Since joining Gordon Feinblatt, Sheila Sachs has devoted a substantial part of her practice to the field of Family Law. She has served as chair of the Family and Juvenile Law Committee of the Maryland State Bar Association and is a member of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers. Her practice includes litigation and negotiation of divorces, including the equitable distribution of marital property, alimony, custody, child support and related proceedings, as well as drafting and negotiating of pre and post marital agreements. She mediates and arbitrates controversies in the family law area.
Sheila has been active in Bar Association activities and is a former President of the Bar Association of Baltimore City. In addition, she has served on various boards, including the Baltimore City Board of School Commissioners, the Judicial Nominating Commission for Baltimore City, the Board of Trustees of Goucher College, the Board of Mangers of Haverford College and she is presently the Chair of the Appellate Courts' Nominating Commission for the State of Maryland. She was named a Family Law "Super Lawyer" by SuperLawyers Maryland and one of Maryland's Top 100 Women by The Daily Record for 1996. The Daily Record also named Sheila an "Influential Marylander" in 2008. She was selected as one of Baltimore's thirty best lawyers in the November 1998 issue of Baltimore Magazine and has been recognized among the Best Lawyers in America in Family Law and Family Alternative Dispute Resolution since 1995.
Sheila is a member of the Maryland Collaborative Law Association and is certified by the Collaborative Practice Training Institute (CPTI). Sheila is a member of ADR Maryland, a panel of highly-experienced and widely-respected neutral Maryland attorneys who are trained and skilled in alternative dispute resolution practices. ADR Maryland members are all AV-rated by Martindale-Hubbell and have extensive and diverse litigation and courtroom experience.