Maryland Lawyers Kathleen Kirchner to Keith Taubenblatt

Firm: Kathleen Kirchner Esq.

1116 West Street , Annapolis , Maryland 21401

Practice Areas: Criminal Defense

Firm: Lauderdale, Thompson & Warby, LLP

1125 West Street , Annapolis , Maryland 21401

Practice Areas: Personal Injury

Firm: Offit Kurman

50 Carroll Creek Way Suite 340 , Frederick , Maryland 21701

Practice Areas: Family , Mediation, Divorce & Separation

I have been practicing family law for over 40 years, and have helped over 3,000 people through this often difficult process.  I handle all aspects of separation and divorce, including mediation, negotiations and litigation of simple and complex cases.  I work on child custody, visitation and child support cases, divorces involving significant marital assets and division of property and pensions, alimony, and even pet visitation.  My approach is to work hard to solve your problems, but not necessarily to "punish" the other side.  I want you to finish the process knowing that the outcome was "fair" and you dealt with things "honorably".. My hourly rates are at the high end for Frederick County, because of my experience and reputation.  However, I also rely on less expensive associate attorneys (with "only"  5 - 7 years of experience) to "build" your case while I serve as the "architect" doing the planning and strategic work that my experience and knowledge bring to the table.    The bottom line is that my final bill is ususally much lower than the other attorney's is,   even though they may  charge less per hour than I do.

Firm: Keith Krissoff, LLC

137 Mitchells Chance Road , Edgewater , Maryland 21037

Practice Areas: Criminal Defense , Family , Mediation, Personal Injury, Traffic Violations, Criminal Defense, Criminal Defense

Keith Krissoff has practiced law for over 36 years. A founding partner in the firm of Krohn & Krissoff, P.A., Keith recently opened Keith Krissoff, LLC with a primary office at 137 Mitchells Chance Road, Suite 300, Edgewater, MD  21037.  Conferences can also be scheduled in offices located in Annapolis upon request.. Krissoff has helped numerous clients in Anne Arundel and the surrounding counties throughout the State navigate their way through what often seems like a difficult and overwhelming legal process.. Focusing on DUI/DWI traffic defense, criminal and juvenile defense, serious personal injury automobile accidents and family law issues, Keith Krissoff has successfully negotiated and  tried numerious cases before both judges and juries in these practice areas. Contact Keith Krissoff, LLC to arrange for an experienced evaluation of your case and an efficient strategy to help accomplish your goals.

Firm: Havens & Associates, LLC

2401 Research Boulevard , Rockville , Maryland 20850

Practice Areas: Divorce & Separation

At Havens & Associates, LLC, our clients come first. Every client is treated  with  personalized attention and is guaranteed effective representation. Our expertise and integrity have earned us a reputation as one of the premier legal firms in Maryland and the District of Columbia.  Havens & Associates, LLC is dedicated to achieving the best outcome for every client.

