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Martindale-Hubbell 30th Anniversary 2025 – Stuart Skok
Martindale-Hubbell recognized Stuart Skok’s 30th Anniversary proudly serving the legal community as an AV Preeminent-rated lawyer by her peers and the judiciary, and in honor of this anniversary published these past awards received by Stuart Skok:
Super Lawyers – 2025
Super Lawyers has selected Stuart Skok for the 16th year in a row in 2025 to the Super Lawyers list of Top Attorneys in Maryland and D.C.
BEST LAWYERS AWARDS – 2025
Best Lawyers has named Stuart Skok for the 12th year in a row among the “Best Lawyers of America” in 2025 for her work in Family Law and Collaborative Law, with Stuart Skok Law LLC named among the “Best Law Firms”
2022 Martindale-Hubbell AV Preeminent* Rating And Gold Client Champion Award – Maryland And Colorado
For 2022, Martindale-Hubbell continues the highest rating of “AV Preeminent* Peer Review- Rated Attorney” for Stuart Skok and Stuart Skok Law LLC, in Maryland and Colorado. Stuart was also recognized again as a 2022 “Client Champion Gold” award recipient based on client reviews.
BEST LAWYERS AWARD – 2023
Stuart was named by The Best Lawyers of America “Lawyer of the Year” in Collaborative Family Law, Washington, D.C.
Best Lawyers has recognized Stuart as a Top Family Law attorney each year since 2013.
Colorado Bar Member And Affiliation With Colorado Family Law Firm – 2021
Stuart Skok passed the Uniform Bar Exam in 2020 for admission to the Colorado Bar. She is now licensed in Maryland, D.C. and Colorado. In 2021, she became affiliated with the Castle Rock AV Rated Family Law Firm of Cox Baker & Page, LLC. www.coxbaker.com, where she will expand her family law practice in Colorado.
Academy Of Professional Family Mediators (APFM) – Certified Practitioner 2021
Stuart Skok was accepted as a Certified Practitioner with APFM. https://apfmnet.org/apfm-mediator-directory/stuart-skok-law-llc/.
APFM is considered the premier nonprofit organization for Professional Family Mediators in the United States, designed to raise the level of professionalism among family mediators through their revised Mediator Standards of Practice, develop a system for credentialing of family mediators, educate the public about family mediation, and strengthen education and training standards of family mediators.
“Certified Practitioners” in APFM are advanced mediators who have completed the requisite training and ongoing education in mediation and who have mediated the requisite number of family law cases to conclusion (including developing an equitable distribution plan and a memorandum of understanding, or a mediated marital settlement agreement, parenting plans, elder disputes, post-divorce issue(s), court-connected parenting disputes), and who adhere to the Mediator Standards of Practice.
Super Lawyers Maryland – Top 50 Women 2021
Super Lawyers selected Stuart Skok for the 10th year in a row on the Maryland Super Lawyers list of top attorneys. Stuart was also selected, for the third year in a row, to the Top 50 Women Maryland Super Lawyers. Each candidate is evaluated on 12 indicators of peer recognition and professional achievement on an annual, state-by-state basis. Only 5% of lawyers in each state receive this distinction. The Top Lists within Super Lawyers represent less than 1% of lawyers in each state.
American Bar Foundation (ABF) – Fellow 2021
Stuart Skok has been elected a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation (ABF) to recognize her 25 years of legal practice. Membership is limited to 1% of lawyers in each jurisdiction. Members are nominated by their peers and then selected by the ABF Board. The ABF Fellows is a global honorary society that recognizes attorneys, judges, law faculty, and legal scholars whose public and private careers have demonstrated outstanding dedication to the highest principles of the legal profession and to the welfare of their communities. ABF Fellows hail from nearly 40 countries and hold a wide variety of influential roles. Notable Fellows include Supreme Court Justices John Roberts, Sonia Sotomayor, and the late Ruth Bader Ginsberg. For more information about ABF and the 2021 elected, click here: Fellow List by state
Best Lawyers 2021 – Best Law Firms
Best Lawyers named Stuart Skok Law LLC among the “Best Law Firms” for 2021. See more: https://bestlawfirms.usnews.com/profile/stuart-skok-law-llc/overview/79541. The standards and selection process explained in this Press Release: https://documentcloud.adobe.com/link/review?uri=urn:aaid:scds:US:111ca743-a87f-4ba1-914d-91f8074b4456.
Best Lawyers 2021 – Best Lawyers In Washington, D.C.
Best Lawyers named Stuart Skok among the Best Lawyers in “Collaborative Law” and “Family Law” for 2021.
