About Rachel S.
Rachel S. Cotrino earned her B.A. in political science from the State University of New York at Binghamton in 2002 and went on to obtain her J.D. from Vermont Law School in 2004. Her education based the legal basis she would build on in the New Jersey and New York bars. Those jurisdictions seem on her expert record, reflecting the geographic attain of her practice.
Her early expert steps covered a role as an associate at Gertner Mandel & Peslak, LLC beginning in 2008. Three years later she opened her personal practice. In 2011 she shaped the Law Office of Rachel S. Cotrino, LLC and has operated it since. Over the years she has mixed personal practice with service to the local bar. She joined the Ocean County Bar Association Family Law Committee in 2008 and remains an active member. In 2012 she additionally joined the Office of Lawyer Ethics Fee Arbitration Committee District IIIA, collaborating within the resolution of fee disputes and binding dispute resolution matters.
That committee work complements the legal work she handles everyday. Her professional exercise is focused in family law matters, and her lengthy-status ties to the Ocean County Bar Association mirror that focus. Serving at the fee binding dispute resolution panel has required engagement with questions of attorney-client billing, disputed fees and procedural equity. Those responsibilities have stored her involved within the mechanics of how legal services are delivered and how disagreements about fees are resolved.
Colleagues and people who've labored together with her over the years note that running a small company requires awareness to many shifting parts: case preparation, courtroom appearances and workplace control. Cotrino moved from affiliate to firm proprietor within a relatively short span of years, and she or he continues to practice from the firm she based. Her club on bar committees keeps her related to nearby practitioners and to problems in family law practice and rate binding dispute resolution.
She keeps her practice in each New Jersey and New York and handles matters that arise in the ones jurisdictions. She practices family regulation at the Law Office of Rachel S. Cotrino, LLC.
