First Admitted: 2005, Pennsylvania

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Educational Background:

University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, B.A. in Political Science, Ivanhoe Commandery Merit Scholarship, 2002

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I authored a case note analyzing the Lancaster County Court of Common Pleas decision of Williams v. Williams Lancaster Co. CCP, CI-99-06533 (June 19, 2008) in which the Court determined that Husband's voluntary act of resigning from his employment was not grounds for modification of his alimony obligation even though the parties' Property Settlement Agreement stated that he could seek such a reduction if his income decreased by a certain percentage. The Court held that the clause was on applicable in cases of non-voluntary termination., Author, Voluntary Resignation from Employment Does Not Justify Reduction of Alimony Paid Pursuant to Post-Nuptial Agreement: Williams v. Williams, Pennsylvania Family Lawyer, Family Law, 2008
Staff Writer, Villanova Law Review, Villanova University School of Law
I authored a case note analyzing McMullen v. Kutz, 985 A.2d 769 (Pa. 2009), in which the Supreme Court determined that the term "reasonableness" must be implied when determining the amount of attorneys' fees to award the non-breaching party pursuant to a Property Settlement Agreement., Author, Supreme Court Finds that Reasonableness Must be Implied When Determining an Award of Contractual Counsel Fees, Pennsylvania Family Lawyer, Volume 32, Issue No. 1, March 2010, Family Law, 2010
Co-authored the Montgomery County section of the Four County Practice Manual published bi-annually by the Pennsylvania Bar Institute, Co-author, 4 County Practice Manual, Pennsylvania Bar Institute, 2008

Elizabeth Jean Billies