News & Announcements
Momjian Anderer LLC was designated as Tier 1 in family law by Best Lawyers again for the year 2027, ranking Momjian Anderer LLC among the highest-scoring firms in metropolitan Philadelphia. Corporate Counsel magazine has called Best Lawyers “the most respected referral list of attorneys in practice.” Best Lawyers is the oldest peer review research company in the legal profession, identifying firms known for quality, specialized knowledge and commitment to excellence.
Best Lawyers in America: Five lawyers at Momjian Anderer LLC have again been included in the 2027 edition of The Best Lawyers in America, which highlights the top five percent of private practice attorneys in the United States. The lawyers who received 2026 Best Lawyers designations are: Meredith Brennan, Catherine M. McFadden, Mark A. Momjian, Eileen Murphy, and Carolyn Moran Zack.
Super Lawyers: Catherine McFadden, Mark Momjian, Eileen Murphy, and Carolyn Moran Zack also have been designated again as Pennsylvania “Super Lawyers,” this time for 2026. Super Lawyers are designated by a process that takes into consideration peer recognition and professional achievement, and is a prestigious distinction that only the top five percent of attorneys in Pennsylvania achieve. Carolyn Zack also was designated in the “Top 100” for family law, which places her among the top five percent of Pennsylvania family lawyers.
Alexa Terribilini has been elected as the incoming secretary of the Family Law Section of the Philadelphia Bar Association with her term staring on January 1, 2026.
On October 28, 2025, Mark Momjian was a panelist for a program CLE sponsored by the Philadelphia Bar Association’s Family Law Section. The program was titled: “PFAs for the Rich and Famous: Discussing the Effect of Media on Abuse Trials in the Public and Private.” The CLE was the last in a series of programs organized by the Family Law Section to promote Domestic Violence Awareness Month.
On October 17, 2025, Mark Momjian presented at the Fall Conference of the American Bar Association’s Family Law Section, which was held in Montreal, Canada. The panel’s topic was “Navigating the Art of Pet Custody with a Parent’s Heart.”
Carolyn Zack was part of a panel that presented a program on debt-related issues in divorce at the Pennsylvania Bar Association ({PBA) Family Law Section summer meeting on July 11, 2025 in Washington, D.C. The title of the program was, “Livin’ On a Prayer: The Practical Reality of Debt and Divorce. Carolyn also was a member of a panel presenting updates about family law cases and family law rules for the PBA on October 29, 2025. Carolyn also taught a Villanova Law School class on October 8, 2025, presenting a program on alternative dispute resolution in family law.
On September 16, 2025, Momjian Anderer, LLC sponsored the Philadelphia Family Law Section’s first-ever Dependency Judicial Panel. Among the attendees were seven Judges on the Court of Common Pleas, the Administrative Judge of the Family Division, and the Chancellor of the Philadelphia Bar Association. A standing-room-only crowd of 140 lawyers and court personnel listened to the Judges discuss challenging aspects of dependency practice and procedure.
On August 8, 2025, Mark Momjian moderated a program sponsored by the Pennsylvania Bar Association’s Family Law Section: “Partitioning Pets? The 2025 Clever Case and the Evolving Law on Companion Pets in Divorce.”
In July 2025, Meredith Brennan was a panelist at the Pennsylvania Bar Association Family Law Section’s Summer Meeting for the program “Mastering Evidence in Family Law: Best Practices for Presenting and Challenging Evidence in Divorce and Custody Cases.”
On July 25, 2025, Mark Momjian served as a panelist at the 2025 Pennsylvania Conference of State Trial Judges held in Hershey, Pennsylvania. The topic was “Family Law and the First Amendment.”
On July 11, 2025, Eileen Murphy spoke on a CLE panel titled, “Show Me the Money: Making “Cents” of Complex Divorce Settlements .” The program was held in Washington, D.C. and was part of the Summer Meeting organized by the Pennsylvania Bar Association’s Family Law Section.
On July 10, 2025, Mark Momjian moderated a CLE panel sponsored by the Pennsylvania Chapter of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers. The topic was “Are the Custody Factors on the Road to Extinction? How to Question and/or Defend the Unwritten Presumption of 50-50 Custody in Pennsylvania.” The program was held in Washington, D.C. and was part of the Summer Meeting organized by the Pennsylvania Bar Association’s Family Law Section. The annual AAML CLE is held in memory of Mark’s late father, Albert Momjian, Esquire (1933-2016).
Carolyn Zack presented to the Iowa Bar Association on June 25, 2025 on The Untapped Potential of Family Law Arbitration with Stacey Warren, an AAML Fellow in Iowa. Carolyn was instrumental in helping Pennsylvania to pass the Family Law Arbitration Act, and teaches frequently on the benefits and process of family law arbitration.
On May 8, 2025, Mark Momjian spoke on a panel organized by the Philadelphia Bar Association’s Family Law Section, the LGBTQ Rights Committee, and the Philadelphia LGBTQ Bar Association: Parentage Update: The Case of Glover v. Junior, Part 2. Mark was part of the extensive amici team that successfully argued for the adoption of “intent-based parentage” before the Pennsylvania Supreme Court.
