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Law Firm Overview

Divorce & family law Attorney Maribeth Blessing brings a wealth of professional and practical life experience to the Law Offices of Maribeth Blessing, LLC. She is a frequent Continuing Legal Education instructor and author for Pennsylvania Bar Institute (PBI) and the Montgomery Bar. She has been chair of the Family Law Section of the Montgomery Bar, a member of the Trial Lawyers Section, and president and continuing executive member of the Doris Jonas Freed Family Law Inn of Court.

She offers diversified mediation and arbitration services through Maribeth Blessing, Mediation & Arbitration, LLC. As a mediator, Maribeth is a certified advanced practitioner, by the Association of Conflict Resolution, as well as a supervisory mediator for the Montgomery County Courts. She is a trained arbitrator with the American Bar Association.

Attorney Cynthia L. Bashore's practice encompasses contracts, business law and corporate law, employment law, and personal injury. She serves as co-chairperson of the Montgomery County Bar Association Family Law Section's Legislative Action Committee.

Contact Maribeth Blessing, a divorce & family law attorney to schedule a consultation on divorce, step-parent adoption, custody, real estate contracts, workplace discrimination, estate planning or any of our practice areas.

Areas of Practice

• Adoption
• Alternative Dispute Resolution
• Business & Commercial Law
• Child Support
• Contracts
• Custody & Visitation
• Discrimination
• Divorce
• Education Law
• Elder Law
• Employment Law -- Employee
• Estate Planning
• Family Law
• Landlord/Tenant
• Motor Vehicle Accidents -- Plaintiff
• Personal Injury -- Plaintiff
• Real Estate Law
• Sexual Harassment
• Trusts
• Wills
• Collaborative Law
• Mediation

Honors and Awards

• Strathmore's Who's Who Recipient, 2004 - 2005
• Alumni Award, 2003 Outstanding Service Award, Widener School of Law
• Award, Doris Jonas Freed American Inn of Court, 2003
• Award, Montgomery Bar Family Law Section, 2002
• Life Member, National Registry of Who's Who, 2000 Edition

Published Works

• Instructional Videotape Series, ESS Science Pilot Program, Anchorage School District, 1970
• "The Domestic Relations Preliminary Conference: Its Potential Power as the Court's Hidden ADR Asset", Scholarship Award, Sigma Delta Kappa Law Foundation, Inc., 1991
• "The Evolution of Support Guidelines", Scholarship Award, Sigma Delta Kappa Law Foundation Inc., 1991
• "Cigarette Litigation: Is The Tide Changing?", Schwabb Literary Contest, Honorable Mention, 1991
• "From the Perspective Of A DRO Officer", Writs, Bucks County Bar Association Legal Reporter, 1992
• "Self Help Guide to Support", Brochure, Women's Commission Of Montgomery County, 1993
• "Legal View", Family Law Videotape Series and Instructional TV Presentation, Women's Commission Of Montgomery County, 1993
• "Self Help Guide to Support", Women's Commission Of Montgomery County, 1993
• Divorce and Equitable Distribution, 1997
• "Act 58, The Reality of the Fantasy", Montgomery County Law Practicum Guide, 1999
• "Act 58, The Reality of the Fantasy", Montgomery County Law Practicum Guide, 2000
• "Casenote: Vacarello vs. Vacarello", Pennsylvania Family Lawyer, 2001
• "Dischell's Troops Blast Canada", Sidebar Article, Montgomery Bar Association, 2002
• "Common Law Marriage-For Better or For Worse", Sidebar Article, Montgomery Bar Association, 2003
• "Processes in Divorce", Article, 2005

Classes and Seminars

• Speaker, Rockledge-Cheltenham Rotary Club, 2005
• Law Day Elementary School Instructor, 3rd Grade, 2001
• Chosen Instructor, National Business Institute Presentation, 2000
• Speaker, Willow Grove Rotary Club, 1999
• Continuing Legal Education PBI and Montgomery Bar Lecturer/Author
• Instructor, Community Program
• Legal View Seminar, Norristown Public Library
• Art and Drama Coordinator, 26 Member Faculty and 600 Students

West Practice Categories

Alternative Dispute Resolution, Business & Commercial Law, Contracts, Education Law, Estate Planning, Elder Law, Wills, Adoption, Child Support, Custody & Visitation, Divorce, Personal Injury -- Plaintiff, Motor Vehicle Accidents -- Plaintiff, Real Estate Law