Ms. Sachitano has more than 20 years of legal experience, focusing her practice on family law litigation, mediation, divorce tax planning, and issues related to government and private retirement benefits, and appellate litigation. She is admitted to practice before all Maryland and District of Columbia courts, as well as the United States Supreme Court. Ms. Sachitano, together with her former partners, started Sachitano Strent and Hostetter, LLC, to bring their clients a strategy based approach to family law tailored to each individual’s circumstances. From 1995-2009, she served as the Managing Attorney and President for Strickler, Sachitano & Hatfield and Moss, Strickler and Sachitano.

Ms. Sachitano is an active member and past president of the Montgomery County Chapter of the Women’s Bar Association. She is also active in the Bar Association of Montgomery County, having just completed her term as Treasurer. She currently serves as Treasurer for the Bar Foundation of Montgomery County.

Ms. Sachitano works throughout the Maryland legal community to provide leadership training and mentoring and family law education, such as a recent program on prenuptial agreements. She has also lectured on alimony, domestic violence and pendente lite relief.

She has received numerous awards, including the Professionalism Award from the Bar Association of Montgomery County in 2008, the Leadership in Law Award from The Daily Record in 2007, and has been recognized by Washingtonian Magazine as one of the top family law attorneys in 2007 as well as by Maryland and DC Super Lawyers Magazine as one of the top women attorneys in the area. The Pro Bono Resource Center of Maryland also recognized her outstanding pro bono contributions at its 15th anniversary gala.

In addition, Ms. Sachitano is a published author, and her works include Avoiding the Excise Tax on Early Withdrawal of Retirement in Divorce, Bar Bulletin, Maryland State Bar Association Newsletter, 2001; Child Support, The Pro Bono Desk Manual 17-1, Pro Bono Coordinating Council, 1995; and Wage Discrimination - A Family Issue, Family and Work: Bridging the Gap (with Winn Newman & Christine Owens), Economic Policy Council of the UNA-USA, 1986.

She received her J.D. from Catholic University of America, Columbus School of Law in Washington, D.C. in 1987.

Nancy A. Sachitano