Best Lawyers Ranks 10 Lerch Early & Brewer’s Practices Nationally in 2025 Best Law Firms List
Ten of Lerch, Early & Brewer’s practices are ranked nationally in the 2025 Best Lawyers “Best Law Firm” rankings. In addition, Best Lawyers ranked Lerch Early in Tier 1 in the Washington, DC area in …
Erin Kopelman Named to The Daily Record’s 2024 Family Law Power List
Lerch Early family law attorney Erin Kopelman has been named to The Daily Record’s 2024 Family Law Power List. Kopelman practices in the Family Law group at Lerch Early. You …
Why Do Couples Need Prenuptial Agreements?
The case for couples to get (or at least strongly consider) a prenuptial agreement is simple: it is much easier to get into a marriage than it is to get …
Lerch Early Named a 2024 Empowering Women Award Honoree
For the second year in a row, The Daily Record has named Lerch, Early & Brewer as a recipient of its Empowering Women Award. The award recognizes companies and organizations …
Forrest Y. Lindelof
Overview Forrest Lindelof is an attorney who helps clients with family law matters in the District of Columbia and Maryland. Forrest is a reliable and empathetic advocate for his clients, …
Lerch Early Attorneys Named to 2025 Best Lawyers in America
Multiple lawyers from several Lerch, Early & Brewer practices recently were selected by their peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America® 2025. Six Lerch Early attorneys have been named to the Ones to Watch …
Choosing Where to Divorce May Change Your Outcome
Couples who live in more than one place may be able to choose where to divorce and, perhaps significantly, change the outcome. Divorce law is state-specific, meaning that the laws …
Meg McKinney Honored as Family Law Community Lawyer of the Year by D.C. Bar
Divorce attorney Meg McKinney was honored on June 20 as the Family Law Community Lawyer of the Year at the D.C. Bar’s Celebration of Leadership Banquet. According to the D.C. …
Maryland Court Decision Addresses Fate of Pre-Embryos in Divorce
After years of painful setbacks, Jocelyn and Joshua successfully produced three viable pre-embryos (fertilized eggs not yet implanted in the womb) through in vitro fertilization (IVF). After one miscarriage and …
Lerch Early’s Legal Update | May 2024
Employment FTC Bans Non-Competes — Now What? On Tuesday, April 23, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued a final rule, which would effectively ban most post-employment non-compete agreements. Lawsuits have already been filed …
Summer is the Time to Separate – for Your Kids’ Sake
Married couples that are contemplating separation or divorce often want to put off thinking about the future during the summer and instead get in that pre-planned Disney trip with their …
D.C. Passes New Law Authorizing Divorces with NO Waiting Period and Expanding Relief Available to Spouses
While many of us were struggling to keep recent New Year’s resolutions going, new laws went into effect on January 26, 2024, that altered the landscape of divorce in the …
