Candidate for
Judge; Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas; District 38

Joel Bernbaum is Special Counsel to the Montgomery County law firm of Kane, Pugh, Knoell, Troy and Kramer, LLP; his practice is concentrated in family law. He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, serving as President of the PA Chapter in 2007. He is a member of the American, Pennsylvania, Illinois and Montgomery Bar Associations with active participation in their respective family law sections and/or committees. He is currently Co-Chair of the PBA's Technology Taskforce. He is a former Director and Chair of the Family Law Section of the Montgomery Bar Association and served two terms on the Council of the Pennsylvania Bar Association's Family Law Section.

Mr. Bernbaum is a frequent writer and lecturer for continuing legal education programs, business groups and community organizations. He received his B.A. from Long Island University and his J.D. in 1977 from John Marshall Law School in Chicago, Illinois.

He is married to Debra Bernbaum for 21 years and resides with Debra and their son Myles, a 10th grade student of Lower Merion H.S., in Bala Cynwyd, PA. He coached baseball in the Lower Merion Little League for 10 years, serving as the league's President in 2005 and 2006. He served on the Board of Directors of the Lupus Foundation of Delaware Valley from 1987 to 2006 and has been active in many other charities.