Anne (Jan) W. White

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Partner/Shareholder at Pasternak & Fidis, P.C.

Experience: 51 years

Divorce and Family Law

District of Columbia, Maryland, North Carolina and Virginia

Best Divorce and Family Lawyers, One of the Area's Top Divorce Attorneys and 5 others

Awards 7

Experience 51y

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Anne (Jan) W. White, with over 30 years of legal experience in Maryland, the District of Columbia, and Virginia, is a Fellow in the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers and was named to the 2013 Best Lawyers in America in Family Law and in Collaborative Law and to 2013 Super Lawyers. She attended Stanford Law School and is a magna cum laude graduate of Duke University, where she was also an Angier B. Duke scholar and Phi Beta Kappa member. Ms. White’s diverse background prepared her to resolve complex divorce issues involving taxes, retirement benefits, trusts, businesses, and related financial issues. Earlier in her career, she studied finance at Stanford Business School, trained in tax, business and litigation at the Washington, D.C. firm of Hogan & Hartson, and practiced international trade law. Ms. White was named one of the area’s top divorce attorneys in December 2013 by Washingtonian Magazine and Bethesda Magazine. Ms. White is a leader and educator in the collaborative law approach to divorce. She serves as Chair of the D.C. Metro Protocols Committee and Co-Chair of the Ethics Committee of the Maryland Council of Collaborative Professionals. She is past President of the D.C. Academy of Collaborative Professionals and past Co-Chair of the Collaborative Professionals of Northern Virginia. As a founding member of the Collaborative Practice Training Institute, Ms. White trains other collaborative law professionals. She was honored with the first Member of the Year Award by the Collaborative Dispute Resolution Professionals (Maryland) for her work on the development of the D.C. Metro Area Protocols for Collaborative Divorce. Ms. White finds that the collaborative law process benefits clients who are seeking to divorce in a way that maximizes their privacy, provides them with greater control over timing and outcome, emphasizes financial planning, and promotes family harmony and good parenting. She assures that clients are provided all the resources

Jurisdictions Admitted to Practice

District of Columbia

District of Columbia Bar
Since 1973

Maryland

Since 1989

North Carolina

Since 1991

Virginia

Since 1989

Professional Experience

1989 - Current

Pasternak & Fidis, P.C.

Attorney

1977 - 1989

U.S. Department Of Commerce, Office Of The Chief Counsel For Import Administration

Attorney

1973 - 1977

Hogan & Hartson LLP

Attorney

Education

1972

Stanford University

J.D. (1972) | Law

1969

University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill

M.A. | Political Science

1967

Duke University

B.A. (1967) | Political Science

Honors: Magna Cum Laude, Angier B. Duke Scholar

Awards

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Best Divorce and Family Lawyers

Maryland Super Lawyers

year - Anne (Jan) W. White

One of the Area's Top Divorce Attorneys

Washingtonian

One of the Area's Top 25 Divorce Lawyers

Bethesda Magazine

year - Anne (Jan) W. White

Member of the Year

Collaborative Dispute Resolution Professionals (Maryland)

Anne (Jan) W. White

Fellow

American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers

Best Lawyers in America: Family Law

Best Lawyers

Best Lawyers in America: Collaborative Law

Best Lawyers

Contacts

Pasternak & Fidis, P.C. 7735 Old Georgetown Road Suite 1100 Bethesda MD 20814 Telephone: (301) 656-8850 Fax: (301) 656-3053

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Anne (Jan) W. White Partner/Shareholder at Pasternak & Fidis, P.C.

Experience: 51 years

Website: Open

Phone: (301) 656-8850

Location: USA

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Practice Areas

Divorce

Collaborative Law, Contested Divorce, Military Divorce, Property Division, Same Sex Divorce, Spousal Support & Alimony, Uncontested Divorce

Family Law

Adoption, Child Custody, Child Support, Father's Rights, Guardianship & Conservatorship, Paternity, Prenups & Marital Agreements, Restraining Orders, Same Sex Family Law

Languages

English: Spoken, Written

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