Lippman, Semsker & Salb's extensive litigation experience serves its family law clients well.  We have the expertise and experience to help our clients through some of the most difficult challenges of life. Divorce, custody disputes, visitation, and child support problems require lawyers who are well-informed and able to help work out the best possible outcome to situations that often feel impossible.  We work very hard to take a collaborative approach with all parties to reach a fair and humane result.  However, when an amicable outcome cannot be found, we litigate aggressively.

Our family law practice is not limited to aggressive litigation.  We are well-equipped to assist couples in preparing prenuptial agreements and we also assist families when they find it necessary to dissolve their relationships without an adversarial proceeding.

Our family law practice extends to adoptions, including second-parent adoptions, domestic and international adoptions, step-parent adoptions, and readoptions.

We also focus our practice on gay and lesbian family law (also called "alternative family law".  We take great pleasure helping unmarried couples, especially Gay and Lesbian couples, with partnership agreements, adoptions, and second-parent adoptions.  If, unfortunately, it is necessary to dissolve a relationship, we can assist you, balancing assertive representation with sensitivity.  We have an excellent record in family law cases and we would like to help you.  We practice family law in D.C. and Maryland only.

For detailed information about our practice, please click on the "Practice Areas" link.