Abed Awad has practiced law for more than 20 years. He is admitted to practice in the New Jersey state courts, the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, the New York state courts, and the U.S. District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York. As a partner at Awad & Khoury, his practice includes complex civil and family-law litigation involving international or multi-jurisdictional issues; Islamic law, including Islamic prenuptial agreements; estate planning, including Islamic wills and trusts; commercial litigation; and legal and business counseling for foreign and domestic investors in the United States. Abed Awad holds an AV rating from Martindale-Hubbell and is a Fellow of the International Academy of Family Lawyers.
In 2002, Awad was selected as one of 10 “Lawyers of the Year” by Lawyers Weekly (USA) for his work in a decision enforcing the mahr provision of a Muslim marriage contract. He has received numerous honors, including the Community Activism Award from the Arab-American Anti-Discrimination Committee in 2007; the Vision & Achievement Award from the Mental Health Association in Passaic County in 2010; recognition as one of Avenue Magazine’s Legal Elite in 2010; Corporate International’s Islamic Law Firm of the Year award in 2017; the Scholar of the Year award from the New Jersey Muslim Lawyers Association in 2018; and the Pro Bono Lawyer of the Year award from Unchained in 2018.
Awad earned a Juris Doctor from Pace Law School and a Master of Arts in Islamic Studies from the University of London’s School of Oriental and African Studies, where he focused on al-Muʻtazilah’s methodology for authenticating hadith. Before entering private practice, Awad served as a law clerk to the Hon. George E. Sabbath of the New Jersey Superior Court.
