Expert Law Attorneys has named Weinberg & Schwartz, L.L.C. the Best Family Law Firm of 2026 in this year’s ELA Awards. The Columbia, Maryland firm earned the honor for guiding families through divorce, custody, and other family law matters.
About the 2026 ELA Awards
The ELA Awards recognize law firms across the United States for the quality of their work and the way they serve clients. Honorees stand out for focused experience in their practice areas, responsive client service, professional conduct, and commitment to the communities they serve.
Why Weinberg & Schwartz, L.L.C. Earned the Recognition
Weinberg & Schwartz, L.L.C. is a Columbia, Maryland firm that has practiced family law exclusively since 1995, serving Howard, Baltimore, Anne Arundel, Montgomery and Prince George’s counties and clients across Maryland. Partners Jolie Gelman Weinberg and Marni B. Schwartz lead a team that handles divorce, child custody, child support, alimony, property division and retirement orders, prenuptial and postnuptial agreements, adoption, guardianship, domestic violence protective orders and modifications. The firm’s attorneys are trial-tested litigators who also practice mediation and collaborative law, choosing the approach that fits each family.
Jolie Weinberg was the founding President of the Howard County Collaborative Professional group, and Marni Schwartz later served two terms as its president. The Maryland State Bar Association seeks out the firm’s attorneys to educate other lawyers, and courts regularly appoint them to represent children’s interests in high-conflict custody cases. Recognitions include Super Lawyers, including its Top 50 Women Maryland list, an Avvo Rating of 10.0 Superb, the Avvo Client’s Choice award and Howard Magazine’s Best of Howard County.
What the Award Means for Clients
People dealing with a family law matter often have little to go on beyond a website and a few reviews. Recognition in the 2026 ELA Awards gives them one more reason for confidence that Weinberg & Schwartz, L.L.C. takes its work and its clients seriously.