Effie G. Alexander
Shareholder
ealexander@dmclaw.com |
Direct: 412-392-5593
Two PPG Place
Suite 400
Pittsburgh, PA 15222-5402
Main: 412-281-7272
Fax: 888-811-7144
Effie G. Alexander is a shareholder of Dickie, McCamey & Chilcote, P.C. and serves as Co-Chair of the firm’s Family Law Group. She concentrates her practice in the areas of collaborative family law, divorce and custody, and domestic relations, with a particular emphasis in family law. She possesses over three decades of experience working on all aspects of support and child custody matters, and divorce and equitable distribution issues. Ms. Alexander is a certified collaborative lawyer enabling her to provide specialized cooperative resolutions in divorce actions.
Ms. Alexander reads, writes, and speaks fluent Greek and assists in teaching at a local Greek school.
Professional Accomplishments
- NewsRadio 1020 KDKA (interviewed by Shelley Duffy on divorce issues), June 2013
- Talk Show Host, “Dealing with Divorce,” KQV Newsradio, 2004–2008
- Sky Radio (interviewed for American Airlines in-flight programming on legal issues)
- Founding Partner of Reich, Alexander & Demas, LLC (through 2012)
Bar Admissions
- Ohio
- Pennsylvania
Education
- University of Pittsburgh School of Law, J.D. (1985)
- University of Pittsburgh, B.A. (1982)
Related Links
Speaking Engagements
- “Complex Divorce Finance Issues: Tax, Real Property, and Debt Division Issues” (Speaker); Marital Dissolution CLE; National Business Institute Webinar; 8/29/2023
- “Preparing for the Equitable Distribution Hearing” (Co-Speaker); Pennsylvania Bar Association’s Solo & Small Firm Section Conference; Bedford, Pennsylvania; 7/27–28/2022
- “The Power of Purpose: Find your WAY so you can find your WHY” (Speaker); Pennsylvania Municipal Authorities Association’s 2022 WIN Conference; Bedford, Pennsylvania; 6/13–14/2022
- “Guardians of Our Children and Related Custody Matters,” Pennsylvania CLE, 5/16/2013
- Lectures on Family Law, statewide conferences (PBA and AICPA)
Publications
- “The ‘No Divorce Divorce’ – Possibilities and Pitfalls” (Co-Author), Pennsylvania Family Lawyer, Vol. 42, Issue No. 4, Winter 2020, pp. 130–133
- “A Death, a Funeral and the Legal Implications” (Author), The Legal Intelligencer, 7/9/2013
Admissions and Licenses
- Pennsylvania Bar Admission
- Ohio Bar Admission
- Superior Court of Pennsylvania
- Supreme Court of Ohio
- Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
- Supreme Court of the United States
- United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania
Memberships
- Allegheny County Bar Association (Family Law Section)
- Allegheny County Bar Association (Judiciary Committee 2019–2022 and Family Law Section Co-Chair of Court Relations Committee 2015–2018)
- Allegheny County Bar Foundation (Fellows Program – Sustaining Member)
- Pennsylvania Bar Association (Family Law Section Council Member 2019–2022 and Civility in the Profession Committee)
Community
- AG Bell Association for the Deaf
- Center for Theater Arts (former Board of Directors Member, 10 years)
- Cystic Fibrosis Foundation – Western Pennsylvania Chapter
- DePaul School for Hearing and Speech
- Family Resources of Pittsburgh (Board of Directors)
- Miss America Scholarship Organization (volunteer and judge at state level)
- Pittsburgh Social Exchange
- Sierra Club
- Starkey Hearing Foundation
Education
- University of Pittsburgh School of Law, J.D. (1985), moot court honors
- University of Pittsburgh, B.A. (1982), cum laude, Economics and History