Attorney Profile

Elizabeth Jean Billies

Elizabeth Billies

Dischell, Bartle & Dooley, P.C.
1800 Pennbrook Parkway, Suite 200, PO Box 107
Lansdale, PA 19446

Lansdale

Pennsylvania (PA)

Contact Contact Elizabeth Jean Billies
T: 215-362-2474
F: 215-362-6722

Visit: www.dischellbartle.com
Practice Areas: Family Law (100%)

Family Law

Profile

My practice spans every aspect of family law. I am skilled at preparing pre- and post-nuptial agreements as well as resolution of equitable distribution issues.   Our clients value my collaborative approach to resolving the critical and emotional issues of child support and child custody. Additionally, I work diligently to defend clients and, where necessary, prosecute abuse actions. Finally, through my tenure as a law clerk for the Honorable Susan Devlin Scott, the current President Judge of Bucks County Court of Common Pleas and Administrative Judge of Family Court, I gained invaluable experience that has become essential to my representation of my clients.

I am very involved in the Family Law Section.  I am a member of the Pennsylvania Bar Assocation Family Law Council and am also a member of the Doris Freed Matrimonial Inn of Court.  I also write and teach about family law topics to fellow practictioners.  I have prepared several case notes for the Pennsylvania Family Lawyer as the Montgomery County Section of the PBI Four County Family Law Practice Manual.  Last year, I spoke at the Pennsylvania Bar Association Family Law Winter Meeting about recent decisions regarding equitable distribution issues and taught a PBI seminar on Hot Topics in Business Valuations.

 

Selected To

2012 Pennsylvania Rising Stars
Pennsylvania Rising Stars 2011
Pennsylvania Rising Stars 2010

No Rising Stars publication in 2009

About Elizabeth Billies

Admitted: 2005, Pennsylvania

Professional Webpage: www.dbyd.com/elizabeth_billies/

Honors and Awards:

  • Clincal Student of the Year, Clinical Legal Education Association, 2005

Bar/Professional Activity:

  • I am a member of the Family Law Sections of the Pennsylvania, Bucks County and the Montgomery County Bar Association. I am also a member of the Doris Jonas Freed American Inn of Court, which specializes in family law.

Scholarly Lectures and Writings:

  • I authored a case note analyzing the Lancaster County Court of Common Pleas decision of Williams v. Williams Lancaster Co. CCP, CI-99-06533 (June 19, 2008) in which the Court determined that Husband's voluntary act of resigning from his employment was not grounds for modification of his alimony obligation even though the parties' Property Settlement Agreement stated that he could seek such a reduction if his income decreased by a certain percentage. The Court held that the clause was on applicable in cases of non-voluntary termination., Author, Voluntary Resignation from Employment Does Not Justify Reduction of Alimony Paid Pursuant to Post-Nuptial Agreement: Williams v. Williams, Pennsylvania Family Lawyer, Family Law, 2008
  • I authored a case note analyzing McMullen v. Kutz, 985 A.2d 769 (Pa. 2009), in which the Supreme Court determined that the term "reasonableness" must be implied when determining the amount of attorneys' fees to award the non-breaching party pursuant to a Property Settlement Agreement., Author, Supreme Court Finds that Reasonableness Must be Implied When Determining an Award of Contractual Counsel Fees, Pennsylvania Family Lawyer, Volume 32, Issue No. 1, March 2010, Family Law, 2010

Other Outstanding Achievements:

  • Staff Writer, Villanova Law Review.
  • Clincal Legal Education Association's Clinical Student of the Year Award, 2005

Educational Background:

  • B.A. University of Wisconsin-Madison,, 2002
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