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Sarinia M. Feinman Esq.

Strength in Advocacy, Compassion in Care

Sarinia Feinman - Family Attorney - Vetrano Vetrano & Feinman

Norristown Divorce Lawyer 
King of Prussia, PA

Sarinia M. Feinman, Esq.

Fax: (610) 265-1120

About me

Sarinia M. Feinman is the Managing Partner at Feinman & Childs Family Law, which formerly operated as Vetrano | Vetrano & Feinman, LLC, in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, which is a boutique family law firm. Ms. Feinman graduated from Widener University School of Law (now Delaware Law School), and from the University of Pittsburgh. Ms. Feinman has been recognized by Pennsylvania Super Lawyer’s Magazine as a Super Lawyer in the area of family law from 2019 to date, and previously, a Rising Star in the area of Family Law from 2010-2018; and has been named as a Top Lawyer in the area of Family Law in Main Line Today Magazine from 2017 to date. While in law school, Ms. Feinman interned as a law clerk for the late Honorable Barry C. Dozor of the Family Court Division of the Delaware County Court of Common Pleas. She is admitted to practice in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.

Ms. Feinman is an active member of the Montgomery Bar Association (MBA), having served as the 137th President of the MBA in 2022, and the Immediate Past President of the MBA in 2023. Ms. Feinman previously served as President-Elect in 2021, Vice-President in 2020, Treasurer in 2019, Secretary in 2018, as well as Past Chair of both the Family Law Section (FLS) in 2014 and Young Lawyers’ Section in 2009, and a Director from 2009-2012. As a Past President, Ms. Feinman has served on the Judiciary Committee from 2023 to date. Ms. Feinman also serves as the Vice President of the Montgomery Bar Foundation (MBF), the MBA’s charitable organization, and has done so from 2024 to date. Ms. Feinman is currently a Zone 9 Delegate to the PBA House of Delegates, and completed her second term on the Board of Managers of the Montgomery County Youth Center in 2023, having served on the board for six years.

Ms. Feinman is the current Treasurer of the Pennsylvania Bar Association (PBA) Family Law Section (FLS), serving from July 2025-July 2026. Ms. Feinman served as a Council Member of the PBA FLS from 2014-17 and 2009-12; chaired the Programming Committee of the PBA FLS in 2013-14, and was Co-Chair of the PBA FLS Membership Committee from 2015-2024.

In March 2026, Ms. Feinman was appointed to the Board of Directors for the Montgomery Child Advocacy Project (MCAP), for which she volunteers her time to represent abused children.

Ms. Feinman is a Past President of the Doris Jonas Freed American Inn of Court in family law. She was previously the Zone 9 Co-Chair of the PBA Young Lawyers’ Division, and was one of the Regional Coordinators of the High School Mock Trial Competition and a member of the PBA Bar Leadership Institute’s inaugural class of 2010-11. She is also a Collaborative Family Law Affiliate who is trained in the collaborative law approach to divorce, which focuses on severing the bonds of matrimony without severing the family.

Ms. Feinman served as the Pennsylvania Reporter for the American Bar Association’s Family Law Quarterly’s “Law in the 50 States” from 2004 through 2009. She is a frequent speaker, course planner, and author for various programs for PBI, PBA and MBA. Ms. Feinman has served as author, speaker and course planner for various programs, including the PBI and the PBA’s Pitfalls and Procedural Issues in Representing Clients that are Partially Incapacitated, Completely Incapacitated/Incompetent, or Deceased; Representing a Special Needs Client in Family Law Cases; the PBI’s Issues for Divorce Over Fifty; the Chester County Bar Association’s What You Should Have Learned in Law School But Didn’t; and the Montgomery Bar Association’s A to Z on Business Valuations; Professionalism in Family Law; Hot Tips on What Family Law Practitioners Should Know in Other Areas of the Law, But Probably Do Not – Are You Committing Malpractice?; and A View from the “New” Family Court Bench. Ms. Feinman has chosen to limit her practice to family law, with a special interest in complex financial issues involving business owners, as well as those cases involving special needs children and issues of incapacity.

