Mary Cushing Doherty

About Mary Cushing Doherty

Mary Cushing Doherty is a family law attorney who concentrates her practice on all…

Experience

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   High Swartz Llp

   Jan 2000 — Present

   Mary Cushing Doherty concentrates her practice on all aspects of marital dissolution and family law issues. An experienced and certified Arbitrator and Mediator, Ms. Doherty strives for the amicable resolution of divorce when possible; however, she is a zealous litigator when it serves the best interests of her clients.Beginning her career in Philadelphia, she served as chair of the Family Law Section in 1985 and its representative on the Judicial Selection Commission. She was a co-chair of the Montgomery County Family Law Committee in 1994 and chair of the Pennsylvania Bar Association Family Law Section in has rightfully been honored over the years for her unparalleled community work and dedication to marital and family law. She has consistently been ranked as a Super Lawyer, Top Lawyer in America®, Top Attorney in Suburban Life Magazine and an honoree in both the Montgomery and Pennsylvania Bar Association. In 2012, she was a Legal Intelligencer Women of the Year recipient and PBA Lynette Norton Award honoree. In 2018, Mary was awarded the prestigious honor of The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society Woman of the Year for the Philadelphia area.Ms. Doherty has been a Course Planner and Lecturer for The PBI,(and served on its board for 7 years), the PBA and MBA Family Law Section, and a Lecturer for the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers (AAML). She has been a spokesperson for legislative reform for the Pennsylvania Bar Association and has been honored by the PBA for acting as its spokesperson for reform of the custody statute and the Divorce Code to ease lengths of a no-fault divorce. She chaired the Supreme Court Committee on certification of organizations that qualify lawyers as experts. She served on the Pennsylvania Domestic Violence Task Force and she continues to participate on the PA Joint State Legislative Committee on Family Law.

Education

• University of Delaware

  BA Philosphy

Skills

• Trial Practice
• Commercial Litigation
• Legal Writing
• Mediation
• Trials
• Legislative Advocacy for Improving Pennsylvania Family Law Statutes
• Dispute
• Arbitration
• Civil Litigation
• Corporate Law
• Litigation
• Courts
• Negotiation
• Prenuptial Agreements
• Family Law
• Collaborative Law
• Domestic Relations
• Personal Injury
• Appeals