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Firm Name: OAKLEY & ECKSTEIN, LLC

Address: 2102 Gaither Road, Suite 600, Rockville, MD 20850

Phone: 301-424-8081
Fax: 301-294-0892
E-mail: [email protected]

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Suzy Eckstein is a principal in the law firm of OAKLEY & ECKSTEIN, LLC and an established family law practitioner with extensive experience in guardianships, step-parent adoptions, divorce, custody, probate and wills and estates. She is a member of both the Maryland and District of Columbia Bars and a trained mediator. She is also an adjunct professor at the Unversity of Maryland School of Law. Ms. Eckstein was featured in Bethesda Magazine as one of the top 25 divorce lawyers in the Montgomery County area.   She graduated cum laude from the University of Hartford with a Bachelor’s of Science Degree in Allied Services, and received her law degree from the University of Maryland School of Law in 1987. She is actively involved in the Montgomery County Bar Association, having served as Secretary and on the Executive Committee, as Co-Chair of the Collaborative Law Section, and is currently a member of the Fee Dispute Resolution Committee. For the Maryland State Bar Association, Ms. Eckstein served on the Board of Governors and on the Executive Committee, and is past Chair of the ADR Section Council. Ms. Eckstein is also a member of the Montgomery County Divorce Roundtable.  In the collaborative area, she was founding President of Collaborative Dispute Resolution Professionals, a Montgomery County practice group; founding member of the Maryland Collaborative Practice Council, a statewide organization; and is currently a member of the International Academy of Collaborative Professionals; She was the founding Co-President and is a current board member of the Collaborative Project of Maryland, a non-profit organization dedicated to assisting clients of modest means to have access to the Collaborative Process. Ms. Eckstein frequently speaks on the subject of Collaborative Law and recently completed an article as co-author entitled “Advocacy Within the Collaborative Process: A Comparative Case Study”, published in the Maryland Bar Journal.  She successfully argued what the Family Law Monthly described as the landmark case of Rock v. Rock, a precedent-setting decision on the award of indefinite alimony. Locally, former CBS reporter Jan Fox featured her advice regarding prenuptial agreements on the Consumer Reports segment of Channel 9’s Eyewitness News.