AAML History

In 1962, a small group of nationally known matrimonial lawyers met to discuss the need to humanize and dignify the most traumatic area of family relations. As a result, the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers was  founded to improve the practice of law and the administration of justice in the area of divorce and family law.

The Academy was formed..."To encourage the study, improve the practice, elevate the standards and advance the cause of matrimonial law to the end that the welfare of the family and society be preserved." Today, the Academy is recognized as the pre-eminent family law association in America with more than 1,600 Fellows.

The Academy currently has chapters spanning 50 states. The state chapters conduct local continuing education programs, participate in the legislative process and engage in a variety of other activities to serve the public and to improve the practice of matrimonial law.

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Board of Managers
Sandra L. Meilton              President  
David L. Ladov                   President-Elect
Robert I. Whitelaw            Vice President
David N. Hofstein              Second Vice President 
Mary Vidas   
                      Secretary 
David  S. Pollock               Treasurer

Immediate Past- President

Carol Mills McCarthy


Past Presidents
Joel Berenbaum
Mary Cushing Doherty
James E. Mahood
James L. Beck
Maria Cognetti
Howard M. Goldsmith
John R. Mondschein
Harry J. Gruener
John C. Howett, Jr.
Mark. B. Dischell
Michael E. Fingerman
Leonard Dubin
Robert C. Capristo
Honorable Emanuel A. Bertin
Charles C. Shainberg
Joanne Ross Wilder
Honorable Sandra Schultz Newman
Mark J. Goldberg
Neil Hurowitz
Chris F. Gillotti
Jack A. Rounick
Albert Momjian
Robert Raphael