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Pro Bono News – Social Impact Report 2020

Stephen Cullen, Principal Kelly Powers, Principal Leah Hauser, Associate

Family Law n February, the Miles & the mother, and finally locating her tephen Cullen and Kelly under the 1980 Hague Abduction Stephen Cullen

Stockbridge Family Law team
Powers, who lead the
Team Helps I represented pro bono a and the daughter in Maryland, the S law firm’s Family Law & Convention. and Kelly
case progressed to a contested
Return Salvadoran father trying to reunite trial. Based on the father’s Private Clients Practice Group, Cullen and Powers have Powers Honored
Daughter with his daughter. Some years remote testimony by video through earned the 2019 Federal Bench established a leading international by Federal
family law practice. They represent
an interpreter, as well as the
Exceptional Service Award for
earlier, she had been abducted to
Home Montgomery County, Maryland, testimony of a Salvadoran legal their work with children and families domestically and overseas Bench
from El Salvador. The father had expert and a linguist to interpret parents. The federal judges of in cases involving international
previously obtained an order from disputed terms in the order, the the United States District Court parental abductions of children

a court in El Salvador, granting him Maryland court agreed with our for the District of Maryland and have spearheaded the return
custody. Our team filed a request to lawyers and entered an order recognized Cullen and Powers of dozens of missing children. They
register that order in Maryland to enforcing the Salvadoran order for their dedication, experience also have extensive experience in
enforce the father’s custodial rights. and returning our client’s daughter and exceptional service to the high-conflict custody and family
After several years of searching for home to El Salvador. ■ Court in handling dozens of cases law appellate work. ■

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