About Demetra
Demetra Pontisakos began her legal journey in the early 1980s. She earned a B.A. from Union College and a J.D. from New England Law | Boston, both recorded in 1982. Those credentials laid the groundwork for a multi-jurisdictional practice spanning New Hampshire, New York and Massachusetts.
Her career has involved courtroom work, dispute resolution and appointment-based duties. Over the years she has been admitted to practice in three states and has handled matters that require familiarity with differing state procedures. She has taken roles that place her both inside and outside the courtroom, serving clients directly and acting in court-appointed capacities when required.
Pontisakos has several formal certifications that shape her day-to-day work. She is certified as a Category F guardian ad litem by the Massachusetts Probate & Family Court. She is a family law arbitrator through the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers. She also serves as a mediator under MGL c. 233, s.23C through North Shore Community Mediation. Each credential reflects an emphasis on dispute resolution and on work ordered or overseen by courts.
Her peers recognized her involvement in family law when she became a fellow of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers in 2010, a role she continues to hold. That fellowship signals sustained engagement with matrimonial practice and with a professional network that concentrates on marriage-related litigation and alternative dispute processes. She participates in procedural and ethical conversations that arise in contested family matters and in forums where arbitration and mediation intersect with litigation.
Pontisakos maintains a solo practice under the name Demetra Pontisakos, Lawyer at Law. She combines appointment work, private client representation and alternative dispute resolution services. Her files typically involve divorce, custody, guardianship and related financial matters, and she regularly acts in roles such as arbitrator, mediator and guardian ad litem. She currently handles matrimonial and family law cases, mediation and arbitration, and guardianship matters.
