Misty Ralston

Personal Introduction

Misty Ralston’s practice focuses on helping families enhance their lives today and secure their futures tomorrow. Just as she did previously as a tax professional, Misty thrives in guiding her clients through the often confusing and intimidating maze of financial and legal decisions to create estate plans that protect her client’s family and loved ones, and ensure those loved ones know how important they were and how much Misty’s clients thought of them. Misty’s legal expertise includes family protection, wealth preservation, values-based planning, as well as planning strategies for unmarried couples, divorced individuals, and young adults just striking out on their own. Misty also offers civil and family mediation to those wanting to avoid the time and cost of court and have someone facilitate a conversation and help people come to an agreement acceptable to all. Having served as a family mediator, Misty has helped many people come to a resolution and keep emotions at bay. Misty’s training includes numerous semester long classes, as well as trainings offered by the Judiciary. Misty graduated from Rowan long before it became the university it is today. After college, she worked for a number of companies including Electric Mobility, Deluxe Corporation, and H&R Block. Finally, twenty years after graduating from Rowan, Misty fulfilled her dream of becoming an attorney and graduated from Rutgers Law School in Camden, NJ. After graduation, Misty served as a law clerk for the Honorable Sandra Lopez Salem County’s family division. She then accepted a position with the Administrative Office of the Courts of the New Jersey Judiciary and served as a Child Support Hearing Officer where she presided over hearings to establish paternity and child support, as well as s hearings to modify and enforce current child support orders. Eventually, Misty’s position transitioned to working in Salem, Cumberland, and Gloucester counties and in addition to her work in child support, Misty served as a Domestic Violence Hearing Officer where she heard applications for temporary restraining orders. Her position also included acting as a family mediator to help families come to agreements regarding custody and parenting time issues. Misty’s decision to leave the New Jersey Judiciary and open her own practice was not an easy decision. However, like someone working in a sausage factory eventually stops eating sausage, Misty decided to leave the Judiciary and open her own firm where she could put people above numbers or clicking a box regardless of what the court rules, regulations or the law indicated should happen. The opportunity to serve clients in an open and candid way and to guide them in creating an estate plan to protect themselves and their loved ones won her over.. She prides herself in ensuring her clients walk away with an individualized plan that speaks to their values, dreams, and desires for their loved ones and to ensure those they care about have one less thing to worry about when the time comes or an agreement that allows both parties to be happy the issue is behind them. Misty’s background in taxes and family law allow her to understand the family dynamics and the fear of the unknown many of her clients experience when they walk in the door for their Family Wealth Planning Session or their Mediation Session.