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    Melissa A. Volet

    Shareholder

    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 Associations Department, 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 and seminars 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.

    Bar/Court Admissions

    • New Jersey 
    • New York
    • U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey

    Education

    • J.D., Hofstra University School of Law, 2002
    • B.S., Hofstra University, 1999

    Thought Leadership

    Speaking Engagements

    • Impress Your Boards with Assessment Collection Knowledge Part 1: Understanding Account Ledgers & Liens. Stark & Stark Webinar. March 28, 2023.
    • Impress Your Boards with Assessment Collection Knowledge Part 2: The Best Way to Collect on Judgments. Stark & Stark Webinar. March 28, 2023.
    • Impress Your Boards with Assessment Collection Knowledge Part 3: A Focus on Foreclosures and Bankruptcies. Stark & Stark Webinar. March 28, 2023.

    Publications

    • 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

    Honors & Awards

    • New Jersey Super Lawyers Rising Stars List issued by Thompson Reuters (Methodology)
      • 2011 – 2012; General Litigation

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    Professional Organizations

    • New Jersey State Bar Association
    • Mercer County Bar Association
    • Monmouth County Bar Association
    • Community Associations Institute (CAI) – New Jersey Chapter, Chair of the Spring Event Committee
    • Friends of IREM Institute of Real Estate Management

    Community Organizations

    • Princeton Nursery School (PNS), Board of Trustees & Co-Chair of the Event Committee

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