Find Lawyers in Bethesda, Maryland

Frank Baldino is an estate planning attorney who co-chairs Lerch, Early & Brewer’s Estate Planning & Probate group in Bethesda, Maryland. His focus is on protecting the assets of high net worth individuals to minimize federal and state tax liability. Individuals seek Frank’s counsel to develop estate planning and tax strategies that will allow them to protect their assets for their families and future generations. He often works closely with clients’ accountants and ...

Robert G. Brewer, Jr. is an attorney at Lerch, Early & Brewer in Bethesda, Maryland whose practice is rooted in the firm’s Land Use & Zoning and Health Care groups. Robby skillfully guides clients through the critical phases of expanding, developing, buying and selling real property, and has counseled hospitals, institutional health care entities and physicians in a wide variety of health care and land use matters. Robby represents major regional developers, institutional owners...

Paula Calimafde chairs the firm’s Retirement Plans , Employee Benefits and Government Relations practice groups and is also a senior member of the Estate Planning , Tax and Nonprofit groups. She has more than 35 years of experience advising companies and tax-exempt organizations on qualified and non-qualified retirement plans and employee benefits, including non-qualified deferred compensation, welfare benefit and cafeteria plans. She is a nationally recognized leader in the field of cr...

Michelle Chapin , a member of the firm’s Estate Planning , Estate & Trust Administration , Tax and Corporate practice groups, advises individuals, families and small business owners regarding their estate and gift planning needs. Recognized as a Top Trusts and Estates Lawyer in Washingtonian magazine, Michelle excels at providing clients with easy to understand explanations of intricate legal and tax matters. She works closely with her clients to create comprehensive and customized ...

Rick Claxton, a member of the firm’s Litigation , Appellate and ADR practice groups, has over 30 years of courtroom experience representing clients ranging from individuals to Fortune 50 corporations. A veteran of dozens of jury and bench trials, Rick focuses his practice on complex business cases, such as corporate and partnership disputes, construction litigation, business torts, and employment litigation. However, Rick has always maintained a diverse practice, including cases ranging...

Debbie Cohn’s keys to professional success are as diverse as her eclectic client base that consists of professionals, business owners, retirees, and non-U.S. citizens. Yet perhaps her most critical—and comforting—characteristic is an ability to explain complex concepts in a way her clients can understand. Debbie’s approach to estate planning is equal parts pragmatic and creative, which helps put her clients at ease with the knowledge that their families will be cared f...

Glenn M. Cooper is the chair and senior member of the firm’s Litigation and Family Law practices. He frequently appears before federal and state courts at both the trial and appellate levels, and before arbitration panels and professional disciplinary boards. The majority of his practice is devoted to complex business, financial, commercial and domestic litigation involving significant business issues. A number of Mr. Cooper’s cases have helped shape the current state of the law i...

Eric Core, an attorney with Lerch, Early & Brewer, co-chairs the firm's Estate Planning & Probate group. Widely respected for his extensive knowledge of estate and tax law, Eric has been helping people with estate plans and trust and estate administration for more than 30 years. Eric works closely with personal representatives and trustees on all aspects of estate and trust administration to ensure they fulfill their fiduciary responsibilities. Eric also has an extensive background in...

Wayne Eig refers to himself as a business and tax lawyer for individuals and closely held entities, providing advice to clients involved in various business, investment, financial and succession planning activities. Sometimes, his clients are individuals or families, sometimes entities and often a combination of individuals/families and affiliated entities working together. Sometimes, these businesses have great value, sometimes they do not – but all of these clients have needs which re...

Co-founder and principal of Feldman Jackson, PC. Darryl concentrates on the negotiation, settlement, and litigation of family law matters in Maryland and the District of Columbia. His cases routinely involve complex financial, valuation, and other matters related to a party's or family's assets, as well as issues regarding custody of children, including high conflict custody cases. Darryl is an experienced negotiator, recognizing that reaching a thoughtful settlement agreement is the best out...

