Joanne E. Kleiner

Attorney Joanne Kleiner is the founder of Joanne E. Kleiner & Associates in Jenkintown. While she concentrates her practice in divorce and family law, amicable divorces, collaborative family law, and mediation, she has been an advocate for people with disabilities since the birth of her daughter, who has cerebral palsy and uses a wheelchair. Ms. Kleiner is a member of the Pennsylvania and Montgomery County Bar Associations. She has been the chair of the Abington Township Human Relations Commission since 2012. Ms. Kleiner received her J.D. from Temple University and her B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania. She also holds Mediation Certifications from Montgomery County Mediation Center and Good Shepherd Mediation.

Areas of Practice:

• Alimony
• Divorce
• Divorce Mediation
• Domestic Relations
• Equitable Distribution
• Family Mediation
• Marital Agreements
• Marital Property Distribution
• Marital Property Settlements
• Matrimonial Law
• Name Changes
• Postnuptial Agreements
• Separation Agreements
• Spousal Support
• Child Custody Mediation

Certification / Specialties:

• Recipient, Mediation Certification, Montgomery County Mediation Center
• Recipient, Mediation Certification, Good Shepherd Mediation program

Bar Admissions:

• Pennsylvania, 1978
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 1978

Education:

• Temple University School of Law, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1978
  J.D.
• University of Pennsylvania, 1975
  B.A.

Professional Associations and Memberships:

• Past President, Collaborative Professionals of Southeastern PA
• Commencing 1/2023:  Chair of Montgomery Bar Association Collaborative Law Committee
• One of the founders of Lawyers With Heart, a group of attorneys dedicated to keeping people out of court
• Certified custody mediator for Montgomery County Courts
• Member – Pennsylvania Bar Association Collaborative Law Committee
• Member, Doris Jonas Freed Inn of Court
• Member, Civility in the Profession Committee, PA Bar Association
• Member, Family Law Section, Montgomery County Bar Association

Community

• Chair of the Abington Township Human Relations Commission
• Speaker and Member of Second Saturday – A divorce workshop for women

Publications/Continuing Legal Education

• PA Law Quarterly April, 2019:  Mediation in Pennsylvania
• January, 2023:  faculty and course planner for CLE entitled “Our Clients Hate Each Other But We Don’t Have To” presented by the Civility in the Profession Committee and Family Law Committee of the PA Bar Association
• May, 2023:  faculty and course planner for Collaborative Law Training, presented by the PA Bar Association

Languages:

• French

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