Dana has litigated hundreds of restraining order cases successfully. She has long been passionate about the rights of victims who are in need of Restraining Orders (TRO) and Victim’s Assistance and Survivor Protection Act Protection Orders (TPO). In addition, successful representation of defendants in these cases is handled with skill and compassion, recognizing that Plaintiffs sometimes file TROs merely to throw a person out of his home, prevent him from seeing his children or to gain advantage in a matrimonial case.
Dana Blaustein graduated from Rutgers College in1980 and Rutgers University School of Law in 1983. In 1984, after serving as law clerk to the Honorable Isiah Steinberg, JSC (retired), she postponed her entry into the law practice to begin raising a family. In 1988, she took a job with the Atlantic County Prosecutor's Office where she served for 25 ½ years as Assistant Prosecutor, Supervising Assistant Prosecutor and Chief Assistant Prosecutor under the name Dana Litke.
During her tenure with Atlantic County, she investigated and prosecuted a myriad of cases ranging from harassment to homicide, and gained a solid foundation of criminal law, procedure and evidence. In 1998, she formed the Domestic Violence Section for the Office. The Prevention of Domestic Violence Act in New Jersey had recently been enacted, and Dana prepared procedures and courses to instruct attorneys and police officers with the new approach to dealing with victims of domestic violence. This expertise gives Dana the strong ability to analyze and argue domestic violence cases for both plaintiffs and defendants.