Professional Information:

Mary Pence is a leader in bringing a new and more client-centered method of resolution of family issues - Collaborative Law - to the D.C. metropolitan area.  She is a founder and board member of the D.C. Academy of Collaborative Professionals, the chair of the Collaborative Law Committee of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, and an observer participating in the work of NCL's drafting committee for a Uniform Collaborative Law Act.  Ms. Pence has been recognized as one of the area's top matrimonial attorneys by Washingtonian Magazine in October 1995, March 2000, February 2004, December 2007, and February 2009, and was named as one of the area's "Super Lawyers" in 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010.

Current Employment Position:

Senior Partner

Year Joined Organization: 

1984

Areas of Practice:

Family Law

Bar Admissions:

Maryland
District of Columbia
U.S. Supreme Court

Education:

The George Washington University Law School, Washington, District of Columbia, 1984 J.D., Cum Laude

University of Michigan, 1971 M.S.

University of Michigan, 1967 B.S.

Honors and Awards:

Top 50 Women Washington, D.C. Super Lawyers 2010

The American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers; Chair of the Collaborative Law Committee, Fellow

Phi Beta Kappa, Member

Professional Associations and Memberships:

Montgomery County Bar Association, Member

Maryland State Bar Association, Member

D.C. Bar Association, Member

International Academy of Collaborative Professionals, Member

Maryland Collaborative Practice Council, Board Member

D.C. Academy of Collaborative Professionals, Founding Member

Collaborative Dispute Resolution Professionals, Inc, Member

Birth Information: 

1945