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Where Dedication to the Practice of Family Law is Tradition!
Congratulations to Kathryn Meloni, Esquire, the 2021 recipient of the Eric D. Turner Award … Created in the millennium year 2000, to honor the memory of a lawyer who was dedicated to the practice of family law. The award has since been presented annually to a lawyer “whose dedication, professionalism and integrity most closely exemplifies that of Eric D. Turner.”
Kathryn A. Meloni, Esquire, is a solo practitioner in Media, PA.
www.kmelonilaw.com
She is a 1983 graduate of West Chester East High School, and a 1987 cum laude graduate of West Chester University, where she majored in Criminal Justice and minored in both Psychology and Sociology.
Since graduating from Widener University School of Law in 1990, Kathryn has practiced in the areas of family law, personal injury, workers compensation, and wills. She is currently a member of the Pennsylvania Bar Association (PBA) and Delaware County Bar Association (DCBA). She is a fellow of the Pennsylvania Bar Foundation and sat on their Board for the 2000-2001 bar year.
In the PBA-Young Lawyers Division, Kathryn was on the executive council from 1993 through 2001, serving in the positions of Zone 9 Co-chair, Secretary, Chair-Elect, and Chair of the organization. In her role with the YLD, she chaired numerous committees.
She has also been a member of the following YLD committees: Statewide Mock Trial, Law School Practicum, Statewide Job Fair, and Regional Bench-Bar Committees.
Ms. Meloni held the position of Chair of the PBA-YLD in 1999-2000, where her emphasis was on children’s issues.
Kathryn served a three (3) year term on the Pennsylvania Bar Association Board of Governors. Since that time, she has continued to be active with the organization through the Members Benefits Committee, Commission on Women in the Profession, Animal Law Committee and Family Law Section. In the Delaware County Bar Association, Kathryn was extremely active, holding the position of President of the Young Lawyers Section in 1999. Through this organization, she has worked on numerous community service projects.
Kathryn has also been active with the Family Law Section of the Delaware County Bar Association, where she held the offices of Treasurer and Secretary. She was chair of the Custody Rules Committee for the Section for two (2) years.
Kathryn was an active member of the Delaware County Bar Association Law Day Committee, the Family Law Legal Education Committee, and the Alternative Dispute Resolution Committee. Further, Ms. Meloni is the recipient of the 1995 DCBA Nicholas D. Vadino, Jr. Award and the 2000 DCBA President’s Recognition Award, two awards of which she is very proud. She served as both Corresponding Secretary and Recording Secretary on the Delaware County Bar Association Board of Directors, as well as serving 2 other terms as Director on the Board.
Kathryn served on the Board of Directors of Legal Aid of Southeastern Pennsylvania (LASP) from 2007 through 2013, and was a member of the Board of Overseers of the ALS Association, Greater Philadelphia Chapter from 2010 through 2014, having been involved with the organization since 2004. She is currently very active with PAWS for People, through which her dog is
a certified therapy dog, and, as a team, they visit hospitals, nursing homes and elementary schools. Ms. Meloni held three terms as Judge of Elections for Chadds Ford Township, South West. From July of 2005 through July of 2012, she served as a Hearing Officer for the Disciplinary Board of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania for 6 years. She also has been a Commissioner on the Delaware County Women’s Commission from 2012 to 2017. In addition to her active law practice, she continues as an adjunct professor at Villanova University, where she teaches Family Law in the post-baccalaureate paralegal program.
Further, she served as Executive Director of Grands Stepping Up from 2020-2021, a non-profit corporation to assist Grandparents (and other kinship relations) who have custody of their grandchildren; she incorporated the non-profit, prepared bylaws, and helped to aid in getting the organization up and running. •
Family Law Section 2021 Officers Chair: Emily Venzer-Giszter Chair-Elect: Kimberly Kryzyzaniak Vice Chair: Jennifer M. DiPillo
Treasurer: Beth Ann Marshall
Secretary: Alicia Fastman
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