Sandra Grossman is a founding partner of Grossman Young & Hammond, a full-service immigration and international human rights law firm in Maryland. She is a skilled practitioner with nearly two decades of experience in a broad range of immigration matters. She has earned her reputation as a pragmatic and creative lawyer, who gets the job done even in the most complex of cases. Sandra has developed a unique practice representing and supporting clients before INTERPOL. In 2019, Sandra testif...

Patricia Harris is a land use attorney at Lerch, Early & Brewer in Bethesda, Maryland. She assists developers and property owners with securing approvals needed to develop their properties, including site plans, special exceptions, subdivision approvals, historic preservation, local map amendments, zoning text amendments, master plan recommendations and building permits in Montgomery County, Maryland. Pat is knowledgeable about transit-oriented, mixed-use development and other issues rela...

Robert Harris is a real estate and land use attorney at Lerch, Early & Brewer in Bethesda, Maryland. He helps landowners strategically improve the use and value of their real estate. His practice includes zoning, land use, real estate and municipal affairs. He represents commercial and residential landowners before planning commissions, courts, governmental agencies and elected officials in connection with obtaining development approvals and in the protection of land use rights in Montgom...

Cynthia is a Shareholder, Vice President, and Legal Team Manager at Trow & Rahal. She has practiced immigration and nationality law since 1996. She specializes in immigration for businesses, athletes, performing artists (individuals and groups), as well as family related matters. In the role of Vice President, Cynthia works with Trow & Rahal’s management to further the firm’s mission. As Legal Team Manager, she is responsible for overseeing the training, mentoring, and gui...

Daniel P. Hodin is a member of the firm’s Real Estate , Financial Services and Commercial Transactions practice groups. He has over 25 years of experience in commercial and residential real estate and loan transactions, including acquiring, financing, developing, owning, leasing, managing and selling real estate. He has represented local, national and international real estate developers, builders and syndicators, owners, and office and retail tenants in conjunction with prominent real ...

Anne Marie Jackson is a co-founder and principal of Feldman Jackson, representing clients in all areas of family law, including divorce, custody, support, and property division issues. Anne Marie chose to concentrate her practice in family law because of the opportunity this practice area affords to make a significant difference in the lives of families. She derives great satisfaction from helping clients navigate one of the most challenging times of their lives and to emerge with hope for th...

Jeffrey A. Kolender chairs the firm’s Estate Planning and Estate & Trust Administration practice groups. He concentrates primarily in those areas and also advises small businesses in tax business planning. A former chairman of the Estates and Trusts Section of the Montgomery County Bar Association, Mr. Kolender has participated as lecturer and co-author of outlines for several continuing legal education seminars regarding estate planning. His topics have included “Advising Cli...

Land use and zoning attorney Bill Kominers navigates governmental processes to help companies achieve the best use of their properties in Maryland and the District of Columbia. Bill’s idea of light reading on the weekend is scouring the footnotes of proposed new zoning codes. He is creative in using his exacting knowledge of land use law to shepherd developer and corporate clients through the approval process, crafting zoning solutions akin to selecting the correct rocks to traverse a s...

Lawrence Lerman, an attorney at Lerch, Early & Brewer in Bethesda, Maryland, chairs the firm’s Commercial Lending group and also practices in the Real Estate, Business & Taxation and Creditors’ Rights & Workouts groups. Known as a creative problem-solver, Larry is focused on closing deals for businesses and individuals from many sectors, including banking, real estate, professional services, nonprofit and religious organizations. Clients hail him as “a maestro ch...

Robert Maclay is Co-President of the firm, and a member of its Estate Planning , Estate & Trust Administration , Corporate and Tax practice groups, among others. In all areas of his practice, Bob’s clients continually praise him for the personal attention he consistently gives them, touting him as a good listener, responsive to their needs, and capable of managing complex issues. On the estate planning side of his practice, Bob Maclay works with people who may be facing a very diffi...

