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| | Address | 1350 Connecticut Avenue, NW
Suite 600 | | Washington, District of Columbia 20036 | | | |
| | Contact Information | | Phone: 202-331-7522 | | Fax: 202-331-0388 | | Visit Our Website | | http://www.ksflaw.com |  | | Send Us Email |  |
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| Kuder, Smollar & Friedman, P.C. practices in the following areas of law:
Family Law, including Collaborative Family Law, Divorce, Domestic Relations, Matrimonial Law, Separation, Child Support, Prenuptial Agreements, Probate and Estate Planning, Mental Health Law, Professional Association and Discipline. | | Year Established: 1978 | | Firm Size: 8 | | PARTNERS | | Armin U. Kuder (Partner) admitted to bar, 1959, District of Columbia; 1962, U.S. Court of Military Appeals; 1987, Maryland. Education: Lafayette College (A.B., 1956); Harvard Law School (LL.B., 1959). Phi Beta Kappa; Phi Alpha Theta; Pi Delta Epsilon Honorary Societies. President, Arthritis and Rheumatism Association of Metropolitan Washington, 1973-1975. Director, Region III, Arthritis Foundation, 1975-1976. Vice Chairman, 1977-1980, Senior Vice Chairman, 1991-1992 and Chair, 1993-1994, Arthritis and Rheumatism International. President, 1997-1998, Treasurer, 1999—. Secretary, Combined Health Appeal of the National Capital Area, 1976-1977, 1984. Chairman, National Health Agencies, National Capitol Area Council, 1977-1978. Chairman, Human Subjects Review Committee, N.I.H., 1980-1983. Member, International Steering Committee, Bone & Joint Decade, 2000-2010. Director, 1976-1985, Chairman, 1981-1983, Center for Environmental Education. Chairman of the Board, Hyde School, Bath, Maine, 1984-1988. Trustee, 1983-1991 and Chairman, 1990-1991, District of Columbia Bar Client's Security Fund. Chairman, Hearing Committee, Board on Professional Responsibility, 1984-1990. Member, Task Force on Family Law Representation, 1997—, Co-Chair 2004—. Vice-Chairman, Board of Directors, The Washington New Art Association, 1985-1986. Member: Montgomery County, Maryland State and American Bar Associations; District of Columbia Bar; Bar Association of the District of Columbia; American and International Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers; American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers; International Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers. Practice Areas: Family Law; Alimony; Cohabitation Agreements; Divorce; Marital Agreements; Marital Property Distribution; Marital Property Law; Marital Property Settlements; Matrimonial Law; Palimony; Post Divorce Modification; Postnuptial Agreements; Premarital Agreements; Qualified Domestic Relations Orders (QDROs); Separation Agreements; Spousal Support; Uncontested Divorce; Domestic Relations Law; Estate Probate; Mental Health Law; Civil Litigation; Professional Association and Professional Discipline Law. Email: Armin U. Kuder | | Paul R. Smollar (Partner) born Washington, D.C., December 10, 1944; admitted to bar, 1969, District of Columbia; 1979, U.S. Claims Court; 1988, Virginia. Education: Columbia University (A.B., 1966); Northwestern University (J.D., 1969). Instructor: District of Columbia Bar Continuing Legal Education Course on Divorce Taxation, 1983—; National Business Institute Inc. Course on Divorce Taxation, 1995. Lecturer: Tracing, Virginia CLE, 1996; Valuations of Closely Held Businesses, Virginia, 1996; Family Law Around the Beltway, District of Columbia, 1998, 2000, 2001. Mentor, PSAC Advice and Referral Clinic, District of Columbia Bar. Mediator for Family Law Matters. Television Show Panelist, Separation and Property Settlement Agreements. Selected to be in The Best Lawyers in America, Chairperson of the Collaborative Law Alliance-District of Columbia. Member: Fairfax and Virginia (Member, Commonwealth of Virginia, 1988) Bar Associations; District of Columbia Bar; Virginia State Bar; Virginia Trial Lawyers Association. Fellow, American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers (President, District of Columbia Chapter, 1997-1998). Practice Areas: Family Law; Alimony; Cohabitation Agreements; Divorce; Marital Agreements; Marital Property Distribution; Marital Property Law; Marital Property Settlements; Matrimonial Law; Palimony; Post Divorce Modification; Postnuptial Agreements; Premarital Agreements; Qualified Domestic Relations Orders (QDROs); Separation Agreements; Spousal Support; Uncontested Divorce; Domestic Relations Law; Personal Injury Law; General Civil Litigation. Email: Paul R. Smollar | | Susan Meyers Friedman (Partner) born New York, N.Y., July 4, 1943; admitted to bar, 1982, Maryland; 1983, District of Columbia. Education: Brooklyn College (B.A., 1963); George Washington University (M.A., 1968); Georgetown University (J.D., 1982). Instructor, Nuts and Bolts of Divorce, Continuing Legal Education Course, Georgetown University Law Center, 1992. Delegate, District of Columbia Judicial Conference, 1984-1998. Member: Montgomery County and American (Member, Family Law Section) Bar Associations; District of Columbia Bar (Member, Section of Family Law) Maryland State Bar Association, Inc.; Woman's Bar Associations of District of Columbia, Montgomery County and Maryland. Mentor, D.C. Bar Pro Bono Program. Member, Fundraising Board, Make the Road By Walking, Brooklyn, New York. Fellow, American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers. Practice Areas: Family Law; Alimony; Cohabitation Agreements; Divorce; Marital Agreements; Marital Property Distribution; Marital Property Law; Marital Property Settlements; Matrimonial Law; Palimony; Post Divorce