Who We Are
Amanda P. Johnston, Esq.
Amanda P. Johnston is a Morristown-based matrimonial lawyer who joined Jacobs Berger in January 2020. As of May 2025, she has earned the well deserved promotion to Counsel. Before joining the firm, Amanda built a wealth of knowledge and experience working for other Morris County-based family law firms, exclusively practicing all types of family law from divorce, custody, and alimony to domestic violence and restraining orders.
Amanda resides in Morris County, where she is an active member of the local and legal community. She is a past president of the Junior League of Morristown, whose mission is to promote women in leadership through volunteering and championing causes related to women and children in the community, as well as team leader for JBWS and a trustee for the Morris County Bar Foundation.
Areas of practice and interest
All Family Law, including:
- Divorce
- Mediation and Arbitration
- Custody & Relocation
- Alimony
- Domestic Violence
- Visitation and Parenting Time
- Child Support & Child Support Modification
- Spousal Support/Spousal Maintenance
- Equitable Distribution
- Marital Settlement Agreements
- Grandparent’s Rights
- Prenuptial Agreements & Post Marital Agreements
- New Jersey, 2011
- United States District Court, District of New Jersey, 2011
- Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 2010
- Suffolk University School Law, Boston, Massachusetts, J.D.
- Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts, B.A.
- Northeastern University School of Professional and Continuing Studies, Boston, Massachusetts, Paralegal Certification.
- Morris County Bar Foundation, Trustee
- New Jersey State Bar Association, Member-Family Law Section
- Barry Croland Family Law Inn of Court, Associate, 2019-Present
- 2021, 2020 Rising Star, New Jersey Super Lawyers
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