Maribeth Blessing

At the Law Offices of Maribeth Blessing, LLC, in Rockledge, Pennsylvania, Maribeth Blessing concentrates her practice primarily on challenging, high-conflict family law matters, but it also extends to simple will and estate documents.  Maribeth is an accomplished arbitrator, mediator, parent co-ordinator and collaborative family lawyer with over three decades of legal experience.   She also provides alternative dispute resolution services, including offering unbundled legal services, with the goal of settling out of court the majority of the family law cases she handles. Along with her firm, Ms. Blessing serves clients in Bucks, Montgomery, Chester, Philadelphia and Delaware counties.A former educator and hearing officer, Ms. Blessing received her Juris Doctor cum laude in 1991 from Widener University School of Law. Admitted to practice in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, she is also admitted to practice before the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania and the Supreme Court of the United States. As a measure of her professional reputation, Ms. Blessing has been elected by her peers to become a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation and has been honored many times for her achievements, receiving Strathmore's Who's Who Professional of the Year award in dispute resolution in 2007 and the 2011-2012 Woman of the Year award from the National Association of Professional Women.  Her accomplishments can be found on her curriculum vitae on her website, www.mbfamilylaw.comDedicated to remaining current on developments in her field, Ms. Blessing has received extensive training in continuing legal education, arbitration and parent coordination from multiple organizations, including the Amicable Divorce Network, National Center for Mediation Education, the American Bar Association the Association of Family and Conciliation Courts, and the International Academy of Collaborative Professionals. She is a trainer/presenter in the fields of mediation, collaborative family law, and continuing legal education for the Montgomery and Pennsylvania Bar Associations, and Collaborative Professional organizations.  She has held numerous positions in several professional organizations, including past president and current counselor of The Doris Jonas Freed American Inn of Court, past president of the Collaborative Family Law Affiliates, and a member of the Montgomery County Mediation Advisory Panel since 1999.  Maribeth is an advanced practitioner with the Association for Conflict Resolution, a member of the Amicable Divorce Network, and serves as a Parent Coordinator in Montgomery, Bucks and Chester Counties.  Ms. Blessing also participated as a child advocate for the Montgomery Child Advocacy Project and a volunteer for the Friends of the Court program of the Montgomery County Family Court and also the pro bono Legal Aide program.