Richard A. Roane Appointed Chair-Elect of American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers
Richard A. Roane, a partner with the law firm Warner Norcross & Judd LLP, has become president-elect of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers.

GRAND RAPIDS, MI, September 17, 2011 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Richard A. Roane, a partner with the law firm Warner Norcross & Judd LLP, has become president-elect of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers.

After completing the one-year role, Roane will succeed as president of the group that works to promote the highest degree of professionalism and excellence in the practice of family law. Today, the organization has more than 1,600 fellows in 50 states. Academy fellows represent individuals in divorce, annulment, marital settlement agreements, child custody and visitation, business valuations, property valuations and division, alimony, child support and other family law issues.

Roane has practiced family law and domestic relations litigation for 24 years. He specializes in divorce, non-marital domestic relationships, domestic relations mediation and arbitration, spousal support, child custody and support, complex business valuation distribution and pre- and post-nuptial agreements.

Active professionally and in the community, he is a member of the Institute of Continuing Legal Education Family Law Advisory Board, Collaborative Divorce Professionals of Michigan and is on the board of directors for the Legal Assistance Center.

Roane is a member of the American Bar Association, State Bar of Michigan and the Grand Rapids Bar Association. He has been named to the Best Lawyers in America and Michigan Super Lawyers.

Roane earned his bachelor of business administration from the University of Hawaii and his doctor of jurisprudence from Whittier Law School in Costa Mesa, Calif.

About Warner Norcross & Judd
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