PRACTICE FOCUS
Working as a family law attorney for over thirty years, Sara M. Donohue has practiced in the field of domestic law in both Maryland and the District of Columbia. Her practice includes working on complex divorce and custody matters. In addition to handling matrimonial matters in the traditional negotiation and litigation modes, she has been trained in Collaborative Law and is a member of Collaborative Divorce Association, Inc. Sara also has an interest in the practice of adoption law.
Additional Practice Areas: Custody and Visitation, Divorce, Child Support, Post Divorce Issues, Adoption, Mediation and Collaborative Law
Sara has spoken on a number of occasions on various topics related to her profession as a family law attorney for programs with the Montgomery County Bar Association, including:
- Montgomery County Commission for Women
- Montgomery County Pro Bono Family Law Workshop
- New Admittees Workshop, Montgomery County Bar Association Montgomery County Detention Center
- MICPEL - "The Court Process and Domestic Violence" Appeared on television program "Law School for the Public"
- Rita Rosenkrantz Introduction to Family Law Workshop, Montgomery County Bar Association
RECOGNITIONS
Sara has received numerous honors, awards, and recognition by publications and surveys, including:
- Martindale-Hubbell's AV Preeminent® Top Rated Lawyers, 2019 - 2022
- Top Attorneys List, Bethesda Magazine, Family Law (recognition honors the region’s most respected legal practitioners, as chosen by their peers), 2019 - 2023
- Top Lawyers List, Washingtonian Magazine, Divorce & Family Law, 2018-2021
- Best Lawyers in America, Family Law, 2010-2024
- Top 100 Lawyers, Maryland Super Lawyers in 2013, 2015-2018
- Super Lawyer, Maryland Super Lawyers, 2012 – 2024
- Top 50 Women, Maryland Super Lawyers, 2012 - 2019
- Super Lawyer, Washington D.C. Super Lawyers, 2012-2013
- Top Rated Lawyers, Washington D.C. & Baltimore, ALM, 2013
- Top 50 Women Attorneys in Maryland, Baltimore Magazine, January 2012
- Best Divorce Lawyers, Washingtonian Magazine, 2000, 2004, 2006, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2017-2020
- Top Divorce Lawyers, Bethesda Magazine's, 2010 and honorable mention in 2013
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