Elizabeth Stup

Ms. Stup is a kind of attorney that every client would be lucky to have. She is clear, concise, supportive and empathetic. She sets very clear expectations, never over-promises and always delivers. She does not waste client's time or money and is always extremely responsive and transparent. Her staf...f is very helpful and makes the whole process seamless. 1. Knowledge of the law: Superb. A clear nuanced command of the applicable law based on experience and extremely keen knowledge of the latest developments. 2. Professionalism: Top-notch. Never a single issue when it comes to working with Mr. Stup. She is always considerate and courteous, a natural communicator, very skilled attorney with the highest degree of professionalism in each and every aspect. 3. Cost. Extremely reasonable for someone of her experience and stature. Ms. Stup is highly conscious of client's resources as in constantly making sure that the actions she takes are warranted and necessary, and not just ""standard procedure" like many other lawyers invariably do. 4. Human-to-human contact. Ms. Stup is very empathetic and is a great psychologist, besides being an excellent practitioner. She put me at ease countless times when I was nervous or simply anxious due to the nature of the proceeding (my first time in family court). Above and beyond what any lawyer would do. 110% recommend for any and all cases that have to do with all aspects of family law. Ms. Stup is not just a superb lawyer, she is an advocate for her clients, as she sees her role not in a strictly transactional way but more of a partnership with a client. in other words, she cares and it shows. A word on some of the negative reviews: I don't have all the facts but based on what I read I have a strong hunch that client's expectation were apriori unreasonable. Lawyers are not magicians and can't just make problems go away. Each case is different, but when clients share a burden of being a problem/source of issues at hand, they should not be surprised that the outcome - which is ultimately up to the judge and not their lawyers oftentimes reflect that.

Elizabeth is very knowledgeable, experienced, professional and confident. She is the right balance of being sympathetic but also keeps you grounded when emotions run high. She, and her staff kept me informed every step of the way through email and by telephone during the divorce process and clearly e...xplained any questions I had. All court papers were prepared properly and submitted within deadlines given. She appeared for every court date and was always on time. Her advice was excellent during mediation and I was very happy with the outcome. I was comfortable with Elizabeth from the start and always felt that she had my back.

I hired Ms. Stup to represent me during my divorce and custody case. She claimed to put family first and I obviously felt confident in her abilities when I hired her. But that quickly changed. Ms. Stup did not seem to know how to handle my complicated case. We had documentation of my husbands addicti...on, as he recounted it, and enough testimony to ensure that I received primary custody. However, as of three days before my final custody trial, she had not deposed any witnesses, she had not asked for any documentation from me regarding damaging text messages, etc. This was after going to TWO settlement hearings where she just sat quietly while I had to try and stick up for my rights. During the settlement hearings she convinced me to agree to sell the family home and allowed my ex husband to keep over two-thirds of his retirement, even though we had been married for 13 years. She was not willing to go up against the best-interest attorney appointed for my children because they (the best interest attorney and Ms. Stup) were best friends (verified by a former employee of Ms. Stup). The best-interest attorney made claims that I was an unfit parent because of my children's school attendance and Ms. Stup told me that if her friend said it then it must be true. She wasn't willing to collect the evidence I was told by my children's school administrations would help clear my name with the best interest attorney. I paid Ms. Stup $33,000 to basically do nothing. In the end, she was just a glorified file attorney. Because that's all she did - file motions and documents. I fired her three days before the final trial and am in the process of reporting her to the MD Bar Association for attorney misconduct. Consider carefully before you pay her hefty retainer fee.