Practice Areas - Family Law
- International Human Rights
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| University | Columbia University, B.A., 1983 |
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| Law School | Columbia University, J.D., 1986 |
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| Admitted | 1986, Pennsylvania and U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit; 2007, U.S. Supreme Court |
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| Memberships | Philadelphia Bar Association (Member, Executive Committee, Family Law Section, Co-Chair, Legal Rights of Unmarried Cohabitants Committee, Co-Chair, Bench-Bar Program Committee); Pennsylvania Bar Association (Member, Family Law Section; Member, Committee on Surrogacy and Adoption); American Bar Association (Member, Family Law Section; Member, Committee on Alternative Families); Nicholas J. Cipriani Inn of Court (Master and Member, Executive Committee; Co-Chair, Program Committee); Delaware County Bar Association (Member, Family Law Section). |
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| Languages | French and Armenian |
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| Born | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
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| Biography | Recipient: Outstanding Advocate Award, SeniorLAW Center, 2006; Earl G. Harrison Award, 2005; Cheryl Ingram Advocate for Justice Award, Pennsylvania Bar Association, 2004; Pro Bono Attorney of the Year, Center for Lesbian and Gay Civil Rights, 2002. Listed in: Best Lawyers in America; Who's Who in America Law; Pennsylvania Super Lawyers, 2006-2010; Author: National Law Journal; American Journal of Family Law; Divorce Litigation; Pennsylvania Bar Association Quarterly; The Philadelphia Lawyer; The Matrimonial Strategist; Lecturer: University of Pennsylvania; Temple University; Villanova University; Widener University; Rutgers University - Camden Law School. Adjunct Associate Professor, Psychiatry, Drexel University, College of Medicine. Member: Board of Directors, Homeless Advocacy Project; Board of Directors, Philadelphia VIP; Board of Directors, Matrimonial Strategist. Chair, Subcommittee on Uniform Family Law Forms, Domestic Relations Procedure Rules Committee, Pennsylvania Supreme Court; Co-Author, Pennsylvania Family Law Annotated (West, 8th Edition); Articles Cited in the Yale Law Journal, the Virginia Journal of Social Policy and the Law, Law & Psychology Review, Law and Inequality. |
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| Reported Cases | Hiller v. Fausey, 904 A.2d 875 (Pa. 2006); L.S.K. v. H.A.N., 813 A.2d 872 (Pa. Super. 2002); Portugal v. Portugal, 798 A.2d 246 (Pa. Super. 2002); Langendorfer v. Spearman, 797 A.2d 303 (Pa. Super. 2002); Williams v. Williams, 721 A.2d 1072 (Pa. 1998); Boudwin v. Boudwin, 615 A.2d 786 (Pa. Super. 1992); Joselit v. Joselit, 544 A.2d 59 (Pa. Super. 1988); Fisher v. Fisher, 535 A.2d 1163 (Pa. Super. 1988). |
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| ISLN | 902425437 |
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