Melissa A. Volet

Melissa A. Volet

Shareholder

Phone: 609.791.7004
Fax: 609.896.0629

mvolet@stark-stark.com

Hamilton, NJ

100 American Metro Boulevard
Hamilton, NJ 08619
Secondary phone: 800.535.3425
Fax: 609.896.0629

Melissa A. Volet is a Shareholder and member of Stark & Stark’s Community Associations Department. The practice is focused on drafting resolutions and amendments, rule and regulation creation and enforcement, complex collection matters, litigation, drafting service contracts, and developer transition.

In 2005, Ms. Volet joined Stark & Stark’s Community Association Department. Since that time she has concentrated her practice on Collections for Associations and heads the Community Association Department’s Collection practice.

Ms. Volet works with Associations to maximize their recovery on delinquent unit owner accounts, focusing on money judgment actions, foreclosure actions and representation of association’s creditor rights in bankruptcy actions. She also performs webinars for management teams and association boards on all aspects of collections for associations. Ms. Volet is an active member of CAI and has served on various CAI committees since 2005.

Prior to joining Stark & Stark, Ms. Volet was a matrimonial attorney for a law firm in Monmouth County from 2002-2005, where she represented individuals in all aspects of litigation involving divorce, custody, alimony and child support. Ms. Volet has also served as a judicial intern to The Honorable Denis R. Hurley, United States District Court, E.D.N.Y. In addition, Ms. Volet has completed legal internships with the Queens County District Attorney’s Office in Kew Gardens, New York, and with Nassau/Suffolk Law Services, Inc. in Central Islip, New York.

Ms. Volet is a frequent contributor to the New Jersey Law Blog. You can read Ms. Volet’s most recent blog post here.

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  • Impress Your Boards with Assessment Collection Knowledge Part 3: A Focus on Foreclosures and Bankruptcies. Stark & Stark Webinar. March 28, 2023.
  • American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 Provides For Additional Cash Assistance and Supplemental Federal Unemployment Benefits. The National Law Review. March 24, 2021.
  • What Can Be Done About Property Owners in an Association Refusing to Pay Annual Dues? Association Help Now. April 7, 2015.
  • Refusal to Pay Alternative Collection Methods. New Jersey Cooperator. September 2014.
  • No Pets Rule. The New Jersey Cooperator. June 2013.
  • Condo Associations’ Liens Take Precedence: Decision favors condo associations’ liens over township’s claim, New Jersey Law Journal, February 12, 2008

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Hamilton, NJ

100 American Metro Boulevard
Hamilton, NJ 08619
Phone: 609.896.9060
Secondary phone: 800.535.3425
Fax: 609.896.0629
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40 Lake Center, 401 NJ-73, Suite 130
Marlton, NJ 08053
Phone: 856.874.4443
Secondary phone: 888.241.7424
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777 Township Line Road, Suite 120
Yardley, PA 19067
Phone: 267.907.9600
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5 Pennsylvania Plaza 23rd Floor
New York, NY 10001
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The Bellevue 200 S Broad St #600
Philadelphia, PA 19102
Phone: 267.907.9600
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Fax: 215.564.6245
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78 W Broad St
Bridgeton, NJ 08302
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