Areas of Practice

  • Family Law

Current & Prior Positions

  • Feinman & Childs Family Law, Managing Partner, June 2026 to date
  • Vetrano | Vetrano & Feinman, LLC, Partner, January 2015 to May 2026
  • Vetrano & Vetrano, Associate Attorney, 2004-2014
  • Law clerk intern, The Honorable Barry C. Dozer, Delaware County Court of Common Pleas, Family Law Division, 2003-2004
  • Student Attorney, Pennsylvania Family Law Civil Clinic at Widener University School of Law, 2003-2004
  • After-school Program Coordinator, Jewish Community Center Kaiserman Branch, Wynnewood, PA., 1993-2004
  • Teacher, Temple Sinai Hebrew School, Pittsburgh, PA., 1998-2001

Professional Affiliations

See list of professional affiliations.

  • Pennsylvania Bar Association, Family Law Section, Treasurer, 2025-2026
  • Montgomery Bar Foundation, Vice President, 2024 to date; and Trustee, 2021 and 2023; Fellow from 2016 to present
  • Montgomery Child Advocacy Project (MCAP), Board Member, March 2026 to date
  • Zone 9 Delegate, PBA House of Delegates, 2017 to date
  • Montgomery Bar Association, Immediate Past President, 2023; President, 2022; President-Elect, 2021; Vice President, 2020; Treasurer, 2019; Secretary, 2018
  • Montgomery Bar Association, Judiciary Committee, 2011-2014 (4-year term); and 2023 to date
  • Montgomery Bar Association, Nominating Committee, 2009, 2014, 2016, and 2018 to date
  • Montgomery Bar Association, Personnel & Salary Committee, 2018 to date
  • Montgomery Bar Association, Bench Bar Committee, Member, 2015-present; Executive Committee 2022 to date
  • Pennsylvania Bar Association, Family Law Section, Membership Committee, Co-Chair, 2015-2023
  • Board of Managers of the Montgomery County Youth Center, appointed by the Montgomery County Commissioners, March 2017 to March 2023 (two 3-year terms)
  • Montgomery Bar Association, Family Law Section, Chair, 2014; Vice-Chair, 2013; Secretary, 2012; Treasurer, 2011; Member from 2004 to date
  • Doris Jonas Freed American Inn of Court (family court), 2005-2018
    • Counselor (Immediate Past President), 2013-14
    • President, 2012-13
    • Membership Director, 2010-12
    • Programming Coordinator, 2009-10
  • Montgomery County Friend of the Court attorney, assisting the Court directly in Protection from Abuse matters, 2016-2018
  • Pennsylvania Bar Association, Family Law Section, Council Member, 2015-2017; 2010-2012 (each 3-year term) – Executive Committee, 2014-2015 and 2016-2017
  • Montgomery Bar Association, Long-Range Planning Committee, 2014-2017 (4-year term)
  • Montgomery Bar Association, Women in the Law Committee, Co-Chair, 2016-17
  • Montgomery Bar Association, Membership/Member Services Committee, Co-Chair, 2010 and 2015
  • Pennsylvania Bar Association, Family Law Section, Programming Chair, 2013-2014
  • Montgomery Bar Association, Director 2014; 2010-2012 (3-year term); and 2009 – Executive Committee in 2012
  • Pennsylvania High School Mock Trial Competition, Regional Director, 2010-2013
  • Pennsylvania Bar Association, Young Lawyer’s Division, Zone 9 Chair, 2011-12
  • Pennsylvania Bar Association, Bar Leadership Institute 2010-11
  • Montgomery Bar Association, Young Lawyer’s Section, Chair, 2009; Vice-Chair, 2008; Treasurer, 2007
    • Co-chair of events sub-committee, 2006
    • Member of events sub-committee, 2005
  • Montgomery Bar Association, Family Law Section, 2004-present
  • Chair of 1st and 3rd Annual Toby L. Dickman Seminar committee, 2008 and 2010
    • Member of Practicum committee, 2006 and 2007
    • Chair of Case Law Updates Committee, 2006, Co-chair, 2007
    • Member of Custody committee, 2007
  • Montgomery Child Advocacy Project (MCAP) attorney, representing children in both child custody and protection from abuse cases where allegations of abuse exist, 2008-present
  • Montgomery Bar Association, Legal-Aid/Pro-Bono Committee, Co-Chair, 2008
  • Montgomery Bar Association, Child Advocates Committee, Co-Chair, 2007
    • Trained as a Child Advocate (pro bono appointments by the Court), 2007
  • Collaborative Family Law Affiliates (trained in the Collaborative Law method), 2006
  • Pennsylvania Bar Association, Family Law Section, 2004-present
  • American Bar Association, 2001-04

