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LaDonna M. Cousins, Esq.

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LaDonna M. Cousins, Esq. has devoted her practice to matrimonial and family law, including divorce proceedings, post-judgment matters, issues related to custody, parenting time, child support, pre-nuptial agreements, stepparent and adult adoptions, and more.  She received her undergraduate degree, a Bachelor of Arts in English and Spanish, from Georgetown University. Thereafter, in 2011, she achieved her Juris Doctorate from Temple University, Beasley School of Law. While attending law school, LaDonna participated in the Trial Advocacy program as well as the Domestic Relations Mediation Clinical, where she was trained in mediation skills and conducted mediation sessions with parties referred by the Family Court. After LaDonna’s graduation from law school, she served as a judicial law clerk to the Honorable Susan F. Maven, J.S.C., of the Superior Court of New Jersey, Atlantic County.

LaDonna is admitted to practice in New Jersey (admitted in 2011) and Pennsylvania (admitted in 2011) and is a member of the New Jersey Bar Association and the Middlesex County Bar Association.

She is also a serving member of the Family Law Executive Committee for the New Jersey State Bar Association for the 2023-2024 term.

LaDonna is honored to have been designated a Super Lawyers Rising Star for the years 2017 through 2021.

Areas of practice

  • Family Law
  • Divorce
  • Mediation
  • Child Custody & Parenting Time
  • Child Support
  • Alimony
  • Division of Assets & Debts
  • Post-Judgment Enforcement/Modification
  • Prenuptial Agreements
  • Grandparents Visitation
  • Stepparent and adult adoption
  • Guardian Ad Litem
  • Domestic Violence
  • Child Welfare (DCPP) matters
  • LGBTQIA+ Divorce & Family Law
  • All other Family Law issues

Education

  • Juris Doctor, Temple University James E. Beasley School of Law (2011)
  • Bachelor of Arts, Georgetown University (2007)

Bar Admissions

  • State of New Jersey (2011)
  • U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey (2011)
  • State of Pennsylvania (2011)

Bar Memberships

  • New Jersey State Bar Association (Family Law Section)
  • NJSBA Family Law Executive Committee (2023-2024 term)
  • Essex County Bar Association
  • Association of Black Women Lawyers of New Jersey
  • The Barry Croland Family Law American Inn of Court

Awards & Recognitions

  • Super Lawyers Rising Star (2017-2021)
  • The National Black Lawyers Top 40 Under 40 (2023)
LaDonna M. Cousins, Esq.
LaDonna M. Cousins, Esq.
Williams Law Group, LLC

LaDonna M. Cousins, Esq. has devoted her practice to matrimonial and family law, including divorce proceedings, post-judgment matters, issues related to custody, parenting time, child support, pre-nuptial agreements, stepparent and adult adoptions, and more.  She received her undergraduate degree, a Bachelor of Arts in English and Spanish, from Georgetown University. Thereafter, in 2011, she achieved her Juris Doctorate from Temple University, Beasley School of Law. While attending law school, LaDonna participated in the Trial Advocacy program as well as the Domestic Relations Mediation Clinical, where she was trained in mediation skills and conducted mediation sessions with parties referred by the Family Court. After LaDonna’s graduation from law school, she served as a judicial law clerk to the Honorable Susan F. Maven, J.S.C., of the Superior Court of New Jersey, Atlantic County.

LaDonna is admitted to practice in New Jersey (admitted in 2011) and Pennsylvania (admitted in 2011) and is a member of the New Jersey Bar Association and the Middlesex County Bar Association.

She is also a serving member of the Family Law Executive Committee for the New Jersey State Bar Association for the 2023-2024 term.

LaDonna is honored to have been designated a Super Lawyers Rising Star for the years 2017 through 2021.

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