Certified List 2011 - International Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers

Linda Shay Gardner, Esq.
Gardner Law Offices
740 Main Street
Bethlehem
Pennsylvania 18018
U.S.A.
Tel: + 1 (610) 866-9529
Fax: + 1 (610) 866-9528
lgardner@gardnerlawyers.com
www.gardnerlawyers.com
A Bethlehem, PA, native whose practice focuses on family law. Represents clients in interstate and international family
law. Recognised authority in international and interstate Child Abduction by the National Center for Missing &
Exploited Children and Committee for Missing Children. Has reunited many families in USA and across the globe. Has
worked or advised on more than 300 Hague Convention or other abduction cases where there is no bi-lateral treaty.
Has represented and consulted with parents in cases involving more than 50 countries. Admitted: Supreme Court of
Pennsylvania and New Jersey; three federal district courts; Third Circuit Court of Appeals; Fifth and Eleventh Circuit
Courts of Appeal; also admitted pro hac vice in thirteen other jurisdictions.
Languages Spoken: English
Arthur F. Silverblatt
Silverblatt & Associates
15 Public Square
Suite 310
Wilkes-Barre
Pennsylvania 18701
U.S.A.
Tel: + 1 (570) 820-9800
Fax: + 1 (570) 820-9600
asilverblatt@silverblattandassociates.com
www.silverblattandassociates.com
Received B.A. from Hiram College; J.D. from Widener University School of Law (1978). American Academy of
Matrimonial Lawyers, Pennsylvania Chapter, Fellow since 1992 and Member, Board of Examiners. Member: American
Bar Association, Family Law Section; Pennsylvania Bar Association, Family Law Section; Luzerne County Bar
Association, Chairman, Family Law Committee. Served on Pennsylvania Bar Association Committee on Legal Ethics
and Professional Responsibility. Solicitor for Children Service Center of Wyoming Valley. Family law lecturer for
Pennsylvania Bar Institute, Luzerne County Bar Association. Listed in the Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers.
Languages Spoken: English
Kathleen B. Vetrano
Vetrano & Vetrano
455 South Gulph Road
Suite 410
King of Prussia
Pennsylvania 19406
U.S.A.
Tel: + 1 (610) 265-4441
Fax: + 1 (610) 265-1120
katevetrano@vetranolaw.com
www.vetranolaw.com
Practice limited to family law. Fellow, American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers; Chair, Elder Law Committee,
American Bar Association Family Law Section (1994-2004); Member of Council, Family Law Section, American Bar
Association (3 years); Past Chair, Family Law Section and Past Director, Montgomery Bar Association; Founding
Member & Past President, Doris Jonas Freed American Inn of Court for Family Law; Founding Member ,
Collaborative Family Law Affiliates. Frequent faculty member and course planner on family law with Pennsylvania
Bar Institute, American Bar Association and Pennsylvania Bar Association. Author of numerous articles in statewide
and national professional periodicals. Attended the Sorbonne, graduated from Rosemont College, J.D. cum laude,
Widener University School of Law.
Languages Spoken: English, French, Italian
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