Thomas B. Stahl is an accomplished family law and estate planning attorney in Columbia, Maryland. Mr. Stahl is the owner of the Law Offices of Thomas Stahl and represents clients throughout central Maryland and the Washington, D.C., area. He has vast experience with family law cases involving divorce and child support and custody and helping clients with estate administration, probate, trusts and wills.
Mr. Stahl has over a decade of legal experience and is an established family law attorney. Prior to founding his firm, he served as a clerk for a judge on the bench of the Circuit Court for Howard County, Maryland, and co-founded another Columbia-based law firm. He holds licenses to practice law in both Maryland and Washington, D.C., and serves as a court-appointed attorney in trustee and guardianship cases.
Active in his legal community, Mr. Stahl is a member of the Howard County Bar Association, the Maryland State Bar Association, the District of Columbia Bar Association and the American Bar Association. Over the years, he has held many leadership positions within these organizations and was presented with the Howard County Bar Association’s service award and president’s award. He is also a former adjunct professor of law at the University of Baltimore School of Law.
Mr. Stahl holds a bachelor’s degree in international studies and Russian studies from George Mason University and a master’s degree in Soviet studies from the University of Virginia. He received his law degree from the University of Baltimore School of Law and graduated from the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers Institute for Family Law Associates in 2012.
- University of Baltimore School of Law
- J.D. (2008)
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- Honors: Dean’s Citation (one of four awarded in 2008)
- Activities: President, Moot Court Board (2007-2008) (increased participation in annual Moot Court competition from 42 students in 2007 to 172 students in 2008) J. Braxton Craven Memorial Moot Court Team – Captain (2007-2008); Member (2006-2007) Maryland State Bar Association Immigration Committee (2007-2008)
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- University of Aberdeen (Scotland)
- Comparative Law Program
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- University of Virginia
- M.A. (1992) | Soviet Studies
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- George Mason University
- B.A. (1990) | International Studies & Russian Studies
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- Activities: Alpha Chi Honor Society Dobro Slovo Slavic Honor Society
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- Owner/Attorney
- Law Offices of Thomas Stahl
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- Represent clients in litigation and negotiation of domestic matters, including divorce, child custody and access, child support, alimony, and property and asset distribution. Serve as court-appointed guardian of the property, guardian of the person, independent investigator, and counsel for the alleged disabled in guardianship matters. Offer wills, advance directives, powers of attorney drafting. Assist client in probate and estate administration matters. Represent clients in estate litigation cases.
- Owner/Attorney
- Spencer & Stahl, P.C.
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- Represent clients in litigation and negotiation of domestic matters, including divorce, child custody and access, child support, alimony, and property and asset distribution. Serve as court-appointed guardian of the property, guardian of the person, independent investigator, and counsel for the alleged disabled in guardianship matters.
- Associate Attorney
- Silverstein & Ostovitz, LLC
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- Work involved domestic matters, including, divorce, custody, and child support. Also worked on guardianship matters.
- Judicial Law Clerk
- Circuit Court for Howard County, Maryland
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- Judicial Law Clerk to the Honorable Timothy J. McCrone. While serving as Judge McCrone’s law clerk, Mr. Stahl assisted the Honorable Dennis M. Sweeney (Retired) as a law clerk during Judge Sweeney’s special assignment to the trial of former Baltimore Mayor Sheila Dixon.
- Intern
- Department of Homeland Security
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- Interned in the Office of Chief Counsel, Department of Homeland Security
- A Guide to Alimony Disputes
- Lawyer Monthly
- Maryland Super Lawyer
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- Maryland Super Lawyer
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- Maryland Super Lawyer
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- Maryland Super Lawyer
- Super Lawyers
- Maryland Super Lawyer
- Super Lawyers
- Howard County Bar Association
- Member
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- Activities: 2011-2013: Secretary 2013-2014: Treasurer 2014-2015: President-Elect 2015-2016: President
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- DC Bar
- Member
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- Maryland State Bar Association
- Co-Chair of Rules of Practice Committee
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- Activities: 2017-current: Co-Chair of Rules of Practice Committee 2016-2018: Member of the Board of Governors
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- American Bar Association
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- District of Columbia
- District of Columbia Bar
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- Maryland
- Supreme Court of Maryland
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- Family Law
- Child Custody, Child Support, Father's Rights, Guardianship & Conservatorship, Paternity, Prenups & Marital Agreements, Restraining Orders, Same Sex Family Law
- Estate Planning
- Guardianship & Conservatorship Estate Administration, Health Care Directives, Trusts, Wills
- Divorce
- Contested Divorce, Military Divorce, Property Division, Same Sex Divorce, Spousal Support & Alimony
- Elder Law
- Probate
- Probate Administration, Probate Litigation, Will Contests
- Domestic Violence
- Domestic Violence Restraining Orders, Victims Rights
- English: Spoken, Written
- Website
- Law Offices of Thomas Stahl