Modification; Postnuptial Agreements; Premarital Agreements; Qualified Domestic Relations Orders (QDROs); Separation Agreements; Spousal Support; Uncontested Divorce; Domestic Relations Law. Email: Susan Meyers Friedman | | Theresa M. Mihalik (Partner) born Scranton, Pennsylvania, April 8, 1963; admitted to bar, 1987, Pennsylvania; 1988, District of Columbia; 1989, Virginia and U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia and Fourth Circuits. Education: University of Scranton (B.A., magna cum laude, 1984); Catholic University of America (J.D., 1987). Chancellor, Moot Court, 1986-1987. Law Clerk to The Honorable Rufus G. King, III, Superior Court of the District of Columbia, 1987-1989. Member: District of Columbia Bar (Member: Section of Family Law; Family Law Steering Committee, Co-Chair, 1996-1998; Program Chair, 1995-1996; Treasurer, 1995-1996); Virginia State Bar; American Bar Association (Member, Family Law Section); Thurgood Marshall American Inn of Court, 1989-1993. Practice Areas: Family Law; Collaborative Family Law; Alimony; Cohabitation Agreements; Divorce; Marital Agreements; Marital Property Distribution; Marital Property Law; Marital Property Settlements; Matrimonial Law; Palimony; Post Divorce Modification; Postnuptial Agreements; Premarital Agreements; Qualified Domestic Relations Orders (QDROs); Separation Agreements; Spousal Support; Uncontested Divorce. Email: Theresa M. Mihalik | | ASSOCIATES | | Michelle L. Locey (Associate) admitted to bar, 2005, Virginia; 2006, District of Columbia; 2007, Maryland. Education: University of Notre Dame (B.A., 2001); The George Washington University (J.D., 2005). Practice Areas: Family Law; Alimony; Annulment; Cohabitation Agreements; Collaborative Family Law; Community Property Law; Divorce; Divorce Arbitration; Divorce Mediation; Divorce Taxation; Domestic Partnerships; Domestic Relations; Domestic Torts; Domestic Violence; Equitable Distribution; Family Arbitration; Family Mediation; Gay and Lesbian Family Law; International Family Law; Interstate Support; Marital Agreements; Marital Property Distribution; Marital Property Law; Marital Property Settlements; Matrimonial Bankruptcy Law; Matrimonial Law; Military Divorce; Name Changes; Non-Traditional Family Law; Palimony; Paternity; Post Divorce Modification; Postnuptial Agreements; Premarital Agreements; Qualified Domestic Relations Orders (QDROs); Restraining Orders; Separation Agreements; Spousal Support; Uncontested Divorce. Email: Michelle L. Locey | | Kathrina S. Peterson (Associate) born Washington, DC, July 28, 1974; admitted to bar, 2001, Massachusetts and District of Columbia; 2004, Maryland. Education: University of Colorado, Boulder (B.A., magna cum laude, 1996); Northeastern University School of Law (J.D., 2000); Georgetown University Law Center (LL.M., 2004). Former Women's and Law and Public Policy Fellow, Georgetown University Law Center Fellow, 2000-2002. Frederick B. Abramson Public Interest Fellow. Law Clerk to the Honorable Judith Bartnoff, Superior Court of the District of Columbia, 2003-2004. Member: District of Columbia Bar (Section of Family Law); Montgomery County, Maryland and Maryland State Bar Associations; Women's Bar Association of the District of Columbia; and American Bar Association (Section of Family Law). Practice Areas: Family Law; Alimony; Cohabitation Agreements; Divorce; Marital Agreements; Marital Property Distribution; Marital Property Law; Marital Property Settlements; Palimony; Post Divorce Modification; Postnuptial Agreements; Premarital Agreements; Qualified Domestic Relations Orders (QDROs); Separation Agreements; Spousal Support; Uncontested Divorce; Child Support; Protective Orders. Email: Kathrina S. Peterson | | Christopher M. Locey (Associate) born 1974; admitted to bar, 2005, Virginia. (Not admitted in District of Columbia). Education: University of North Carolina at Charlotte (B.A., 2001); Catholic University of America (J.D., 2004). Practice Areas: Family Law; Uncontested Divorce; Spousal Support; Separation Agreements; Qualified Domestic Relations Orders (QDROs); Premarital Agreements; Postnuptial Agreements; Post Divorce Modification; Palimony; Name Changes; Matrimonial Law; Marital Property Settlements; Marital Property Law; Marital Property Distribution; Marital Agreements; Interstate Support; International Family Law; Family Mediation; Family Arbitration; Equitable Distribution; Domestic Violence; Domestic Torts; Domestic Relations; Divorce Taxation; Divorce Mediation; Divorce Arbitration; Divorce; Community Property Law; Collaborative Family Law; Alimony; Annulment; Child Custody; Child Custody Mediation; Child Support; International Child Custody; Interstate Child Custody. | | Daniel F. Cardile (Associate) born 1974; admitted to bar, 2005, Maryland; 2008, District of Columbia. Education: University of Notre Dame (B.A., 1996); Catholic University of America (J.D., magna cum laude, 2005). Practice Areas: Family Law; Alimony; Collaborative Family Law; Divorce; Divorce Arbitration; Divorce Mediation; Domestic Relations; Domestic Torts; Domestic Violence; Equitable Distribution; International Family Law; Interstate Support; Marital Agreements; Marital Property Distribution; Marital Property Law; Marital Property Settlements; Matrimonial Law; Name Changes; Palimony; Post Divorce Modification; Postnuptial Agreements; Premarital Agreements; Qualified Domestic Relations Orders (QDROs); Separation Agreements; Spousal Support; Uncontested Divorce; Child Custody; Child Support; International Child Custody; Interstate Child Custody. Email: Daniel F. Cardile |
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