Maryland Lawyers - Bethesda

Firm: Lena Barnett & Associates, L.L.C.

Attorneys & Counsellors at Law , Bethesda , Maryland 20817

Practice Areas: Elder , Estate Planning, Non-Profit Corporations, Estate Planning

My grandfather suddenly died when my father was just 7 years old. With no will in place, his estate was ravaged and the family struggled through some very rough years. Lena knows what can happen without planning! She wants to help her clients and client families avoid what her father, her aunt, and her grandmother experienced.. Estate planning enables clients to control what happens to them, their loved ones, & their assets while healthy, upon disability & after death while saving unnecessary expenses, taxes & stress. Business, asset protection & charitable planning are important components of Lena's practice. Lena keeps her clients on top of changes in the laws, while her clients keep her abreast of changes in their lives. She enjoys working with clients who appreciate the care she puts into each case. AV Preeminent 5.0 Peer Review Rated, Martindale HubbellLena welcomes new clients & appreciates referrals.. .

Firm: Leora Hoffman Associates

, Bethesda , Maryland 20814

Practice Areas: Matchmakers

Firm: Wallace Law, LLC

7315 Wisconsin Avenue , Bethesda , Maryland 20814

Practice Areas: Estate Planning, Probate

Megan M. Wallace concentrates in the areas of estate planning, probate and trust administration. In addition to preparing wills, trusts, financial and health care powers of attorney, Ms. Wallace guides estate planning clients through the process of naming guardians for minor children and planning for the transfer of family businesses. Her clients include single people, married couples, families, and unmarried partners and their children.. Ms. Wallace guides numerous estates through the probate process, including foreign or ancillary probate matters. Ms. Wallace handles complex creditor issues and heir issues. In addition, Ms. Wallace has helped several clients unwind ownership of real property that was never properly transferred from a decedent.

Firm: Savit & Szymkowicz, LLP

4520 East-West Highway , Bethesda , Maryland 20814

Practice Areas: Arbitration, Civil , Estate Planning, Probate , Probate, Probate

Firm: Offit | Kurman

7501 Wisconsin Avenue , Bethesda , Maryland 20814

Practice Areas: Divorce & Separation

Marshall Yaap represents clients in domestic and international family law matters. His practice focuses on child custody, child support, divorce, property division, alimony, domestic violence cases, marital and premarital contracts, jurisdictional disputes under the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act (UCCJEA), and cases brought pursuant to the Convention of 25 October 1980 on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction. Mr. Yaap also represents clients in guardianship and conservatorship matters for children and adults. Additionally, Mr. Yaap represents clients in peace order matters, anti-stalking cases, and civil restraining orders.. Before entering private practice, Mr. Yaap served as a judicial law clerk at the Superior Court of the District of Columbia for retired Judge Odessa F. Vincent, Magistrate Judge Errol R. Arthur, and retired Magistrate Judge S. Pamela Gray. Prior to law school, Mr. Yaap worked for daily newspapers as a reporter and editor.