On May 12, 2025, Mark Momjian spoke at a CLE panel sponsored by the Philadelphia Bar Association’s Family Law Section. The topic was “The Matrimonial Attorney’s Go-To Documents Before, During, and After a Client’s Marriage.”
On May 1, 2025, Mark Momjian was awarded Adjunct Faculty of the Year by the Villanova Law School Student Bar Association. This is the second time Mark has been so honored by the SBA at Villanova, where he has taught Family Law since 2014.Meredith Brennan was a presenter on April 1, 2025 at the Family Law Institute 2025 in Philadelphia, speaking on Thorny Support Issues.
On Saturday, October 17, 2026, Mark Momjian served on a panel at the Fall Conference of the American Bar Association’s Family Law Section in Chicago. The panel was titled “Family Law Meets the Constitution: When Home Life Becomes Federal Business.” Mark spoke on the increasing use of civil gag orders in child-custody cases and whether these amount to prior restraints in violation of the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. Mark also spoke about the prospects of the United States Supreme Court reconsidering its 2015 decision in Obergefell v. Hodges.
On October 10, 2026, Mark Momjian presented at a conference held at Columbia University’s School of Social Work. “The Making of Armenian America” was a three-day international conference featuring thirty scholars speaking on topics marking the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence.
Alexa Terribilini presented at the Pennsylvania Bar Association Family Law Section Case Law Update program on October 9. 2026.
Carolyn Zack was a presenter at a seminar titled, “An Introduction to Iowa’s New Family Law Arbitration Act: Practice, Procedure, and Forms,” for the Iowa State Bar Association in Ankeny, Iowa, on September 18, 2026. The program included a discussion of Iowa’s statute, rules, and proposed arbitrator standards, as well as best tips for conducting an arbitration. Iowa recently passed the Uniform Family Law Arbitration Act (“UFLAA”), which is very similar to Pennsylvania’s newly enacted UFLAA.On September 17, 2026, Mark Momjian spoke on the following panel for the Philadelphia Bar Association’s Annual Bench-Bar Conference: “Are You My Legal Parent: Parentage in Pennsylvania from a Family Law and Estate Law Perspective.” Mark discussed two landmark cases decided by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court dealing with intent-based parentage and the presumption of paternity.
On September 16, 2026, at the inaugural meeting this year of the Nicholas Cipriani Family Law Inn of Court, a team of lawyers from Momjian Anderer presented a case law update. Meredith Brennan presented on new cases dealing with the Protection from Abuse Act. Mark Momjian presented on new cases dealing with earning capacity in support litigation. Alexa Terribilini presented on new cases involving child-custody litigation, including procedures before Hearing Officers and requirements for supervised visitation. And Eileen Murphy presented on discovery-related and valuation-related cases in divorce.
Carolyn Zack was mentioned prominently as co-chair of the Montgomery County Bar Association Pro Bono Family Law Arbitration Committee in the August 2026 issue of Sidebar Magazine, the official quarterly publication of the bar association. On May 7 and 8, 2025, Carolyn Moran Zack served as an Instructor for the AAML Arbitration Institute in Chicago, an intensive training in family law arbitration, attended by 36 family lawyers from across the United States.
Meredith Brennan was a presenter for the “Case Law and Legislative Updates” program for the Pennsylvania Family law Institute in Philadelphia in April 2026.
On March 31, 2026, Mark Momjian presented a CLE seminar sponsored by the Family Law Section of the Philadelphia Bar Association. The topic was “Fighting Over Fido: The Latest Case Law and Statutory Developments Involving Companion Pets in Divorce.” Mark was joined by Permanent Divorce Arbitrator Ann Funge, Esq. of the Philadelphia Family Court.
In February 2026, Catherine McFadden made a presentation to the Family Law Section of the Philadelphia Bar Association about new Pennsylvania child support guidelines, which went into effect on January 1, 2026.
On February 5, 2026, Mark Momjian served as a course planner and speaker at a CLE sponsored by the Pennsylvania Bar Institute. The program was titled: “Hybrid Legal Custody: The Emerging Frontier in High-Conflict Custody Litigation.” Mark was joined on the program with Judith Springer, a partner at Astor Weiss and the current Chair of the Philadelphia Bar Association’s Family Law Section.
In February 2026, Meredith Brennan was a guest speaker at Drexel University Thomas R. Kline School of Law for Professor David DeMatteo’s Expert Witnesses course.
An article co-authored by Carolyn Zack, entitled “Shall We Arbitrate Family Law Issues? Finally…Yes!” was featured in the September 2024 issue of The Pennsylvania Lawyer magazine, which has been awarded a 2025 Luminary Award by the National Association for Bar Professionals.
Carolyn Zack has been elected as First Vice Chair of the Family Law Section of the Pennsylvania Bar Association for the year July 2025 through July 2026. Carolyn also has been named co-chair of the Alternative Dispute Resolution Committee of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers (AAML) for 2025 to 2026, and co-chair of the Admissions Committee of the Pennsylvania Chapter of the AAML.