Michael Weinberg has emerged as one of the state's premier divorce lawyers, whose record and personal background have set him apart from most of his peers. He is today Chair of the Family Law Section of the New Jersey State Bar, a high profile position, and he has become one of Southern New Jersey's best known courtroom litigators. After years as co-head of the matrimonial-law department at Archer Law, this year he re-joined the practice founded by his father, Joseph Weinberg. Today Marlton-based Weinberg, Kaplan & Smith is one of the top family-law firms in the region.

As the son of a prominent divorce lawyer, Weinberg grew up as part of the South Jersey legal community, giving him an important head start and insight on the profession. He worked weekends filing so-called "pocket parts" - updates of legal texts - in his father's Haddon Avenue office, After high school he decided to enroll at a smaller college to help him focus and concentrate on academics. He landed at 6,500-student Bentley College in Waltham, Mass. "I knew that I then needed some structure and a more close knit environment," he said. "I was right." It was later in law school that the Weinberg really proved himself academically. At Capital University Law he graduated at the top of his class, Magna Cum Laude, after "the three most rewarding academic years of my life." He was a published author for the school's Law Review. His first law job was as a summer associate with a sophisticated insurance defense firm, and he later did a clerkship in The Hon. Charles Little's civil court before joining fulltime a Cherry Hill firm that focused on complex civil litigation. Weinberg says he remained interested in divorce cases even then, while still in his 20s, but he realized broader courtroom experience would serve him well later on. "As a family lawyer, it is important that you have an understanding of many areas of the law. My experiences in litigating business and real estate issues helped me to become a more complete attorney." All along, his father and he kept a close relationship, and he subsequently joined his father's boutique law practice where he handled a steady flow of cases in many areas of the law in both state and federal courts. In addition to handling an array of matrimonial matters, Weinberg handled personal-injury and employment cases, broadening his range of experience. "I have found that the only way to really learn is to go out and do it - do it yourself, learn from your successes and mistakes. I don't think that there is any substitute for hands-on experience." When Archer & Greiner's Lee Hymerling in 2005 contacted Weinberg about joining the firm, the vast majority of his practice was devoted to family law. Within a decade Weinberg was named a shareholder and co-head of the firm's 10-lawyer family law practice. He joined partners Dawn Kaplan and Amy Smith in early 2019. Weinberg today keeps an energetic pace, handling cases throughout the state, from Bergen County to Cape May. Weinberg met his future wife Nan down at the shore. They head back to Margate each summer to spend time on the beach and with family. They have three children (Ellie, Cole and Brad), and an English Bulldog named Bubba. They live in Cherry Hill.