KATHLEEN M. DUMAIS  is a member of the Paley Rothman Litigation Department and concentrates in family law.   Additionally, Ms. Dumais is an elected member of the Maryland House of Delegates, representing District 15 of Montgomery County.  Her law practice includes complex divorce and custody matters and she often serves as a court-appointed “Best Interest Attorney” for children in custody disputes.  She also has considerable experience in the area of domestic violence.  She was named one of the top 50 divorce lawyers in the Washington Metropolitan area by the Washingtonian magazine in March 2000 and 2004, and became a fellow in the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers in 2006.  She was  one of the Daily Record’s “Top 100 Women” in 2005 and 2007 and was the 2005 Woman of the Year for the Montgomery County Business & Professional Women.   She received the Maryland Network Against Domestic Violence Legislative Award in 2005 and the 2007 Public Policy Award from the Maryland Coalition Against Sexual Assault and 2007 "Democratic Diva" from the Women's Caucus of the Maryland Young Democrats.   

Ms. Dumais served on the Board of the Montgomery County Bar Foundation and was formerly the Treasurer of the Foundation and the Montgomery County Bar Association.  She was Co-Chair of the Family Law Section of the Montgomery County Bar Association during 1997-98.  She is a past President of the Women's Bar Association of Maryland, Montgomery County Chapter and was an elected member of that Executive Committee from 1995 - 2002.  She formerly chaired the New Practitioner's Section of the Montgomery County Bar Association, and has been a member of numerous Bar Association special committees and task forces.  She is a member of the Maryland Bar, 1987; the bar of the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland, 1990; and the District of Columbia Bar, 1993.  (J.D., University of Maryland, 1983; B.A., cum laude, Mount Vernon College, 1980).