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Charles C. Rifici

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Phone: (908) 534-7900
Fax: (908) 534-7743

502 U.S. 22
Lebanon, New Jersey 08833

Charles C. Rifici, Esq. is a partner with Kearns Rotolo Law concentrating his practice on Family Law.

Charles joined the Firm in 2014 after completing a family clerkship with the Honorable Anthony F. Picheca, Jr., J.S.C. in Somerset County. Charles received his J.D. from Rutgers School of Law – Camden in 2013. In law school, he was selected to be a Marshall Brennan Fellow, a program that teaches the Constitution to high school students in Camden. He was also the Managing Research Editor for the Rutgers Journal of Law and Public Policy, and a Student Bar Association representative. Charles is a member of the New Jersey and Pennsylvania Bars as well as the Hunterdon County Bar Association and the New Jersey State Bar Association.

Charles is recognized in the 2025 edition of The Best Lawyers in America: Ones to Watch© for his work in Family Law. Recognition by Best Lawyers is based entirely on peer review. The process is designed to capture, as accurately as possible, the consensus opinion of leading lawyers about the professional abilities of their colleagues within the same geographical area and legal practice area. For more information about selection criteria, click Best Lawyers Selection Methodology. [No aspect of this advertisement has been approved by the Supreme Court of New Jersey.]

Lawyers In 2024 Charles was selected to the list of New Jersey Rising Stars. The is his eighth year of selection to the Rising Stars list which is generated by the Thomson Reuters organization according to the methodology and set of standards set forth in "Super Lawyers Selection Methodology." [No aspect of this advertisement has been approved by the Supreme Court.]

Charles graduated from Rutgers University – New Brunswick in 2009 with a B.A. in English, Psychology, and Criminal Justice. At Rutgers, Charles played for the club soccer team and was a four-year participant in the Rutgers University Dance Marathon, which raises money each year to support children with cancer and their families.

Education

J.D., Rutgers School of Law, 2013
Marshall Brennan Fellow, Managing Research Editor for "Rutgers Journal of Law and Public Policy," Student Bar Association Representative

B.A., Rutgers University, 2009
Member - Club Soccer Team, Participant - Rutgers University Dance Marathon

Jurisdictions Admitted to Practice New Jersey, 2013
Professional & Bar Association Memberships

Hunterdon County Bar Association
Member Since: 2013

New Jersey State Bar Association
Member Since: 2014

 
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