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Cheryl Young concentrates her practice in matrimonial law, which includes divorce, custody, support, property distribution, and adoption. A 1985 graduate of American University Washington College of Law, Cheryl was on the American University Law Review. She received her BA in sciences in 1982 from Michigan State University.

Education

American University Washington College of Law, Washington, District of Columbia, 1985, JD

 Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, 1982, BA

Honors and Awards

• Named the Philadelphia Best Lawyers Family Law Lawyer of the Year for 2009
• Named a top 100 Attorney in Pennsylvania by Pennsylvania Super Lawyers magazine, 2004 – 2011
• Named a top 50 Female Attorney in Pennsylvania by Pennsylvania Super Lawyers magazine, 2006 – 2011
• Named by Pennsylvania Super Lawyers magazine as one of Pennsylvania's top attorneys in Family Law (2004 – 2011) as a result of a statewide survey of lawyers 
• Best Lawyers in America, selected as a Best Lawyer in America in Family Law, 2005, 2006, 2010, 2011, 2012  
• American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, Fellow 
• Named one of the Greater Philadelphia Region's Ten Leaders in Divorce Law by the Ten Leaders Cooperative

 

 

Publications

• Co-author with Christina M. DeMatteo, “Perception is Everything,” The American Journal of Family Law, June 2008

Professional Associations and Memberships

• Pennsylvania Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers
  • Member of Board of Examiners, 2009 – Present
• Pennsylvania Bar Association
  • At-large Governor, Board of Governors, 2009 – Present
  • President Elect, Family Law Section
  • House of Delegates
  • Chair, Membership Committee, 2007 
  • Chair, Outreach to Children Committee, 2007
  • Trustee, Insurance and Trust Fund, 2006 – 2009
• Montgomery Bar Association
  • President, 2004
  • Chair, PBA Liaison Committee
  • Past Chair, Family Law Committee, Young Lawyers Division
  • Past Member, Board of Directors
• American Bar Association
• Desmond J. McTighe Inn of Court

Community

• Treasurer, Montgomery Child Advocacy Project, 2006 – Present
• Board, Legal Aid of Southeastern Pennsylvania, 2008 – Present
• Past President, Victim Services Center of Montgomery County
• Past Board Member, Ambler Area YMCA

Teaching / Lecturing

• Frequently lectures to professional groups on topics related to Family Law.

Bar Admissions

• Pennsylvania

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