary Committee – 2007 to present; Lecturer, Ethics Diversionary Program – 2007 to Present (twice annual ethics seminar to respondents in the Office of Attorney Ethics' Ethics Diversionary Program)
NJSBA General Council Delegate 2000-present
NJSBA Ad-Hoc Committee on Arbitration (2003)
Young Lawyers' Division Executive Committee 2000-2007

2005-2006 Chair;

2003-2004 Chair-Elect

2003-2004 Secretary

At Large Representative 2000-2003, 2000-2004 Young Lawyers Division

New Jersey State Bar Foundation

Trustee 2011-present

Law Explorers Committee 2011/2012

American Bar Association

Member 2001 – 2007; Law Practice Management Section, Liaison to the Young Lawyers Division 2004-2006; ABA Young Lawyers Division

Law Practice Management Committee – Committee Chair 2004-2005; Delegate ABA Y.L.D. Assembly, 2001-2005

Monmouth Bar Association

Elected Trustee 2008 to 2011; appointed trustee 2005-2008; Young Lawyers Committee Chair 2004-2005, member 1996-2009; Nominating Committee 2005-2006; Publications Committee 2005-present; Courthouse Facilities Committee 2006-present; Meetings and Programs Committee 2005-present; Elder Law Committee – Trustee Liaison 2005-present; Legal Education Committee – Trustee Liaison 2006-2009; 100^th Anniversary Committee – 2006 to 2008; Local Government Law Committee – 2007 to present; various lectures including Law Practice Management and Technology Committee/YLD Technology series 2005-2006, Updates in Chancery and Probate Practice, Ethics Update 2009

Superior Court, Monmouth County, Special Civil Part– volunteer mediator 2008- present. Volunteer for mediation of Special Civil Part disputes.

N.J. State Bar Association/Foundation – Mock Trial High School Coach – 2002 Red Bank Catholic; 2003, 2004, 2005 Bishop Ahr H.S.

Monmouth University Legal Internship Program – Host Attorney 1999 - present

N.J. Alliance – Parent representative from St. Frances Cabrini School, Piscataway 1999-2002

Delaware Raritan Girl Scout Council - 1998-2006 - Troop 1109 - Troop Leader Cadette & Senior Girl Scouts

Red Bank Regional Source Foundation, Counsel to Board of Directors - 2001-2008. Created 501c3 non-profit foundation.

HABCore, Inc. – 2005 - 2008. Member, Board of Directors, local non-profit providing housing and services to at risk individuals.

Past Employment Positions:

Goldring, Edwards & Dalton, LLC, Partner, 2005 - 2007

Bowe & Fernicola, LLC, Senior Associate, 2002 - 2005

Noteworthy Opinions:

In re Keeter, 2011 N.J. Super. Unpub. LEXIS 1200 (App.Div. May 11, 2011)

Britwood Urban Renewal, LLC v. City of Asbury Park, 376 N.J. Super. 552, 871 A.2d 129, 2005 N.J. Super. LEXIS 123 (App. Div. 2005)

Mears v. Addonizio, 336 N.J. Super. 474, 765 A.2d 260, 2001 N.J. Super. LEXIS 26 (App.Div. 2001)