Sheila K Sachs

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The practice of family law requires a comprehensive understanding of the law as well as objectivity and sensitivity. Gordon, Feinblatt has one of the most respected family law practices in the State, distinguished by the support of leading attorneys in the Firm's other practice groups, including Tax, Real Estate, Corporate and Securities and Estates and Trusts.

Gordon, Feinblatt's Family Law Practice Group works as a team toward the resolution of personal and financial issues associated with separation and divorce. We have extensive experience in financial analysis associated with family law matters.

The Family Law Practice Group represents individuals in litigating or negotiating settlements of disputed issues in the context of divorce and separation, including the equitable distribution of marital property, alimony, custody, child support and related proceedings. The family practice area also includes adoption, guardianship and change of name.

Led by Sheila K. Sachs, who has focused in the practice of family law for over 30 years, clients are assisted in all phases of litigation, arbitration, mediation and settlement of conflicts arising when families divide. Property division, spousal and child support and child custody and access issues pose often recurring, but sometimes novel problems. The experience and strength of the Practice Group enables the firm to handle divorces where the parties have significant property interests, whether acquired by the marital unit or by the individuals in other contexts. To avoid conflict, issues are sometimes best addressed in pre-marital or pre-separation agreements.

Our Family Law attorneys are actively involved in matters that include the following:
* Alimony
* Child Support
* Custody
* Divorce
* Equitable Distribution of Marital Property
* Marital Agreements
* Mediation
* Pre-nuptial Agreements
* Separation

Fellow - American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers

Sheila K Sachs
Gordon, Feinblatt, Rothman, Hoffberger & Hollander LLC
233 E Redwood St
Baltimore MD 21202-3332
Tel: 410 576-4247
Fax: 410 576-4269
E-mail: ssachs@gfrlaw.com

Focus of Practice
* Family Law
* Litigation
* Alternative Dispute Resolution

Since joining Gordon, Feinblatt, Sheila Sachs has devoted a substantial part of her practice to the field of Family Law. She has served as chair of the Family and Juvenile Law Committee of the Maryland State Bar Association and is a member of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers. Her practice includes litigation and negotiation of divorces, including the equitable distribution of marital property, alimony, custody, child support and related proceedings, as well as drafting and negotiating of pre and post marital agreements. She mediates and arbitrates controversies in the family law area.

Sheila has been active in Bar Association activities and is a former President of the Bar Association of Baltimore City. In addition, she has served on various boards, including the Baltimore City Board of School Commissioners, the Judicial Nominating Commission for Baltimore City, the Board of Trustees of Goucher College and presently is the Chair of the Applellate Courts' Nominating Commission for the State of Maryland and serves on the Board of Managers of Haverford College. She was named a 2007 Family Law "Super Lawyer" by SuperLawyers Maryland and one of Maryland's Top 100 Women by The Daily Record for 1996. She was selected as one of Baltimore's thirty best lawyers in the November 1998 issue of Baltimore Magazine and has been recognized among the Best Lawyers in America in Family Law since 1995.

Sheila is a member of ADR Maryland, a panel of highly-experienced and widely-respected neutral Maryland attorneys who are trained and skilled in alternative dispute resolution practices. ADR Maryland members are all AV-rated by Martindale-Hubbell and have extensive and diverse litigation and courtroom experience.