Who Are We?

Douglas Cohn is an experienced Family Law practitioner and a former Family Law Court Magistrate. He received his B.A. from the University of Maryland ('80) and his J.D. from Vermont Law School ('84). He is admitted to practice law in Maryland, the District of Columbia, Massachusetts and Vermont. After clerking in the two Vermont District Attorneys’ offices, he began his own practice with a concentration in family law. In 1998, he was appointed by then Governor Howard Dean as a Family Court Magistrate, where he adjudicated domestic violence, financial issues and custody issues for seven years. Mr. Cohn also served on the faculty of Woodbury College, in Montpelier Vermont. After leaving the Vermont bench, he joined Vermont's largest law firm to practice family law. In 2005, he relocated to Maryland where he has an active family law practice. Mr. Cohn is trained in mediation and collaborative law.

Joan M. Weiss is an experienced Family Law practitioner. She is admitted to practice law in Maryland, the District of Columbia and New Jersey. She received her J.D. from George Washington University in Washington, D.C. and her B.A. from The University of Virginia in Charlottesville, Virginia. After serving as a Judicial Law Clerk for the Honorable Frank E. Schwelb in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia, Ms. Weiss was an Assistant Corporation Counsel, Juvenile Division, for the District of Columbia. Since 1994, Ms. Weiss has focused her private practice in the area of family law litigation and mediation. She is also a Family Law Facilitator for the Montgomery County Circuit Court. Ms. Weiss is trained in divorce mediation and in collaborative law.