LAW & JUSTICE

Through her professional work as a family law attorney and her numerous volunteer efforts, Kerith Strano Taylor has become known throughout the Commonwealth as a champion for children and families. Since 2004, Kerith served as Guardian ad Litem for Jefferson County for 18 years, representing children who found themselves in the foster care system.
Her leadership was widely recognized, and in 2011 she helped design and deliver an affordable, accessible, and timely training for over 600 Guardians ad Litem and Parents’ Attorneys across the Commonwealth. That training become the foundation for the pre-service training required of all Attorneys prior to their being permitted to serve Children since 2011. https://www.pacourts.us/Storage/media/pdfs/20210518/125602-attorneysreceivetrainingtool_052912-001205.pdf
For 14 years, Kerith also sat on the Jefferson County Children’s Roundtable, the regional Leadership Roundtable 7, and the Statewide Children’s Roundtable. In these efforts, Kerith collaborated with Judges, attorneys, social workers, and others to improve the practice of Pennsylvania Dependency Courts, striving to ensure the safety and well-being of every child in the dependency system.
 

In 2011, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court appointed Kerith to the Juvenile Court Procedural Rules Committee, where she worked to propose rules to the Supreme Court governing actions for juvenile delinquency and dependency courts.
 

A product of a stellar public education provided by the Brookville Area School District, Kerith started college at 16 at the Pennsylvania State University in 1992 at age 16. Her respect for American government was born during the summer of 1994 when Kerith was awarded the Lyndon Baines Johnson Congressional Internship and served on Capitol Hill under the guidance and tutelage of former Congressman William J. Clinger.
 

Graduating with a B.A. in Political Science in 1996, Kerith spent the next two years working in government affairs in Washington D.C. before enrolling at George Mason University School of Law.

She earned her law degree in 2001 and immediately returned to her hometown of Brookville where she opened her own firm and still practices today.