Montgomery County attorney, Lori K. Shemtob, President of the Pennsylvania Chapter of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers (AAML), recently presented at a continuing legal education seminar. Her topic was the discoverability of attorney-expert communications in Pennsylvania. She presented at a program sponsored by the AAML Annual Meeting in Williamsburg, Virginia in July of 2016. She has been a fellow of the AAML for 13 years, a national honor bestowed currently on only 66 lawyers in Pennsylvania.

During this seminar, Ms. Shemtob presented tactics on how to manage attorney-expert communications in light of the revised Pennsylvania Rule of Civil Procedure 4003.5 and the Barrick V. Holy Spirit Hospital Pennsylvania Supreme Court case ruling on this issue.

According to Ms. Shemtob, “Lawyers must know when their communications with experts are confidential, so they can property prepare their cases and experts for trial.”

Ms. Shemtob is a founding partner of the family law firm of Shemtob law, P.C. Her practice focuses on family law, which includes divorce, equitable distribution, alimony, custody, child and spousal support, prenuptial agreements, property settlement and other family law matters. She is an experienced trial lawyer and has been handling these matters for 29 years. Ms. Shemtob is one of only 14 lawyers in the State certified by the AAML as a family law arbitrator. She is also a family lawyer mediator. She has been named a “Super Lawyer” by Philadelphia Magazine from 2006 to present, and was named one of the Top 50 Women Attorneys in Pennsylvania as published in Philadelphia Magazine’s Super Lawyer Section. She is also an adjunct law professor at Drexel University Thomas R. Kline School of Law teaching Pennsylvania Family Law Practice.

Shemtob Law, P.C. is a full service family law firm with six attorneys and six support staff based in Blue Bell, Pennsylvania. The firm assists clients with divorce, custody, child and spousal support and prenuptial agreements.