Karen Ann Ulmer, P.C.

Karen Ann Ulmer

Karen Ann Ulmer is the founding partner of Karen Ann Ulmer, P.C.

Ms. Ulmer grew up in the area and attended schools in the area, graduating from Archbishop Ryan for Girls. She received her B.S. in Psychology from Duke University in Durham, NC where she was the president of the Psychology Major’s Union. She obtained her J.D. degree in 1995 from Widener University School of Law where she served her first year as a representative of the SBA and currently serves on the board of the Alumni Association. Ms. Ulmer obtained an advanced law degree in the area of Securities Law from Georgetown University Law Center in 1996. She undertook extensive mediation training and has received certificates for mediation in the area of Family Law.

Ms. Ulmer is an active member of the Family Law section of the Bucks County Bar Association and has held offices in the YLD having served as President of the YLD division, secretary and treasurer. She is also a member of the Pennsylvania Bar Association and the Montgomery County Bar Association. She is actively involved in the PBA’s Mock Trial Competition for high school students since 1997 and has served since 1998 as the regional coordinator for Bucks, Chester and Delaware Counties for that competition.

Karen has served as a board member and past-second Vice President at the Peace Center in Langhorne, PA, a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting peace in the community. She was appointed to serve on the Bucks County Women’s Commission and has been involved in activities such as a Day for All Women. Karen is a six term former Board Member and Past President of the YWCA . Currently, she is a Board Member at the Bucks County Bar Foundation, Bucks4Kids, and the Bucks County Women’s Advocacy Coalition. In addition she is coaching majors’ baseball for CRNAA with fellow attorney Michael Houghton. Over the years she has coached baseball and soccer and coordinated soccer for the local CYO teams. Ms. Ulmer has lectured to other lawyers on both custody and divorce issues through the National Business Institute as a speaker.

In addition to her community involvement, Ms. Ulmer practices in the areas of family law, including divorce and custody matters. Her personal life experience as a single parent who has been divorced has benefited her clients as she is able to relate to their needs. Ms. Ulmer has extensive litigation experience in the areas of divorce and custody and is not afraid to take a case to trial. She also has trained in mediation and is able to settle cases without the need for court.

• AREAS OF PRACTICE
  Family & Matrimonial Law
  Estates
• BAR ADMISSIONS
  Pennsylvania
  New Jersey
  U.S. District Court Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 2005
  U.S. Supreme Court, 2005

Fatih Oguz

Attorney Fatih Oguz is licensed to practice in Pennsylvania and in Turkey. Mr. Oguz received his Bachelor of Laws degree from Istanbul University Faculty of Law. He received his LL.M degree from the Beasley School of Law at Temple University where he received his “The Professor Samuel Gyandoh Award” for his outstanding professional and personal service to the Temple Law School community. He received his MBA degree in International Business Law from the Yeditepe University in Istanbul, Turkey.

Mr. Oguz started his law practice in 1999 in Istanbul, Turkey. He represented hundreds of companies, associations, and individuals handling matters involving business law, contracts, collections, bankruptcy, real estate law, intellectual property, workers’ compensation, criminal law, and family law in Turkey. He also served as a European Patent Attorney and Trademark Attorney.

After being admitted to practice law in Pennsylvania in 2021, he has started his law practice in Karen Ann Ulmer, P.C. focusing on Family Law, Estates and Property Law.

Mr. Oguz is fluent both in English and Turkish languages.

• BAR ADMISSIONS
  
  Pennsylvania, 2021
  Turkish Bar Association, 1999
  Istanbul Bar Association, 2000
• EDUCATION
  
  Temple University James E. Beasley School of Law, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
  Master of Laws, LL.M. – 2020
  Yeditepe University – Istanbul, Turkey
  Master of Business Administration, M.B.A.
  Major: International Business Law
  Istanbul University Faculty of Law – Istanbul, Turkey
  Bachelor of Laws, LL.B. – 1997
• PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS AND MEMBERSHIPS
  
  American Bar Association
  Chester County Bar Association
  American Immigration Lawyers Association
  Turkish Bar Association
  Istanbul Bar Association
  European Patent Institute (inactive)

Shane Dilworth

Mr. Dilworth is a 2008 graduate of Widener School of Law and is licensed to practice in the states of Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Mr. Dilworth attended Temple University for his undergraduate studies where he graduated in 2001 with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Spanish. Mr. Dilworth’s practice is concentrated in all areas of Family Law. His family law experience encompasses matters of divorce, custody, support and protection from abuse.

