Practice Areas - Alimony
- Annulment
- Appeals
- Attorney's Fees Claims
- Child Abuse and Neglect
- Child Custody
- Child Support
- Civil Protective Orders
- Collaborative Family Law
- Divorce
- Domestic Relations
- Domestic Violence
- Equitable Distribution
- Family Law
- Litigation
- Marital Agreements
- Marital Property Distribution
- Matrimonial Law
- Paternity
- Peace Orders
- Post Divorce Modification
- Postnuptial Agreements
- Premarital Agreements
- Replevin
- Separation Agreements
- Spousal Support
- Uncontested Divorce
- Visitation Rights
- Domestic Partnerships
- Family Mediation
- Fathers Rights
- Restraining Orders
| - Legal Separation
- Same Sex Marriage
- Children
- Child Advocacy
- Child Custody Mediation
- Child Dependency
- Child Sexual Abuse
- Grandparents Custody
- Grandparents Visitation Rights
- International Child Custody
- Interstate Child Custody
- Parental Kidnapping
- Parental Rights
- Parenting Time
- Third Party Custody
- Civil Litigation
- Cohabitation Agreements
- Divorce Mediation
- Domestic Torts
- Gay and Lesbian Family Law
- International Family Law
- Interstate Support
- Legal Separation Agreements
- Marital Property Law
- Marital Property Settlements
- Military Divorce
- Name Changes
- No Fault Divorce
- Non-Traditional Family Law
- Palimony
- Qualified Domestic Relations Orders
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| University | University of Miami, B.A., 1989 |
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| Law School | University of Miami, J.D., 1992 |
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| Admitted | 1992, Florida; 1993, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Florida; 1994, District of Columbia, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit and U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida; 2000, Maryland |
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| Memberships | Montgomery County (Chair, Pro Bono Initiative, Family Law Section, 2009-2010; Co-Chair, Family Law Section, 2005-2006; Co-Chair of the Year, 2006; Co-Chair, Program Committee, 2004-2005) and Maryland State Bar Associations; Montgomery County Inn of Court (Barrister, 2005—); Maryland Hispanic Bar Association; Hispanic Bar Association for the District of Columbia. |
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| Languages | Spanish |
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| Born | New York, New York |
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| Biography | Recipient: 2012 Maryland Superlawyers; 2011 DC Superlawyers; 2011 Maryland Superlawyers; 2010 Legal Elite Smart CEO Magazine; 2010 Family Law Practitioner of the Year by Montgomery County Bar Association; Awarded 2010 Community Service Award for Domestic Violence Project. Selected as a Top Divorce Attorney by Washingtonian Magazine, 2009; Collaborative Law Training Certification, Maryland Collaborative Law Association, 2005. Law Clerk to Honorable Leonard M. Rivikind, Miami-Dade Circuit Court. Montgomery Circuit Court Facilitator, 2009—. Speaker: Maryland Divorce and Custody Law, Montgomery County Commission for Women, 2009; Sus Derechos Legales en el Divorcio: Resumen y Temas Relacionados, Montgomery County Commission for Women, 2009; "When Domestic Violence Leads to Criminal Charges — Procedures and Strategies from Arrest to Trial," Montgomery Inn of Court, Pupilage Group 2, 2003. Editor, "Pleading and Litigation Tactics in Domestic Cases," 9th edition, MICPEL's Maryland Divorce and Separation Law Manual, 2009. Commentary, Small Firm Business, Summer 2004, Vol. 1, No. 2, on Anderson Publishing's Maryland Evidence Courtroom Manual. Special Assistant Public Defender, Miami-Dade County, Florida, 1996-2000. Of Counsel, Ferro & Dickey, 1993-2000. Certified Legal Intern, Law Offices of Janet Reno, State Attorney's Office Public Defender, 1991. Fellow: Montgomery County Bar Foundation (Leader).
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| Reported Cases | de Arriz v. Klingler-de Arriz. |
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| ISLN | 911948422 |
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