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Mary T. Vidas, JD
Partner
Blank Rome LLP

Mary Vidas has devoted almost 30 years to representing clients in domestic relations and family law. Ms. Vidas offers in-depth experience to clients in the following areas:
• divorce negotiation and litigation
• custody and child support negotiation and litigation
• alimony
• pre-nuptial agreements
• equitable distribution
• adoption matters
• contract and shareholder disputes
• personal injury matters
Additionally, Ms. Vidas counsels clients in general litigation matters in both federal and state courts.

Ms. Vidas has been certified as an arbitrator by the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers.

She is a frequent lecturer for the Pennsylvania Bar Institute, the Academy of Matrimonial Law, and the Family Law Section of the American Bar Association. Recent lecture topics have included: "Validity of Pre-nuptial Agreements," "Alimony and Elder Law Issues," "Custody Problems," "Co-parenting Agreements," and “The Impact of Social Media on Divorce Cases.”

Ms. Vidas has received the highest possible rating from Martindale-Hubbell and has been named as one of Ten Leaders of Matrimonial Law in Philadelphia, PA every year since 2004.

COMMUNITY SERVICE & AFFILIATIONS
Ms. Vidas is the Secretary of the ABA / FL Section; Chair of the ABA FL Taxation and Bankruptcy Committees; President of the Pennsylvania chapter of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers (AAML); member of the CLE, National Test, and Admissions Committees for the national AAML; and immediate past-President of the Nicholas Cipriani Family Law Inn of Court.

Richard F. Brabender, JD
Partner
Brabender Mascetta Clark LLC

Since 1978, Richard F. Brabender has valued hundreds of businesses across nearly the entire spectrum of American industries for buy-sell agreements, employee stock purchases, employee stock ownership plans, equitable distribution proceedings, estate, gift and inheritance tax, life insurance coverage and actual sales, acquisitions and mergers. He has provided expert reports and expert testimony in Allegheny, Beaver, Blair, Butler, Center, Clarion, Crawford, Elk, Fayette, Indiana, Lackawanna, Lawrence, McKean, Mercer, Washington and Westmoreland Counties. He also provided litigation support services in Ohio, West Virginia and Florida. In addition to testifying regarding business valuations, he has also provided expert testimony regarding the determination of net disposable income, tracing of assets and other litigation related matters.

Richard is a frequent lecturer on valuation topics and litigation issues for state and county bar associations. He has also lectured on behalf of the International Association of Financial Planners and the Pennsylvania Institute of Certified Public Accountants. He has valued businesses in California, Canada, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Hawaii, Indiana, Michigan, Missouri, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Texas, West Virginia and Wisconsin.

His background as a tax and estate planning attorney, as well as a business owner and consultant, provides him with valuable insights in valuing businesses and providing other litigation support services.

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS:
Allegheny County Bar Association
Pennsylvania Bar Association

EDUCATION:
The Pennsylvania State University
Bachelor of Science, Major in Accounting – 1975
The University of Pittsburgh
Juris Doctor – 1978

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