Attorney & Staff Profiles

Ms. Fortunato is an honors graduate of Rhode Island College and received her law degree from New England School of Law in Boston, Massachusetts. She is admitted to practice in the New Jersey State and Federal District Courts.

While in law school, Ms. Fortunato was the Managing Literary Editor for the Journal on Criminal and Civil Confinement. She served as a student attorney for the Rhode Island Public Defender's Office representing clients accused of various misdemeanor crimes in Rhode Island District Court.

After graduating from law school, Ms. Fortunato was Law Clerk to the Honorable Eugene H. Austin, J.S.C. (Criminal Division) prior to her clerking with the Rem Zeller Law Group. While at Rem Zeller she worked in the areas of criminal and immigration law. She focused on appellate law including appeals to the Third Circuit Court of Appeals, New Jersey Superior Court, Appellate Division and the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA). One of the appeals she worked on in the Third Circuit had a favorable result when the Court vacated an order of removal and remanded the matter back to the Immigration Court for a new hearing. In another matter she was involved in, the New Jersey Supreme Court held that criminal defendants have the right to be at side bar when selecting a jury.

She also previously was a Motion Paralegal with the office of Marie-Ann Greenberg, Chapter 13 Standing Trustee, working in the area of consumer bankruptcy.

Ms. Fortunato joined the Law Offices of Mark Goldman in April 2005 as an Associate and became a partner in 2008. The majority of her work involves representing consumer-debtors in the areas a Chapter 7 and Chapter 13 cases.

She is a graduate of Max Gardner's Bankruptcy Boot Camp and has obtained mortgage loan modifications as a result of boot camp experience. In addition, she is currently handling state foreclosure mediation cases.

Ms. Fortunato is currently a Barrister of the Bankruptcy Inn of Court. She has been a panelist at the New Jersey Bankruptcy Practice Seminar organized by the New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education (ICLE).

In addition, she is a member of the National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys and has attended their annual convention for the last four years.

Ms. Fortunato is happily married with an infant son who keeps her very busy. She enjoys spending time at the shore and loves to scrapbook.

Areas of Practice

• Consumer Bankruptcy Law
• Loan Modifications Through Bankruptcy
• Foreclosure Mediation

Bar Admissions

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

Education

• New England School of Law, Boston, Massachusetts
  J.D.
  Law Journal: Journal on Criminal and Civil Confinement, Managing Literary Editor
  
  
• Rhode College
  Honors: With Honors
  
  

Classes/Seminars Taught

• The Status of the Law Since the 2005 Bankruptcy Admendments, Seton Hall Law School's Legislative Law Journal Symposium, 2010
• Mortgage Abuse Issues, New Jersey Annual Bench Bar Conference, 2007
• Basic Bankruptcy Skills, New Jersey Continuing Legal Education (NJ-ICLE), 2007
• 910 Issues, New Jersey Annual Bench Bar Conference, 2006
• Basic Bankruptcy Skills, New Jersey Continuing Legal Education (NJ-ICLE), 2006

Professional Associations and Memberships

• Max Gardner's Bankruptcy Boot Camp, 2008 - Present
  Boot Camp Graduate and Member
  
  
• Bankruptcy Inn of Court, 2005 - Present
  Barrister
  
  
• The National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys (NACBA), 2005 - Present
  Member
  
  

Past Employment Positions

• Marie-Ann Greenberg, Chapter 13 Standing Trustee, Motion Paralegal
• Rem Zeller Law Group, Law Clerk
• Hon. Eugene H. Austin, J.S.C. (Criminal Division), Law Clerk
• Rhode Island Public Defender's Office, Student Attorney