Bruce E. Avery
Work in Avery & Upton
Top Rated Family Law Attorney with 47 years of experience
Family Law, Child Custody, Military Divorce, Divorce, Matrimonial Law, Collaborative Law, Mediation
51 Monroe Street, Suite 707, Rockville, MD 20850
About Bruce E. Avery
Practice Areas
- Family Law
- Child Custody
- Military Divorce
- Divorce
- Matrimonial Law
- Collaborative Law
- Mediation
Education
- University of Louisville School of Law, Louisville, Kentucky, 1976J.D.
- Hobart College, Geneva, New York, 1971B.A.
- Major: Sociology
- Major: Political Science
- U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, 1987
Classes and Seminars
- Basic Collaborative Training, Bridgewater, VA., October 24, 2008 - October 25, 2008
- Multidisciplinary Collaborative Training, Collaborative Practice Training Institute/MICPEL, May 20, 2009 - May 22, 2009
- Interdisciplinary Collaborative Team Training,Rockville, MD, March 4, 2010 - March 6, 2010
- Multidisciplinary Collaborative Training, Maryland Administrative Office of Courts/CPTI, March 2, 2011 - March 4, 2011
- 30-hour Interest-Based Negotiations for Collaborative Professionals, Natural Bridge, VA , September 11, 2011 - September 14, 2011
- Doctors do it – Why Not Lawyers; Informed Consent, San Francisco, CA, October 30, 2011
- Interdisciplinary Collaborative Team Training,Columbia, MD, 2009 - Present
- Law for Non-lawyers, Rockville, MD, 2009 - Present
- Jumpstarting Your Collaborative Practice (3 times), 2009 - 2010
- Issues in Military Divorce, Rockville, MD, 2010 - Present
- Interdisciplinary Collaborative Team Training, Annapolis, MD, 2011 - 2015
- Collaborative Law and Practice (law school class), Baltimore, 2013 - Present
- Collaborative Law and Practice (law school class), Baltimore, 2015 - Present
- Collaborative Law and Practice (law school class), Baltimore, 2017 - Present
- MSBA Fundamentals of Retirement and Pension Orders, Military portion, Columbia, MD, 2013 - Present
- Limited Scope Representation, Rockville , 2015 - Present
- Limited Scope Representation, Frederick, 2016 - Present
- QDROs, What are they ..., Military Retirement section, Rockville, 2016 - Present
Qualifications
Bar Admissions
- U.S. Supreme Court, 1984
- Kentucky, 1976
- Maryland, 1992
- District of Columbia Court of Appeals, 1993
- South Korea, 1989
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces, 1984
Other Affiliations
- Collaborative Dispute Resolution Professionals (Founding Member and Past President)
- International Academy of Collaborative Professionals
- Maryland Collaborative Practice Council (Founding Member)
- Kentucky Bar Association
- Maryland State Bar Association
- DC Bar
- American Bar Association
- American Association for Justice
- Montgomery County Bar Association
- International Legal Society (Tokyo and Seoul)
- Collaborative Practice Training Institute (Founding Member)
- Association of Family and Concilation Courts
Past Positions
- Military Service - US Army, Major, July 29, 1971 - September 1, 1991
Office Info
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- Child Custody
- Military Divorce
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