Anthony has experience in all areas of family law including divorce, child custody, spousal support, child support, alimony, property and debt distribution, protection from abuse, appellate practice, legal disputes between non-marital couples, and grandparent rights.
In court, Anthony regularly litigates complex family law issues. These issues include business valuations, complex income analysis, retirement account analysis, complex valuation, complex asset discovery and division, uncovering assets, psychological issues and evaluations, drug and alcohol issues, constitutional issues, parent relocation, emergency injunctive relief, freeze asset orders, and multiple state jurisdictional issues.
Anthony has been recognized throughout Pennsylvania for his work in the field of family law and family law litigation. Anthony’s accomplishments include:
- One of two family law attorneys selected state-wide as at-large members of the Executive Committee of the Pennsylvania Bar Association Family Law Section.
- Selected to the Pennsylvania Bar Association Council
- Selected by Pennsylvania Super Lawyers Rising Stars
- Selected as a member of the Dauphin County Family Law Council
- Adjunct professional of Family Law at the Widener University Commonwealth Law School.
- Co-Chairs the Pennsylvania Bar Association Family Law Section Rules Committee, which gives guidance on a state-wide basis regarding rule and laws that affect domestic litigation
- Has presented at more than 20 educational programs for attorneys
- Has authored or co-authored more than 25 publications on the topic of family law
Anthony has taught and published a wide variety of family law topics and how other areas of the law impact family law, including criminal issues in family law matters, drug and alcohol testing, valuation of assets, division of assets, alternate dispute resolution, marital settlement agreements, custody agreements, immigration issues in family law, parent relocation, retirement issues,
Anthony is an active leader in family law on a local level. Anthony has served on the board of the Dauphin County Bar Association and currently serves on the Dauphin County Court Relations Committee. Anthony recently taught a local course regarding the Pennsylvania Divorce Code and the Dauphin County Rules of procedure. Anthony previously clerked in the York County Court, and maintains several connections in the York County legal community. Anthony is a member of the Cumberland County Bar Association family law section, and recently presented a CLE to the Cumberland County family law attorneys regarding support practice.
- Dauphin County Bar Association Family Law Council
- Pennsylvania Bar Association Family Law Council
- Pennsylvania Bar Association – Bar Leadership Institute (Class of 2015-2016)
- Pennsylvania Super Lawyers Rising Stars
- Pennsylvania Bar Association Family Law Section Executive Committee
- Widener University School of Law, J.D., 2009, cum laude
- Widener Law Journal – Business/External Managing Editor (2008-2009)
- Widener Law Journal – Associate Staff Member (2007-2008)
- Dean’s Honors (Four Semesters),
- Faerie L. Angle Educational Trust Legal Scholarship Award
- Widener University School of Law Distinguished Service Award
- Georgia Institute of Technology, B.S. 2005,
- Dean’s Honors (Six Semesters)
- All-ACC Academic Honor Roll (2003-2005)
- All-ACC Track and Field Athlete (2005)
- Track and Field Team Athletic Scholarship Recipient (2001-2005)
- Pennsylvania Bar Association
- Family Law Section
- Rules Committee Co-Chair and Council Member
- Dauphin County Bar Association
- Family Law Section
- Dauphin County Court Relations Committee
- Cumberland County Bar Association
- Family Law Section
- Community Justice Project – Board Member , 2014-2019
- Production of PBA Pro Bono Instructional Video (Child and Spousal Support), 2015
- Represent Several Pro Bono Clients through Mid Penn Legal Services, 2013-2019
- Wills for Heroes, 2015, 2017
- Ask a Lawyer Program, 2014, 2016
- Experience Harrisburg (Young Professional Career Search) Volunteer, 2013
- Vision Resources of Central Pennsylvania Volunteer, 2013
- National Law Day Volunteer, 2011-2015, 2017
- Multiple Harrisburg City Clean-ups, 2010-2013
- Habitat for Humanity, 2012
- High School Mock Trial Competition (York/Dauphin County & State Finals), 2010-2012
- Widener Law Running Club (Former President/Founder), 2007-2011
- National Engineers Week Future Cities Competition, 2009-2013
- YMCA Capital City Adventure Challenge (Volunteer Leader), 2006, 2008-2009
Lectures
- 2020 – Pennsylvania Rules of Civil Procedure Updates
- 2020 – Drafting Marital Settlement Agreements
- 2019 – Updates to Pennsylvania Rules of Civil Procedure and Dauphin County Local Rules to the Dauphin County Bar Association
- 2019 – Updates to Pennsylvania Support Guidelines to the Cumberland County Bar Association
- 2019 – Family Law Updates and Developments to the Pennsylvania Family Law Institute
- 2019 – Between a Rock and a Hard Place – Difficult Issues in Family Law Cases to the Pennsylvania Bar Association Family Law Section and the Pennsylvania Family Law Institute
- 2018 – Adult Guardianship Issues
- 2018 – A Lawyer’s Guide to Appraisals and Appraisers
- 2018 – Effects of Drugs and Alcohol in a Family Setting
- 2018 – Family Law Institute – Family Law Update
- 2018 – Cost Effective Tools in Family Law Discovery
- 2018 – Predicting Equitable Distribution Awards and Alimony Awards
- 2016 – Case Law Updates
- 2016 – Case Law Update
- 2016 – Expand Your Custody/Dependency Practice to Represent Immigrant Children and Their Caretakers
- 2016 – Support Case Law Update
- 2015 – Custody Case Law Update
- 2015 – Case Law Updates and ADR
- 2015 – Alternative Dispute Resolution and Case Law Updates
- 2015 – Issues in the Marital Settlement Agreements
- 2014 – Child and Spousal Support: Back to the Basics
- 2014 – Custody Case Law Update
- 2012 – Custody Relocation Substantive and Procedural Developments from the New Child Custody Act
- 2011 – Family Law Update
Publications
- 2020 Co-Author of Pennsylvania Support Practice (forthcoming)
- 2020 Co-Author Drafting Marital Settlement Agreement
- 2017: Family Law Update: Courts Have Authority to Dissolve Civil Unions Under Pennsylvania Divorce Code.
