Firm’s Appellate and Family Practices Leader Matheu D. Nunn Quoted in Law360

Law360’s coverage of a case arising under the Prevention of Domestic Violence Act (PDVA), “NJ Panel Says Assault Finding Warrants Restraining Order,” examines one of the Firm’s matters before the Superior Court of the State of New Jersey, Appellate Division, wherein the Panel ruled that a woman should be granted a restraining order after she successfully proved that her husband, with whom she is in the midst of divorce proceedings, assaulted her.

In reference to the Appellate Division’s published opinion in S.M.T. v. S.A., ___ N.J. Super. ____ (App. Div. Feb. 10, 2026), Matheu D. Nunn, Managing Partner and Chair of the Firm’s Appellate and Family practices, told Law360, “The decision reaffirms something that has been lost on a lot of trial courts — that when the predicate act is a physical assault, the second consideration is not as much of an inquiry. It’s a distinction that I’m glad the Appellate Division put in a published decision.” Nunn and Jessie M. Mills represented S.M.T.

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For more information about this matter, please read our blog “Having the Right Appellate Team Matters: A Look at Two Appellate Decisions,” at this link.