PHYLLIS E. FEDERICO
phyllis.federico@schmidt-federico.com

EDUCATION: Graduate of the State University of New York, Binghamton (B.A., 1982); Suffolk University Law School (J.D., 1985)

BAR MEMBERSHIPS: Admitted to practice in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts (1985) and the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts (1986)

BAR ASSOCIATIONS & COMMITTEES: Member of the Boston Bar Association (Former Chair of the Family Law Section), Massachusetts Bar Association (Family Law Council; Former Co-Chair, Recent Developments Committee) and American Bar Associations; Massachusetts Family & Probate Inns of Court (Treasurer; Past President); Fellow, Boston Bar Foundation; Board of Trustees of Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education (Second Vice President); Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education (Current President)

AWARDS & HONORS: Listed in “Best Lawyers in America,” Woodward & White. Listed as one of Boston Magazine’s "Super Lawyers" and one of the top fifty female attorneys.

PRACTICE AREAS & EXPERIENCE: For over twenty years, Phyllis has specialized in the trial of complex domestic relations and family law matters and has worked with a number of prestigious firms specializing in this area of the law. In 1994, she was one of the founding partners of Schmidt & Federico, P.C.

Phyllis has also authored a number of chapters and articles for various Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education seminars, including the “Massachusetts Divorce Law and Practice,” “Modifications in Divorce” and “Massachusetts Evidence Seminar.” She is the Co-Editor of the Massachusetts Divorce Law and Practice Manual. She has also frequently participated in various educational panels, classes and seminars for the Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education (Co-Chair, Family Law Conference, 2003, 2004), the Boston and Massachusetts Bar Associations and the Suffolk and Boston College Law Schools.

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