Lawrence R. Jones recently retired from public service as a New Jersey Superior Court judge and is presently a member of the Board of Directors of the New Jersey Association of Professional Mediators, and a member of the teaching faculty of the Association as well. During his years on the Bench, he authored over 60 opinions on novel issues of law and served as the President of the New Jersey Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges (NJCJFCJ). Additionally, he has been appointed as a professor at Monmouth University and Montclair University. He presently practices mediation, arbitration, and dispute resolution on a statewide basis, and resides in Toms River, New Jersey with his family.