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Christopher L. Garibian

Mr. Garibian has been practicing law for the past twelve years passionately representing both men and women on all issues of family law.

Ask Mr. Garibian about his core philosophy of helping clients, and you’ll receive a potent three-word answer: action creates reaction. “To successfully handle a divorce,” Mr. Garibian advises, “there must be a plan of action to move through the process that includes an entrance strategy, an exit strategy and contingency plans.”

For you, this means that your divorce will be guided by a focused, strategic and customized action plan designed to achieve the best possible results in the least amount of time, expense and emotional toll.

Areas of Practice:

100% Family Law including: all aspects of divorce, alimony, child support, parenting time, custody, enforcement of existing Orders, prenuptial agreements, dissolution of domestic partnerships, civil unions, distribution of property, DYFS cases, separation agreements, Temporary/Final Restraining Orders, domestic violence, violation of Final Restraining Orders, post-divorce applications for support, parenting, custody, non-dissolution matters of support, custody, parenting, enforcement of Orders, appeals of divorce, post-judgment and domestic violence matters.

Bar Admissions:

New Jersey, 2007
United States District Court (third Circuit) for the District of New Jersey, 2007

Education:

  • Thomas M. Cooley Law School – Lansing, MI – Juris Doctor – January 1997
  • Rutgers University – New Jersey – Bachelor of Arts – English – May 1990

Professional Associations and Memberships:

  • New Jersey State Bar Association – Family Law Section, 2001 – Present
  • Morris County Bar Association – Family Law Section, 2001 – Present
  • North Jersey Family Law Inns of Court, 2001 – Present
  • Somerset County Family Law Inns of Court, 2001

Classes/Seminars Taught:

  • County College of Morris Women’s Center, 2007 – Present
  • Fairleigh Dickinson University Paralegal Studies, Family Law (01-02)

Representative Cases:

Grandparent Visitation:

  • Daniels v. Daniels 381 N.J. Super. 286 (App. Div. 2005)

Pro Bono Activities:

JBWS Legal Advocacy Volunteer Attorney, 2001 – Present

Past Employment Positions:

07/09-Present
Partner: Garibian LLC, Morristown, NJ
Practice limited to family law and related issues, custody, visitation, domestic violence

08/03-07/09
Partner: Salvaggio, Garibian LLC, Morristown, NJ
Practice limited to family law and related issues, custody, visitation, domestic violence

08/01-07/03
Associate: Cutler, Simeone & Townsend, L.L.C., Morristown, NJ
Practice limited to family law and related issues, custody, visitation, domestic violence

04/00-04/01
Associate: Hanlon & Dunn, Morristown, NJ
Divorce, child support, visitation, family issues, criminal law, civil litigation, real estate, municipal court

12/99-04/00
Garibian, P.C.: Christopher L. Garibian, Esq., Morristown, NJ
Divorce, child support, visitation, family issues, criminal law, civil litigation, real estate, municipal court

5/99-12/99
Associate: The Law Offices of David F. Salvaggio, Morristown, NJ
Practice limited to family law and related issues, custody, visitation, domestic violence

8/97-4/99
Garibian, P.C.: Christopher L. Garibian, Esq., Morristown, NJ
Divorce, child support, visitation, family issues, criminal law, civil litigation, real estate, municipal court

Community and Activities:

  • Morristown Parking Authority, Commissioner, (11/97-6/00, 2008-Present)
  • Worral F. Mountain Inn of Court (1998)
  • Court Appointed Special Advocate of Morris County (1998)


Ms. Jill D. Turkish, Esq.

Jill D. Turkish, Esq. is a 2004 graduate of Seton Hall University School of Law.  Ms. Turkish began her family law career after gaining a year of valuable experience as a Judicial Law Clerk to New Jersey Family Court Judge William A. Daniel, J.S.C.

Since that time she has continued to devote her practice to matrimonial law and all related family matters.

Ms. Turkish is licensed to practice law in the New Jersey State Bar and the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey.  She is a Member of the New Jersey State Bar Association and the Morris County Bar Association.

Ms. Turkish serves as a volunteer attorney for the Battered Women’s Legal Advocacy Project for low income women in domestic violence cases.  Ms. Turkish also represents men in domestic violence matters giving her a complete prospective from both gender sides.

Areas of Practice:

100% Family Law including: all aspects of divorce, support, parenting time, custody, enforcement of existing Orders, prenuptial agreements, dissolution of domestic partnerships and civil unions, distribution of property, separation agreements and domestic violence matters.

Post-divorce applications with respect to custody and parenting time, establishment and modification of child support, college contribution and enforcement of Orders.  Divorce, post-divorce and domestic violence appeals.

Bar Admissions:

New Jersey, 2005
United States District Court (third Circuit) for the District of New Jersey, 2005

Education:

  • Seton Hall University School of Law, New Jersey, Juris Doctor, May 2004
  • University of Miami, Florida, Bachelor of Arts, May 2001

Professional Associations and Memberships

  • Morris County Bar Association, 2006 – Present
  • Division Union County – Elizabeth, New Jersey – September 2004 – August 2005
  • New Jersey State Bar Association, 2005 – Present

Pro Bono Activities:

  • Jersey Battered Women’s Legal Advocacy Project, Volunteer Attorney, 2006 – Present
  • Legal Services of Northwest Jersey – Volunteer Attorney, 2007 – Present
  • Seton Hall Law School, Volunteer Judge for Appellate Advocacy Oral Arguments

Past Employment Positions:

  • 07/09–Present    Associate, Garibian LLC, Morristown, NJ
  • 05/06–07/09    Associate, Salvaggio Garibian LLC, Morristown, NJ
  • Law Clerk, the Honorable William A. Daniel, J.S.C., New Jersey Superior Court, Family


Kathy Simmons

Kathy Simmons, Paralegal and Firm Administrator, began her career in the field of law in 1967 after completing the Legal Secretarial course at Ridgewood Secretarial School in Ridgewood, New Jersey.  She gained experience in many areas of the law by working in Bergen County, New Jersey and later in Connecticut, for attorneys who were engaged in general law practices.

While raising two young children and experiencing a divorce herself, as a single mother, Kathy Simmons became certified by the Administrative Office of the Courts as a Certified Court Transcriber, and for seven years she prepared court transcripts from tape recorded court proceedings.

In 1979 Ms. Simmons obtained her Paralegal Certificate.

Beginning in 1986, Ms. Simmons worked as paralegal to Laurence J. Cutler, Esq. of Morristown, who exclusively handled family law and related matters.  Later, when Mr. Cutler formed the law firm of Cutler, Simeone, Townsend, O’Donnell and Tomaio, she served as Firm Administrator. It was there that she met Christopher Leon Garibian, Esq.

From 2005 to 2009, Kathy was Paralegal to Christopher Garibian at the firm of Salvaggio Garibian LLC.

In 2009, when Mr. Garibian left Salvaggio Garibian to open his own firm of Garibian LLC, Ms. Simmons went with him as his Paralegal and Office Administrator.

Ms. Simmons’ many years of experience in the field of law, and specifically in the area of family law for nearly twenty years, her familiarity with the New Jersey Court system, court personnel, and members of the legal community in general, in addition to her own personal experience with divorce, allows her to succeed on many levels within the Firm.