AAML Pennsylvania Chapter - Member public profile

First name

Melissa

Last name

Boyd

Firm

Boyd & Early Family Law

Address (line 1)

600 W Germantown Pike

City

Plymouth Meeting

State

PA

Zip

19462

Phone

610-596-8111

Website

http://www.boydearlyfamilylaw.com/

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AAML Certified Arbitrator?

Yes

Job Title

Partner

University / Year / Degree

Washington College, BA Sociology, Minor in Political Science

Practice Emphasis

Traditional Practice

Law School / Year / Degree

University of Baltimore School of Law, JD

State / Year Admitted to Practice

Pennsylvania, 2001 New Jersey, 2002 Maryland, 1999 U.S. District Court of Maryland, 2000

AAML Chapter Positions Held

Board of Examiners 2017-2020
Board of Governors 2017-2020

AAML National Positions Held

Pennsylvania Bar Association Special Achievement Award 2018

Montgomery Bar Association, Committee of the Year
Community Outreach Committee 2016

Montgomery Bar Association President’s Award 2015

Named Best Lawyers in America®
For Family Law 2016 to present
For Family Law Arbitration 2018 to present
Family Law “Lawyer of the Year” in Philadelphia 2019

Named Super Lawyer/Rising Star, Philadelphia Magazine, Pennsylvania Super Lawyers-
Rising Stars Edition 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014
Super Lawyer 2015-present
100 Top Lawyers in Pennsylvania 2019-present
100 Top Lawyers in Philadelphia 2019-present
50 Top Female Lawyers in Pennsylvania 2019-present

Named Top Lawyer in Main Line Today
For Divorce Law 2019, 2021

Named Ten Leaders, Matrimonial & Divorce Law, Greater Philadelphia 2020-present

Named Ten Leaders, Matrimonial & Divorce Law, Greater Philadelphia,
Age 45 and Under 2010-2020

Doris Jonas Freed American Inn of Court Frederick Cohen, Esquire
Award of Excellence 2009, 2011, 2015

Named Lawyer on the Fast Track, The Legal Intelligencer 2011

PA Counties Served

Montgomery

CLE Presentations

Moderator, PBA FLS: Asset or Income? Let’s Spin the Wheel and Find Out! July 2019
Moderator, Montgomery County Commission on Women and Families Annual Awareness Event:
“Nevertheless She Persisted: Honoring Women Who Fight All Forms of Discrimination
Against Women” October 2018
Presenter PBI: The Lawyers’ Guide to Appraisals and Appraisers August 2018
Presenter PBA FLS: The Evolution of Family Law: Past, Present and Future July 2018
Presenter MBA FLS: Avoiding Pitfalls of QDROs and the Valuation and Division of
Retirement Benefits June 2018
Presenter PBI: Child Custody: Practice Ready Skills Training February 2017, October 2017
Presenter PBA FLS: The Secret of Support Remedies January 2017
Presenter PBI: A Family of Laws for Family Lawyers June 2016
Presenter PBI: The Second Season: Issues in Divorce Over Fifty 2012, 2015
Presenter PBI: 20 Hot Tips in Family Law May 2015
Program Moderator PBI: Intersection of Legal and Mental Health Issues in Custody Cases October 2014
Program Moderator PBA FLS: Valuation of Small Businesses in Divorce Matters July 2014
Course Planner/Presenter PBI-Pennsylvania’s Custody Act 112 – 2 ½ Years Later
And Still Evolving 2013
Presenter/Author MBA Toby Lynn Dickman Practicum 2004, 2005, 2012, 2013, 2018
Presenter/Author MBA Joint Family Law/Elder Law Seminar 2006, 2011
Presenter/Author PBI Family Law Institute 2006, 2007, 2012, 2015, 2017, 2018
Presenter/Author PBI Family of Laws for Family Lawyers 2012, 2014, 2016
Presenter PBI Family Law in the Internet Age October 2012
Presenter/Author PBI Slicing Up the Pie: Property Division in Pennsylvania 2010, 2012, 2015-2017
Presenter PBI Drafting Marital Settlements February 2009
Presenter Execusense Webinar: What Family Lawyers Need to Know About
Using Facebook as an Effective Tool for Online Evidence November 2010
Presenter PBI Pennsylvania’s New Custody Statute January 2011
Presenter PBA FLS: Extra! Extra! Pennsylvania’s New Custody Statute Enacted! January 2011
Presenter PBI Family Lawyer’s Divorce Tool Kit October 2011
Presenter/Author PBI Family Law Section Winter/Summer Meeting ongoing
Routine Presenter, Team Leader, Doris Jonas Freed American Inn of Court February 2004 to present

Offices held in Legal and Professional Organizations (please detail with dates)

Member, Pennsylvania Bar Association (PBA) December 2001 to present
Family Law Section
Second Vice Chair (Will ascend through Executive Committee ranks) 2021-2022
Secretary 2020-2021
Treasurer (Will ascend through Executive Committee ranks) 2019-2020
Elected Member, PBA Family Law Section Council (3 Year Term) 2007-2010, 2011-2014
Executive Committee 2013-2014, 2019-present
Member, Program Committee 2009-2012
Co-Chair, Membership Committee 2014-present
Chair, Custody Local Rules Committee 2011
Women in the Profession
Membership Development Committee—PBA FLS Liaison 2019-present

Member, Montgomery County Bar Association (MBA) February 2004 to present
Board of Directors (3 Year Term) 2012-2014
Member, Executive Committee 2012-2015
Law Reporter Committee (3 Year Term) (Chair in 2013) 2011-2013
Judiciary Committee (3 Year Term) 2014-2018
Leadership Academy 2014-2015
Long Range Planning Committee (3 Year Term) 2014-2018
Family Law Section of MBA
Chair 2015
Vice Chair 2014
Secretary 2013
Treasurer 2012
Chair of Equitable Distribution/Alimony Committee 2009
Chair of the Custody Committee 2006, 2011
Women in Law Committee
Co-Chair 2011
Community Outreach Committee, Co-Chair 2012-present
Child Advocacy Committee
Nominating Committee 2015, 2016
Awards Committee, Chair 2017
Diversity Committee
Law and Liberty Civics Program, Educator to 6th Grade Students (Norristown) 2011-present
Membership Development Committee, Co-Chair 2021

Montgomery County Child Advocacy Project
Board of Directors 2015-present
Volunteer Attorney 2011-present

Legal Aid of Montgomery County, PA, Volunteer Attorney 2008-present

Montgomery Bar Foundation, Fellow 2013-present

Member Doris Jonas Freed American Inn of Court 2004 to 2016

Member, New Jersey Bar Association November 2002 to present

Member, Baltimore City Bar Association February 2000-August 2001

Associate Member, Philadelphia County Bar Association 2001 to present

Associate Member, Bucks County Bar Association 2016 to present

Melissa Boyd

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