Publications

See list of publications.

  • Real Property, Real Problems – What Divorce Lawyers Need to Know About Mortgages and Refinancing, ABA Family Advocate, Spring 2026 (Volume 48, Issue no. 4)
  • President’s Message, Montgomery Bar Association, Sidebar Magazine, Winter 2021; Spring 2022; Summer 2022; Fall 2022; and Winter 2022 Issues (five articles published)
  • State of the PBA Family Law Section Membership Committee, PBA Pennsylvania FAMILY Lawyer, Fall 2019 (Volume 41, Issue no. 3)
  • Case Notes: In RE Estate of Paul J. Sauers, III, PBA Pennsylvania FAMILY Lawyer, October 2009
  • Family Law Templates, Pleadings, and Case Law, Chester County Bar Association, What You Should Have Learned in Law School But Didn’t, April 2008
  • Selected Cases to Illustrate Representing a Disabled Client with Mental Illness and Substance Abuse Issues, Pennsylvania Bar Institute, Representing a Special Needs Client in Family Law Cases, December 2007 and July 2008
  • Case Notes: In RE D.K. & W.K., PBA Pennsylvania FAMILY Lawyer, October 2007
  • Equitable Distribution Case Law Update, Pennsylvania Bar Institute, Equitable Distribution Update, December 2006
  • Practicum, Montgomery Bar Association, Ethical Tax Crimes?: A look at the effect of Ethics, Tax Law, and Criminal Law on the practice of family law, November 2006
  • Case Notes: Wang v. Feng, PBA Pennsylvania FAMILY Lawyer, summer 2006
  • Equitable Distribution Case Law Update, Pennsylvania Bar Institute, General Practitioner’s Update, June 2006
  • Law in the 50 States, American Bar Association Family Law Quarterly, Pennsylvania Reporter, winter 2005, 2006, 2007, and 2008
  • Generation YL: County Bar Associations Want You, The Legal Intelligencer, September 2005 (quoted)
  • New QDRO Costs to be Factored in Divorce: Practice Pointer, PBA Pennsylvania FAMILY Lawyer, April 2005
  • Passport Nightmares Created By Support Arrearages: Removing Impediments Can Be An Impediment, Pennsylvania Bar Association Solo and Small Firm Practice Section News, winter 2005

Instruction

See list of instruction.

