About Penelope A.

Penelope A. Boyd earned her Juris Doctor from Villanova University School of Law in 1976 after completing a pre-law curriculum at Pennsylvania State University, University Park, in 1972. She entered the profession at a time when few women pursued long-time period careers in law. The early academic years set a steady direction for public service and dispute decision work.

Her first recorded public-sector post came in the early 1980s at the Department of the Public Advocate, the place she served as an attorney starting in 1982. That role positioned her within the trenches of administrative and public-curiosity practice. She later joined the Disabilities Law Project in 1988, handling things that intersected with disability rights and get entry to to offerings. Those positions formed her practical strategy and supplied court and advocacy knowledge across state and federal venues.

In 1990 she opened her personal practice, listed beneath the call Penelope A. Boyd, attorney. Running a solo office required moving from body of workers roles to the duties of possession. She has combined litigation and counseling on person cases with facilitated negotiation work. In 2004 she accepted an attorney position on the Domestic Violence Center of Chester County, including direct experience in household safety and protective-order things to her portfolio.

Boyd holds mediator certifications from 1st viscount montgomery of alamein County: she is a Certified Family Law Mediator and a Certified Elder Law Mediator. Those credentials inform much of her current work. She is admitted to practice in Pennsylvania and before the U.S. highest court. Her federal admissions consist of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, the Middle District of Pennsylvania, and the District of New Jersey, and she is admitted to the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. This wide admission profile has enabled her to transport among state and federal forums when clients’ needs require it.

She stays active in local professional circles and is a current member of the Chester County Bar Association. Her office is listed at 535 N. Church Street. Over the years she has treated disability-associated advocacy, domestic-violence things, household-regulation disputes and mediated instances involving older adults.

Today she keeps a private practice in Chester County. Her work centers on mediating family-law and elder-law disputes and advising clients in cases that contain disability and domestic-law concerns.

Education

Villanova University School of Law

J.D.

1976

Pennsylvania State University - University Park

B.A. | Pre-law

1972

Experience

Lawyer

Domestic Violence Center of Chester County
2004

Owner

Penelope A. Boyd, attorney
1990

Lawyer

Disabilities Law Project
1988

Lawyer

Department of the Public Advocate
1982

Accepted Jurisdictions

D.N.J.
M.D.Pa.
3rd Circuit
U.S. Supreme Court
Pennsylvania
E.D.Pa.

Certifications & Awards

Certified Family Law Mediator

Montgomery County Mediation Center

Certified Elder Law Mediator

Montgomery County Meditation Center

Professional Associations

Chester County Bar Association

Current

Office Locations

Main Office

 535 North Church Street Suite 313 West Chester PA 19380