The Way Forward

They say change is the only constant in life. In a marriage, when one partner grows or recedes in ways that outpace their mate, unaddressed changes can result in fissures that ultimately break the marriage apart. It’s an all-too-common story. More than 2 million marriages occurred in the United States in 2022, according to a recent Forbes report, along with nearly 674,000 divorces and annulments in the 45 U.S. states that report such statistics. When marriages fail, how the individuals involved fare afterward will depend largely on their decision making—everything from the legal team they hire to lead them through the process, to the means by which they choose to liquidate the marriage: mediation, collaborative divorce, or litigation. A trusted family law attorney can do much more than fight on a client’s behalf; clients also rely on their attorneys to come to terms with the decisions, set realistic expectations for the divorce, and think about the future beyond the legal aspects of a marriage’s dissolution. Such an attorney will likely have a network of affiliated professionals—financial advisors, family therapists, life coaches, etc.—who can help clients recover from a financial, emotional, and spiritual perspective. The individuals featured here represent some of the area’s finest attorneys who focus on divorce, custody, spousal/child support, and other aspects of family law. We acknowledge the fact that many excellent family law attorneys practice in the Philadelphia area, not all of whom are included here. 2024 Top Family Law Attorneys Robert E. Angst Valerie Rosenbluth Angst ANGST & ANGST P.C. Doylestown and Harleysville angstlaw.com Melissa M. Boyd Elizabeth C. Early BOYD & EARLY FAMILY LAW LLC Plymouth Meeting and Malvern boydearlyfamilylaw.com Stephen R. Ciarrocchi CIARROCCHI LAW Media ciarrocchilaw.com Lee A. Ciccarelli CICCARELLI LAW OFFICES West Chester ciccarelli.com Jennifer Courtney Marianne McGinty THE LAW OFFICES OF JENNIFER COURTNEY Yardley courtneylaw.net Christina M. DeMatteo LAW OFFICE OF CHRISTINA M. DEMATTEO LLC Blue Bell dematteolawoffice.com Amy P. De Shong WISLER PEARLSTINE LLP Blue Bell wislerpearlstine.com Mary Cushing Doherty HIGH SWARTZ Multiple offices highswartz.com Sarinia M. Feinman VETRANO | VETRANO & FEINMAN LLC King of Prussia vetranolaw.com Derek M. Freed Wendy M. Rosen Barbara Ulrichsen ULRICHSEN ROSEN & FREED LLC Pennington, New Jersey urf-law.com Susan M. Gibson GIBSON FAMILY LAW Doylestown gibsonfamilylaw.com Elissa C. Goldberg LAW OFFICE & MEDIATION SERVICES OF ELISSA C. GOLDBERG LLC Doylestown ecgoldberglaw.com Kevin L. Hand KARDOS, RICKLES & HAND Newtown krhlaw.com David N. Hofstein Charles J. Meyer HOFSTEIN WEINER & MEYER P.C. Philadelphia and Bala Cynwyd hwmfamilylaw.com Sarah A. Jones LAW OFFICES OF GREGORY J. PAGANO P.C. Philadelphia and Media paganolaw.net Shannon Kanavy Robert T. Repko REPKO LAW LLC Doylestown repkolaw.com David S. Kaplan O’DONNELL, WEISS & MATTEI P.C. Phoenixville and Pottstown owmlaw.com Lydia Fabbro Keephart PELLETTIERI, RABSTEIN & ALTMAN ATTORNEYS AT LAW Newtown and Princeton, New Jersey pralaw.com Christin Kubacke Kim Denise Morton MORTON & KUBACKE FAMILY LAW LLC West Chester mortonfamilylaw.com Michael Kuldiner THE LAW OFFICES OF MICHAEL KULDINER P.C. Feasterville and Doylestown phillyesquire.com Gregory P. LaMonaca LAMONACA LAW Media lamonacalaw.com Scott A. Lisgar KELLER, LISGAR & WILLIAMS LLP Havertown klwllp.com Inna Materese MATERESE FAMILY LAW Fort Washington materesefamilylaw.com Tina Mazaheri MAZAHERI LAW LLC Doylestown mazaherilawllc.com Carolyn R. Mirabile Lawrence J. Persick John Zurzola WEBER GALLAGHER Norristown wglaw.com Colleen M. Neary SWEENEY & NEARY LLP Media sweeneynearylaw.com Suzann Ordile ORDILE LAW AND MEDIATION New Hope ordilelaw.com Andrea B. Pettine PETTINE LAW OFFICES West Chester pettinefamilylaw.com Michael A. Raffaele RAFFAELE PUPPIO Media raffaelepuppio.com Sheryl R. Rentz LAW OFFICES OF SHERYL R. RENTZ Bryn Mawr srrentzlaw.com Jennifer J. Riley LAW OFFICES OF JENNIFER J. RILEY Blue Bell and Wayne jjrlawfirm.com Carla V. Risoldi RISOLDI LAW OFFICES LLC Langhorne and New Hope risoldilawoffices.com Susan J. Sacchetta PLATT, DIGIORGIO & DIFABIO Paoli pddlaw.net Jacqueline G. Segal FOX ROTHSCHILD LLP Exton and Philadelphia foxrothschild.com Lori K. Shemtob SHEMTOB DRAGANOSKY TAYLOR STEIN Blue Bell shemtoblaw.com David J. Steerman KLEHR HARRISON HARVEY BRANZBURG LLP Multiple offices klehr.com Karen Ann Ulmer KAREN ANN ULMER P.C. Langhorne ulmerlaw.com Joseph D. Visco LAW OFFICES OF JOSEPH D. VISCO Doylestown viscolawoffice.com Randi J. Vladimer RANDI J. VLADIMER P.C. Radnor vladimerlaw.com Lori A. Walker FAMILY LAW CORP. Philadelphia thefamilylawcorp.com David Woosley WOOSLEY NARAGON LLC Doylestown woosleynaragon.com Published (and copyrighted) in Suburban Life magazine, June 2024.