Elizabeth Stup

Elizabeth opened The Law Office of Elizabeth Stup, LLC, in June 2003 after graduating from the University of Baltimore, School of Law, with concentrations in Family Law and General Practice. She focuses on family law, particularly on the needs of children and parents to have parenting access arrangements that really work. Elizabeth earned her undergraduate degree from Shepherd College in 1979. She worked as a paralegal for firms in Maryland and Virginia doing family law, general practice and medical malpractice defense work.

Having worked in the area of family law for many years, Elizabeth recognizes the importance of helping families to reorganize and adjust to their new circumstances. She has always tried to encourage individuals to take responsibility for making decisions for their family both within and outside of the court system. In order to facilitate families in making these transitions, she has trained to do mediation and the collaborative process in addition to litigation. She is also specially trained in juvenile dependency mediation and participates in that program through the Frederick County Circuit Court. She has completed many advanced mediation courses in facilitative, evaluative and transformative techniques, and she has taught basic mediation and family law mediation courses. Elizabeth has also given presentations at Maryland State Mediation Conferences.

Elizabeth represents children in cases in which she is appointed as a Best Interest Attorney. She is a court-appointed mediator in Frederick and Washington counties. She also provides private mediation through referrals from lawyers, therapists and counselors. She is currently a member of the Bar Association of Frederick County, the Washington County Bar Association, Maryland State Bar Association, American Bar Association, Maryland Collaborative Professionals Council, Association of Collaborative Professionals, Collaborative Council of Western Maryland and the International Academy of Collaborative Professionals.