Mark A. Momjian
mmomjian@momjiananderer.com
267.546.3715

Mark Momjian's family law practice encompasses all aspects of divorce, support, child custody, and appellate litigation. He writes and lectures frequently about trends in domestic relations, with a special emphasis on biotechnology's impact on family law.  Mr. Momjian has published dozens of articles on specialized aspects of family law, some of which have appeared in the National Law Journal, the American Journal of Family Law, and Divorce Litigation.  His articles on family law have been cited in numerous law reviews and journals, including the Yale Law Journal, the Virginia Journal of Social Policy and the Law, Law and Psychology Review, Law and Inequality, and the American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy and the Law.  Mr. Momjian served as a member of the Board of Editors of The Matrimonial Strategist for over 25 years.

Listed in Best Lawyers in America, Who's Who in America, and Pennsylvania Super Lawyers, Mr. Momjian has handled family law cases in over a third of Pennsylvania's judicial districts.  Mr. Momjian is co-author with his late father Albert Momjian of Pennsylvania Family Law Annotated, published by Thomson/Reuters and currently in its 15th edition.  Mr. Momjian has argued major appeals before the Pennsylvania appellate courts, and in 2006 he successfully defended the constitutionality of Pennsylvania's Grandparents' Visitation Act before the Pennsylvania Supreme Court.  He also successfully argued the first appellate case in the country in which a non-biological parent was directed to pay child support to her former domestic partner.  Mr. Momjian has been quoted on family law topics in newspapers across the United States, including the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, and the Wall Street Journal, and he has been interviewed on CNN's Larry King Live, as well as on NBC's The Today Show.

Mr. Momjian is a current member of the Executive Committee of the Philadelphia Bar Association's Family Law Section, and he was the first co-chair of its Committee on the Legal Rights of Unmarried Cohabitants.  Mr. Momjian has co-chaired the Program Committee of the Family Law Section's annual Bench-Bar since 2005.  Mr. Momjian has lectured on family law and professional ethics at the University of Pennsylvania, Temple, and Widener Law Schools, as well as on HIV-AIDS and the Law at Rutgers-Camden Law School.  Since 2001, he has served as Adjunct Professor of Psychiatry at the Drexel University College of Medicine.  And since 2012, he has served as Adjunct Professor of Family Law at the Villanova University School of Law.  

In 2005, Mr. Momjian co-chaired the Pennsylvania Bar Institute's Continuing Legal Education seminar marking the 25th anniversary of the Pennsylvania Divorce Code.  His two articles, Twenty-Five Years of No-Fault Divorce: Milestones and Trends in Pennsylvania Family Law, and Twenty-Five Years After Kramer v. Kramer: Is Pennsylvania Ready for Child Custody Reform?, were published in the July and October 2005 issues of the Pennsylvania Bar Association Quarterly.

Mr. Momjian's public service work focuses on the unique challenges facing nontraditional families. He is a former member of the Board of Directors of the Homeless Advocacy Project, and a former member of the Board of Directors of Philadelphia VIP.  Among his awards and honors, Mr. Momjian was named Pro Bono Attorney of the Year by the Center for Lesbian and Gay Civil Rights in 2002, and he received the Cheryl Ingram Advocate for Justice Award presented by the Philadelphia Bar Association in 2004.  In 2005, he was presented with the Earl G. Harrison Award in recognition of his pro bono service and commitment to mentoring young lawyers. In 2006, he received the Outstanding Advocate Award presented by SeniorLAW Center for protecting and promoting the rights of senior citizens in need.

In 2008, Mr. Momjian was appointed by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court's Domestic Relations Procedural Rules Committee to chair a subcommittee charged with creating and standardizing family court forms for download and usage in every Pennsylvania judicial district. 

In 2018, Mr. Momjian was appointed to the Domestic Relations Advisory Committee of the Joint State Government Commission, where he serves as Chair of the Committee on Developing Issues in Family Law.