Diamant Gerstein

Sharon T. Diamant has been working as an attorney for nearly twenty years. In October 2000, she became a prosecutor in the Montgomery County State’s Attorney’s Office. She left the state’s attorney’s office in 2002 and practiced Criminal Law in Hillsborough County, Florida for two years before returning to the state’s attorney’s office in 2004. Ms. Diamant remained at the Montgomery County State’s Attorney’s Office until 2010, when she opened her own office and went into private practice. While a prosecutor, she handled a wide variety of matters in the District Court Unit, including bad checks, burglary, theft, drunk driving and other traffic offenses, assault, and violations of protective orders (Gazette).

In the Juvenile Division, she specialized in handling sexual abuse cases involving juvenile offenders. She handled one famous juvenile matter involving a youth who had molested several children in his neighborhood which ultimately led to the first-ever sexual offender legislation which would require juveniles engaged in sexual offenses to register as sex offenders (Washington Post). In 2007, Ms. Diamant joined the white-collar crime team in her office, where she handled the prosecution of a myriad of crimes, including large-scale thefts, embezzlements from employers and the federal government, misappropriations, as well as the investigation of police officer-involved shootings and crimes involving public officials.

For the past six years, Ms. Diamant has specialized her practice on criminal law and domestic law. She regularly appears before Magistrates and Judges on all issues surrounding criminal law and domestic law, to include: divorce, child custody, child support, peace and protective orders, and post-judgment issues. She was recently featured on WJLA 7 News in a case involving a grandparent’s right to custody of a grandchild where the mother is deceased and the father is a convicted criminal. She handles drug cases, abuse cases, assault, shoplifting, burglaries, traffic tickets and all other criminal offenses.

Ms. Diamant is a client’s biggest advocate and at the same time acts as a mentor and friend. She personally answers her phone calls, answers all emails and texts, and is always available to her clients. She is an expert litigator with nearly 20 years of trial experience, but she also mediates for clients and promotes non-litigation strategies, where appropriate.

Ms. Diamant is a 1999 graduate of the University of Dayton School of Law and is licensed to practice law in the State of Maryland, the State of Florida, and the U.S. District Court in Greenbelt, Maryland. She has been selected to the Super Lawyers list for the State of Maryland in 2012, 2013 and 2016. She is a member of the Montgomery County Bar Association, the Women’s Bar Association, the Sobeloff Society, the Collaborative Divorce Law Society, the National College for DUI Defense and the Montgomery County Criminal Law Society. She has won Avvo’s Client Choice Award and has a “superb” rating on Avvo.com.