Regina's Biography

Activities

  • Regularly conduct lectures, webinars and panel discussions; including once a year for the DC Bar; 2 for Georgetown University and 3 for GWU Law School
  • Class Notes Editor for Phillips Academy Andover, and I regularly attend GW and Georgetown Alumni events, including Hoya basketball games.
  • I regularly attend Shakespeare Theater and charity events in DC.
  • I regularly blog and tweet as "GenXSmartie", and I am working on a book on Love, Marriage, and Divorce.
  • I run regularly and like to travel.

Memberships

  • DC Bar
  • MD Bar
  • Bar Association of Montgomery County
  • "Board Member, Law School for the Public" TV Channel 21
  • Collaborative Divorce Association, Inc.
  • International Academy of Collaborative Professionals

Special Interests

  • Children
  • Women's Issues
  • Education

Timeline

Jan-Dec 2012 Legal Commentator on family law issues for Sirius XM.
Jul 2012 Began hosting "Making It Last" for Montgomery Municipal Cable tv, Channel 16
Jun 2012 Webinar presentations for Georgetown Univ. and GWU now available online
Appeared on Money Matters for Montgomery Municipal Cable
Panelist for the University Club lecture on Love & Money
May 2012 Appeared on ABC's tv segment on Facebook's impact on marriages
Apr 2012 Published essay on "The History of Collaborative Divorce" by Foundation Press
Mar 2012 Regina lectured at GWU Law School on Family Law and Alternate Dispute Resolutions.
Mar 2012 Regina was the Keynote Speaker on a Forgiveness Workshop for Everchanging River, LLC in VA.
Feb 2012 Regina presented for Evers & Co. in DC on "Legal Considerations for Women."
Feb 2011 Guest Lecturer at GWU Law School on Collaborative Divorce; published in Understanding Collaborative Family Law by Aspatore Publishers Moderator, Top Ten Myths About Collaborative Law - for Montgomery County Bar Assoc.
Jan. 2011 Selected as Member, Practice Group Development Committee for IACP and Featured in Money Matters t.v. program on Love, Marriage and Divorce
Nov. 2010 Guest Lecturer at Georgetown Law Center & GW Law School on Collaborative Divorce
Oct. 2010 Attend IACP conference in Washington, DC
Sept 2010 Quoted as experienced family law attorney in article on Adultery published in Maryland State Bar Journal
July 2010 Appear on ABC's Washington Business Tonight
June 27, 2010 Top Ten articles of the week for ABA Journal
June 20, 2010 Washington Post Article featuring Collaborative efforts
June 2010 Speech on the Importance of Scholarships at Phillips Academy Andover, Class of 1990's 20th reunion
May 2010 Elected Co-President of CDA, Inc.; featured in Bethesda Magazine as Collaborative expert and one of the top 25 Divorce Attorneys in Montgomery County; Lecturer for DC Bar on Divorce
Feb. 2010 Guest Lecturer at GWU Law School on Collaborative Divorce
Jan. 2010 Lecture at National Association of Social Workers on Collaborative Divorce
Nov. 2009 Guest lecturer at Georgetown Law Center on Collaborative Divorce
Nov. 2009 Senior Counsel at Joseph, Greenwald & Laake, PA
Oct. 2009 Guest Lecturer at GWU Law School on Collaborative Divorce
Sept. 2009 Elected Pres of CDA, Inc.
Jan. 2009, 2010, 2011 Maryland Superlawyers "Rising Star"
Sept. 2008 Elected Treasurer of CDA, Inc.
June 2007 Elected to DC Bar Family Law Section Steering Committee (3 year term)
Dec. 2006 trained in Basic Divorce Mediation
May 2006 trained in Collaborative Divorce Team Model
Dec. 2003 Washingtonian's Best Divorce Lawyers
2004-2009 Law Office of Regina A. DeMeo
Oct. 2003 Published article re prenups in Wash. Bus. Journal
2003-2004 Secretary of WBA in DC; Volunteer Instructor of DC Bar Pro Se Divorce Clinic Training
2001-2003 Associate at The Lewis Law Firm, PC in Wash, DC
1999-2001 Associate at Liotta, Dranitzke & Engel, LLP in Wash, DC
ANC Candidate in 2000 elections; Chair, WBA Solo & Small Firm Practice Groups Committee;
Volunteer at DC Superior Court's Pro Se Divorce Clinic
1998 graduate GW; admitted to Maryland State Bar
1996-1998 Staff Member, AIPLA Quarterly Journal
1995 Commence studies at The George Washington University Law School
1994 Obtain B.S. in Int'l Affairs from Georgetown University, June 94;
Legal Assistant at White & Case in New York (8/94-8/95)
1993 Junior Year Abroad - Universidad de Madrid; Intern at World Tourism Office in Madrid
1992 Participant, Model United Nations at Georgetown Univ.;
Summer Internship at U.S. Mission to the United Nations in New York
1991 Director of Summer Internship Program at Manhattan District Attorney's Office
Volunteer, AYUDA, Inc. in Washington, DC
1990 US Elite National Rhythmic Gymnast, Class I Senior; graduate Phillips Academy Andover & commence Georgetown University's School of Foreign Service
1989 US Elite National Rhythmic Gymnast, Class I Senior; semester abroad in Paris
Summer Intern at Manhattan District Attorney's Office
1988 US National Rhythmic Gymnast, Class I Senior
Summer Intern at Manhattan District Attorney's Office
1987 Albert G. Oliver Scholarship to Phillips Academy Andover
US National Rhythmic Gymnast, Class I Junior
1986 US National Class II Rhythmic Gymnast, 2nd place
1985 US National Class III Rhythmic Gymnast, 2nd place

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