On Tuesday, March 29, 2022, Melissa was granted fellowship in the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers. The AAML has high admission standards, including at least 10 years of practice in family law, maintaining high educational standards on a yearly basis, serving in leadership positions in the legal profession, authoring publications and presenting educational programs to …
Melissa is the primary organizer and co-chair of a full day conference on advanced international family law issues on April 26, 2022. The conference is sponsored by the American Bar Association, and hosted by Sidley Austin in Washington, D.C. The topics include panels on foreign marital property regimes and prenuptial agreements, diplomatic immunity in family …
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On Saturday, February 19, 2022, Melissa assumed her role as Governor At Large on the International Academy of Family Lawyers Board of Governors. She will serve a one-year term until 2023.
On December 29, 2021, Melissa was re-appointed to the U.S. Department of State’s Advisory Committee on Private International Law. ACPIL is a federal advisory committee chartered under the Federal Advisory Committee Act, chaired by the Legal Adviser of the State Department, and administered by the Office of the Assistant Legal Adviser for Private International Law.
Melissa was appointed as the Reporter of a new Uniform Law Commission Study Committee that is exploring the feasibility of drafting a new law on child participation in custody proceedings. The Study Committee will begin its work in early 2022, with a goal of concluding in late 2022. At that time, it will make a …
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On Friday, September 17, 2021, Melissa was elected to the Board of Governors of the International Academy of Family Lawyers. Her term begins at the conclusion of the organization’s meeting in February 2022. The IAFL is an organization of skilled professionals that work to improve the administration of justice in family law throughout the world. …
At the conclusion of the American Bar Association’s Annual Meeting in August 2021, Melissa became co-chair of the ABA International Law Section‘s International Family Law Committee. This committee is highly regarded as one of the leading U.S. voices in international family law. Melissa previously co-chaired this committee from 2007 to 2009. During her prior tenure, …
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Melissa has been appointed to co-chair the New York State Bar Association – International Section’s Family Law Committee. The New York State Bar has been the voice of the legal profession in the State of New York for over 140 years. Its International Section is the face of New York lawyers globally, and has memoranda …
MK Family Law, PLLC is pleased to announce that Melissa Kucinski has been elected a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation (ABF). Membership is limited to just one percent of lawyers licensed to practice in each jurisdiction. Members are nominated by their peers and selected by the ABF Board. The ABF Fellows is a global honorary society …
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Melissa attended the annual meeting of the U.S. Secretary of State’s Advisory Committee on Private International Law (ACPIL) on May 25, 2021. ACPIL was established in 1972 by the U.S. Department of State, and assists “the State Department [to] monitor domestic and international developments in private international law, and provides information to the Department for …
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