Cherise L. Williams

Cherise L. Williams is the CEO and principal attorney of her Rockville law office in Maryland. She focuses on family law, including collaborative divorce, child custody, parenting plans, property division, and high-net-worth family disputes. Her practice emphasizes negotiated and out-of-court solutions when they fit the client’s goals, while preserving the ability to litigate when necessary. She works with clients facing financially and personally significant family transitions.

Cherise earned a B.S. in Sociology from the University of Maryland Eastern Shore, graduating summa cum laude. She also earned a Master in Public Administration from Syracuse University’s Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs and a J.D. from Syracuse University College of Law. Her education combines social analysis, public administration, and legal training, providing a broad foundation for work involving family dynamics, complex finances, negotiation, advocacy, and the institutional processes surrounding divorce and custody matters.

Cherise represents clients in matters involving custody arrangements, parenting plans, equitable property division, financial strategy, collaborative divorce, and negotiated settlement processes. Her practice includes work with high-net-worth individuals whose cases can require coordination with financial advisors, child specialists, and mental health professionals. She uses that professional network to address legal, financial, and family concerns together, while maintaining litigation experience for disputes that cannot be resolved through a collaborative or negotiated process.

Cherise L. Williams participates in Collaborative Dispute Resolution Professionals and the International Academy of Collaborative Professionals. She has held leadership responsibilities connected to collaborative divorce and professional membership work. From her Rockville office, she combines family-law advocacy with a collaborative approach designed to reduce unnecessary conflict while protecting client interests. Her work helps clients address custody, property, finances, and parenting decisions through structured planning, professional coordination, negotiation, and litigation when the circumstances require it.

Law Office Affiliations

• Attorney, Law Office of Cherise L. Williams LLC
• Member, Maryland State Bar Association
• Co-Chair and Member, Collaborative Divorce Resolution Professionals (CDRP)
• Member, Membership Committee, International Academy of Collaborative Professionals (IACP)

Licensed State

• Maryland

Education

• Syracuse University College of Law
  Juris Doctor (JD)
• Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs
  Master of Public Administration (MPA)
• University of Maryland Eastern Shore
  Bachelors of Science Sociology (Summa Cum Laude)

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