Karen D. Amos
Ms. Amos has been a family law attorney in Howard County, Maryland and the surrounding area since 1990, and is also admitted to practice in the Supreme Court of the United States. In addition to her training certification in Collaborative Dispute Resolution and her role as a court-approved best interest attorney, Ms. Amos is well-recognized as an experienced, ethical and knowledgeable litigation attorney in the Circuit Court, the Court of Special Appeals and the Court of Appeals, all in Maryland. Ms. Amos taught Media Law as an adjunct professor at Towson University for many years in addition to practicing law. She has also been a frequent presenter at seminars and bar functions since 1998, and her articles have been published in the Family Law News published by the Section Council of the Section of Family & Juvenile Law of the Maryland State Bar Association. When Ms. Amos is not practicing law, you can find her fostering pregnant dogs and their new puppies! Primary Practice Areas Contested and uncontested divorces Marital settlement agreements Property distribution Child support Child visitation Child custody Interstate custody disputes Paternity Premarital agreements Appellate litigation Mediation Appointments and Professional Affiliations Association of Family and Conciliation Courts (AFCC) Section of Family & Juvenile Law Maryland State Bar Association Family Law Section of the Howard County Bar Association (HCBA) since 1991 Chair of HCBA Family Law Committee – 2000, 2001, 2002, 2011, 2012 and 2013 Co-Chair of HCBA Family Law Committee – 2014- present Attorney Grievance Peer Review Committee from 1998 – 2008 Mentor in the Court of Appeals Auxiliary member of the Coordinating Committee for the (Provisional) Maryland Chapter of the Association of Family and Conciliation Courts (AFCC). Maryland State Bar Association Howard County Bar Association Recognition Maryland Super Lawyer – 2012, 2015-2021 Howard County Bar Association, Best Section Award, 2018-2019 Howard County Bar Association, Service Award, 2016 Maryland Bar Foundation Fellow
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Miriam H. Sievers
Ms. Sievers works in all areas of family law, LGBTQ family law, and appeals. She is trained in Collaborative Practice and as a Best Interest Attorney. She represents individuals going through divorce, custody disputes, and separation, in both settlement negotiation and litigation. She also assists couples in creating prenuptial and post-nuptial agreements. Ms. Sievers represents LGBTQ individuals and their families. She works on family formation matters, including donor and surrogacy agreements, second-parent adoptions and step-parent adoptions. Ms. Sievers is also well-versed in divorce and dissolution issues for LGBTQ families, and recently won a landmark case in the Maryland Court of Special Appeals which established that Maryland will treat Vermont Civil Unions as marriages for purposes of divorce. Ms. Sievers also handles name change and gender change matters, as well as other transgender legal issues. Ms. Sievers has been a guest lecturer for Hon. Mark F. Scurti’s Sexual Orientation and the Law course at the University of Baltimore. During law school, Ms. Sievers was President of the University of Maryland School of Law’s chapter of Law Students for Reproductive Justice and was a student board member of FreeState Justice (*formerly the FreeState Legal Project), where she has also been a volunteer attorney. Prior to attending law school, she taught elementary school as a Teach For America corps member in Charlotte, NC and served as a project assistant for a Washington-DC area consulting company. Ms. Sievers is an active member of the Collaborative Project of Maryland. Primary Practice Areas Family Divorce Child custody Separation Settlement negotiation Litigation Collaborative Practice Pre-marital and post-marital agreements LGBT family Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART) law. Appointments and Professional Affiliations President, Collaborative Project of Maryland Former Student Board Member, FreeState Legal Project Maryland State Bar Association Howard County Bar Association Family Law Institute, National Center for Lesbian Rights LGBT Bar Association National LGBT Bar Association Recognition Super Lawyers Rising Star Education J.D., University of Maryland Carey School of Law (2013) cum laude B.A., Brandeis University (2006)
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