Patrick Joseph Boyer

Patrick J. Boyer concentrates his practice on family law. He advocates in various areas including, but not limited to, divorce, property division, alimony, child custody and visitation, child support, and domestic violence.

In addition, Patrick assists his clients with issues involving guardianship and third party visitation. He is licensed in Delaware and Pennsylvania, and works out of the firm’s Centreville, Delaware office.

In the past, Patrick served as a contract attorney for the Delaware Family Court, representing parents in termination of parental rights proceedings with children removed from their care and taken into state custody. In addition to that, Patrick represented child support obligors facing the threat of incarceration in civil contempt proceedings.

Patrick grew up in Delaware and went to Salesianum High School. He graduated from the Penn State Dickinson School of Law in 2012. Before joining MacElree Harvey Ltd., Patrick clerked for the Honorable Michael K. Newell and the Honorable William L. Chapman, Jr. in the Delaware Family Court in New Castle County for a period of 16 months.

While in law school, Patrick participated in a family law clinic, where he assisted individuals with family law issues. Patrick was also president of his law school’s Federalist Society chapter, and has interned in the White House and in a US Senator’s office.