Barbara J. Boyd is an experienced trial attorney who has dedicated her practice to helping clients navigate their way through the legal system. Admitted to practice in 1986, Barbara knows how to effectively and efficiently resolve legal disputes. She has experience litigating on behalf of business owners and also represents banks, financial institutions and individuals throughout New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Barbara brings her wealth of legal experience to provide her clients with top-tier legal advice.
Barbara’s practice includes a focus on Estate Planning and drafting Special Needs Trusts. She develops comprehensive estate plans for individuals of all asset levels.
Barbara has substantial experience litigating a wide range of guardianship matters, including emergency guardianships and contested guardianships. She serves as a court appointed attorney for the courts in New Jersey in guardianship matters. Barbara also advocates for individuals with disabilities to ensure that her clients receive supports and services throughout their lives, including securing residential placements funded by the state and appealing state assigned budgets.
Barbara has presented at the Lehigh University Special Education Law Conference, Autism New Jersey’s Annual Conference and the Council of Parent and Attorney Advocates’ (COPAA) annual conference. She was an Adjunct Professor at Mercer County Community College where she taught Business Law and has served on the Board of Directors of Greenwood House in Ewing, NJ.
Professional Memberships & Activities
She is admitted to practice law in New Jersey and Pennsylvania and is a member of the New Jersey State Bar Association and Mercer County Bar Association.
Education
- Temple University School of Law – Philadelphia, J.D., 1986
- Boston University, B.S., Magna cum laude, 1982