Sandra (Sandy) Brooks’ practice focuses on all aspects of family law. She dedicates her time to assisting clients in domestic law matters including divorce, child custody/visitation, family mediation, spousal/child support, property division, and division of retirement benefits. Ms. Brooks’ other areas of deep knowledge and experience include tax consequences of divorce, mediation, prenuptial and post-nuptial agreements, negotiating and drafting of separation agreements, domestic litigation, and post-judgment proceedings. Ms. Brooks is a member of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers which places her in the top 5% of family law attorneys in the United States.

Ms. Brooks handles cases throughout all counties in Maryland.

Additional Practice Areas: Collaborative Law, Mediation, Divorce, Custody and Visitation, Child Support

SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS / INTERVIEWS

Questions to Ask a Divorce Lawyer During a Consultation, Dave Lorenzo, Inside BS, April 2021

POINTS OF DISTINCTION

Member of the International Academy of Family Lawyers

Member of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers

Washingtonian Magazine Top Divorce Lawyer, 2021

Maryland Super Lawyers, Family Law, 2022

Bethesda Magazine Top Attorneys, Family Law (recognition honors the region’s most respected legal practitioners, as chosen by their peers), 2019-2021

Named to the “Best Lawyers in America” listing in the Family Law category 2015, 2018-2022

Named to the “Best Lawyers in America” listing in the Family Law Arbitration category in 2018-2022

Daily Record Leading Women, 2014

Maryland Rising Star, selected by Super Lawyers, 2012, 2013

Top 40 Under 40 National Trial Lawyers

ACTIVITIES

Member of the American Bar Association

Faculty, AICPA Expert Witness Skills Workshop, 2016-2017

Co-Chair Bar Association of Montgomery County Maryland, Family Law Section, 2015-2017

Co-Founder Living With Childhood Leukemia Foundation – 501 (c) (3) Organization

Co-Chair, Law Day, Bar Association of Montgomery County Maryland, Family Law Section

Maryland State Bar Association, Women’s Bar Association

Bar Association of Montgomery County, Maryland

Member, Inns of Court

Volunteer, Maryland New Directions

Program Chair, Bar Association of Montgomery County Maryland, Family Law Section, 2014

Room Parent for Bunnies, The Goddard School

Smart CEO Power Player, 2014