  • October 2025 – Speaker & Course Planner. Pennsylvania Superior Court CJE / CLE. (Grand)parents Just Don’t Understand – When Grandparents Have Standing in Custody Matters.
  • April 2024 – Speaker. Pennsylvania Bar Institute. Webcast. PBI Family Law Institute: Representing the Incapacitated or Deceased Client.
  • July 2023 – Speaker. Pennsylvania Bar Association, Family Law Section, Summer Meeting. Lake George, NY. How Do I Finalize this Divorce? Pitfalls and Procedural Issues in Representing Clients that are Partially Incapacitated, Completely Incapacitated/Incompetent, or Deceased.
  • May 2023 – Speaker. Montgomery Bar Association. Norristown, PA. Hot Practice Tips in Family Law.
  • July 2022 – Participant/Actor. Pennsylvania Bar Association, Family Law Section Video. Tips and Tools for Better Co-Parenting.
  • April 2022 – Speaker/Moderator. Montgomery Bar Association, Women in the Law Committee, Panel Discussion and Networking Event. Ladies in Leadership – Zone 9 Women Presidents Panel.
  • March 2021 – Course Planner & Speaker/Moderator. Pennsylvania Bar Association, Family Law Section Virtual Panel Discussion and Networking Event for Law Students. What Every Future Lawyer Needs to Know About Landing a Job in Family Law.
  • March 2021 – Moderator. Montgomery Bar Association, Family Law Section. Norristown, PA. Primer on Prenuptial Agreements.
  • October 2019 – Course Planner & Speaker/Moderator. Pennsylvania Bar Association, Family Law Section Panel Discussion and Networking Event for Law Students. Kline Institute of Trial Advocacy. Philadelphia, PA. What Every Future Lawyer Needs to Know About Landing a Job in Family Law.
  • July 2019 – Course Planner. Pennsylvania Bar Association, Family Law Section, Summer Meeting. Orlando, FL. Custody Fatigue Syndrome & Generation Z.
  • January 2019 – Course Planner. Pennsylvania Bar Association, Family Law Section, Winter Meeting. Pittsburgh, PA. Mission Impossible.
  • May 2018 – Speaker. Montgomery Bar Association. Norristown, PA. Business Development, Networking, and Other Marketing Strategies for Young Lawyers.
  • April 2017 – Speaker. Pennsylvania Bar Institute. Philadelphia, PA. PBI Family Law Institute: Evolving Support Cases Segment.
  • January 2017 – Speaker. Pennsylvania Bar Association, Family Law Section, Winter Meeting. Philadelphia, PA. All in the Family – Taking Care of the Small and Family Business.
  • Winter 2017 – Speaker. Pennsylvania Bar Institute. The Flipped Classroom – pre-recorded segment (one-hour). Analysis of the Best Interest of the Child Factors in Custody.
  • November 2016 – Moderator and Course Planner. Montgomery Bar Association. Norristown, PA. Women in Leadership.
  • November 2016 – Speaker, Author, and Course Planner. Doris Jonas Freed Matrimonial Inn of Court. Ethics Potpourri – From the Child Interview and Social Media to Courtroom Decorum and Beyond.
  • September 2016 – Speaker, Author, and Course Planner. Pennsylvania Bar Institute. Philadelphia, PA and Mechanicsburg, PA. Evolving Support Cases: Deductions Add-Backs Deviations & Discovery.
  • October 2015 – Speaker and Course Planner. Pennsylvania Bar Institute. Philadelphia, PA and Mechanicsburg, PA. The Second Season: Issues for Divorce over Fifty.
  • February 2015 – Speaker. Montgomery Bar Association. Norristown, PA. HOT TIPS for Family Law Practitioners.
  • July 2014 – Course Planner of all programs. Pennsylvania Bar Association, Family Law Section, Summer Meeting. Cambridge, MD.
  • July 2014 – Speaker and Course Planner. Pennsylvania Bar Association, Family Law Section, Summer Meeting. Cambridge, MD. Plenary Session: Custody Mock Trial – Act I.
  • January 2014 – Course Planner of all programs. Pennsylvania Bar Association, Family Law Section, Winter Meeting. Philadelphia, PA.
  • January 2014 – Speaker and Course Planner. Pennsylvania Bar Association, Family Law Section, Winter Meeting. Philadelphia, PA. Detecting Deception.
  • January 2013 – Speaker and Author. Pennsylvania Bar Association, Family Law Section. Pittsburgh, PA. Equitable Distribution Case Law Updates.
  • October 2012 – Speaker and Course Planner. Pennsylvania Bar Institute. Philadelphia, PA. The Second Season: Issues for Divorce over Fifty.
  • October 2012 – Speaker. American Bar Association, Family Law Section. Philadelphia, PA. Plenary Session – Financial and Other Hot Tips from the Experts.
  • July 2012 – Speaker. Pennsylvania Bar Association, Family Law Section. Hershey, PA. Case Law Updates.
  • November 2010 – Speaker and Course Planner. Toby L. Dickman Family Law Seminar of the Montgomery Bar Association. Norristown, PA. HOT TIPS on What Family Law Practitioners Should Know in Other Areas of the Law, but Probably do Not – Are You Committing Malpractice?; AND A View from the “New” Family Court Bench.
  • December 2009 – Speaker. Professionalism Now. Montgomery Bar Association in Norristown, PA. Opportunities for Professionalism in Family Law.
  • October 2008 – Speaker and Course Planner. Toby L. Dickman Family Law Seminar of the Montgomery Bar Association. Norristown, PA. An A to Z on Business Valuations.
  • September 2008 – Speaker. Pennsylvania Bar Institute. Pittsburgh, PA. The Second Season: Issues for Divorce over Fifty.
  • July 2008 – Speaker. Pennsylvania Bar Association, Family Law Section. Baltimore, MD. Representing a Special Needs Client in Family Law Cases.
  • April 2008 – Speaker. Chester County Bar Association. West Chester, PA. What You Should Have Learned in Law School But Didn’t.
  • February 2008 – Speaker and Course Planner. Mock Trials of the Young Lawyer’s Section of the Montgomery Bar Association. Norristown, PA. An A to Z on Mock Trial Scoring and Criminal Issues.
  • December 2007 – Speaker and Course Planner. Pennsylvania Bar Institute. Philadelphia and Pittsburgh, PA. Representing a Special Needs Client in Family Law Cases.
  • November 2007 – Speaker and Course Planner. Practicum of the Family Law Section of the Montgomery Bar Association. Norristown, PA. Representing Clients Under a Disability: Addressing Mental Health and Substance Abuse Issues in Family Law Cases.
  • January 2006 – Speaker. Pennsylvania Bar Association, Family Law Section. Pittsburgh, PA. Equitable Distribution Case Law Update.

