Janice Newman Teetsell | Attorney

Main Office

76 South Orange Avenue
Suite 308
South Orange, NJ 07079

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About Janice

Experience

Janice Newman Teetsell, Esq., 1986 to Present
Sole Practitioner

  • From 1986 to 1994 I maintained a part-time law practice in Newark, NJ.
  • In 1994 I opened my full-time office in South Orange, NJ.
  • My areas of concentration include Family Law, Real Estate and Immigration.
  • In January 1999 I changed the name of my office from Janice M. Newman to Janice Newman Teetsell, Esq.

NJ Dept. of Environmental Protection, Trenton, NJ, 1992-1995
Communications Specialist, Municipal Wastewater Assistance

  • Develop and implement communications strategies to promote the financing of municipal wastewater treatment facilities and infrastructure.
  • Design and produce literature and multi-media presentations; review and edit technical reports.
  • Represent NJDEP at conferences and exhibitions. Liaison with the NJ Wastewater Treatment Trust.

NJ Dept. of Environmental Protection and Energy, Trenton, NJ, 1991-1992
Environmental Issues Specialist, Office of Communications

  • Develop and implement communications strategies for departmental programs in areas such as underground storage tanks, water quality and conservation and wastewater treatment.
  • NJ coordinator for celebration of the Delaware Estuary involving NJ, PA and Delaware.
  • Editor of departmental monthly newsletter, In the DEPE.

NJ Dept. of Community Affairs Trenton, NJ, 2/90 to 6/90
Interim Director, Division on Women

  • Administer the activities of the Division, overseeing a staff of 11 with a budget in excess of $2 million.
  • Oversee the funding of programs for women dealing with the prevention of domestic violence, displaced homemakers, urban women centers, child care, women with disabilities, and services for Hispanic women.
  • Serve as the legislatively-mandated representative to the NJ Advisory Commission on Women Veterans.

NJ Dept. of Community Affairs Trenton, NJ, 5/88 to 2/90
Legislative Liaison/Public Information Officer, Division on Women

  • Review and comment on new legislation and amendments to existing legislation. Prepare testimony for legislative committee hearings on issues affecting women and children in NJ.
  • Speech writing; all phases of public information services.

City of Newark, Office of the Mayor Newark, NJ, 1982-1986
Assistant Communications Director

  • Supervision of staff of 7 in the Public Information Office; administering a budget in excess of $100,000.
  • Serve as deputy press secretary to the Mayor. Arrange press conferences and other special events.
  • Coordinate the design and production of literature and graphics for municipal agencies.
  • Producer and host of "Newark and Reality", a weekly half-hour television program on WOR-TV/Channel 9 (until 1985). Producer and Host of "The Newark Report", broadcast on WBGO-FM and other local stations (until 1993).
  • Journalist and columnist for "INFORMATION", a tabloid published for the residents of Newark.

City of Newark Newark, NJ, 1974-1982
Public Information Officer, Public Information Office

  • Producer and host of "Newark and Reality", a weekly half-hour television program on WOR-TV/Channel 9 (until 1985). Producer and Host of "The Newark Report", broadcast on WBGO-FM and other local stations (until 1993).
  • Journalist and columnist for "INFORMATION", a tabloid published for the residents of Newark.
  • Design and produce publications and audio/visual presentations for municipal agencies.
  • Represented the City of Newark on a promotional tour in San Francisco and Los Angeles, promoting tourism in the New York-New Jersey region.

Education

Smith College B.A.

Janice Newman Teetsell Attorney At Law Highlights

Adoption, Child Support, Farms, Divorce, Family Law, Immigration; Real Estate

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