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Empowering Transitions, Enabling Futures.. At Rusz Legal Services, we're changing how divorce, custody disputes, and estate planning work by offering new, easy-to-use legal solutions. We're a remote firm that focuses on providing specific tailored legal services for marriage, divorce, custody, and estate planning. We offer efficient, affordable, and transparent support, leveraging technology for streamlined processes and competitive pricing. We care about our clients and want to make tough times less stressful by giving them the support they need. We aim to be the trusted choice for legal help during tough times.. Shannon received her undergraduate degree in Economics from Virginia Commonwealth University where she graduated magna cum laude. She worked in management prior to attending law school, and having been through the process of divorce and custody prior to law school now uses all of her personal and professional experience to handle cases efficiently and effectively, helping her clients achieve results and move on to the next chapter. She earned her J.D. from The George Washington University Law School and has been practicing family law since 2012. She has been the Managing Attorney at Rusz Legal Services since 2018.

Liz was raised in Annapolis and currently resides in Anne Arundel County. A passionate and detail-oriented professional, Liz is a devoted and empathetic advocate for her clients. While exuding professionalism, she is also an affable co-worker and her genuine personality allows both clients and other professionals to feel at ease when working with her. Liz enjoys finding unique solutions, tailored to individual situations, for each case she works on. Being communicative, while explaining complex details in a sensible and realistic manner, helps strengthen her relationships with clients and allows her to provide the highest quality of service possible.. She is very close to her large, blended family (including 7 siblings, her parents, and stepparents!). She enjoys karaoke, sudoku, puzzles, reading, and all water activities, especially boating and kayaking, and cuddling with her cat, Bae.. Liz is an associate at Reinstein, Glackin & Herriott located in Annapolis, Maryland.

Molly Cioffi is an Associate Attorney at Patriots Law Group. Joining the firm as a law clerk in 2018, her exceptional commitment to clients and extensive knowledge made her an invaluable asset to the PLG team. Upon graduation with Cum Laude honors from the Columbus School of Law at The Catholic University of America in 2019, Molly was elevated to an Associate Attorney with the Group. Specializing in Family Law, Molly has successfully represented numerous military members and their families in the community.. Molly is service orientated and strives to improve her community through volunteerism. She served as an Associate Editor of the Catholic University Law Review and also volunteered with the Innocence Project Clinic, a nation-wide foundation dedicated to the investigation and research of inmate claims of innocence, as a student attorney.. Molly is passionate about the opportunity to serve America's military community and their families throughout Maryland.

From divorce and adoption to the drafting of your estate plan, A Team Family Law is here for you and your family.  Call us to learn more about our firm and the services we can provide for you and your family.. Valerie E. Anias is owner and founder of A Team Family Law, LLC. Val brings compassion, understanding, and thoroughness to the table when taking on a case. She is passionate about assisting underrepresented individuals and advocates for her clients irrespective of their gender, race, sexual orientation, family status, etc. Whether the issue involves a child custody dispute, divorce, adoption, or creating your Estate Plan, Val’s approach provides her clients with top notch legal representation and ensures that her clients’ rights and voices are represented passionately and efficiently.

Samantha Posner is an Associate Attorney of Rice Law, the trusted name in family law representation in Annapolis. She is on the firm’s litigation and mediation practice groups, and she has all the essential skills of an effective family law attorney. With an extensive background in trial advocacy and negotiating family legal matters, Attorney Samantha Posner has been able to build a strong reputation for herself in the Maryland family law community, and has a vast presence in Baltimore and Howard Counties, along with a background in Anne Arundel county. She has even been certified as a Best Interest Attorney, which affords her the opportunity to help family law judges rule in the best interests of children during heated or uncertain child custody battles.. She continues to focus her practice primarily on matters of child custody, child support, protective orders, and divorce in order to use her gifts to provide peaceful, positive solutions for clients facing difficult domestic matters.. After completing her Juris Doctor from the University of Baltimore School of Law in 2012, Ms. Posner immediately began applying her abilities to practicing family law, primarily in the Howard and Baltimore County. She joined Rice Law in late 2018, where she lends an instrumental hand to family law, child support, and divorce cases. With her focus on promoting peaceful solutions to family law disputes, she fits perfectly with our legal team.

