Demetra Pontisakos

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Experience: 38 years

Divorce, Family Law and Arbitration & Mediation

Massachusetts, New Hampshire and New York

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I provide family law solutions tailored to your individual needs. My office on Route One in Topsfield provides comfortable meeting space with plenty of free parking. I have practiced in the Massachusetts courts since 1986 and in the New Hampshire courts since 2004. My practice areas include divorce, division of assets, alimony, child support, child custody matters, guardianship matters, grandparent visitation, prenuptial and post-nuptial agreements, and interstate jurisdictional conflicts. I am trained and experienced in using a variety of techniques toward the resolution of family law conflicts, including traditional client representation, negotiation, litigation, collaborative law practice and mediation. I also provide services as a Parenting Coordinator to assist parents with the resolution of custodial and co-parenting conflicts outside of the court process. I am certified by the Massachusetts Probate and Family Court as a Category V Parenting Coordinator. I am trained and certified as a family law arbitrator by the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers.

I am licensed to practice in Massachusetts, New Hampshire and New York. I am a fellow of the Massachusetts Chapter of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers. I am a member of the Massachusetts Bar Association, the Essex County Bar Association, the New Hampshire Bar Association, the Salem Bar Association, the Massachusetts Collaborative Law Council and the Massachusetts Council on Family Mediation. I serve as a volunteer conciliator for the Massachusetts Probate and Family Court through the Essex County Bar Association. I have served as a lecturer and a speaker on family law topics, including the Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education programs, Cutting Edge Issues in Northern Massachusetts Family Law (2015), Practicing Family Law on the Border of Massachusetts and New Hampshire (2017-program chair), and The Family Lawyer's Discovery Toolkit (2018).

Jurisdictions Admitted to Practice

Massachusetts

Massachusetts Board of Bar Overseers
Since 1985

New Hampshire

New Hampshire Bar Association
Since 2004

New York

New York State Office of Court Administration
Since 2003

Education

1982 - 1985

New England Law | Boston

J.D. | Law

1982

Union College

B.A.

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Demetra Pontisakos, Attorney at Law 458 Boston Street Second Floor, Suite 6 Topsfield MA 01983 Toll-Free: (978) 744-3363

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Experience: 38 years

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Phone: (978) 744-3363

Location: USA

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Practice Areas

Divorce

Collaborative Law, Contested Divorce, Military Divorce, Property Division, Same Sex Divorce, Spousal Support & Alimony, Uncontested Divorce

Family Law

Adoption, Child Custody, Child Support, Father's Rights, Guardianship & Conservatorship, Paternity, Prenups & Marital Agreements, Restraining Orders, Same Sex Family Law

Arbitration & Mediation

Business Arbitration, Consumer Arbitration, Family Arbitration

Certifications

2017

Parenting Coordinator

Massachusetts Probate & Family Court

2013

Family Law Arbitrator

American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers

1997

Mediator - MGL c. 233, s.23C

North Shore Community Mediation

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