(Doylestown, PA) Bucks County family law firm Williams Family Law, P.C. is pleased to announce that founder and managing partner Jeffrey M. Williams and partner Susan J. Smith have been selected by their peers for inclusion in the 2018 edition of The Best Lawyers in America, one of the legal profession’s oldest and most respected peer-review publications.

Since it was first published in 1983, The Best Lawyers in America has become widely regarded as a respected reference guide to legal excellence. Best Lawyers lists are compiled based on detailed peer-review evaluations, and lawyers are neither required nor allowed to pay a fee to be listed. For the 2018 edition of Best Lawyers, 7.4 million votes were analyzed and more than 58,000 leading lawyers nationwide were named to the list.

“For more than a third of a century,” said Best Lawyers CEO Steven Naifeh, “Best Lawyers has been the gold standard of excellence in the legal profession.” President Phil Greer added, “We are extremely proud of that record and equally proud to acknowledge the accomplishments of these exceptional legal professionals.”

A seasoned family law attorney, Smith is widely considered one of the top divorce and child custody attorneys in Bucks County and Southeastern Pennsylvania. Recognized by ALM publications as a “Woman Leader in the Law,” she concentrates her practice on divorce, child custody, alimony and support, equitable distribution, and complex business valuation and asset investigation issues impacting high net worth clients

This marks Williams’ eleventh straight year being recognized as a Best Lawyer in divorce law. He is the only fellow of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers (AAML) with a primary office in Bucks County and serves as the President of AAML’s Pennsylvania Chapter. He also is a diplomate of the American College of Family Trial Lawyers, whose membership is limited to 100 attorneys nationwide.

Williams concentrates his practice on complex divorce, high-income alimony / spousal support, complex child support, and high-conflict child custody cases. Widely regarded as one of the top divorce attorneys in Bucks County, as well as a leading family law attorney in Pennsylvania, Williams has been selected by his peers as one of the “Ten Leaders of Greater Philadelphia for Matrimonial & Divorce Law" since 2004.

The standalone Best Lawyers magazine is distributed in more than 30 leading publications around the country, including the New York Times, Philadelphia Inquirer, Washington Post and Wall Street Journal.

Williams Family Law, P.C., is a premier family law firm based in Bucks County, Pa. The firm provides individuals with matrimonial and family law legal counsel and representation in alimony, child support, child custody, divorce, cohabitation, grandparents’ custody rights, equitable distribution, marital settlement agreements, prenuptial and postnuptial agreements, separation agreements, spousal support, matrimonial taxation issues and related legal matters. The family law attorneys also provide guidance and representation in alternative dispute resolution forums, handling mediation, arbitration and custody dispute resolution. The practice at Williams Family Law centers on four core principles: experienced guidance, compassionate advice, powerful advocacy and knowledge of the local courts and counsel. The firm prides itself on leadership within the profession and a strong record of success.