Meet Our Team
The Hunnell Law Group utilizes a team approach to ensure there is always someone available to answer your questions.
Stephanie Cañas Hunnell, the owner of the Hunnell Law Group, grew up in Southern California and studied Criminal Justice at California State University, Long Beach, where she earned her Bachelor of Science Degree. Stephanie then went on to graduate with honors from Rutgers University, School of Law. While in law school, Stephanie earned several academic awards and was active in moot court, as well as being an editor for the Journal of Law and Urban Policy. Stephanie, a female divorce attorney, currently represents a broad spectrum of clients in family court matters, including divorce, dissolution of civil unions and domestic partnerships, child custody, contested removal actions, child support, spousal support enforcement, and equitable distribution. Stephanie also has an active estate planning practice, and represents clients in contested and uncontested estate administration (probate) proceedings. Stephanie is very active in the legal community, serving as a Past-Chair of the LGBT Rights Section of the New Jersey State Bar Association, as well as a committee member on the Legal Education Committee, Family Law Committee, Entertainment Committee and Young Lawyers Committee of the Monmouth Bar Association. Stephanie is currently on the Zoning Board for the City of Asbury Park.
Areas of Practice
Bar Admissions
Education
Honors and Awards
Professional Associations and Memberships
Fraternities/Sororities
Areas of Practice
- Divorce Litigation & Family Law
- Civil Unions and domestic partnerships
- Estate Planning
- Estate Administration
- Residential Real Estate
- 95% of Practice Devoted to Litigation
Bar Admissions
- New Jersey, 2004
- Pennsylvania, 2004
- U.S. District Court District of New Jersey, 2004
Education
- Rutgers School of Law - Camden, Camden, New Jersey, May, 2004
J.D., With Honors
Law Journal: Journal of Law & Urban Policies, Submissions Co-Editor, 2003 - 2004 - California State University Long Beach, Long Beach, California
B.S.
Major: Criminal Justice
Honors and Awards
- Witkin Award for Academic Excellence, Professional Skills I & II
- Witkin Award for Academic Excellence, Contract
- Dean's Scholar, 2003
- Dean's List, 2003 - 2004
- Best Oralist, Moot Court I, 2003
- Ernest A. Spinello, Jr. Memorial Scholarship, 2003 - 2004
- Stetson International Environmental Law Moot Court, Round 2- Best Oralist
- Admiralty Moot Court, 4th Place-Best Brief
- Senior Research Assistant, Focus: Environmental Law
- Member, Phi Delta Phi, Social Committee
- Stetson International Environmental Law Moot Court, 2004
- Rutgers School of Law, Camden, Hunter Moot Court Brief Grader, 2005
Professional Associations and Memberships
- New Jersey Bar Association 2004- Present
- LGBT Rights Section, Past-Chair
- Member Young Lawyers Section
- Member Family Law Section
- Monmouth Bar Association, 2005 - Present
- Member Young Lawyers Committee
- Member Family Law Committee
- Member Entertainment Committee
- Former Trustee Liason for the Young Lawyers Committee
- Hunnell Law Group, LLC, Owner, 2019 - Present
- Hunnell & Breitowich, LLC, Partner, 2017 - 2019
- Hunnell Law Firm, LLC, Owner, 2007 - 2017
- Lucas & McGoughran, LLC. Oakhurst, NJ, Associate, 2005 - 2007
- Hon. E. David Millard, NJ Judiciary - Law Clerk, 2004 - 2005
- Office of the Attorney General, Criminal Appeals Division, Trenton, NJ, Intern, 2003
- O'Melveny & Myers, LLP, Los Angeles, CA, Litigation Paralegal, 2000 - 2002
Fraternities/Sororities
- Phi Delta Phi
Caitlin Holland is a native of Monmouth County. She attended Brookdale Community College before transferring to The Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C. where she earned her Bachelors of Arts Degree in English Literature and Language in 2014. Caitlin earned her Juris Doctor from Syracuse University College of Law in 2017. While in law school, she was the Notes and Comments Editor of the Journal of Science and Technology and a member of the Syracuse University Community Development Law Clinic where she helped incorporate and maintain local businesses and charities in Syracuse. While in law school, Caitlin received multiple awards including Dean’s List and special recognition by the Dean of the College of Law for exemplary commitment to pro bono and community service. Caitlin served as law clerk to the Honorable Andrea I. Marshall, J.S.C. in the Superior Court of Monmouth County, Family Division.
Areas of Practice
- Divorce Litigation & Family Law
- Estate Planning
- Estate Administration
- Expungements
Bar Admissions
- New Jersey, 2017
- New York, pending
Education
- Syracuse University College of Law, Syracuse, New York, May 2017, J.D.
- Law Journal: Syracuse Journal of Science and Technology, Notes and Comments Editor 2016-2017; Associate Editor 2015-2016;
- 2L Executive Board Liaison 2015-2016.
- Completed Independent research assignment with Professor Laura G. Lape of Syracuse University College of Law on automated takedown notices used to regulate and protect copyrights on the internet, “Throwing the Baby Out with the Bathwater: How Lenz Can Remedy Censorship Resulting from Abuses and Automation of the DMCA Notice and Takedown Procedure.”
- Honors: Dean’s List Spring 2017, Dean’s Pro Bono Service Award 2017
- The Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C.
Minor: Philosophy
Honors: Dean’s List Spring 2013 & Spring 2014
- Brookdale, Lincroft, New Jersey
Deans List Spring 2010
Professional Associations and Memberships
- New Jersey Bar Association, 2017 – Present
Past Employment Positions
- Hunnell Law Group, LLC, Asbury Park, Of Counsel, 2017 to Present
- Superior Court of New Jersey, Freehold, NJ, Law Clerk to the Hon. Andrea I. Marshall, J.S.C., 2017-2018
- Syracuse University Community Development Law Clinic, Syracuse, NY, Student Attorney, 2016-2017
- State of New Jersey Office of the Public Defender, Freehold, NJ, Summer Law Clerk, Summer 2016
- Student Legal Services, Inc., Syracuse, NY, Law Clerk, 2015-2017