Karen Tichenor Willitts

Karen T. Willitts, Esq. was born in Orange, New Jersey in 1971 and grew up in Verona, New Jersey. Ms. Willitts graduated with High Honors from Rutgers University in 1993 with a B.A. in Economics, after which she worked as a financial analyst at Goldman Sachs & Co. in New York City. She earned her J.D. from Rutgers Law School - Newark in 1998. She was admitted to the New Jersey State Bar 1998. After law school, Ms. Willitts served as a Judicial Law Clerk in Middlesex County for the Honorable Amy P. Chambers, J.S.C. In 1999 she joined the law firm of Yudes Family Law, where she was employed for twenty one years. In 2021, Ms. Willitts joined Cipriano Law Offices, P.C. She is a member of the New Jersey Bar Association, the Union County Bar Association and the Middlesex County Bar Association, where she is also a panelist for the Matrimonial Early Settlement Panel. Ms. Willitts has practiced in the area of family law exclusively since 1999, particularly in the areas of divorce, custody, child support and alimony, as well as in the area of domestic violence and prenuptial agreements.

• Alimony
• Antenuptial Agreements
• Child Suport
• Custody / Visitation
• Equitable DIstribution

New Jersey

Since 1998

Rutgers Law School

J.D.

1998

Rutgers University

B.A.

1993

New Jersey State Bar  # 022621998

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