Ellen Shaffer Meyer

Family, Mediation
521 West Street
Wilmington, Delaware 198012139


Family

Admitted

1981, Delaware and Pennsylvania; 1982, U.S. District Court, District of Delaware

Law School

Delaware Law School of Widener University, J.D., 1980

Law School Graduation Year

1980

College

Brown University, A.B., 1961; New York University, M.A., 1967

Memberships

Delaware State Bar Association (Member, Sections on: Family Law; Women and the Law); Pennsylvania and American Bar Associations; American Academy of Adoption Attorneys (Member of Board, 2002-2004).

Biographical

Member, Moot Court Honor Society, 1980. Associate Editor, Law Review, 1978-1980. Author: Alimony Reform: Facing Up to Reality, Delaware Lawyer, Spring 1987; History of Women and the Law Section of the Delaware State Bar Association, Delaware Lawyer, Fall 1993. Updated sections of The Legal Handbook for Delaware Women, 1988. Provided written materials and conducted seminars on adoption law, 1997 and 1998. Seminar Speaker, Adoptions, National Business Institute, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2003. Recipient, Distinguished Service Award, Delaware Volunteer Legal Services, Inc., 1996. Commissioner, Family Law Commission, State of Delaware, 1985—. Member, Child Support Formula Update Committee, 1993-1994 and 2002. Volunteer, Special Master, Family Court, 1995—. Member, Family Court Task Force on Open Hearings, 1998. Member, Special Committee, Family Court Internal Operating Procedures, 1998-1999. Chair, Preceptors Committee, Delaware Supreme Court, 1999-2003.

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