Who’s Who Of Professional Women 2020 – Law
Who’s Who interviewed Stuart Skok to profile her among the top “Professional Women in Law” for 2020, a selection process designed to highlight women who have demonstrated notable achievements in their field.
Lawyer Monthly Magazine Interview With Stuart Skok May 2020
Stuart was interviewed by Lawyer Monthly Magazine about her practice, what inspires her and the legal issue of “How Can I Ensure My Prenuptial Agreement Is Enforceable In Maryland”
Martindale-Hubbell Client Champion Award 2020
Martindale-Hubbell awarded Stuart the Client Champion Award for 2020, based on verified client reviews. This award is only awarded to select lawyers who meet the highest criteria for the award. This marks the second year she has received this award.
Super Lawyers 2020
For 2020, Super Lawyers named Stuart Top 50 Women Lawyers in Maryland. 2020 marks the 12th year in a row that Super Lawyers has selected Stuart among the Top Lawyers.
Best Lawyers 2020
Stuart was again named by Best Lawyers as one of the Top attorneys in Maryland and D.C. for Family Law and Collaborative Law. Stuart Skok Law LLC was also recognized as one of the Top family law firms.
Martindale-Hubbell 2020
Martindale-Hubbell awarded Stuart the highest possible distinction of AV Preeminent* peer-review rating and by the Judiciary, which she has maintained for more than 10 years.
U.S. News & World Report Best Law Firms 2020
U.S. News & World Report named Stuart Skok Law LLC one of the Best Family Law Firms in 2020.
American Lawyer Magazine 2019
American Lawyer Magazine named Stuart one of the Women Leaders in March 2019.
Bethesda Magazine 2019
Bethesda Magazine profiled Stuart in their annual Leading Professionals – Women in Business issue.
Global Law Expert 2019
Stuart is named as a Global Law Expert in Family Law. Global Law Experts profile the leading partners and law firms around the world in all practice areas.
Lawyer Monthly – Legal Awards 2018
Stuart was named Collaborative Lawyer of the Year by Lawyer Monthly Magazine, a monthly legal publication with content entirely defined by the significant legal news from around the world.
Lawyer Monthly – Expert Article 2018
Stuart authored an expert article on pre- and postnuptial for HNWI’s (High Net Worth Individuals).
Best Lawyers In DC 2018
Stuart was featured by Best Lawyers as one of the Top 100 Attorneys in Maryland.
Attorney At Law Magazine
Stuart was named “Attorney of the Month” in January/February 2018.
Stuart was recently featured by Best Lawyers as one of the Top 100 attorneys in Maryland.
Stuart Skok is owner and principal of Stuart Skok Law LLC, in Rockville, Maryland, and affiliated with Cox Baker & Page LLC, in Castle Rock, Colorado. She is licensed to practice in Maryland, Washington, D.C., and as of 2020 in Colorado.
As an experienced matrimonial and family law lawyer for 30 years, her practice is devoted to separation, divorce, custody and other family law matters, in and out of court, at the lower court level, and on appeal. She also handles post-divorce modification and contempt, domestic violence proceedings, and prenuptial and separation agreements. She is certified in collaborative law, where parties agree to resolve their family law disputes out of court in a private team-approached process. She is also certified in divorce mediation, where she is appointed by the court or hired by parties to mediate their family law dispute. Stuart is routinely appointed by the court to act as a Best Interest Attorney or Nagle v. Hooks Attorney (as to therapeutic privilege) representing minor children in divorce cases. Stuart has particular experience in family law cases involving children with special needs, having a special needs child herself. She was recently featured by Super Lawyers for her work in special needs cases:
She published a Handbook on Separation and Divorce in Maryland, now in its Fourth Edition, in order to provide her clients and others facing divorce with answers to some basic family law questions. She also enjoys lecturing on family law topics for continuing legal education of other lawyers, as well as programs for the public.
For over 15 years, Stuart has been named by Super Lawyers as a Top Family Law Attorney in Maryland and D.C., including Top 25 Super Lawyers in Maryland and Top 50 Super Lawyers in D.C. The Super Lawyers selection criteria and process are stringent, based on private peer votes of other lawyers, and only the top 5% of lawyers in the state are selected.
Stuart was named “Attorney of the Month” in January/February 2018.
