Contact
Phone: (848) 702-4673
Extension: 0000
Fax:
Email: ttelles@lawjw.com
Location(s):
Assistant(s):
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Michelle Carney
Paralegal
Phone: (856) 596-4100
Fax: (856) 702-6640
Email: mcarney@lawjw.com
Toni Telles
Of Counsel
Ms. Telles is a life-long resident of New Jersey. She graduated summa cum laude from Rutgers College in 2001. She earned her J.D. in 2008 from Rutgers-Camden School of Law and was honored with the Class of 1995 Graduation Award for her contributions to public service on behalf of the law school. She was nominated for the Mary Philbrook Public Service Award in 2009.
Prior to joining Javerbaum Wurgaft Hicks Kahn Wikstrom & Sinins, P.C. Ms. Telles managed the New Jersey Employment Department where she practiced primarily employment law. Ms. Telles also spent two years representing employers, in order to better understand and master employment defense strategy in cases on behalf of employees.
Ms. Telles concentrates her practice on employment law, school bullying and civil rights. Ms. Telles also trains staff in the areas of sensitivity training and employment law compliance.
- Rutgers College, 2002, B.A., Summa Cum Laude
- Rutgers- Camden, 2008, J.D., vCum Laude; Marshall Brennan Fellow
- New Jersey State Bar
- NJAJ
- NELA
Before enrolling in law school, Toni served two years with Americorps National Service in Central New Jersey. During her service, she developed and planned community and social service programs and devoted her time to assisting local social service centers with providing support to economically-disadvantaged residents. Her experience was incredibly rewarding, but she knew that the type of service she wanted to provide to those in need meant pursuing a legal career.
While a student Rutgers-Camden School of Law, she founded and co-chaired the National Lawyers' Guild, Rutgers-Camden Law School Chapter, was the Secretary of the Association of Public Interest Law and on the Executive Board of Alianza, the Latino las student association and was awarded a Marshall-Brennan Fellowship, teaching Constitutional Law to High School students in the city of Camden.