Kelley A. Joseph is dedicated to providing sensible and effective representation to family law clients. Ms. Joseph is a member of the Florida Bar, Family Law Section of the Florida Bar, Federal Southern and Middle District of Florida, Federal Bars, is a Supreme Court Certified Guardian Ad Litem in Family Court, and was recognized by Martindale Hubbell for Twenty Years Serving the Public as an Attorney, and is a fundraiser for Autism Speaks. Ms. Joseph is passionate about working with families with children on the spectrum in family law. Ms. Joseph has a thirteen year old son on the autism spectrum, and has a lot of experience working with other families in divorce with special needs children both as a litigator and as a Guardian Ad Litem. Ms. Joseph became a Certified Family Court Guardian Ad Litem in 1998 and has been practicing family law in Florida since 1994. She has been appointed over thirty plus times by the Broward County Circuit Court Judiciary to serve as a Family Court Guardian Ad Litem in contested custody cases. Ms. Joseph is also a family court mediator, and was trained in Parent Coordination.

Martin F. Kane, II (“Marty”) has been a member of McGrath and Kane, since September 1997. Marty’s areas of practice are complex domestic relations law and criminal defense. A graduate of Boston College School of Management in 1988 and Boston College Law School graduating in 1992 with a Juris Doctorate degree. Upon graduation from law school, Marty was employed by the Middlesex County District Attorney’s Office 1992-1997. While in the District Attorney’s Office, Marty prosecuted numerous criminal cases, including approximately 300 jury trials and more than one thousand bench trials in the District and Superior Courts of the Middlesex County. Marty served as the supervising attorney for the Newton, Malden and the Cambridge Jury of Six, in the District Courts. He successfully drafted and argued seven appellate cases in the Massachusetts Appeals Court, resulting in six affirmations of convictions and one reversal of a motion to suppress that had been allowed. Since joining McGrath and Kane, Marty has successfully litigated various complex child custody and business valuation related divorce cases. He has successfully defended various criminal cases in the District and Superior Courts of the Commonwealth. Marty presently serves as an Adjunct Professor of Law, at Boston College. He is a member of the American Bar Association, Massachusetts Bar Association Middlesex County Bar Association, and the Massachusetts Family and Probate Inns of Court. Marty served as Secretary, First Vice President and is the past President of the Middlesex County Bar Association. During his two year term as President, he forged unions with the local bar associations within Middlesex County, and established a bench bar forum for all of the District and Probate Courts in Middlesex County where attorneys and Judges discuss the needs and the requirements of recent civil and/or criminal procedure changes as well as internal administration of the various courts. Marty organized and continues to chair the Middlesex County Bar Association’s Probate and Family Court Conciliation Program. This program has resolved over 2,000 cases since inception. Marty currently serves as a council member of the Middlesex Bar Foundation; and a member of the Massachusetts Bar Association House of Delegates. Providing continuing legal education in a variety of forums, Marty has participated in seminars at the Massachusetts Bar Association on domestic relations and he has also participated in the District Court Survival Guide for the criminal law section during the past five years. He has also taught new police recruits for the Massachusetts Criminal Justice Training Council. In addition Marty has participated in a number of MCLE seminars on domestic relations matters March, 2009 – Post Divorce Modifications and Contempts; January, 2009 – Obtaining and Defending Restraining Orders under MGL 209A. He was a panel member in the Middlesex County Bar Association “Post Pierce Alimony” Seminar in April, 2010. He presently serves as a Committee member of the MCLE Family Law Curriculum Advisory Committee. Recognizing the importance of pro bono service to the courts of the Commonwealth, Marty participates regularly in the Lawyer for the Day programs in Middlesex, Suffolk and Norfolk County Probate and Family Courts Marty is a recipient of the Massachusetts Bar Association Community Service Award November 2008. At the request of the President of the Massachusetts Bar Association, Marty served as the Chair of the Committee investigating and reporting upon the “Crisis in the Courts”. Marty has served as a committee member for the Judicial Bench Bar Committee since 2006. This committee conducts due diligence on candidates for Judicial appointments who have been nominated by the Judicial Nominating Committee and are awaiting consideration by the Executive Branch. In 2010, Marty was nominated as a Massachusetts “Super Lawyer”.

