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Margaret M. Simok Esq.
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
Associate
phone 717-798-3601
866-643-7036
fax 717-657-7797
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Margaret M. Simok, Esquire. Attorney Simok focuses her practice in the areas of family law (divorce, support, custody, relocation and protection from abuse), disability law, employment law, administrative law and commercial and telecommunications law.

Ms. Simok has been practicing law since January 2003. She graduated from the Widener University School of Law with a Juris Doctorate in 2002. Ms. Simok graduated from the Pennsylvania State University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Consumer Related Studies.

Prior to her arrival at Scaringi & Scaringi, P.C., Ms. Simok spent one year at a small family law firm and five years in legal services. At MidPenn Legal Services, she was the managing attorney and represented clients in Dauphin, Cumberland and Perry Counties. She taught classes and ran clinics in the areas of custody and divorce, along with serving on a multitude of committees in the family law area for legal services and domestic violence.

Before entering the legal profession, Ms. Simok spent over twenty-five years in the telecommunications industry working for such companies as Sprint and MCI. Ms. Simok partnered with some of the nation's largest retailers as a pioneer in moving the wireless industry into the retail arena. Ms. Simok also worked in mergers and acquisitions, agent/dealer relationships, telephone company partnerships and land-use and development. Ms. Simok was a founding member of the Cellular Telecommunication Industry Association.

Attorney Simok lives in Susquehanna Township, Dauphin County and is a past President of the Board of Directors and Development Council at Bishop McDevitt High School.

Areas of Practice:
Divorce
Protection from Abuse
Custody/Relocation
Support
Administrative
Disability
Commercial & Telecommunications
Bar Admissions:
Pennsylvania, 2002
U.S. District Court Middle District of Pennsylvania
Education:
Widener University School of Law, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, May, 2002
Juris Doctorate


Pennsylvania State University
Bachelor of Science
Major:  Consumer Related Studies


Published Works:
History of Relocation Cases, Pennsylvania Bar Association, Family Law Section, Winter Meeting Overview, 2005


Classes/Seminars Taught:
Filing a No-Fault Divorce, Dauphin County Bar Association, Harrisburg, PA


Family Law Presentation, Pennsylvania Head Start Association, Grantville, PA


Family Law, Nurse-Family Partnership, Hershey, PA


Custody and Domestic Violence, Pennsylvania Legal Services, Harrisburg, PA


Professional Associations and Memberships:
Pennsylvania Bar Association, Family Law Section


Dauphin County Bar Association


Pennsylvania Bar Association, Public Utility Law Section


Past Employment Positions:
Maria P. Cognetti & Associates, Associate Attorney, 2008 - 2009


MidPenn Legal Services, Managing Attorney, 2003 - 2008


Corporate Express/US Office Products, Sales Manager, 1999 - 2002


Alltel/360 Communications/Sprint/Centel/United Telephone, Regional Manager, 1997 - 1999


Alltel/360 Communications/Sprint/Centel/United Telephone, Acquisition Team Coordinator, 1996


Alltel/360 Communications/Sprint/Centel/United Telephone, Market Manager, 1988 - 1996


Commonwealth Telephone Company, General Manger, Cellular Group, 1984 - 1988


Scaringi & Scaringi, P.C. serves clients throughout Central Pennsylvania including:

Camp Hill • Carlisle • East Shore • Harrisburg • Lancaster • Lebanon • Lemoyne • Mechanicsburg • New Cumberland • West Shore • York • Cumberland County • Dauphin County • Juniata County • Lancaster County • Lebanon County • Mifflin County • Perry County • York County • Newport • New Bloomfield • Landisburg • Duncannon • Millerstown • Liverpool • Mifflintown • Port Royal • Thompsontown • Burnham • Lewistown • Mt. Pleasant Mills • Port Trevorton • Selinsgrove • Middleburg • Richfield • Snyder County