Attorney Profiles

Joyce M. Kosak 
Rockville, Maryland
Associate Attorney
phone (301) 424-0094
fax (301) 424-8732
email Email Me

Ms. Kosak is an associate attorney at the firm. She represents clients in state court in traffic, criminal, and family matters.

Ms. Kosak joined Albright & Rhodes, LLC following a clerkship with the Honorable Louise G. Scrivener in the Circuit Court for Montgomery County. Ms. Kosak clerked for Judge Scrivener, assisting in and researching matters in divorce, custody, adoption, criminal, post-conviction, and civil law matters. As a law clerk for the Baltimore County and Montgomery County Offices of the Public Defender, Ms. Kosak assisted in the investigation and strategy development of both District and Circuit Court matters, and conducted intake interviews for clients in the juvenile courts. In the Washington College of Law Criminal Defense Clinic, she represented clients in juvenile court, resulting in the dismissal of the charges, and in District Court, resulting in a successful plea negotiation. While at the Clinic, Ms. Kosak investigated the case of a woman previously convicted of poisoning her husband despite her self-defense claims of Battered Spouse Syndrome.

Before entering the practice of law, Ms. Kosak served as a management consultant in an international accounting firm, working with clients in the Financial Services Industry (primarily Banking and Insurance) to improve their financial processes and supporting computer systems. She led teams of up to 40 staff, with significant project results including, for example, reducing critical report production from 2 months to 3 days, replacing paper reports issued with month-old data with real-time online access to information, and modifying software system functionality to allocate expenses at the entry point of the financial system to meet the unique needs of the client.

Bar Admissions:
Maryland
Education:
American University, Washington College of Law, Washington, District of Columbia
Juris Doctor
Law Review: Criminal Law Brief, Managing Editor


Miami University, Oxford, Ohio
Decision Sciences (Statistical & Business Analysis)


Published Works:
"Mental Health Treatment and Mistreatment In Prisons", 32 Wm. Mitchell L. Rev. 389, 2005


Honors and Awards:
Equal Justice Foundation Fellowship Award Winner, 2005


Outstanding Charitable Achievements Award Price Waterhouse, 1998


Most Creative Solution Award, Price Waterhouse, 1997


Professional Associations and Memberships:
American Bar Association


Maryland State Bar Association


Montgomery County Bar Association, Family Law Section


Maryland Criminal Defense Attorney's Association


PricewaterhouseCoopers Consulting LLC
Practice Leadership Committee


Ernst & Young LLP
Charitable Contributions Committee


Past Employment Positions:
The Hon. Louise G. Scrivener, Circuit Court of Montgomery County, Law Clerk, 2006


Office of the Public Defender of Maryland, Law Clerk, 2004 - 2005


Women in International Law, Washington College of Law, Fall, Deans' Fellow, 2004


PricewaterhouseCoopers, Management Consultant, 1994 - 2003


Ernst & Young, Management Consultant, 1991 - 1994



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