Maria P. Cognetti

First Vice President, American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers and Chair of its Child Custody Evaluation Standards Committee. Past President, Pennsylvania Chapter, American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers. Member, Pennsylvania Supreme Court Domestic Relations Procedural Rules Committee, 2009-. Member, Joint State Government Commission Advisory Committee on Domestic Relations Law, 1996-; Chair of its Custody Subcommittee 1996-. Hearing Committee Member serving the Disciplinary Board of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, 2010-. Member, Custody Committee of the Commission for Justice Initiatives in Pennsylvania. Past Chair, Family Law Section of the Pennsylvania Bar Association. Lecturer and author, Pennsylvania Bar Institute. Central Pennsylvania's Best Lawyers, Family Lawyer of the Year 2010. Listed in The Best Lawyers in America since 1989. Listed in Pennsylvania Super Lawyers since 2005. Past Casenotes Editor: "The Barrister." Past Editor, Newsletter, International Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers. In 2011 Ms. Cognetti was recognized by the AAML as

of the Year for her efforts on national issues; received the Pennsylvania Bar Association's Special Achievement Award for her work with the Family Law Section on Pennsylvania's new custody statute; and was honored with a Presidential Service Award by the Association of Family and Conciliation Courts for her work in the development of the first conjoint AFCC/AAML program.