Firm: Markham Law Firm

7960 Old Georgetown Rd , Bethesda , Maryland 20814

Practice Areas: Divorce & Family

Firm: Paley Rothman

4800 Hampden Lane , Bethesda , Maryland 20814

Practice Areas: Litigation

Firm: The Pels Law Firm

4845 Rugby Avenue , Bethesda , Maryland 20814

Practice Areas: Employment & Labor

Maria Leonard Olsen graduated magna cum laude from Boston College (Bachelor of Science in Business Management, 1985) and the University of Virginia School of Law (Juris Doctor, 1988). Upon graduation from law school, she worked as a commercial litigator at Dow Lohnes, which was then one of the largest law firms in Washington, D.C. In 1992, she was appointed by President Clinton as Special Counsel to the Assistant Attorney General for Legislative Affairs at the U.S. Department of Justice, where she served until 1995. During her time there, she was honored by Attorney General Janet Reno as the highest-ranking Asian American political appointee at the Justice Department. From 1995 to 1997, Ms. Olsen served as the Pro Bono Program Manager for the Justice Department’s Pro Bono Program in the Office of Policy Development. After her second child was born in 1997, she continued to do pro bono legal work for the DC Volunteer Lawyers Project and the East Coast Migrant Head Start Program, and to work as a freelance journalist, as well as an editor and writer at Bethesda Magazine.. Ms. Olsen joined The Pels Law Firm in 2014, as a general litigator handling construction, corporate, tax and other litigation matters. She is an author of several children’s books and adult non-fiction books, and hosts/produces a live radio show on WPFW fm 89.3 that focuses on diversity issues. Ms. Olsen has been a foster mother for eight newborn babies awaiting adoption, and has served on the Board of Visitors for the National Children’s Medical Center, and the boards of the Alzheimer’s Association of Greater Washington, the Catholic Coalition for Special Education, the Pastoral Council for the Shrine of the Most Holy Blessed Sacrament, the Nepal Youth Fund and on the Advisory Board for Girls Up, an empowerment organization for middle school-aged girls.. Ms. Olsen is the recipient of the D.C. Bar’s Pro Bono Coordinator of the Year Award for 1991. She is a member of the Bars of the District of Columbia, Maryland, the United States Circuit Court for the D.C. Circuit, the United States District Court for the District of Columbia and the United States Tax Court.

4801 Hampden Ln Apt 105 , Bethesda , Maryland 20814

Practice Areas: Family , Family, Family

Firm: Grossman Young & Hammond

4922 Fairmont Avenue , Bethesda , Maryland 20814

Practice Areas: Immigration

Meg Hobbins is a Partner at Grossman Young & Hammond focusing on complex U.S. immigration matters and Interpol defense. Meg has fifteen years of experience in U.S. immigration and international human rights law. She has represented clients seeking permanent residence, the full spectrum of humanitarian immigration benefits, and relief from removal proceedings. During and after law school, Meg served as a judicial law clerk and attorney advisor at the Houston, Baltimore, and York Immigration Courts, through the Department of Justice Attorney General’s Honors Program. Having worked with over a dozen immigration judges, she applies a broader perspective and astute analysis to her client matters, succeeding in the most intractable cases. Meg is endlessly energized by her clients’ resilience and is a tenacious, impassioned advocate.

Firm: Handler & Levine, LLC

4520 East West Highway. , Bethesda , Maryland 20814

Practice Areas: Business & Commercial, Business Formation, Corporate , Estate Planning, Family , Probate , Real Estate , Trusts, Wills, Estate Planning, Estate Planning, Estate Planning

A little more about me.  I am a third generation Washingtonian, my mother was born and raised in Northwest Washington, D.C., and my father in Northeast Washington, D.C.  My father's parents immigrated to America from Russia, but my mother's parents were born in Southeast Washington, D.C., where my grandmother was raised.. I have three daughters, one at Elon University in North Carolina, and two who still attend the Charles E. Smith Jewish Day School in Rockville, Maryland.  My wife is the Resource Counselor at Silver Creek Middel School in Kensington, Maryland.

Firm: BAKKER DELACRUZ LLC

4800 Hampden Lane , Bethesda , Maryland 20814

Practice Areas: Litigation

Firm: Paley, Rothman, Goldstein, Rosenberg, Eig & Cooper, Chartered

4800 Hampden Lane , Bethesda , Maryland 20814

Practice Areas: Divorce & Separation

Litigation is difficult no matter the area of law. Domestic relations can be particularly difficult, especially when children are involved. No matter the outcome, a family’s life is going to change. I always have that at the forefront of my mind, and I will do my best for each one of my clients while keeping their expectations realistic.  I practice domestic relations law including complex equitable distribution, custody, relocation, child support, spousal support, and adoption.

