Jose I. Bastarrika
Partner
Paterson, New Jersey
(973) 977-9919
Jose I. Bastarrika concentrates his practice in the area of Family Law. Mr. Bastarrika
served as a Judicial Law Clerk to the Honorable Nestor F. Guzman, Sr., Superior
Court Judge in the Family Division in Passaic County. He has been a Court Appointed
Guardian Ad Litem in complex child custody, child abuse and neglect actions. A Rule
1:40 Qualified Matrimonial Mediator, Mr. Bastarrika is a panel chair of the Passaic
County Matrimonial Early Settlement Panel, a Barrister in the Justice Clifford American
Inns of Court and the Northern New Jersey Family Law Inns of Court. He has been
appointed to the Child Custody and Parenting Committee of the Family Law Section
of the New Jersey State Bar Association and is a current member of the New Jersey
State Bar Family Law Executive Committee. He was selected by the New Jersey Supreme
Court to serve as Section Chair of the Unauthorized Practice of Law Committee and
is a former member the District XI Fee Arbitration Committee.
A member of the New Jersey State Bar, Passaic County Bar and Treasurer of The Hispanic
Bar Associations of New Jersey, Mr. Bastarrika lectures regularly at the New Jersey
Institute of Continuing Legal Education on the issue of Professional Responsibility.
He has appeared as a Legal Commentator on Court TV (Banfield & Ford Show) and Univision
(41 A Tu Lado) and was selected as a Rising Star by the Super Lawyers publication
published in New Jersey Monthly magazine.
Mr. Bastarrika is married and has three young boys. He is fluent in Spanish and
routinely volunteers his services to the Passaic County Battered Women’s Shelter
and various other charitable organizations.
Bar Admissions:
Education:
- Rutgers College, BA - 1993
- Rutgers School of Law, Newark, JD - 1996
Professional Associations and Memberships:
- New Jersey State Bar Association
- Passaic County Bar Association
- Hispanic Bar Association of New Jersey
- New Jersey State Bar Family Law Executive Committee
- Passaic County Best Practices Committee
- Passaic County Matrimonial Early Settlement Panel
- Bergen, Passaic, Morris County Roster of Economic Mediators
- NJ Supreme Court Unauthorized Practice of Law Committee
- Justice Clifford and Northern New Jersey Family Inns of Court
- District XI Fee Arbitration Committee