Sandra L. Meilton
Member
Sandra L. Meilton is a Member of Daley Zucker Meilton Miner & Gingrich, LLC (“DZMMG”). Her practice focuses primarily on domestic issues including, but not limited to, divorce, custody, support, equitable distribution, drafting of Marital Settlement Agreements, Pre-Nuptial Agreements and Post-Nuptial Agreements. In addition, Ms. Meilton offers her clients over thirty years experience in family law. Prior to her membership with DZMMG, Ms. Meilton practiced with and was a shareholder of the firm Tucker Arensberg, P.C., in its Harrisburg office.
Ms. Meilton served as a Custody Conference Officer for Dauphin County from 1991 through April 2008. She is a Fellow of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, previous member of the Board of Examiners, has served as Secretary, Treasurer, and is Past President of the Pennsylvania Chapter of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, Past President of the Dauphin County Bar Association, and a Past Chair of its Family Law Section. In addition, Ms. Meilton is a member of the Family Law Section of the Pennsylvania Bar Association and has served on the Family Law Section Council. She served on the Board of Governors of the Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association for five years and on its Executive Committee for two years, and was appointed to the Joint State Government Advisory Committee on Domestic Relations Law. Ms. Meilton is a frequent lecturer on family law matters throughout the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
Bar Admissions:
- U.S. Supreme Court, 1984
- Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, 1980
- U.S. District Court, Middle District of Pennsylvania, 1980
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, 1985
Education:
- J.D., Dickinson School of Law, Carlisle, Pennsylvania, 1980
- B.A., Bethany College, Bethany, West Virginia, 1968
Professional & Community Affiliations:
- American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, Fellow Member, 1993-Present
- American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, Pennsylvania Chapter, Past President
- Pennsylvania Bar Association, Member
- Dauphin County Bar Association, Member
- Dauphin County Bar Association, Past President
- Dauphin County Bar Association, Past Chair, Family Law Section
- Cumberland County Bar Association, Social Member
- Pennsylvania Bar Foundation, Lifetime Member
- Dauphin County Bar Foundation, Lifetime Member; Board of Directors
- Dauphin County Seminar for Separating Parents Task Force, Chairperson
- Joint State Government Advisory Committee on Domestic Relations Law - Appointed
- Federal Judicial Advisory Board, Past Member
- American Trial Lawyers Association, Past Member
- Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association, Past Member; Past Board of Governors and Executive Committee
- Workers’ Compensation Rules Committee, Past Member (Appointed by Pennsylvania Secretary of Labor and Industry)
- United Methodist Home for Children, Residential Care, Inc., Board of Directors
- Harrisburg Regional Chamber of Commerce, Member
Professional Recognitions:
AV Martindale-Hubbell Peer Review Rating
(Peers rank Attorney Meilton at highest level of professional excellence of legal ability in her area of practice, her expertise and other professional qualifications, as well as her adherence to professional standards of conduct and ethics, reliability, diligence and other criteria relevant in the performance of her professional responsibilities)
- The Best Lawyers in America, 2006-2010
- Central Pennsylvania’s Best Lawyers, 2009, 2010
- Top 50 Women Lawyers in Pennsylvania, featured in Philadelphia Magazine, 2004-2009
- Pennsylvania Super Lawyers, featured in Philadelphia Magazine, 2004-2010
Seminars & Events:
Attorney Meilton has lectured and authored over eighty seminars and events on domestic issues through the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, Pennsylvania Bar Institute, Pennsylvania Bar Association, Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association, Dauphin County Bar Association, Cumberland County Bar Association, Widener University, Harrisburg Area Community College, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and various non-profit organizations. Some of her most recent include:
- Mentor and Lecturer, American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers’ Institute for Family Law Associates, 2004 – 2009
- Co-course Planner and Lecturer, Pennsylvania Bar Institute’s “Pitfalls of Family Law: Malpractice and/or Ethical Dilemma,” 2007
- Co-Presenter with the Honorable Jeannine Turgeon at Nineteenth Children’s Interagency Training Conference, “How Does Your Garden Grow? Cultivating Cross-System, Family-Driven and Youth-Guided Partnerships” on the topic of Ethical Consideration in Working with the Judicial System, 2007
- Faculty Member and Lecturer, Pennsylvania Bar Institute’s “Family Law Institute” on “The View” Round Table Discussion on Custody From Custody Masters’ Perspective, 2007
- Guest Lecturer, Family Law – Practice and Procedure Class of Widener University School of Law on the topics of custody conciliation and collaborative law
- Lecturer, American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers’ “Deal or No Deal” (Advanced Alimony Course), 2007
- Lecturer, Pennsylvania Bar Institute’s “Primer on Family Law,” 2006
- Co-course Planner and Lecturer, Pennsylvania Bar Institute’s “Fundamentals of Family Law,” 2006
- Author and Lecturer, Pennsylvania Bar Institute’s Annual Family Law Update, 1997 – 2005
The law office of Daley Zucker Meilton Miner & Gingrich, LLC, with offices in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania and Wormleysburg, Pennsylvania regularly represents businesses and individuals with Family Law, Estates, Guardianships, Bankruptcy, Employment Law, Insurance Law, Administrative Law, Business and Corporate Law, Commercial Litigation, Municipal Law and Real Estate matters throughout Central Pennsylvania, including Harrsiburg East Shore, Harrisburg West Shore, Dauphin County, Cumberland County, York County, Lancaster County, Perry County, Juniata County, Mifflin County, Centre County, Adams County, Franklin County, Fulton County and Schuylkill County.
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