Firm: Law Offices of Lloyd A. Malech

7910 Woodmont Avenue , Bethesda , Maryland 20814

Practice Areas: Divorce & Separation

Do you need a family law team that you can trust? Are you looking for help in resolving your marriage or settle issues regarding child custody and support? If so, you should reach out to our lead counsel at the Law Offices of Lloyd A. Malech. Since 1994 our team has provided legal representation and guidance in cases involving divorce, domestic violence, family law, child custody and support, and can work toward maximizing your chances for a positive outcome. To schedule a consultation with our attorney, please call us today!

Firm: Webb Soypher McGrath LLC

Bethesda Towers, South Building , Bethesda , Maryland 20814

Practice Areas: Family

Firm: Offit Kurman

4800 Montgomery Avenue , Bethesda , Maryland 20814

Practice Areas: Business & Commercial, Civil , Employment & Labor , Family , Education, Education

I seek cost-effective, practical solutions for my clients while aggressively advocating on their behalf. While I have significant experience in litigation, I also practice Collaborative Law and recommend this as an option for clients who want to resolve their disputes without litigation.  I also mediate and arbitrate family cases.. I handle high asset and high income marital settlements; prenuptial and postnuptial agreements; custody, custody modification and relocation; child support; child support for adult disabled children; child support arrearage and contempt; child support modification; alimony; alimony arrearage and contempt; alimony modification; same-sex marriage and separation; domestic violence and protective orders.. In my Education Law practice I represent parents and students in Montgomery County, Baltimore County and Howard County Public School cases as well as private schools in those locations.. I can meet clients at my office in Bethesda, as well as the Offit Kurman offices in Baltimore and Columbia/Maple Lawn.

Handler & Levine LLC , Bethesda , Maryland 20814

Practice Areas: Estate Planning

Lindsey Sarowitz joined Handler & Levine, LLC in 2013. Lindsey counsels clients on estate planning, helping them with decisions regarding themselves and their families. Lindsey is integral in the firm's estate administration process, helping guide families through probate and trust administration, following the loss of a loved one.. Lindsey is a member of the Maryland, District of Columbia, and Virginia Bars, and is a member of the Estate Planning Council of Montgomery County, MD. She is also an active member of the Grass Roots Organization for the Well-being of Seniors (GROWS), which is the leading organization dedicated to the well-being of seniors in Montgomery County. As part of her practice, Lindsey provides estate planning seminars to Federal Government employees through the National Institute of Transition Planning. Lindsey is also an adjunct professor at Montgomery College, and regularly teaches “Wills and Estates” as well as “Probate in Maryland.". Lindsey earned her B.S. in Justice, cum laude, in 2007 from American University in Washington, D.C. While in college, she worked at The White House in the Office of National Drug Control Policy, and was an intern at the U.S. Senate. She received her Juris Doctor degree in 2010 from Thomas Jefferson School of Law, in San Diego, CA. In law school, Lindsey was a volunteer mediator at the San Diego Superior Court and was also president of Thomas Jefferson School of Law’s Women’s Law Association.. Lindsey was admitted to the Maryland Bar in 2014, the District of Columbia Bar in 2015 and became a member of the Virginia Bar in January 2021. Lindsey was given the AVVO Clients’ Choice Award in 2020 and has been selected as a “Rising Star” by SuperLawyers for 2021-2022. She was also voted one of the "Top Attorneys" in Bethesda Magazine.

Firm: Lerch Early & Brewer

7600 Wisconsin Ave , Bethesda , Maryland 20814

Practice Areas: Divorce & Family, General Litigation, Business

Firm: New & Lowinger, P.C.

2 Bethesda Metro Center , Bethesda , Maryland 20814

Practice Areas: Family

Firm: Paley, Rothman, Goldstein, Rosenberg, Eig & Cooper Chartered

4800 Hampden Lane , Bethesda , Maryland 20814

Practice Areas: Litigation, Appellate Practice