Ms. Patricia E. Apy

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Profile

Practice focuses on multi-jurisdictional consultation and advocacy in support of international and interstate litigation at both trial and appellate level regarding both financial and child matters. Foreign legal consultant on choice and conflicts of law and applicable law issues, particularly those impacted by religiously based family law. Litigator on Hague Abduction Treaty in United States District and Appellate Courts. Expert witness on application of Islamic law ; complex interstate and international jurisdictional cases; preventative measures, risk factors and obstacles to recovery in abduction and retention matters. Experience: Has served as consultant to US Department of State and Defense on federal and international law impacting families and children. Legal advisor to US delegation to Hague Conference on Private International Law (Maintenance Convention) ; US Delegation member Hague Conference on Private International Law , (Protection of Minors Convention 1996) Principal contributing author of 22 USC 9111 ( International Parental Kidnapping Prevention and Return Act ). Organizations : American Bar Association: Chair, International Law & Procedure Committee (1995-2001) Family Law Section; Liaison, International Law and Practice Section (1996-2007). Liaison and Committee Member : ABA Standing Committee Legal Assistance to US Military Personnel. Contributor to AAML Journal Non-Hague Countries (Vol14, Summer 1997, No. 1) Frequent lecturer and speaker. Education: BSW (Community Organization and Human Rights); MSW (Clinical Family and Children); Post- Juris Doctorate ( Islamic law)

Languages Spoken: English, German

Practice Areas: Appeals, Arbitration, Child Custody/Residence/Visitation/Contact, Divorce, Emergency Procedures/Injunctions, Finance: Property Issues, Hague Convention/Child Abduction, Relocation/Removal from Jurisdiction, Same Sex Partnerships

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