Kristine Marakovits-Roddick practices in the areas of general and special education and municipal law. Ms. Roddick began practicing law in Monroe County where she focused on education, zoning, and family law. She is a former Assistant Solicitor for Monroe County Children and Youth Services Agency and an Assistant Protection from Abuse Advocate for Monroe County. Prior to becoming Assistant Solicitor for Monroe County Children and Youth Services Agency, Ms. Roddick was appointed by the Honorable Margharita Patti-Worthington as Special Counsel to the Public Defender's Office representing parents involved in dependency matters.
Ms. Roddick graduated magna cum laude from Rutgers University in 1996 with a B.A. in Political Science, a minor in Psychology, and a certificate in Criminology. At Rutgers University, Ms. Roddick was in the Honors Program and received the Dean's Scholar Award. In 1999, she earned her law degree from Villanova University School of Law, where she was a finalist in the Reimel Moot Court Competition. After law school, Ms. Roddick clerked for the Honorable Jerome P. Cheslock of the Court of Common Pleas of Monroe County.
She was admitted to practice before the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania in 1999, and is also admitted to practice before the U.S. District Court for the MIddle District and Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Ms. Roddick has been appointed by the Monroe County District Attorney's Office as Special Assistant District Attorney for truancy matters. She has represented school districts in various legal matters statewide in counties including Allegheny, Lehigh, Northampton, Luzerne, Pike, and Monroe. Ms. Roddick is a member of the Northampton County Bar Association, the Monroe County Bar Association, and the Pennsylvania Bar Association.
Ms. Roddick is a frequent lecturer in the education field, speaking on a variety of issues facing school districts that include student discipline in both the regular and special education curriculum; special education liability; sexual discrimination; condemnation proceedings; and taxation.
Ms. Roddick is the 2008 Region 8 Director for the Pennsylvania School Board Solicitors Association (PSBSA). Region 8 covers Berks, Carbon, Lehigh, Monroe, Northampton, Pike and Schuylkill Counties. She is a member of the National Slovene Benefit Society and the Monroe County Bar Association Law Day Committee. She is an alumni of the Leadership Lehigh Valley Class of 2007. In addition, Ms. Roddick is a board member for the Center for Humanistic Change.
She volunteers for many community activities benefiting students. These activities include being a judge in the Mock Trial Invitation, which prepares high school teams for the Pennsylvania Bar Association's Young Lawyer's Division Statewide Mock Trial Competition; the Monroe County Law Day Run; and the 24 Math Games. |