Honors and Awards

  • Pennsylvania Super Lawyers in Family Law, 2019 to date
  • Main Line Today Top Lawyer in Divorce, 2017 to date
  • Top Attorney in Family Law in Philadelphia Life and Suburban Life Magazines, 2017 & 2018; 2023 to present
  • Pennsylvania Bar Association Special Achievement Award for work with the Membership Committee of the PBA Family Law Section, May 2018
  • Pennsylvania Super Lawyers Rising Stars in Family Law, 2010-2018
  • Pennsylvania Bar Association Bar Leadership Institute, Class of 2010-11
  • Committee of the Year of the Montgomery Bar Association as President of the Young Lawyers Section, 2009

Community Involvement

  • Green Valley Country Club, Member, 2016 to present
  • Whitemarsh Elementary School / Colonial Elementary School Parent Teacher Organization (PTO), Member, 2016 to 2022
    • Parent Liaison, all school years from Fall 2017 thru June 2022
    • Organized and oversaw Silent Auction for the school carnival, May 2017, 2018, & 2019
    • Organized and oversaw professional clothing drive for the Laurel House February 2017

    Court Admissions

    • Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
    • Supreme Court of New Jersey – Iapsed
    • U.S. District Court Eastern District of Pennsylvania

    Education

    • Widener University School of Law 2004 (now Delaware Law School)
    • University of Pittsburgh, 2001
    • University of Wisconsin-Platteville, Seville, Spain Study Abroad Program, 2000

    Languages

    • Proficient in written and spoken Hebrew
    • Proficient in Spanish (limited)

    About Us

    Feinman & Childs Family Law is a law firm in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania that practices exclusively in areas of family law.

    The firm’s family law practice extends throughout eastern Pennsylvania. This area includes the Philadelphia Main Line (Merion, Narberth, Gladwyne, Wynnewood, Ardmore, Haverford, Bryn Mawr, Rosemont, Villanova, St. David’s, Radnor, Wayne, Strafford, Devon, Berwyn, and Paoli) and the communities of Newtown Square, Malvern, Valley Forge, and Phoenixville. The counties covered include Berks, Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Lancaster, Lehigh, Monroe, Montgomery, and Northampton—whose county seats are, respectively, in Reading, Doylestown, West Chester, Media, Lancaster, Allentown, Stroudsburg, Norristown, and Easton.