Konstantinos Dean Kantaras prides himself in being one of only 278 attorneys in Florida who is Board Certified in Marital and Family Law. Understanding that preparation is the key to the excellent practice of family law, Dean provides each individual case detailed analysis and views every case for all of the strengths and weaknesses in order to afford his clients the very best advocacy possible. Having received his Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of South Florida in 1989, Dean knew that his true passion resided in the law. Dean achieved his lifelong goal of becoming a lawyer in 1992, when he obtained his Juris Doctor degree from Oklahoma City University School of Law. Dean is admitted to the Florida Bar, the United States District Court - Middle District of Florida, United States Court of Appeals - Eleventh Circuit, and the United States Supreme Court. Dean is fluent in both English and Greek.

Michael Katz practices exclusively child welfare and education law. Michael has dedicated his professional career to assisting families navigate the often complex and emotionally challenging child welfare and education arenas. Michael strongly believes that his clients need to be knowledgeable about legal issues directly impacting their families so that they can be empowered to make decisions that best meet their families' needs. Michael began his professional career as an elementary school teacher then transitioned to the legal field and has spent the past twenty-five years representing abused and neglected children, helping them achieve permanent, safe, loving "forever" homes. Michael also established his own law firm that handles all aspects of family law cases including providing representation in special education cases, advocacy that is close to Michael's heart. Michael's passion for providing a voice to those in need has been at the hallmark of his professional career.

Lawrence S. Katz is a Fellow in The International Academy of Family Lawyers (IAFL)[1]. He focuses his practice on family law, complex jurisdictional issues, interstate and international cross border family law as well as child abduction. He has practiced law for five decades. In 2010, the U.S. Chapter of the IAFL established the Bill Hilton Memorial Award for Exceptional Contributions to International Family Law. A Fellow cannot apply, and it is not an annual award. The first time it was given was in June 2014 and Mr. Katz was a recipient. This is the highest and only such award given by the U.S. Chapter of the IAFL. He has been counsel of record, mentored or consulted in about 400 Hague Convention and child abduction cases. Mr. Katz was the first and in the majority of cases, the only U.S. attorney to recover children from: Turkey, (non-Hague) Iran, Saudi Arabia and Japan (using “Special Family Circumstances”) as well as to return children to Haiti, Jamaica, the Bahamas, Russia and Trinidad. Mr. Katz also conducted the first mediation in a Hague case in a pilot program for NCMEC and the U.S. Dept. of State in November 2005. He continues to mediate only child abduction cases. Mr. Katz has lectured and published on international relocation for the ABA, a portion of the article was quoted by the Georgia S. Ct. in Sahibzada v. Sahibzada, 2014 Ga. LEXIS 219 (S.Ct. Ga. 2014). He has successfully represented clients in international relocation cases and responsible for drafting the relevant portions of the agreement and final decrees with respect to relocation, jurisdiction, homologation and enforcement. He has litigated international relocation cases: Argentina, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, France, Germany, Israel, United Kingdom, Portugal, Spain and Switzerland. In 2012 he testified as an expert and prepared provisions of the final judgment (7 pages) permitting a mother to relocate to Argentina with her two minor children. In 2013, he was co-counsel in relocation from the U.K. to Florida. He has often drafted proposed language and given written opinions that has been utilized by foreign courts for custody, residency, relocation and Hague orders. Mr. Katz has testified on numerous occasions as an expert witness in international matters especially concerning The Hague Abduction Convention, relocation, abduction factors/profiles, preventive measures, drafting and enforcement of court orders. In July 2013-present, his testimony resulted in orders that prevented travel of children to Argentina, Brazil, Peru, Japan and Russia. Likewise, he has testified that has permitted cross border travel of children. The last case in 2023 permitted the child to travel to Chile. He has been requested by various courts to draft provisions of orders or decrees. In addition, he is retained as counsel, consultant, co-counsel or an expert for: complex jurisdictional cases; drafting provisions of agreements, court orders, judgments; international abduction cases, preventive measures, travel, and international or interstate relocations. [1]“The IAFL is a worldwide association of practicing lawyers who are recognized by their peers as the most experienced and expert family law specialists in their respective countries” www.IAFL.com