Attorney Profiles

Anne K. Albright 
Rockville, Maryland
Partner
phone (301) 424-0094
fax (301) 424-8732
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Ms. Albright is a managing member and co-founder of Albright & Rhodes, LLC , a small firm dedicated to providing the highest quality of service to its clients. The firm represents clients in state and federal court in matters of family law, civil litigation, immigration law, and criminal defense. The firm also counsels clients on legal issues pertaining to nannies and other domestic employees.

Before founding Albright & Rhodes, LLC , Ms. Albright served as a public defender with the Office of the Public Defender in Montgomery County, Maryland, the Snohomish County Office of the Public Defender in Everett, Washington, and the well-known Defender Association in Seattle, Washington. As a public defender, Ms. Albright tried numerous cases before judges and juries. She represented adults and juveniles charged with crimes ranging from trespassing to murder. At the Defender Association, she served in the office's DWI unit, where she handled alcohol-related traffic offenses exclusively. She also served in the office's Persistent Offender Unit, where she represented defendants facing life in prison without the possibility of parole under Washington's Three Strikes, You're Out law. She served as co-counsel in the state's first successful defense of a defendant eligible for life imprisonment under the law.

With Albright & Rhodes, LLC , Ms. Albright has expanded her practice to include family law matters such as child custody , divorce and separation, child support enforcement, domestic violence, and guardianships. She has successfully sought emergency injunctive relief in order to calm the chaos that frequently develops in family law matters. She has negotiated and concluded favorable settlement agreements for her clients, including agreements to treat and divide union severance benefits as marital property. Through aggressive use of discovery requests, she successfully defended non-custodial parents in child support enforcement actions.

Ms. Albright was a 1987 cum laude graduate of Georgetown University Law Center, where she served as Managing Editor of the American Criminal Law Review. Following her graduation, she served as judicial law clerk to the Honorable Norman P. Ramsey, Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland. Ms. Albright received her A.B. from Dartmouth College. The mother of two children, Ms. Albright is an accomplished golfer and plays frequently with her husband.

Bar Admissions:
District of Columbia, 1991
Maryland, 1987
Washington
U.S. District Court District of Maryland
U.S. Court of Appeals 4th Circuit
Education:
Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, District of Columbia, 1987
J.D.
Honors: Cum Laude
Honors: Lawyers' Cooperative Publishing Company Prize, Constitutional Law


Published Works:
Comment, Press-Enterprise, Inc. v. Superior Court of California for the County of Riverside, 24 AM. Crim. L. Rev. 379, 1986


Chapter 8, Defending Criminal Domestic Violence Cases, Domestic Violence Practice and Procedure, Clark Boardman Callahan, April, 1986


Classes/Seminars Taught:
Child Support Basics, Speakers Bureau, Maryland State Bar Association, 1997


Family Law Lecturer, Montgomery County Detention Center, 1996


Public Defender Lecturer, Seattle, Washington, 1994 - 1995


Advocacy Skills Lecturer, Maryland Public Defender, 1996


Maryland State Bar Association Law Day Lecturer, 1998 - 2000


Issues in Juvenile Justice, Montgomery County Maryland Public Schools, 1997 - 1998


Professional Associations and Memberships:
American Bar Association
Member


Maryland State Bar Association
Member


Washington State Bar Association
Member


District of Columbia Bar Association
Member


Maryland Women's Bar Association
Member


Maryland Women's Bar Association Committee on Judicial Selections (Montgomery County), 1998 - 1999


National Association of Criminal Defense Attorneys
Member


Maryland Criminal Defense Attorneys' Association
Member


Maryland State Bar Association, Committee on Public Awareness
Chairman


Montgomery County Inns of Court, Montgomery County, Maryland
Barrister Member


Past Employment Positions:
The Defender Association, Seattle, Washington, Staff Attorney, 1992 - 1995


Snohomish County Public Defender Association, Everett, Washington, Staff Attorney, 1991 - 1992


Maryland Public Defender's Office, Assistant Public Defender, 1988 - 1991


Kramon & Graham, P.A., Baltimore, Maryland, Associate, 1988 - 1989


The Hon. Norman P. Ramsey, Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland, Law Clerk, 1987 - 1988


Pro Bono Activities:
Montgomery County Family Law Pro Se Project Volunteer, 2000

Rockville's Historic
Red Brick Courthouse

Albright & Rhodes, LLC | 200-A Monroe Street, Suite 305 | Rockville, MD 20850-2406

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