Stuart has been recognized for her work by multiple news publications, including Bethesda Magazine (Top Family Law Attorney), Baltimore Magazine (Top 50 Women Attorneys in Maryland), Washington Lawyer (Top 50 Women Attorneys in D.C.) and Ten Leaders Cooperative (Top Ten Leaders in Collaborative). In addition, Best Lawyers, an organization that publishes peer ratings of lawyers, has recognized her in various categories through the years, including Best Family Law Lawyers, Best Lawyers in Maryland, Best Lawyers in D.C., Top 100 Attorneys in Maryland, Top 100 Attorneys in Maryland, Leading Women in Law, Top Lawyer for Collaborative and Family Law and The Best Lawyers in America.
The National Advocates: Top 100 Lawyers selected her as among the Top 100 Matrimonial and Family Law Attorneys in Maryland. This organization is comprised of America’s top lawyers who represent individuals and families in the legal system and is by invitation only to 100 lawyers in each state who exemplify superior qualifications and leadership in the practice of matrimonial and family law.
On the rating system that applies to all lawyers, Stuart has been awarded the highest rating of AV Preeminent* through Martindale-Hubbell. In addition, in 2017, she earned the Gold Client Champion Award through Martindale-Hubbell, based on client online reviews. Fewer than 1% of attorneys have achieved this client award, making her part of an elite group of attorneys showcased for their commitment to the best in client service.
Stuart has been consistently recognized by Avvo with a 10.0 rating for client service and achievement. Avvo is an online service to help individuals find an attorney by providing profiles, verified reviews and ratings for lawyers.
Stuart has been a leader in the legal community throughout her career. She has been active in the collaborative divorce community since it started in Maryland in 2007. She was President of Collaborative Divorce Association, Inc. (CDA) and served on its board. She twice served as co-chair of the family law section for the Montgomery County Bar Association, named co-chair of the year for each of her terms, an award given to only one section of the bar each year. She was President of the Montgomery County Women’s Bar Association and served on the board. She has testified before the Maryland House Judiciary Committee on family law legislation. She was a pupil and barrister with the Montgomery County Inn of Court, an organization of lawyers and judges selected to present programs that enhance the knowledge and practice of law. She serves on the Peer Review Panel for the Attorney Grievance Commission of Maryland, the governing organization in charge of enforcing the legal ethics of lawyers. She is a bar leader for the Montgomery County Bar Association, an organization of the top leaders within the bar association.
She currently serves on the board of the Collaborative Project of Maryland (CPM), an organization that provides free and low fee collaborative divorce services to families that cannot afford the collaborative process and which also provides training to newly-certified collaborative divorce lawyers. Stuart believes that the collaborative divorce process, a nonadversarial and private resolution process, is an invaluable process to offer clients because it is the only process that puts family first. The collaborative process protects children from much of the conflict that arises during the traditional divorce process and assists parents in developing a cooperative co-parenting relationship so children and parents can sustain their relationships and share milestones throughout their lives after the divorce. The parties, together with their team of collaborative professionals (e.g., attorneys, mental health professionals, child specialists and financial professionals), meet to discuss all issues needed to reach a durable agreement that serves the needs of the family as a whole.
Stuart is a member of the Maryland State and Federal Courts, the District of Columbia State Bar and the United States Supreme Court. Stuart grew up in Maryland and received her undergraduate degree from the University of Denver, where she began her interest in the law on the D.U. debate team. She received her law degree from West Virginia University College of Law, where her grandfather, late Judge Gus H. Muntzing of Hardy County, WV, was an alumnus. Law school was where she decided to be a trial lawyer and won first place in the Lugar Moot Trial Competition. She was inspired to be a lawyer by her grandfather as well as her late father, L. Manning Muntzing, a renowned international nuclear lawyer in D.C. and former President of the American Nuclear Society. L. Manning Muntzing devoted his life to the advancement of safe nuclear power in our world and serves as her inspiration on “doing something that matters to you and to the world every day.” She resides in Gaithersburg with her husband, two children and two stepchildren.
While Stuart’s specialty and passion for the practice of law is family law, she enjoys handling other kinds of litigation matters for clients from time to time, be it a federal court civil dispute or lower court civil jury trial. She is committed to helping every client with all of their legal needs, or making sure to get them to the right resource. Each case has its own path and strategy, she believes, and no case is too small or too big.
Stuart is actively involved with the Down Syndrome Network of Montgomery County to help fundraise, increase awareness and enhance services for children with special needs. Her favorite things to do outside of work and family are getting outdoors, exercising, reading, yoga and exploring fun places to visit in and out of the country.
Stuart has been consistently recognized by Avvo with a 10.0 rating for client service and achievement. Avvo is an online service to help individuals find an attorney by providing profiles, verified reviews and ratings for lawyers. In 2018, Stuart was awarded the prestigious Albert Nelson Lifetime Achievement Award by Marquis Who’s Who in America and featured among their Top Professionals.