About

Kristine L. Calalang has dedicated her law practice to family law matters since 2004. She provides her clients with strong advocacy, compassion, and empathy. Ms. Calalang is also passionate about serving in leadership positions to help elevate the legal profession and support philanthropic endeavors. She has strong leadership roles as a Member of the Board of Governors and a Co-Chair of the Women in the Profession Committee of the Philadelphia Bar Association.  Ms. Calalang was also the Association’s 2022 Chair of the Board of Governors and Co-Chair of the Solo and Small Firm Committee. She has also served as the 2019 Chair of the Family Law Section (FLS) of the Philadelphia Bar Association. She currently continues to serve as a member of the FLS Executive Committee, Co-Chair of the Custody Committee, Co-Chair of the Diversity Committee, and founding member of the Diversity Inclusion Scholarship Committee. Ms. Calalang further serves as a member of the Judicial Selection and Retention Commission. In the Pennsylvania Bar Association (PBA), she serves as a Zone 1 member of the House of Delegates, a Co-Chair of the Legal Academics Committee, and the Diversity Liaison for the Family Law Section of the PBA (along with being a Co-Chair of the Section’s Diversity Task Force). Additionally, Ms. Calalang is the Liaison for the PBA Minority Bar and Collaborative Law Committees to the PBA Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Team. Ms. Calalang also often plans and presents CLE programs for the Philadelphia Bar Association and Pennsylvania Bar Institute.

Ms. Calalang is a past President of the Villanova Minority Alumni Society Leadership Board and serves as a Board Advisor on the Villanova Law Alumni Association (VLAA) Board and the Villanova Law Women's Network Board. She also serves as an alumni coach for the law school’s Moot Court.  In addition, Ms. Calalang served on the Young Lawyer Editorial Board for The Legal Intelligencer and is a member of the National Asian Pacific American Bar Association. Ms. Calalang is on the Board of Directors for the Asian Pacific American Bar Association of Pennsylvania (APABA-PA), serves as a Co-Chair of its Community Outreach and Solo and Small Firm Committees, and was a past Co-Chair of its Lunar Banquet. She is also a member of the Asian Women's Coalition and the Barristers’ Association of Philadelphia.  Additionally, she is a mediator, a certified arbitrator, and trained in collaborative law. 

Ms. Calalang has received the 2022 Professional Excellence Award for Diversity Initiative by The Legal Intelligencer and the 2021 Herbert R. Weiman, Sr. & Jr. award from the FLS for her exceptional work in family law and service to the families of Philadelphia. She also she received the 2019 VLAA Gerald Abraham Award for Service to the Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law for her exemplary leadership and service to the school and was also named as a 2019 Bar Star by the Philadelphia Bar Association.  Ms. Calalang was named as a Rising Star in Super Lawyer: Rising Stars Editions 2010, 2011, 2013 and 2014 and a Super Lawyer from 2020-2023.  She was named as a Lawyer on the Fast Track in 2008 by The Legal Intelligencer and Pennsylvania Law Weekly and has been on the First Judicial District of Pennsylvania's Pro Bono Rolls of Honor for exemplary pro bono work from 2006 – 2010. Ms. Calalang received her B.A. from The College of New Jersey and her J.D. from Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law.