Firm: Azrael, Franz, Schwab & Lipowitz, LLC

101 E. Chesapeake Avenue, , Baltimore , Maryland 21286

Practice Areas: Aviation

Firm: Wais Vogelstein & Forman, Offutt LLC

1829 Reisterstown Rd , Baltimore , Maryland 21208

Practice Areas: Medical Malpractice

Since becoming a lawyer, he has almost exclusively represented minor children injured as a result of obstetrical or neonatal malpractice. Keith is licensed to practice in Maryland, Minnesota, Texas, and the District of Columbia.. A leader in medical malpractice and birth injury litigation, Keith was recently recognized as one of the Top 500 Lawyers in American by Lawdragon.. In 2019, Keith was part of the trial team that obtained what is believed to be the largest verdict in a medical malpractice case in the history of the United States of America - a $229 million dollar verdict against Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center for a child who was injured at birth and suffers cerebral palsy as a result.. Prior to that, Keith was instrumental in the firm obtaining three of the four largest verdicts in medical malpractice cases in Maryland history – a $55 million dollar verdict against Johns Hopkins Hospital (June 2012), a $21 million dollar verdict against Harbor Hospital (July 2012), and a $15.6 million dollar verdict against a nurse midwife and a hospital in Prince George’s County, Maryland (May 2013).. Since joining WVFO, Keith has been involved in over 50 cases resulting in a settlement or verdict in excess of $3,000,, including numerous settlements and verdicts over $5,000, and $10,000,.. Keith has been recognized by his peers in Super Lawyers Magazine as a “Rising Star” in the field of medical malpractice, and he has routinely been selected to the National Trial Lawyers Top 40 Under 40. Keith also has an “AV Preeminent®“ rating from the Martindale-Hubbell® Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers.. Keith earned his bachelor’s degree in political science from the University of Rhode Island in 2002. In 2006, he earned his juris doctorate degree from the University of Baltimore. His first attorney position was with a national Plaintiffs firm where he was immersed in the practice of representing children who suffered catastrophic brain injury due to medical error. In 2008, Keith joined a boutique civil defense firm as a litigation associate where he represented doctors, nurses, hospitals and other health care professionals in defending claims of medical negligence. While his time on the defense side proved educational, Keith quickly realized that his true passion was representing Plaintiffs. He joined WVFO in 2009 where he has exclusively represented victims of medical malpractice and catastrophic injury.. Keith is a member of the Maryland State Bar Association, the Maryland Association for Justice, and the American Association for Justice. Keith is a past contributor to “Generation J.D.,” a lawyers’ blog run by the Daily Record, Maryland’s leading legal publication. His writings have also been published in the Maryland Bar Journal.. Keith is also the creator and voice of - a website dedicated to telling the stories of those birth injury cases that went unsolved for years, but that were eventually solved by the lawyers at Wais, Vogelstein, Forman & Offutt, LLC.

Firm: Law Offices of Craig Kadish

401 E. Pratt Street, Suite 2332 , Baltimore , Maryland 21202

Practice Areas: Criminal Defense

Keith was born and raised in Salisbury, Maryland. He earned his law degree in 2015 from the University of Baltimore School of Law, and has an undergraduate degree from Towson University.. Prior to law school, Keith worked as a law clerk with the Office of the Public Defender in Wicomico County. This time at the public defender’s office inspired him to be a criminal defense attorney, and his passion for criminal defense work lead him to obtain the highest grades in his class for Constitutional Law and Constitutional Criminal Procedure while in law school. During law school, Keith interned with the Honorable Sally D. Adkins of the Court of Appeals of Maryland, the Baltimore City State’s Attorney’s Office, and worked with Professor Bryon L. Warnken to update and revise Professor Warnken’s treatise Maryland Criminal Procedure. After graduating with honors from law school, Keith clerked for the Honorable Michael J. Finifter for the Circuit Court of Baltimore County.

Firm: The Yost Legal Group

1829 Reisterstown Road , Pikesville , Maryland 21208

Practice Areas: Birth Injury

Firm: Kathryn M. McHugh

47 E. All Saints Street , Frederick , Maryland 21701

Practice Areas: Family

Ms. McHugh is a sole practitioner in Frederick and Washington Counties, Maryland, concentrating her practice in matrimonial law and mediation. Ms. McHugh is a court appointed mediator for Frederick and Washington Counties, Maryland and was the “in-house” mediator for the Frederick County Circuit Court from September of 2008 until September of 2012.  Ms. McHugh has also been certified as a mediator by the Maryland Council for Dispute Resolution. Ms. McHugh also practiced in Doylestown, Pennsylvania from 1993-2003, where she also was a family lawyer and served as a court appointed mediator in Bucks and Montgomery Counties, Pennsylvania. Ms. McHugh while living in Southern Maine was also a court appointed mediator in Portalnd, Maine. Ms. McHugh also offers mediation services for guardianship or conservatorship and working with elders/seniors.. Ms. McHugh offers virtual and in-person consultations.. Ms. McHugh received her B.A. (1980) in psychology and her M.A. (1981) in counseling psychology from the University of Connecticut and her J.D. (1992) from Temple University Law School.  Ms. McHugh worked as a psychotherapist for ten years prior to beginning law school in a variety of treatment centers and treatment modalities.  This background, along with her years of experience as an attorney, gives her a unique understanding and approach to the divorce process and mediation.

