Chen Li

Attorney Profile

Chen Li is owner and the managing partner of Vanarelli & Li, LLC.

She was admitted to the Bar of the State of New Jersey in 2002, and the State of New York in 2003. Chen graduated cum laude from Queens College, City University of New York, and obtained her J.D. from St. John’s University.

She is a certified public accountant.

Chen also speaks and writes in fluent Mandarin Chinese.

Before becoming an attorney, Chen worked for Ernst and Young, LLP and Dreyfus Realty Advisors, Inc. After graduating from law school, she worked as an attorney in private law firms with a concentration on elder law, estate planning and estate administration.

Chen began as an associate attorney at the Law Office of Donald D. Vanarelli in 2006. She became the managing partner of the firm, which is now known as Vanarelli & Li, LLC, in 2022. The law firm of Vanarelli & Li, LLC is rated “AV Preeminent” by Martindale-Hubbell, signifying professional excellence.

Chen concentrates her practice in the areas of estate planning, Medicaid asset protection planning, probate and estate administration, disability planning, special needs planning, and tax law.

Chen is an active member of the New Jersey Chapter of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys, the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys, the National Guardianship Association, the Elder and Disability Law section of the New Jersey Bar Association, and member of the New York Bar Association. In 2012, Chen was selected as a New Jersey Super Lawyers Rising Star, a selection based on an evaluation of indicators including peer recognition and professional achievement in legal practice. She served as an adjunct professor at Fairleigh Dickinson University and at Brookdale Community College, where she taught Legal Studies.

Chen resides in Monmouth County, New Jersey with her husband and three children.

If you have any questions, please call Chen at 908-232-7400, or email her at cli@vanarellilaw.com.