Top Rated Family Law Attorney in Baltimore, MD

The Managing Director of the Law Office of Laura E. Burrows, LLC., Eric A. Haviland, focuses his practice exclusively on family matters and represents clients throughout the greater Baltimore area, as well as in Annapolis who are facing the end of their marriage and who need assistance with the division of assets, in particular retirement accounts. Mr. Haviland has experience with the preparation of qualified domestic relations orders that deal with the division and distribution of pension and 401(k) plans and that are necessary in order to avoid possible Internal Revenue Service penalties that would otherwise be assessed on premature distributions.

A trained mediator, Mr. Haviland assists his divorcing clients in resolving matters dealing with custody and visitation as well. Once an accord has been reached, he prepares appropriate agreements that are then presented to the judge to be incorporated into a court order.

Mr. Haviland graduated from Connecticut College in 2002 with a Bachelor of Arts in Government. He pursued his legal education at the University of San Diego School of Law and earned his Juris Doctor in 2007. In the following year, Mr. Haviland obtained an LL.M. in taxation from Boston University School of Law. Before entering private practice, he was an attorney adviser with the Social Security Administration and then held a similar position with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. Mr. Haviland is admitted to practice in Maryland, The District of Columbia, and Massachusetts. A member of the Maryland State Bar Association, he is also an active participant in Anne Arundel County Bar Association.