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Kerri Cappella

Member profile details

Membership level

AAML PA Officers

First name

Kerri

Last name

Cappella

Firm

Pietragallo Gordon Alfano Bosick & Raspanti, LLP

Address (line 1)

38th Floor, One Oxford Centre

City

Pittsburgh

State

Pennsylvania

Zip

15219

Phone

412-263-3750

Website

https://www.pietragallo.com

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University / Year / Degree

The Pennsylvania State University 1986 Bachelor of Arts

Practice Emphasis

Alternative Dispute Resolution, Traditional Practice

Law School / Year / Degree

University of Pittsburgh 1990 Juris Doctor

State / Year Admitted to Practice

1990

AAML Chapter Positions Held

President, 2023-2024
President Elect
Vice President
Secretary
Board of Examiners
Nominating Committee

Awards in Family Law and/or Civic Organizations

2023 Top 50 Women Lawyers in Pennsylvania
2023 Top 50 Lawyers in Pittsburgh
Best Lawyers 2011-Present

PA Counties Served

Allegheny
Beaver
Butler
Washington
Westmoreland

CLE Presentations

Pennsylvania Bar Association Family Law Section Program Co-Chair 2015; Pennsylvania Bar Association Family Law Section, Faculty, AAML Hot Tips: Best Practices Useful Provisions and Clauses for Prenups Marital Settlement Agreements and Other Divorce Documents, 2013, Slicing up the Pie, Property Distribution in Pennsylvania, 2010, 2012, 2015; Social Media and Divorce, 2010; Technology and Family Law, 2002; Allegheny County Matrimonial Inns of Court CCLXXII, Charter Member, Faculty, ESI Pittsburgh: Electronic Discovery and Technology in Family Law Practice, 2008; Faculty, Representing Disabled Clients, 2008; Faculty, Appellate Practice, 1996; Allegheny County Bar Assn. Family Law Section, 1991-Present, Faculty, Abuse of Custody Process in Divorce Cases, 2008; Faculty, Protection from Abuse Act, 1998.

Offices held in Legal and Professional Organizations (please detail with dates)

American Bar Association Family Law Section; Pennsylvania Bar Association Family Law Section, Program Committee Co-Chair 2014-2015; Program Committee Member 2010-2012; Allegheny County Bar Association, Judiciary Committee Member 2012-2015, Family Law Section Council 1995-1998; Allegheny County Bar Foundation Fellow

Bio

Ms. Cappella has engaged in the practice of Family Law for over 30 years with a concentration in complex, high net worth marital estates. Ms. Cappella is recognized among her clients and peers as a skilled litigator and negotiator. In 2015, Ms. Cappella became a certified mediator and seeks to apply her knowledge and experience in Family Law to assist divorcing and separating parties toward forward thinking, mediated resolutions to their most personal of disputes.

Ms. Cappella became a Fellow in the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers (AAML) in 2009 and currently serves as the President of AAML Pennsylvania Chapter In 2021, Super Lawyers ® selected Ms. Cappella as one of the “Top 50 Attorneys in Pittsburgh” and has been listed in Best Lawyers® for a decade. She has been active in the American, Pennsylvania, and Allegheny County Bar Association Family Law Sections, taking a number of elected and appointed leadership roles and faculty speaking positions. She also co-authored Slicing up the Pie: Equitable Distribution in Pennsylvania, in its 2009, 2012, and 2016 editions.

Contact Us

Office: (201) 445-7007
Email: info@aamlpenn.org

Chapter Administrator Address:

215 East Ridgewood Ave, Suite 201

Ridgewood, NJ 07450