Sogand Zamani

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Experience. Compassion. Results.

Experience: 18 years

Divorce, Family Law, Domestic Violence and Arbitration & Mediation

District of Columbia and Maryland

Best Lawyers in America (Family Law, Washington, DC), Top Lawyers (Divorce) and 14 others

Awards 16

Experience 18y

Online & Web 7

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Sogand Zamani represents individuals in truly all aspects of domestic relations law, helping individuals separate and divorce from their partners in a dignified, practical manner and advocating for individuals seeking to form families through adoption or assisted reproductive technology (ART).

Family Law (Custody/Divorce). A significant portion of Sogand’s practice is devoted to representing individuals and families in custody, divorce, paternity and domestic violence actions from negotiation to litigation through trial. She also has deep experience working with international clients based in Maryland or Washington, D.C., whose cases often present complex jurisdictional and cultural questions. She is also regularly called upon as a trusted advisor to negotiate premarital agreements to protect important, complex assets before marriage. Sogand is an experienced and skilled mediator and Collaborative law practitioner, and is also appointed Guardian ad litem (best interest attorney) by the courts to represent the best interests of minor children in litigation. When out of court dispute resolution does not bring resolution to a case, she is equal to the task of strongly advocating on behalf of her clients in court.

Family formation (Adoption/Assisted Reproductive Technology). For over a decade, Sogand has enjoyed working with adoptive parents, birth parents, and intended parents, including LGBTQ individuals, in independent or agency adoptions, foster parent and step-parent adoptions, break the seal petitions, other related proceedings and in using ART to form families. As part of her ART practice, she advocates for and represents individuals and couples seeking to engage gestational carriers (surrogates) and utilize donor egg and/or embryos arrangements to create or expand their family in reviewing and preparing agreements, coordinating services, and obtaining parentage orders.

Sogand practices law throughout Maryland and the District of Columbia.

Jurisdictions Admitted to Practice

District of Columbia

District of Columbia Bar
Since 2006

Maryland

Since 2005

Professional Experience

Current

Zamani & Associates PLLC

Managing Principal

Education

2003 - 2005

The George Washington University Law School

J.D. (2005) | Law

2000 - 2002

Harvard Graduate School of Arts & Sciences

M.A. (2002) | Middle Eastern Studies

1996 - 2000

Georgetown University

B.S. (2000) | International Politics

Honors: Cum Laude, National History Honors Society

Awards

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Best Lawyers in America (Family Law, Washington, DC)

U.S. News & World Report

Top Lawyers (Divorce)

Washingtonian

Best Law Firms in America (Family Law, Washington, DC, Tier3)

U.S. News & World Report

SuperLawyers (Family Law, Washington, DC)

SuperLawyers

year - Sogand Zamani

Best Lawyers in America (Family Law, Washington, DC)

U.S. News & World Report

Top Lawyers (Adoption, Family)

Bethesda Magazine

Top Lawyers (Divorce)

Washingtonian

SuperLawyers (Family Law, Washington, DC)

SuperLawyers

year - Sogand Zamani

Best Lawyers in America

U.S. News & World Report

Top Lawyers (Divorce)

Washingtonian

SuperLawyers (Family Law, Washington, DC)

SuperLawyers

year - Sogand Zamani

SuperLawyers (Family Law, Washington, DC)

SuperLawyers

year - Sogand Zamani

SuperLawyers (Family Law, Washington, DC)

SuperLawyers

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SuperLawyers (Family Law, Washington, DC)

SuperLawyers

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Rising Stars, SuperLawyers (listed for Family Law, Washington, DC)

SuperLawyers

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Rising Stars, SuperLawyers (listed for Family Law, Washington, DC)

SuperLawyers

Contacts

Zamani & Associates PLLC 2121 K Street NW Suite 900 Washington DC 20037 Telephone: (202) 510-9112 Fax: (202) 510-9152

Zamani & Associates PLLC 1630 Connecticut Ave, NW Suite 400 Washington DC 20009 Telephone: (202) 510-9112

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Sogand Zamani Experience. Compassion. Results.

Experience: 18 years

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Phone: (202) 510-9112

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

Domestic Violence

Domestic Violence Restraining Orders, Victims Rights , Victims Rights

Arbitration & Mediation

Business Arbitration, Consumer Arbitration, Family Arbitration

Languages

Farsi: Spoken, Written

French: Spoken, Written

Certifications

2019

Advanced Training in Personality Disorders in Legal Disputes: Understanding, Managing, Treating, and Setting Limits

Association of Family and Conciliation Courts; Bill Eddy, JD, LCSW (12 hours)

2019

20 Hour Property and Financial Mediation Training

Cecilia Paizs, J.D.

2019

Child Counsel Training

Maryland Judiciary (AOC)

2019

Advanced Child Counsel Training (Representing Children in Contested Custody Cases)

Bar Association of Montgomery County (Family Law Section)

2012

20 Hour Child Custody Mediation Training

Cecilia Paizs, J.D.

2011

Divorce Mediation Workshop (40 hours)

Mediation Matters

2011

Interdisciplinary Collaborative Practice Training (21 hours)

Collaborative Practice Training Institute

2010

Basic Interdisciplinary Training in Family Collaborative Practice (40 hours)

Collaborative Training Solutions LLC

2001

Mediation & Conflict Resolution Symposium and Training (200 hours)

International Institute for Mediation and Conflict Resolution, The Hague

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Zamani & Associates PLLC

Sogand Zamani in Washingtonian

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