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Marlene A. Pontrelli

Marlene A. Pontrelli, Esq. is a member of Dickinson Wright PLLC and a certified specialist in family law. Her practice focuses on all aspects of family law including dissolution of marriage, legal separation, post-dissolution modifications, paternity, and children’s issues. She has been in practice for over 30 years. She is a member of the State Bar’s Family Law Practice and Procedure Committee and is a judge pro tem for the Superior Court of Maricopa County in family law. Ms. Pontrelli is an adjunct faculty member at Arizona State University Law School, where she teaches a class on family law. She obtained her life coaching certificate through the Professional Coaching Institute in 2005. She has extensive trial and appellate experience including appearing before the Arizona Court of Appeals, Arizona Supreme Court and Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.
She has recently co-authored, with Robert L. Schwartz, Divorce in Arizona, published by Addicus Books. She is a frequent lecturer in the area of family law. She has conducted numerous workshops and seminars throughout the country on time management and balancing work and personal life.
Marlene Pontrelli may be reached through her firm’s website at www.dickinsonwright.com or at the firm’s Phoenix office at 602-285-5000.