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Melissa Boyd

Boyd & Early Family Law
  • Contact:
  • 1777 Sentry Parkway West Veva 17, Suite 101
    Blue Bell, PA
    19422
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Education

University of Baltimore School of Law, JD

Admitted to Practice

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

AAML Position(s) Held

State
  • Board of Examiners 2017-2020, 2022-presentBoard of Governors 2017-2020

Legal Organizations

  • 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) 2014-2018Family 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, 2011Women in Law Committee Co-Chair 2011Community Outreach Committee, Co-Chair 2012-presentChild Advocacy CommitteeNominating Committee 2015, 2016Awards Committee, Chair 2017Diversity 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

CLE Presentations

  • Presenter, PBA FLS Meeting, AAML” Timing is Everything January 2023Presenter, PBI, Gray Divorce: Issues and Considerations 2022 June 2022Presenter, PBA FLS Winter Meeting, AAML, Hot Tips January 2022Moderator, PBA FLS: Asset or Income? Let’s Spin the Wheel and Find Out! July 2019Moderator, Montgomery County Commission on Women and Families Annual Awareness Event: -Nevertheless She Persisted: Honoring Women Who Fight All Forms of Discrimination Against Women” October 2018Presenter PBI: The Lawyers’ Guide to Appraisals and Appraisers August 2018Presenter PBA FLS: The Evolution of Family Law: Past, Present and Future July 2018Presenter MBA FLS: Avoiding Pitfalls of QDROs and the Valuation and Division of Retirement Benefits June 2018Presenter PBI: Child Custody: Practice Ready Skills Training February 2017, October 2017Presenter PBA FLS: The Secret of Support Remedies January 2017Presenter PBI: A Family of Laws for Family Lawyers June 2016Presenter PBI: The Second Season: Issues in Divorce Over Fifty 2012, 2015Presenter PBI: 20 Hot Tips in Family Law May 2015Program Moderator PBI: Intersection of Legal and Mental Health Issues in Custody Cases October 2014Program Moderator PBA FLS: Valuation of Small Businesses in Divorce Matters July 2014Course Planner/Presenter PBI-Pennsylvania’s Custody Act 112 – 2 ½ Years Later And Still Evolving 2013Presenter/Author MBA Toby Lynn Dickman Practicum 2004, 2005, 2012, 2013, 2018Presenter/Author MBA Joint Family Law/Elder Law Seminar 2006, 2011Presenter/Author PBI Family Law Institute 2006, 2007, 2012, 2015, 2017, 2018Presenter/Author PBI Family of Laws for Family Lawyers 2012, 2014, 2016Presenter PBI Family Law in the Internet Age October 2012Presenter/Author PBI Slicing Up the Pie: Property Division in Pennsylvania 2010, 2012, 2015-2017Presenter PBI Drafting Marital Settlements February 2009Presenter Execusense Webinar: What Family Lawyers Need to Know About Using Facebook as an Effective Tool for Online Evidence November 2010Presenter PBI Pennsylvania’s New Custody Statute January 2011Presenter PBA FLS: Extra! Extra! Pennsylvania’s New Custody Statute Enacted! January 2011Presenter PBI Family Lawyer’s Divorce Tool Kit October 2011Presenter/Author PBI Family Law Section Winter/Summer Meeting ongoingRoutine Presenter, Team Leader, Doris Jonas Freed American Inn of Court February 2004 to present

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