Attorney Maris J. Weiner of Williams Family Law, P.C. has been appointed a fellow of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers (AAML), an honor reserved solely for skilled negotiators and experienced litigators who represent individuals in family law matters. With her selection, Weiner joins firm founder Jeffrey M. Williams and partner Robert J. Salzer in holding this prestigious designation. Williams Family Law is now one of the largest AAML firms in Pennsylvania, and the only Bucks County law firm with three AAML fellows. Membership in the AAML is highly selective, with only about 1,600 fellows nationwide. To qualify, attorneys must

Partner and Family Law attorney Jessica Pritchard of Antheil Maslow & MacMinn, LLP joined a panel of presenters at a continuing legal education program hosted by the Bucks County Bar Association on January 9th, 2025. The program, entitled “PFA Practice – The Facilitators’ Perspective,” covered all aspects of PFA proceedings.  PFA Court Facilitators are volunteers who provide a vital service to the Court on PFA hearing days in Bucks County. The panel included several facilitators and a Family Law Judge speaking on  PFA practice from their unique perspectives including a Q&A about being an effective and efficient advocate in PFA

On Thursday, December 12th, AMM Law Partners Melanie J. Wender and Elaine T. Yandrisevits were elected to Board Offices at the Bucks County Bar Association’s Annual Meeting. Melanie J. Wender was named President-elect of the BCBA Board.  As President-elect, she will serve with current BCBA Board President Jeremy Puglia in 2025, and will assume the President’s office in 2026.  Melanie has served in several roles at the BCBA, including as Secretary/Executive Board member, member of the board of directors, Member Services Committee chair, Bench Bar Committee chair, and as Editor of their “Writs” quarterly magazine.   Melanie Wender is a Partner

H. Jeffrey Brahin presented a seminar on Representing Commercial Tenants in Lease Negotiations at the Bucks County Bar Association. Mr. Brahin covered a wide range of topics including options to renew, landlord representations and warranties, landlord and tenant fit-outs, relocation clauses, landlord’s work and certifications prior to possession, percentage rent, CAM charges, force majeure clauses, exclusive use clauses, co-tenancy clauses, landlord and tenant remedies, and confessions of judgment. Mr. Brahin focuses his practice on complex commercial and real estate litigation, as well as real estate and corporate transactional work. Mr. Brahin represents a wide variety of landlords, tenants, companies and

AMM Law Partner and Family Law attorney Melanie J. Wender will serve as moderator for a Continuing Legal Education program, “The Real Lawyers of Arbitration: A Day in the Life of a Family Law Arbitration” at the Pennsylvania Bar Association’s Family Law Section Winter Meeting, January 17 – 19, 2025.  The Winter Meeting will be held at The Omni William Penn Hotel, Pittsburgh, PA, and registrations are now open. This session occurs on Saturday, January 18th at 11:00 am, and explores the reality of family law arbitration under the new rules,  and offers 1.5 Substantive CLE credits.  Attendees will receive

Obermayer is pleased to announce that William Benner, a Partner in Obermayer’s Business and Finance Department, was honored by the Bucks County Bar Association (BCBA) for 50 years of membership. The Fifty-Year Member Awards recognize lawyers who have dedicated five decades to the profession and the BCBA. The honorees were celebrated during the BCBA Annual Meeting on December 12th, at the Bucks County Justice Center. William has extensive experience representing businesses and individuals, primarily in Bucks and Montgomery counties, on zoning and land development matters. He also handles transactional matters involving leasing, sales, and financing, as well as property tax

    Bethlehem, PA – Eastburn and Gray proudly announces the addition of Jill S. Spirk to the firm’s Land Use and Zoning, Litigation, Municipal Law, and Real Estate practice groups. She will work out of the firm’s Bethlehem and Doylestown offices. Jill was a summer law clerk with the firm in 2023. While attending law school, she worked as a legal extern for the SeniorLAW center in Philadelphia in the Grandparents Raising Grandchildren project. She also worked as a legal extern for a large communications company based in Horsham, PA. During her last two years of law school, Jill

(PERKASIE, Pa.) Grim, Biehn & Thatcher of Perkasie, Pa., is pleased to announce that Erik Allgood and David A. Keightly, Jr. have joined the firm as full-time associates in the firm’s municipal law department. Allgood, a Philadelphia resident, received a bachelor’s degree in News-Editorial Journalism from the University of Illinois, a master’s degree in education from Mississippi Valley State University, and a law degree from Penn State University. While attending Penn State, Allgood served as a law school ambassador, worked on the Penn State Law Review and was the recipient of the Penn State Law Writing Prize. Before joining Grim,

JEFFREY BRAHIN will be presenting a seminar entitled “Confessions of Judgment – The Good, the Bad and the Ugly” at the PBI 2024 Real Estate Institute on December 6, 2024. This is the sixth time that Mr. Brahin has been invited to speak at the Real Estate Institute. The seminar is a comprehensive overview of Confessions of Judgment including the drafting and negotiating of the cognovit clause; drafting and filing the judgment; enforcement of the judgment; petitions to strike and open; substantive law; and issues on appeal. The course materials prepared by Mr. Brahin have extensive citations to both statutory

Doylestown, PA –  Three attorneys from Williams Family Law, P.C. have once again been named to the prestigious 2025 Lawdragon 500 Leading U.S. Family Lawyers list. Partners Jeffrey M. Williams, Susan J. Smith, and Robert J. Salzer received honors for their exceptional work in family and matrimonial law, as well as domestic relations.  Lawdragon, known for its guides to elite U.S. lawyers, selects honorees through submissions, journalistic research, and editorial vetting by peers. Editors review cutting-edge litigation, as well as trends in family law and identify the lawyers consistently turned to for guidance in those matters. This is the third