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Jo Ann Citron, Ph.D., J.D.
75 Arlington Street, Suite 500
Boston,
Massachusetts
02116
Phone: 617-326-1300
Fax: 617-209-1331
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Practice Areas:
- Divorce (opposite-sex and same-sex couples)
- Dissolution
- Child Custody
- De Facto Parents
About Citron Law
Citron Law is a focused domestic relations practice representing clients in property and custody matters incident to the end of their committed relationships whether or not those relationships were formalized by marriage. We handle contested and uncontested divorces and post-divorce matters for both opposite-sex and same-sex spouses. We negotiate property division upon the dissolution of a non-marital relationship and litigate arising claims when necessary. We litigate de facto parent actions that often accompany a non-marital dissolution.
For married couples with significant property, managing a divorce involves some of the most important business decisions an individual makes. Unmarried couples who lack access to divorce often require creative solutions to the problem of how to divide assets and liabilities without incurring large tax costs. With or without a large marital estate, ending a relationship that was to have lasted indefinitely or until death is emotionally painful, especially when there are children. Even an uncontested divorce or an amicable separation is one of the most challenging experiences life offers. This means that we meet our clients at an exceptionally difficult and stressful moment in their lives.
Strong advocacy means not only placing a separating client on the strongest possible financial footing, but also helping parents to protect children from the emotional consequences of separation and divorce. We pride ourselves on knowledge of the law, skillful oral advocacy in a courtroom, and a written product that is first-rate. We are equally proud of the personal attention we give to our clients and of our ability to explain the legal process to them so that they can make informed choices about their lives and the lives of their children.
Citron Law is prepared to litigate cases from the filing of a complaint through an appeal. Litigation is stressful, expensive, and unpredictable. The philosophy of Citron Law is to negotiate whenever possible but to litigate whenever necessary. Our goal is always the same: to produce a just and fair result for our clients.
About Us – Attorney Jo Ann Citron
Biography
Jo Ann Citron received her undergraduate degree from Vassar College and her Ph.D. in English from Boston University where for many years she taught literature and writing. She was Assistant Professor of English at Bates College when she traded texts for torts and went to law school. She received her J.D. from Northeastern University School of Law in 1992 and is admitted to practice in Massachusetts and in New York.
After graduating from law school, Citron joined Howard Friedman’s civil rights practice where she gained trial and litigation experience primarily in federal court, especially in the area of police misconduct.
In 2003, Attorney Citron began concentrating her practice in business, civil rights, and domestic relations litigation. In 2006, she opened Citron Law so that she could focus her practice exclusively in the area of domestic relations law, specifically property and child custody disputes attending divorce or the end of non-marital committed relationships.
Citron has consulted for the Northeastern University Domestic Violence Institute where, as Technology Director under a grant from the Soros Foundation, she developed strategies for involving the private bar in the delivery of public interest legal services. From 2000 to 2002, she was a Visiting Research Scholar at the Center for Research on Women at Wellesley College where she studied how same-sex couples break up without having access to divorce laws. In 2002 she was invited to join the Wellesley College faculty as a Visiting Assistant Professor in the Women’s Studies Department where she continues to teach an advanced seminar on alternative family law and public policy.
For several years, Citron served on the board of the Women’s Bar Association (WBA) and was instrumental in developing its Family Law Project for Battered Women, which provides pro bono and low-cost legal services for families victimized by domestic violence. As a member and vice-president of the board of the Women’s Bar Foundation (WBF), she established the organization’s annual fundraising event to support the many pro bono projects that the WBA and WBF administer. She has served on the board of the Massachusetts Lesbian and Gay Bar Association (MLGBA) and has chaired its Family Law Section. Citron is in her third term as a member of the board of the American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts. In addition, she is a member of the American Bar Association (ABA), the Massachusetts Bar Association (MBA), the Boston Bar Association (BBA), the Association of Family and Conciliation Courts (AFCC), the Massachusetts Association of Guardians ad Litem (MAGAL), and the Modern Language Association (MLA).
Jo Ann Citron has published numerous articles on both literature and law and is currently expanding her research into a book, “The Gay Divorcée: How Same-Sex Couples Break Up.”
Reported Cases
Alice Smith v. Beth Jones, 69 Mass. App. Ct. 400, 868 N.E. 2d 629 (2007).
Commonwealth v. Caswell Whyte, 43 Mass. App. Ct. 920, 684 N.E.2d 625 (1997).
Pasqualone v. Gately, 422 Mass. 398, 662 N.E.2d 1034 (1996).
Melendez v. Worcester, 870 F.Supp. 11 (D. Mass 1994).
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