Practice Area:Business, Commercial, Contract, Divorce, Employment, Family, Partnership Disputes, Probate
Hon. Katherine Dupuis concentrates her practice on mediation and arbitration with a focus on commercial disputes, probate mediation and divorce mediation. She was formerly the Presiding Judge of the Chancery, Probate and Family Divisions of the Superior Court of New Jersey, Union County.
Judge Dupuis brings a wealth of experience gained from her years of service in the Civil, Family, and Criminal Divisions of the Union County Courts. She began her career as a federal law clerk in the US District Court of New Jersey, and was then employed as an Assistant County Prosecutor in Union County. She was first appointed to the bench in 1993 and has been assigned to all divisions, having handled:
Business Disputes
Will contests
Real estate disputes
Business valuations
Divorce proceedings
Probate
Contracts
Judge Dupuis has managed many will contests and challenges to the transfer of assets before and after a decedent’s death. She has also mediated and arbitrated partnership and stockholder disputes. Additionally, she has dealt with the myriad of disputes that arise from divorce litigation including determining what assets are part of the matrimonial estate, the value of those assets, as well as alimony and child support.
She is a member of the Union County Bar Association, and the New Jersey State Bar, and is also an active member of the Family, Alternate Dispute Resolution and LGBT Sections of the New Jersey State Bar Association.
Judge Dupuis is currently serving as a Commercial and Consumer Panelist for the American Arbitration Association (AAA).
Education
J.D., Seton Hall School of Law, Newark, NJ, 1978
B.A., Chestnut Hill College, Philadelphia PA, 1972
Admissions
Superior Court of New Jersey, 1993
Professional & Bar Association Memberships
Union County Bar Association
American Bar Association
New Jersey State Bar Association
Richard Hughes Inn of Courts
Union County Judicial and Prosecutorial Appointment Committee
Supreme Court Committee on Outside Activities
Chancery Part Presiding Judge Committee
Chancery Judicial Educational Committee for Family Division
Member LGBT Section of the State Bar
Member of Family Law Section of the NJ State Bar
Former Member of Family Law Executive Committee
Former member of the Criminal Practice Committee
Member of Alternate Dispute Resolution Committee of State Bar
