Graduated from Villa Julie College in 1992 with a Bachelor of Science degree in pre-law/paralegal studies. I attended Widener University of Law in Wilmington, Delaware in 1992 and graduated in 1995.I was admitted to the MD Bar and Fed. Bar for the U.S Federal Court for the District of MD in 1996, and was employed as an associate attorney with the firm of Charles E. Chlan & Assoc. from 1988 until 2002. In 2002, I left Charles E. Chlan & Assoc. to start my own solo law practice in Bel Air, MD.My primary area of concentration is in family law, including divorce, custody, domestic violence, and all facets of domestic relations cases. I also provide legal representation for Chapter 7 bankruptcy, criminal defense and personal injury cases.I have been a self employed, sole practitioner since 2002, and regularly practice before the District and Circuit Courts in Harford County, Cecil County and Baltimore County. I regularly appear in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of MD.