La Plata Real Estate Lawyers

Ms. Sharon T. Diamant has served as an attorney for more than twenty-five years. She began as a prosecutor in the Montgomery County State’s Attorney’s Office in October 2000, left in 2002 to practice criminal law in Florida, then returned in 2004. She remained with the office until 2010, when she opened her own practice. During her tenure as a prosecutor, Ms. Diamant prosecuted a variety of cases—ranging from theft, assault, and traffic offenses to sexual abuse matters in the Juvenile Division. One of her high-profile juvenile cases led to the first legislation requiring juveniles charged with sexual offenses to register...

1981, New York; 1985, U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York; 1991, Maryland and District of Columbia; 1992, U.S. District Court, District of Maryland and U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia; 1993, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit; 1997, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit; 1999, U.S. Supreme Court Law School: Hofstra University School of Law, J.D. Member: Montgomery County Bar Association, Maryland State and New York State Bar Associations; The District of Columbia Bar; Association of Trial Lawyers of America (formerly until name change); Bar Association Sections and Committees: Commercial Litigation; Real Estate; Estates...

Ryan T. West is one of eight grandchildren of the late Raymond D. Coates Sr., a lawyer and founder of the Law Firm of Coates, Coates & Coates, P.A. in Worcester County, Maryland. Mr. Coates was a former State's Attorney for Worcester County; a former County Attorney for Worcester County; a former member of the Attorney Grievance Commission; a former member of the Maryland State Bar Association Judicial Selection Commission; Past President of the Worcester County Bar Association; and a member of the Maryland State and American Bar Association. In college, Mr. Coates was a professional musician and...