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Best Divorce/Family lawyers in the Washington DC area

I have been working with Vance Redmond for several years doing appraisal work. It is always a pleasure to deal with him. He has a nice way about him.

Great guy cares about clients

I highly recommend Sheila Kadagathur of Hostetter Strent, who handled my divorce/custody case. The entire Hostetter team was extremely helpful and compassionate during a hectic period of my life. I always felt like I was their priority and could count on them at any time of day or even night. All of the staff I encountered at the firm were honest, reliable, and professional. Ms. Kadagathur's expertise and vast knowledge enabled them to handle various situations and whatever was thrown at us throughout my case. Even post divorce, Sheila is always a phone call or email away when needed, and has given me great advice along the way.

Smirking amongst themselves during a consultation doesn’t make me feel like I was being taken seriously while explaining such a sensitive matter.

A week after the "no signature required" independent adoption notice that I found in the gravel of my rental home I flew to Rockville where I met Mr Redmond. He seemed very well connected at court and punished me when I came from Camp Pendleton, California to contest my son's independent adoption at Rockville Family Court. He manipulated facts about my "contempt for denial of visitation" which was served and pending, successfully presented invalid consent documents, and disabled my ability to present any evidence due to my failure to respond to unlawfully served documents. What was supposed to be a question of my consent (obviously NO), turned into a bashing session. My valid arguments were just ignored, witnesses were permitted to skip damaging questions without objection, and unsubstantiated invalidation was treated as fact. Drowning in my tears the Judge ended with "It is so sad you did not express any loving experiences with your son" and ruled "Consent with non-consent" and walked away. Sounded illegal and probably was. The judgement on paper was completely changed and based on me never making contact, when my ex-wife was served my complaint "contempt for denial of visitation" and all avenues of contact were denied to me. He turned the judge into his bobble-head toy doll and made all the laws disapear! If you want to win at all costs and don't have a leg to stand on I highly recommend him.

Las recomiendo me a atendido la Aboga Heather Hostetter y es una persona muy linda amable y profesional

Heather Hostetter, Esq practice embodies & epitomizes perfection in every aspect of the rigorous legal disciplines of Divorce & Family Law & beyond: Heather is astutely well versed in Family & Divorce Law, a brilliant strategist, detail-oriented & well-organized & did not & will not go to court, unprepared. Having worked with the best professionals from around the globe at the World Bank Group, Heather remains the utmost professional & brilliant woman I've ever encountered. She's also empathic yet compassionate, well-centered & a wise decision maker with great foresight. I was in an unhealthy marriage & my sense of powerlessness back then was so acute until Heather who was the only lawyer willing to take on my case & helped me out of that unhealthy situation with my chin up, and with grace & confidence to move on to raise & coparent our four children with a very good head on my shoulders with much credit to Heather. She also helped me addressed my children's needs as to seek art therapy, etc. Her approach to Family law is holistic, well grounded & very healthy. I couldn't have done it without Heather & her then partner, Jolene. They are truly God send. I'm extremely grateful. Thank you so much, Heather! Sept 2021 Heather has continued to help me well beyond my divorce & she has gone above & beyond to fight for my rights on my behalf. I can’t imagine my life raising three boys without her valuable help. She has waived so much fees to help me through very difficult child support issues with my ex. Thank you so much, Heather & Jessica! God bless you & your team 🙏