4800 Hampden Lane   Seventh Floor  2081 , Bethesda , Maryland 20814

Practice Areas: Child Custody & Visitation,Family

Firm: McDonough Law, LLC

100 Lexington Drive , Silver Spring , Maryland 20901

Practice Areas: Divorce & Separation

I am proud of the many successful outcomes I have obtained for my clients, both in litigating contested matters in the courtroom, as well as in negotiating favorable settlements for them. I am committed to representing my clients’ interests in the most ethical, professional, results-driven, and cost-effective manner possible.. My legal career for the past 15+ years has been focused primarily in the area of family law. The other two areas in which I practice are (1) probate and contested estate and trust matters, and (2) collections, judgment enforcement, and civil litigation.. My family law practice covers the full range of divorce, separation, child custody, guardianship, adoption, alimony, and child support matters from negotiating contractual agreements to mediation to litigating complex issues at trial and appeal hearings. I am a court-certified Best Interest Attorney; having been appointed by Judges to represent minor children in contested custody cases. I am frequently appointed by the court to serve as a guardian for vulnerable or disabled adults. I am also a trained mediator and Collaborative Law facilitator.. As for probate and estates matters, I have successfully litigated and prevailed in Court proceedings so that my clients’ rights have been well-protected and bequests made to them ultimately disbursed. I have assisted hundreds of clients who have been named as Personal Representatives in their loved one’s Wills and I am well-versed in the probate and estate administration process. I have also been appointed by the Court to serve as Personal Representative or Trustee in such cases.. In my collections and civil litigation practice, I have assisted many individuals and businesses, including law firms, medical practices, private schools, and construction companies, in recovering debts and accounts receivables owed to them from vendors, contractors, clients, and tenants.. I have extensive experience at all court levels, including Federal District Court and the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, as well as District and Circuit Courts throughout the State of Maryland. I have argued before the Maryland Court of Special Appeals and been victorious in each of my cases at the appellate level. I am admitted to the Bar for the United States Supreme Court.. In 2011, I was nominated, selected and recognized by the Daily Record as a Maryland “Leading Woman”—an award bestowed to a small group of women, all under the age of 40 years, in recognition of their accomplishments to date in their business and legal careers. Additionally, I have been named a “Rising Star” in the area of family law by Super Lawyers Magazine each year from 2012 through 2021 and a "Super Lawyer" each year thereafter.. My professional memberships include the Bar Association of Montgomery County, Maryland and its Family Law Section, of which I served as co-chair from 2013-2015; the Maryland State Bar Association; the Montgomery County Chapter of the Women’s Bar Association, of which I served as President from 2015-2016; and the Inns of Court.. I am a Montgomery County native and a graduate of Georgetown Visitation Preparatory School in Washington, D.C. I earned my Bachelor of Science, with a double-major in International Affairs and Spanish and a minor in Latin American Studies, from Xavier University. My Juris Doctor is from the Cleveland-Marshall College of Law.. I am fluent in Spanish, and serve the needs of the Spanish-speaking community in Montgomery County.. In my free time, I enjoy spending time with my husband and 3 children. I am also an avid fan of Xavier basketball, the Washington Nationals, and Colombian futbol.

