Stephen J. Cullen

Stephen Cullen is head of the firm's Family Law & Private Clients Group. Stephen is a fellow of the International Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers. He represents parents and children in state, interstate and international family and child law cases and is an expert on the 1980 Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction. Stephen's practice includes divorce, custody, child support, alimony, adoption, second parent adoption, marital contracts, marital torts, guardianships and defamation.

Stephen is also director of Miles & Stockbridge's Pro Bono Advocacy Program. Before joining Miles & Stockbridge, Stephen was a Scottish high school teacher of English and Italian and then a Scottish lawyer in Edinburgh. Stephen's reported cases include:

Khalifa v. Shannon, 404 Md. 107 (2008)
Diabo v. Delisle, 500 F. Supp. 2d. 159 (N.D.N.Y. 2007)
Touzeau v. Deffenbaugh, 394 Md. 654 (2006)
Garg v. Garg, 393 Md. 225 (2006)
Bocquet v. Ouzid, 225 F. Supp. 2d. 1337 (S.D.Fla. 2002)
Whallon v. Lynn, 230 F.3d. 450 (1^st Cir. 2000)

• District of Columbia
• Maryland
• Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia
• Court of Appeals of Maryland
• Scotland
• Supreme Court of the United States
• United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
• United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
• United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
• United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
• United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
• United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
• United States District Court for the District of Columbia
• United States District Court for the District of Maryland
• United States District Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit

Education

University of Edinburgh, Scotland, L.L.B.  1989.

University of Edinburgh, Scotland, M.A.  1981, (Hons).

Family Law & Private Clients

American Bar Association Pro Bono Lawyer of the Year (2004)

Attorney Advisor to United States Delegation to the Hague Special Commission on Abduction Treaty

AV Rated by Martindale Hubbell

Baltimorean of the Year (2003)

Maryland Super Lawyers®:  Selected for inclusion in the area of Family Law (2007-2010)

Maryland Trial Lawyer of the Year (2008)

National Center for Missing & Exploited Children Awards of Merit (1998-2008)

The Daily Record:  Received "Leadership in Law" Award (2002)