Carla Magnaye Poole was born in the Philippines and moved to Montgomery County, MD with her family at a young age. She has since lived in the DC-Baltimore Metropolitan area and now calls Annapolis home. While she is new to the legal industry, she has more than 13 years of professional experience serving the community and working with clients in government, non-profit, non-governmental, and private sectors.. Ms. Poole prides herself in upholding integrity, honesty, and transparency in both personal and professional settings. Her clients can attest to her ability to work efficiently and collaboratively with them to resolve their issues. There is no challenge too great and no issue too small for Ms. Poole to handle.. Ms. Poole attended the University of Baltimore School of Law with a concentration in family law, while working a full-time job and raising young children, and graduated cum laude in 2019. While in law school, Ms. Poole was involved with Parents in Law School and participated in the Mediation Clinic for Families, representing pro se clients in custody disputes and reaching favorable outcomes for her clients. Ms. Poole received the top scores in all her family law classes.. Ms. Poole served as a judicial law clerk in Caroline County, Maryland, starting her clerkship while still in her final semester of law school in January 2019. She completed her clerkship in August 2020, right before joining Hillman, Brown, and Darrow, P.A. as an Associate.. Ms. Poole primarily handles family law, including domestic violence cases, and estate planning. She represents clients in Anne Arundel County, Queen Anne's County, Caroline County, Talbot County, Montgomery County, Prince George's County, Howard County, and Calvert County. She is a certified mediator and can conduct private mediations, on request. Ms. Poole assists, on a pro-bono basis, local non-profits in getting their organizations up and running.. Outside of work, Ms. Poole has coached soccer for six years for the U4-U10 age groups. She recently completed a term as the president of Annapolis Soccer Club, actively supports various non-profits in Anne Arundel County in a volunteer capacity, serves as a member on the ABA Disaster Relief Committee, and is on the roster to provide pro bono legal services through the ABA/FEMA Disater Legal Aid Program.

We are skilled litigators with over 45 years combined experience who aggressively pursue our clients’ interests. However, we are also able to effectively seek solutions to legal matters through alternative dispute resolution methods. Every client faces unique challenges and we offer tailored legal representation to address any legal matter.. Our clients know that we are passionate about family law and guiding them through emotional periods of their life.

Ms. Johnson is an experienced litigator and has successfully represented private and government clients in state and federal courts. In her family law practice, Ms. Johnson draws upon her extensive experience with complex marital property divisions in both the civil law and common law traditions. She holds two law degrees, a Juris Doctor and a Bachelor of Civil Law. In addition to receiving excellent results for her clients in federal court, she also boasts recent state trial court and appellate wins in family law, including awards of sole custody.*. Ms. Johnson received her B.A. from Wellesley College and her J.D. and B.C.L. from LSU Law School. She also studied law at the Università di Bologna, Facoltà di Giurisprudenza, receiving high marks in all courses, including International Arbitration and laws of the European Union.. Ms. Johnson and her husband are both third-generation attorneys who live and work in Annapolis with their two sons and a beagle. In addition to her time in Boston, Louisiana, and Italy, she also spent summers interning in Washington, D.C. Ms. Johnson was a proud member of the Wellesley Equestrian team, and placed in every competition in which she showed, while also serving as a representative and senator in college government. Ms. Johnson is actively involved in her community. She is a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution and volunteers with the United States Naval Academy (UNSA), among other organizations.

I graduated Cum Laude from the University of Maryland Law school in 2018 with a concentration in Health Law. While attending law school in the evening, I worked full-time as a Parole and Probation Agent for the State of Maryland. Prior to that, I worked in Connecticut as a polygraph examiner for convicted sex offenders. In addition to an extensive background in criminal justice, I have a Master’s degree in Forensic Psychology from the University of New Haven, as well as Bachelor’s degrees in Psychology and Criminal Justice.. I have over ten years of experience in the criminal justice field, therefore I am skilled in navigating extremely tense and highly emotional situations. I strive to deescalate even the highest conflict cases, while strongly advocating for my client.. I am barred in the state of Maryland and am a current member of the Maryland Association for Justice (MAJ), the Maryland State Bar Association (MSBA), the Anne Arundel County Bar Association, the Howard County Bar Association, the Baltimore County Bar Association, and the American Bar Association.. In my free time, I enjoy reading, traveling, running half marathons and spending time with my family.