Firm: Blevins Law, LLC

4921 Tilden Rd. , Bladensburg , Maryland 20710

Practice Areas: Social Security, Estate Planning, Military Law

Kaufman Ries & Elgin Pa Ste 113 The Exchange 1122 , Towson , Maryland 21204

Practice Areas: Family

Maryland Court of Special Appeals , Annapolis , Maryland 21401

Practice Areas: Mediation

Firm: Wobber Law Group/Divorce Resolution Center of Maryland

The Hemenway Building , Towson , Maryland 21286

Practice Areas: Divorce & Separation

Kathleen Wobber helps clients resolve their legal disputes without destroying their families or finances.  She practices law in the areas of family law and business, and is a mediator for family and business disputes. Her practice includes the Baltimore and D.C. Metropolitan areas, as well as the Eastern Shore.Kathleen is the founding partner of Wobber Law Group. The firm's three attorneys and four paralegals are available to handle a range of matters, including family law, business disputes and mediation. The firm philosophy is to manage our client's cases in the most cost-effective manner, utilizing creative legal solutions, including collaborative law.. For more than 25 years Kathleen has been assisting clients in resolving legal disputes. She lectures at the University of Maryland and University of Baltimore Law Schools and teaches Collaborative Law and Mediation skills to lawyers, mental health professionals and financial neutrals.  Prior to law school, Kathleen worked for the United States Secret Service.  When not assisting clients, Kathleen enjoys cooking, attending concerts, spending time with friends on the Eastern Shore and volunteering for local legal aid organizations.

Firm: The Dorsey Law Firm

22835 Washington Street , Leonardtown , Maryland 20650

Practice Areas: Workers Compensation

Firm: Iliff, Meredith, Wildberger & Brennan, P.C.

8055 Ritchie Highway , Pasadena , Maryland 21122

Practice Areas: Ethics & Professional Responsibility

I started practice over 30 years ago with a big law firm defending medical neligence cases.  I rose through the ranks to the point where I was vice chair of my large law firm.  When a close family member experienced a devestating injury as a result of a medical error, I decided to "cross the street" and prosecute a medical malpractice claim.  The experience was a good one.  The recovery I achieved for my loved one was such that it  will enable her to live independently for the rest of her life.  This experience convinced me that I should leave the big law firm and set up a small "boutique" practice where I could concentrate on handling these kinds of claims.  I took this step in 1995.  In the years since 1995, I have been honored by the opportunity to help many individuals injured by medical mistakes.

Firm: Williams, McClernan, & Stack LLC

22715 Washington Street, Suite 201 , Leonardtown , Maryland 20650

Practice Areas: Family

Kathleen McClernan is a partner in Williams, McClernan, & Stack LLC. We're one of the only woman-owned law firms in the area. We're dedicated to supporting our community.  We offer the kind of personalized legal support and guidance you won’t get from larger firms. When you retain Williams, McClernan, & Stack LLC, our lawyers will meet with you to discuss the specifics of your situation and determine the best course of action. We’ll work with you every step of the way to make sure you’re getting effective legal representation.. She is the first female recepient of the Leadership in the Law Award, Generation JD in all of Southern Maryland. She was previously an Associate Attorney at a private law firm in 2013 after 6 years with the Office of the Public Defender. She served St. Mary's County as an Assistant Public Defender from 2007-2011 where she defended over 4,000 criminal and traffic cases in both the District and Circuit Courts. In 2011 she transferred to Washington County where she defended major felony cases (including murder, robbery, burglary, child abuse, sex offenses, etc).. Ms. McClernan is a graduate of the University of Arizona, a 2007 graduate of the University of Baltimore School of Law, and was admitted to the Maryland Bar in December of 2007. She is a current member of the Maryland State Bar Association, the St. Mary's County Bar Association, and Phi Alpha Delta Law Fraternity International. She is the former President for the St. Mary's County Bar Association and the current Mock Trial Coach for Leonardtown High School. She sits on the Board of Directors for the Center for Children and Community Mediation of St. Mary's County.. Ms. McClernan has completed courses in the handling of forensics, DNA, arson investigation, child abuse and safe examinations, mental health and competency issues, and social media issues.

1100 Wayne Avenue , Silver Spring , Maryland 20910

Practice Areas: Civil Rights