Melissa Ann Iacobucci

Melissa Ann Iacobucci, Esquire focuses her practice on matters of family law, including the areas of divorce, custody, equitable distribution, child support, alimony, spousal support, enforcement/modification of property settlement agreements, and prenuptial agreements. Melissa received her Bachelor of Arts degree in English and Political Science from Williams College in 2008. She received her Juris Doctorate from Temple University School of Law in 2011. While attending law school, Ms. Iacobucci had the opportunity to work as a Judicial Intern to The Honorable Elizabeth R. Hey, a United States Magistrate Judge for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. She is licensed to practice in both Pennsylvania and New Jersey. She is an active member of the Montgomery County Bar Association and serves as the Co-Chair of its Women in Law Committee. Melissa currently resides in Phoenixville, PA where she was born and raised.

• EDUCATION
  
  Temple University James E. Beasley School of Law, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
  J.D. – 2011
  Williams College
  B.A. – 2008
  Major: English & Political Science
• BAR ADMISSION
  
  Pennsylvania, 2011
  New Jersey, 2011
  U.S. District Court Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 2015
• PRO-BONO ACTIVITIES
  
  Member of Phoenixville Chamber of Commerce
  Member of Montgomery County Advocacy Project
  Member of Friend of the Court
• PAST POSITIONS
  
  The Honorable Elizabeth R. Hey, a United States Magistrate Judge for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, Judicial Intern
• PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
  
  Pennsylvania Bar Association
  Montgomery Bar Association, Family Law Section
  Montgomery Bar Association, Young Lawyers Section
  Montgomery Bar Association, Co-Chair of the Women in the Law Committee
  Montgomery Bar Association, Leadership Academy
  Montgomery Bar Association, Board of Directors
  Montgomery County Law Reporter, Associate Editor
  Member of Doris Jonas Freed American Inn of Court

Michael Houghton

I hail from Philadelphia, attended The Haverford School, Valley Forge Middle School, and Conestoga High School. During those early years, I participated in scholastic and private sports (baseball and basketball, mostly) and I won a model stock market simulation (for the region, with partial time as the first-place team nationally) while in middle school. I played varsity baseball at Conestoga High School, and wrote articles about our games for the local paper. I then attended Elon College in North Carolina, and was eventually graduated from American University in Washington D.C. with a degree in Political Science. After college, I attended Widener University Law School.

During my time in law school I interned with:

The Honorable Edward G. Rendell as a political intern
The in-house counsel at Primavera Systems in Bala Cynwyd
The Chester County District Attorney’s Office as a certified legal intern
Due to a strong interest in technology, after law school and my internships concluded, I moved to Santa Cruz, CA, and sold network testing software to many of the companies that now provide the essential services to our modern world. I was also able to get involved with negotiating sales contracts, and to see the early appearance of “cyberlaw” in our everyday lives.

I returned to Pennsylvania and founded the Law Offices of Michael E. Houghton Esq. P.C. in 2009, after being admitted to practice in Pennsylvania in 2008. My practice provides legal services in Philadelphia and the surrounding counties in the areas of law described in more detail within this site.

I have defended a wide variety of clients involving matters such as traffic offenses, DUI/DWI, PWID & possession offenses, and violations of probation/parole (“VOP”), among others. I have also represented parties to family law litigation, such as custody and support matters, in jurisdictions throughout southeastern Pennsylvania. Moreover, I have experience in various forms of appeals, such as appeals from a Magisterial District Justice’s (“District Court”) decision in a civil or summary matter (traffic) to the appropriate court of common pleas; and, from the court of common pleas to the Pennsylvania Superior Court and sometimes on to the Pennsylvania Supreme Court.

Please reach out to me today if you think that I can help you or a loved one with a legal matter.