- 2016: Family Law Update: Pennsylvania’s Revised No Fault Divorce Code is Now in Effect.
- 2016: Family Law Update: Appellate Court Explains Difference Between Divorce Settlement Agreement And All Other Contracts.
- 2016: Family Law Update: Appellate Court Untangles Twelve Year Old Marital Settlement Agreement regarding Pension.
- 2016: Family Law Update: Court Increases Father’s Child Support Payment Due to Inheritance.
- 2016: Family Law Update: Court Does Not reduce Child Support Due to Parent’s Student Loan Payments.
- 2016: General Practitioners Family Law Update – Support, Pennsylvania Bar Institute Publication
- 2016: Family Law Update: Pennsylvania Superior Court Denies Father’s Petition to Change His son’s Last Name to Match his Own.
- 2016: Family Law Update: Reconciliation Does Not Void Prior Marital Settlement Agreement.
- 2016: Family Law Update: Court Permits Mother To Relocate With The Child More Than Five Hours Away.
- 2016: Custody Case Law Update, Family Law Institute – Pennsylvania Bar Institute Publication
- 2015: Family Law Update: Modifiability of Written Child Support Agreement.
- 2015: Family Law Update: Court Awards Grandparents Partial Custody of Grandchildren Over Mother’s Objection and Court Holds that Minor Criminal Convictions are Irrelevant in Custody Case.
- 2015: Family Law Update: Court Doubles Father’s Child Support Obligation Due To Father’s Expenses Being Paid By Second Wife.
- 2015: Family Law Update: Husband Permitted to Seek Attorney’s Fees Against Wife for Her Failure to Comply with Prenuptial Agreement.
- 2015: Family Law Update: Parent’s Responsibility to Pay for Child’s College Education.
- 2015: Family Law Update: Grandmother Denied In Loco Parentis Standing, But Door Left Open For Grandparent Standing.
- 2015: Family Law Update: Superior Court Opens Divorce Matter That Concluded in 2005.
- 2015: Family Law Update: Federal Law Does Not Protect Husband Who Owes More Than $50,000 In Past Due Alimony.
- 2014: Family Law Update: Pennsylvania Superior Court Declines To Award Counsel Fees In Custody Case.
- 2014: Discovery and Experts in Family Law Following Barrick, The Legal Intelligencer.
- 2013: Pennsylvania Superior Court Upholds Biological Father’s Petition for Intervention in Light of Paternity by Estoppel Challenge, 35 Pa. Family Lawyer 184-85.
- 2012: Pennsylvania Superior Court Reverses Trial Court’s Decision to Prevent Mother, who was Granted Sole Legal Custody, from Traveling to Ecuador, 34 Pa. Family Lawyer 246-48.
- 2012: Pennsylvania Superior Court Rejects Trial Court’s Holding That Mother’s Three
- 2012: Children, Each to Different Fathers, should be Placed With Their Respective Paternal Grandparents as Permanent Legal Custodians, 34 Pa. Family Lawyer 97-98.
- 2011: Grandparents Lack Standing in Dependency Actions, 33 Pa. Family Lawyer 293-94.
- 2011: Superior Court Upholds Trial Court’s Decision for Custody in Dependency Proceedings Pursuant to Hearing That Occurred Without Mother. 33 Pa. Family Lawyer 296-97.
- 2009: Survey, Pennsylvania Power Company v. Township of Pine: Leaving Local Municipalities a Voice in Public Utility Litigation, 18 Widener L.J. 751.
Speaking Engagements Have covered the following topics
- Court avoidance strategies and options
- custody trials
- support conferences and hearings
- divorce trials and hearings
- financial forensic and discovery tools
- mental issues and health experts
- drug and alcohol addition
- drug and alcohol testing
- postnuptial agreements
- prenuptial agreements
- child custody relocation
- real estate appraisals
- alimony
- spousal support
- child support
- division of assets and debts (equitable distribution)
- recent developments in family law
- family law appeals
- business valuations
- injunctive relief
- Freeze asset orders
- student loans in divorce and support
- rules of procedure and tactics