Heather Renee McCabe Esq.

McCabe has been a family law practitioner for more than fifteen years, and is a founding partner of McCabe Russell, PA. Prior to creating the firm, McCabe practiced family law both as a solo and for a small D.C. area firm. McCabe has been an adjunct professor at University of Baltimore, and has also taught at Georgetown University Law Center and American University (legal writing and family law). She has vast litigation experience and is a trained mediator, collaborative practitioner, and parenting coordinator. Her areas of practice include: • Pre-Divorce Planning • Divorce Litigation • Collaborative Divorce Practice • Post-Judgment Enforcement & Modification • Custody Litigation • Child Support Enforcement & Modification • Parent Coordination • Mediation • Civil Protective Orders & Peace Orders • Best Interest Attorney & Guardian Ad Litem • Adoption • Pre & Post Nuptial Agreements • Domestic Partnership Cohabitation Agreements • Estate Planning She is the proud mother of five children, including a set of triplets, who range in age from teens to toddlers. When she's not blogging on McCabeRussell.com or advocating for her clients, she's chasing kids, cheering them on in all they do, and dreaming of reading a book. Awards and Honors Super Lawyers® Selectees Heather Renee McCabe Esq. included in a Super Lawyers® list Honors Montgomery County Maryland Bar Foundation's President's Citation for Outstanding Pro Bono, 2011 - Present Richard C. Lewis Memorial Award, 1997 - Present Other Sources of Feedback About Heather Renee McCabe Esq. Included on the 2026Maryland Super Lawyers list Past Lists 2025 Maryland Super Lawyers list 2024 Maryland Super Lawyers list 2023 Maryland Super Lawyers list 2022 Maryland Super Lawyers list 2021 Maryland Super Lawyers list

• Managing Partner
• Partner

• Georgetown University Law Center, Associate Professor, 2006 - 2009
• American University Law School, Legal Rhetoric Instructor, 2005 - 2006
• Languages
• English

• Legal Research and Writing, Various, 2004 - 2014
• Family Law, American University Law School, 2006 - Present
• Presented at Washington College of Law’s “(Un)married . . . With Children: Obstacles Non-Marital Families Must Overcome to Adopt or to Utilize Assisted Reproductive Technology.” February 2007
• D.C. Bar Training, “Protecting the Smallest Victims of Domestic Violence: Guardian Ad Litem Training,” Case Study Presenter. 1997, 1997

• Maryland Volunteer Lawyers Service
• Montgomery County Bar Association Pro Bono Project

• Maryland, 1997
• District of Columbia, 2010

• American Bar Association
• Montgomery County Bar Association
• Howard County Collaborative Professionals
• International Academy of Collaborative Professionals
• Maryland LGBT Bar Association (Past President)