Dennigan Cahill Smith

Areas of practice

Our Attorneys

As a firm, we've been in business for 20 years, but our partners have experience that stretches back far longer.  We're able to offer our clients a breadth of knowledge from other fields and work history that brings even more to the table. Grace Dennigan, Esq., has practiced in New Jersey for over thirty years, bringing knowledge from her work in the Attorney General’s Office, practice in worker’s compensation and real estate to the real-world issues in family practice.  Mia Cahill, Esq., started her career pursuing legal scholarship, and brings an academic understanding to the real-life legal issues families face every day.  Elizabeth Smith, Esq., is also a trained social worker, and uses her knowledge of human behavior to help guide clients and negotiate settlements. Together, Grace, Mia and Beth have a great reputation among both their clients and the legal community.  

The staff at Dennigan Cahill Smith is comprised of a team of dedicated attorneys and paralegals focused on meeting your needs from the first phone call through to the resolution of your matter.  When you're faced with decisions that will impact the rest of your life, it is important to work with a law firm where every member of the team is dedicated to meeting your needs and helping you plan for your future.

Grace Dennigan

Grace is very active in the legal community and a trailblazer in the field of collaborative law.  She is a frequent presenter for the State Bar continuing education programs on topics of family law (NJ-ICLE).  She has served as the Chair for the District VII Ethics Committee and as a member of the Board of Trustees for the real estate section of the Mercer County Bar Association. She is also a member of the Mid Jersey Collaborative Law Alliance, the NJ Association of Professional Mediators, the Mercer County Bar Association and the NJ State Bar Association.  A partner at DCS, Grace passed the NJ Bar in 1983, and went on to a judicial clerkship in Union County the following year. She worked at a Princeton law firm before joining the Attorney General’s office in 1987. After a great deal of jury trial work there, she went back to private practice and has concentrated on family law ever since.

In addition to her work at the firm she teaches in the paralegal program at Mercer County Community College.

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Mia Cahill

A partner at DCS, Mia has the experience, support and toughness clients need to make it through divorces and family upheavals.  She has been practicing in New Jersey since 2003, and represents clients in Mercer, Somerset and Middlesex Counties. Her approach is client-driven, and where applicable, child-centered. Mia has particular experience with clients in complex family cases, high-asset cases, families with small businesses and those struggling in families with mental health issues. She has worked with numerous divorcing clients who have special needs children. She has an extensive professional network that she uses to assist clients in making connections with other professionals, such as accountants, appraisers, and therapists.

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Elizabeth Smith (Beth)

A partner at DCS, Beth worked at the New Jersey’s Attorney General’s Office as a Deputy Attorney General before joining DCS, first as an associate, and later as partner.  In addition to her undergraduate work, prior to law school, Beth obtained a master’s degree in social work from Fordham University, magna cum laude and worked as a social worker with families in crisis.  She earned her Law Degree from the University of San Francisco and was honored with the Cali Award for excellence.  She was licensed in New Jersey and New York in 2004. Beth is a member of the Mercer County Bar Association, Mercer County Domestic Violence Working Group and was appointed by the New Jersey Supreme Court to the NJ District VII Ethics Committee. She is also a member of various Boards and civic groups in and around the Princeton area. 

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Kathryn M. Lyons (Kate)

Joining Dennigan Cahill Smith, LCC in 2021, Kate is a versatile attorney who provides her clients with a range of legal options for resolving their disputes. Kate recognizes that each and every case is unique and has the skills required to provide the right means of solving the issues presented. Whether this requires artful negotiation and mediation or contested evidentiary hearings and trial. Kate has the experience and drive to reach the best resolution possible.
Kate has been a family law attorney since graduating from Washington University School of Law in St. Louis in 2012. During her studies, she appeared on behalf of the United States in Federal Court in various proceedings and hearings as part of her participation in the Government Lawyering Clinic. While focusing her studies in Wash U's trial advocacy program, Kate participated in several moot court competitions and served as the Secretary for the Sports and Entertainment Law Society. Prior to law school, Kate graduated cum laude from the University of Rochester, majoring in Political Science and English.
Kate has dedicated her career to assisting families in moving forward past their disputes. She is an active member of the Aldona E. Appleton Family Law Inn of Court, Mercer County Bar Association, and New Jersey Bar Association. Having been born and raised in New Jersey, and now residing here with her own family, Kate is dedicated to resolving those issues presented to all families in her community.

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Kimberly Bailey Borek

Kimberly Bailey Borek graduated from Smith College, cum laude in 1987, and The American University, Washington College of Law in 1991. Kim is admitted to the New Jersey and New York State Bars; and the United States District Court for the Districts of New Jersey and New York and the United States Supreme Court.
Upon graduation from law school, Ms. Borek served two judicial clerkships for presiding judges of the Superior Court of New Jersey: (1) the Chancery Division, Family Part in Bergen County and (2) the Appellate Division. Kim also worked for the United States Department of Justice while attending law school and has been in private practice since 1993. For over twenty-four years, Kim has focused her practice on the representation of community associations handling general corporate, collections, and litigation and transition matters. Kim is a member of the Mercer County Bar Association, New Jersey State Bar Association. Kim is also a member of the New Jersey Chapter of the Community Association Institute (CAI).

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