Alan S. Mark is a member of the firm’s Commercial Transactions , Financial Services , Real Estate , and Science & Technology Practice Groups. For the past 35 years, Mr. Mark has concentrated on corporate, commercial and real estate finance matters. He has served as outside counsel to numerous local, regional and national financial institutions, publicly traded biotechnology companies and hotel owners and operators. He has also served as outside counsel to information and telecommuni...

J. Bradford McCullough is a commercial and business litigator and appellate attorney at Lerch, Early & Brewer in Bethesda, Maryland. Brad represents businesses and individuals in a wide variety of cases in federal and state trial and appellate courts, as well as before arbitration panels and in mediation proceedings. Brad is known for taking on complex and challenging business and commercial disputes on behalf of clients from a broad range of industries. He handles shareholder’s der...

versed in all aspects of divorce law, including matters involving custody, complex litigation, child support, alimony and domestic violence, Rhian brings significant trial and courtroom experience to her practice. Rhian’s strength is her ability to work with her clients to assess the best course of action for their particular circumstances, weighing the cost of litigation against the likelihood of success with alternative dispute resolution. Known for her energy, empathy and talent, Rhi...

Elizabeth Quinn is a recognized authority on business immigration matters and the unique problems of J-1 exchange visitors. Among her clients are hospitality and biotechnology companies, artists and musicians, and those working in the human rights field. She also handles family-based immigration matters, naturalization, and waivers of inadmissibility. Elizabeth has written and lectured on a wide-range of immigration issues, including the various visa options for international medical graduate...

Linda is the Managing Shareholder at Trow & Rahal and has been with the firm since it was founded in 1993. Trow & Rahal focuses exclusively on immigration and nationality law, and Linda oversees the firm’s business immigration practice with an emphasis on visas and corporate immigration services for employers; I-9 and compliance; global visas; visas for athletes and persons of extraordinary ability; EB-5 and other visa options for investors and entrepreneurs; and citizenship and...

Stanley Reed is an attorney who heads Lerch, Early & Brewer's Litigation group in Bethesda, Maryland. His diverse law practice includes the representation of individuals and corporations in complex civil and employment litigation, white-collar criminal defense work, and the representation of lawyers and health care providers in professional responsibility matters. Stan also is noted for his adept handling of politically sensitive cases, grand jury investigations and parallel proceedings. ...

Deborah Reiser is a divorce attorney at Lerch, Early & Brewer in Bethesda, Maryland. She leads the firm’s Family Law group, which was named one of the Washington, D.C. area’s top tier family law practices by U.S. News & World Report/Best Lawyers . Her practice includes the litigation and negotiation of divorces, including the identification, valuation, and distribution of property; alimony; child custody, support and visitation; mediation and arbitration; and related proce...

Steven Robins is a land use attorney at Lerch, Early & Brewer in Bethesda, Maryland who represents prominent national and regional developers, contractors, lenders and commercial property owners and has been involved in many high-visibility projects in Montgomery County. Steve advises clients on complex zoning map and text amendments, optional method of development applications, master plan amendments, comprehensive land use planning and zoning analyses, special exception and variance app...

Rebecca C. Shankman is a partner at Feldman Jackson. For nearly 20 years, she has practiced exclusively in the area of family law in the District of Columbia and Maryland, which includes divorce, custody and child support, division of property, spousal support (alimony), and prenuptial agreements. Rebecca believes that the specifics of each client’s case and needs should be examined to determine the appropriate solution-oriented approach. While Rebecca has extensive experience in litiga...

Howard B. Soypher is a principal and a member of the firm’s Family Law and Litigation practice groups who focuses primarily on family law, but also represents clients in a variety of civil litigation matters, including, commercial and business disputes and estate litigation.” His family law practice is focused on complex financial issues such as the valuation of business interests and other assets, and also includes dispute negotiations along with prenuptial, separation and other ...