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Dorota Gasienica-Kozak focuses her practice in the areas of Family Law and Estate Planning.
Mrs. Kozak earned dual degrees from DeSales University (formerly Allentown College of St. Francis de Sales) in Politics and Criminal Justice and graduated magna cum laude in 1997. She was a member of the Delta Epsilon Sigma Honor Society, a Dean's List student, and the Outstanding Service Award winner for politics in 1997. In 2000, Mrs. Kozak graduated from Temple University's James E. Beasley School of Law, where she made significant contributions first as staff editor and then as executive editor of the Environmental Law and Technology Journal. In 1999, she was honored with the Outstanding Trial Advocate Award. Mrs. Kozak is also the author of "AIDS Treatment and Medical Technology: The Supreme Court Abandons the CDC," published in the Temple Environmental Law and Technology Journal in 2000.
Mrs. Kozak was admitted to the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania in 2000. She is licensed to practice in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, and she is a member of the Monroe County Bar Association, the Carbon County Bar Association, the Northampton County Bar Association and the Family Law Section of the Pennsylvania Bar Association. She is admitted to practice before the Supreme Court of New Jersey, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania and the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey.
Mrs. Kozak is a board member and 1st Vice President of the Women's Business Council, a mission council of the Greater Lehigh Valley Chamber of Commerce. Mrs. Kozak serves on the Board of Directors for Pinebrook Family Services, an agency that promotes the well-being and self-sufficiency of children and families and strengthens communities through prevention, intervention, and advocacy. Pinebrook Services provides services involving foster care, host home treatment, adoption, individualized family education, in-home respite care, behavioral health services, and family-based mental health services, and Mrs. Kozak serves on their Personnel Practices and Event Planning committees. Mrs. Kozak is a member of the DeSales University President's Council, consisting of community leaders, business professionals, and alumni of the University who serve as ambassadors of DeSales to the general public through interaction, discussion and support.
A graduate of the Leadership Lehigh Valley program, Mrs. Kozak recently joined the board. She is also a graduate of the Pocono Mountain Chamber of Commerce Leadership Pocono program and a former president and an active member of the Pocono Mountain Chamber of Commerce Women in Business; served as a board member and chair of the marketing section for the Pocono Services for Families and Children; served as co-chair for the Monroe County United Way Day of Caring; and was the recipient of the United Way Division Service Award for her service toward Special Initiatives.
Mrs. Kozak is also a regular contributor of articles on various family law topics.
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