Why Become An Academy Fellow?

What is the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers?

    The Academy (AAML) is a national organization of family law attorneys founded in 1962 in order “to encourage the study, improve the practice, elevate the standard, and advance the cause of matrimonial law, to the end that the welfare of the family and society be protected.” Currently, there are almost 1,600 Academy Fellows in 50 states.

Can Anyone Become a Fellow?

    There are certain criteria for admission to the Academy. A prospective admittee must have practiced law for 10 years, with a 75% specialization in matrimonial law, have State family law certification, (where certification doesn’t exist, applicant must have completed 15 hours of continuing legal education in each of the previous 5 years before application), pass a written national examination, pass the examination and interview required by the Pennsylvania Board of Examiners, and have published articles and presented continuing legal education seminars.

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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