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Mary Cay Trace
mtrace@tracejenkins.com

Education
Douglass College, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, N.J. 1978
Widener University, The Delaware Law School, Wilmington, Del., J.D., 1984

Affiliations
Ms. Trace is a Fellow of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers.
Admitted to practice in New Jersey and Pennsylvania, and before the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey,the Third Circuit Court of Appeals and the United States Supreme Court. Ms. Trace is a member of the New Jersey State Bar Associate Family Law Section as well as the Camden, Salem and Gloucester County Bar Associations. She is a member and Past Chair of the Gloucester County Family Law Committee and a member of the Camden County Family Law Committee, and serves as a Matrimonial Early Settlement Panelist for Camden and Gloucester Counties. She also serves as a Blue Ribbon Panelist in Camden, Gloucester, Cumberland and Burlington Counties as well as a divorce mediator. She serves on the New Jersey Family Law Executive Committee, served on the New Jersey Supreme Court Special Committee on Matrimonial Litigation and was a member and former Chair of the District IV Arbitration Committee. She is a member of the District IV Ethics Committee.
Ms. Trace has lectured for ICLE, Gloucester County College and other professional and community groups. She is a Master, Thomas S. Forkin Family Law American Inns of Court.

Biography
Mary Cay Trace is a Partner in Trace and Jenkins, LLC, in Woodbury, New Jersey, where she concentrates in the area of matrimonial law and related matters, ranging from simple to complex matters; non-dissolution matters, extensive motion practice, trial litigation in divorce, custody, domestic violence and related matters.

Tom Jenkins
tjenkins@tracejenkins.com

Education
Kings College, Wilkes-Barre, Pa., BA, 1972
Rutgers Law School, Camden, N.J., JD, 1983

Certificate
Certified by the Supreme Court of New Jersey as a Matrimonial Law Attorney Qualified Divorce Mediator

Affiliations
Tom Jenkins is a member of the New Jersey State Bar Association and the Gloucester County Bar and Camden County Bar Associations and Association of Trial Lawyers of America ñ NJ. Tom serves on the Early Settlement Panel of Gloucester, Camden, Cumberland and Salem counties as well as being appointed to ìBlue Ribbon Panelsî.

Biography
Tom Jenkins brings a broad range of experience and skills to matrimonial law, and as such superbly compliments Mary Cay Trace, his partner at Trace and Jenkins for the last 7 years. By most estimations their practice is one of the fastest-growing matrimonial firms in Southern New Jersey, and Jenkins has been central to the firm's success.


AllynMarie Smedley
asmedley@tracejenkins.com

Education
Richard Stockton College of New Jersey, Pomona, NJ
B.A. Business 1998
Widener University School of Law, Wilmington, Delaware
Juris Doctor, May 2004

Affiliations
Gloucester County Bar Association, Camden County Bar Association, Cumberland County Bar Association, Thomas Forkin Family Law American Inn of Court, New Jersey State Bar Association

Biography
Southern New Jersey native AllynMarie Smedley joined Trace & Jenkins in 2006 and practices matrimonial law exclusively. Prior to joining the firm she served as a law clerk to The Honorable Harold U. Johnson, Jr., Chancery Division, Family Part, Cumberland County, from 2005 to 2006. She is admitted to the New Jersey State Bar and to the Pennsylvania State Bar. She received a B.A. from Stockton State College and her law degree from Widener University School of Law. She attended Lenape High School, Medford, New Jersey, graduating in June 1994


Michelle L. Ferreri
mferreri@tracejenkins.com

Education
Bishop Eustace Preparatory School, Pennsauken, New Jersey
Graduating in June 1998
Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
B.A. in Journalism and Public Relations June 2002
University of Pittsburgh School of Law, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Juris Doctor, May 2005

Honors and Awards
Associate of the Year, Thomas Forkin Family Law American Inns of Court, 2006-2007
University of Pittsburgh School of Law Appellate Moot Court Competition:
Best Brief Finalist, 2003-2004

Bar Admission
New Jersey, 2005
Pennsylvania, 2005

Affiliations
Gloucester County Bar Association, Camden County Bar Association, Salem County Bar Association, Thomas Forkin Family Law American Inns of Court, New Jersey State Bar Association

Biography
A native of Southern New Jersey, Michelle Ferreri joined Trace & Jenkins in 2006. Her practice is dedicated exclusively to matrimonial law. She is admitted to the New Jersey State Bar and the Pennsylvania State Bar. Prior to joining Trace & Jenkins Ms. Ferreri served as a law clerk for The Honorable Eugene J. McCaffrey, Jr., Chancery Division - Family Part, Salem County, New Jersey, from 2005 to 2006. She also served as a judicial intern in Summer 2003 for The Honorable John T.J. Kelly, Jr., Superior Court of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.


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