Background
Peterson, Myra T. was born on March 29, 1942 in Newark, New Jersey, United States.
Peterson, Myra T. was born on March 29, 1942 in Newark, New Jersey, United States.
Douglass College (Bachelor of Arts, 1963). Johns Hopkins University (Master of Arts, 1968). Rutgers University (Juris Doctor, 1977).
Member, 1975-1976 and Administrative Editor, 1976-1977, Rutgers Law Review.
Case Editor, New Jersey Family Lawyer, since 1981.
Admitted to the bar, 1977, New Jersey and United States. District Court, District of New Jersey. 1982, United States. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.
1983, United States.
Supreme Court. 1984, New New York
Member, 1975-1976 and Administrative Editor, 1976-1977, Rutgers Law Review. Case Editor, New Jersey Family Lawyer, 1981.
Author: "Anderson v. Somberg: Resident Ipsa Loquitor with a Twist," 29 Rutgers Law Review 770, 1976.
"Joint Custody: An Emerging Concept in Matrimonial Law," 104 New Jersey Law Journal 371, 1979. "Beck v. Beck, A More Reasoned Judicial Response Than Kramer v.
Kramer," 108, New Jersey Law Journal 269, 1981. Company-Author: "Rehabilitative Alimony--A Concept in Need of Direction and Guidance," 2 New Jersey Family Lawyer 64, 1982.
Law Clerk to Honorary Sonia Morgan, New Jersey Superior Court, Appellate Division, 1977-1978.
Fellow, American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, 1992. Member: New Jersey Supreme Court District Ethics Committee, 1987-1991. Chair, 1990-1991; New Jersey Supreme Court Family Participant Practice Committee, 1987-1993.
New Jersey Supreme Court Committee on Civil and Family Motion Practice, 1988-1990.
Member: Supreme Court Task Force on Juveniles, Justice and the Courts, 1989-1991. Member, New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education Curriculum Commander, 1989-1995.
Member: Bergen County, New Jersey State (Member: Family Law Section. Executive Committee, Family Law Section, 1984-1993.
Chair, 1988-1989) and American (Member, Family Law Section.
Executive Member, Alimony Maintenance and Support Committee of the Family Law Section, 1984-1987) Bar Associations.
New Jersey Supreme Court District Ethics Committee. Chair, 1990-1991; New Jersey Supreme Court Family Participant Practice Committee, since 1987. New Jersey Supreme Court Committee on Civil and Family Motion Practice, since 1988.
Member: Supreme Court Task Force on Juveniles, Justice and the Courts, since 1989.
Member, New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education Curriculum Commander, since 1989. Member: Bergen County, New Jersey State (Member: Family Law Section.
Executive Committee, Family Law Section, since 1984. Chair, 1988-1989) and American (Member, Family Law Section.
Executive Member, Alimony Maintenance and Support Committee of the Family Law Section, 1984-1987) Bar Associations.