Current Employment Position(s)

Sole Practitioner

Lawyer Overview

Michelle A. Winter left a career as a health professional in the early 1990's to pursue a life-long dream of becoming an attorney.  Upon graduating from Temple Law School in 1996, she worked two years as in-house counsel with a major medical malpractice insurance firm.  In early 1998, she opened her own law practice where she has focused on the needs of families and businesses in her community.

Michelle is currently building her practice to encompass several areas of particular interest. The practice addresses all areas of Family Law, including adoptions, divorce, custody, support, property settlement agreements, Wills, Power of Attorney, Health Care Directives and Living Wills.  The office stays abreast of the new changes to the Bankruptcy law and assists clients in both Chapter 7 and 13 bankruptcies. Michelle has served on a Board Member for a Woman's Group that addresses domestic abuse.  She is counsel to a "back to work" government funded program out of Philadelphia and helps unemployed individuals in their effort to start new businesses through the Woman's Opportunity Resource Center .  Michelle has been active in this program for seven years.  She teaches classes on the differences between sole proprietorships and legal entities.  Through this program, Michelle has incorporated over 600 businesses.  Additionally, Michelle is counsel to numerous small businesses outside of the WORC program. 

Michelle Winter lives with her husband and son in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, she has two grown sons in Florida .  She is a graduate, with honors, from University of South Florida and was a member of Phi Kappa Phi before pursuing her career as a lawyer.  At Temple Law School , Ms. Winter earned several class distinctions and was a member of the Moot Court Honor Society where she competed in various competitions.  The Winters spend their free time restoring a camp they recently purchased in the Adirondacks and traveling to New England attending their son's hockey and lacrosse games.

Areas of Practice

• Adoption
• Bankruptcy/Debt Relief
• Child Support
• Criminal Law
• Divorce
• DUI/DWI
• Estate Planning
• Family Law
• Family Mediation
• Motor Vehicle Accidents -- Plaintiff
• Personal Injury -- Plaintiff
• Product Liability Law
• Trusts
• Wills
• Workers' Compensation Law

West Practice Categories

Criminal Law, DUI/DWI, Estate Planning, Trusts, Wills, Family Law, Adoption, Child Support, Divorce, Personal Injury -- Plaintiff, Motor Vehicle Accidents -- Plaintiff, Products Liability Law, Workers' Compensation Law

Bar Admissions

• Pennsylvania, 1996
• New Jersey, 1996
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 1997

Professional Associations and Memberships

• Women's Opportunity Resource Center of Philadelphia, 1999 - Present (Of Counsel)
• The Women's Place of Bucks County, 2000 - 2001 (Board of Directors)
• Montgomery Bar Association, 1999 - Present (Member)
• Pennsylvania Bar Association, 1996 - Present (Member)

Classes and Seminars

• Basics of Incorporation, Women's Opportunity Resource Center of Philadelphia, 1999 - Present

Past Employment Positions

• McKernan & McCartin, Associate, 1996 - 1998

Education

• Temple University School of Law, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1996
  J.D.
  Honors: Moot Court
• University of South Florida, Ft. Myers, Florida, USA, 1993
  B.A.
  Honors: Phi Kappa Phi
  Major: Interdisciplinary Social Sciences

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Address

190 Bethlehem Pike
Suite 4
Colmar, PA 18915

Phones

(215) 822-5266

Faxes

(215) 822-5267

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Websites

http://www.attorneywinter.com