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    Family Law

    5.0Editorial rating
    Baltimore, MD

    About

    Dana McKee is one of Maryland’s foremost family law attorneys and a partner of Brown, Goldstein & Levy. She chairs the firm’s family law practice and has extensive experience representing clients with high net worth who are experiencing complex family law cases, including divorce, custody, and related financial issues. Clients turn to Dana for her leading expertise across all aspects of family law that affect their lives, with an emphasis on:

    • Divorce and separation agreements
    • Custody and visitation
    • Child support
    • Prenuptial and post-nuptial agreements
    • Appeals

    Dana provides the highest-caliber legal services that bring each one of her client’s voices centerstage. She is an award-winning divorce attorney recognized for her work across a wide variety of trials, mediations, and appeals. Dana began her career in complex commercial litigation and brings valuable financial insight to her family law and divorce practice that can help settle even the toughest of familial disputes.

    Clients regard her as a tough negotiator who is dedicated to bringing justice to the family law system, one case at a time. Through her years of legal practice, Dana’s experience has extended far beyond the courtroom. A compassionate advocate for all stakeholders in a case, Dana understands that often, divorce litigation is not appropriate for protecting the best interests of the families and children tied to a dispute. She is trained and experienced in Collaborative Law; an alternative dispute resolution process that takes family law matters out of the courtroom.

    Committed to securing the best possible outcome for each case, Dana uses a combination of passion, ethics, and tenacity to get the job done. She received her certification for a nationally approved and recognized transformative mediation and conflict transformation skills training program. She is also a recognized Maryland Super Lawyer, Best Lawyer in America, and top female lawyer in the state of Maryland.

    Dana previously served as a Court Ordered Settlement Conference Facilitator for the Family Division of the Circuit Court for Baltimore City and has taught courses on custody issues for the National Association of Social Workers. Prior to joining Brown, Goldstein & Levy in 1995, Dana was an attorney with Frank, Bernstein, Conaway & Goldman, where her practice was devoted exclusively to complex commercial litigation.

    Outside of the courtroom, Dana is a dedicated member of her community. She has served as the Vice-President and then President of the Ten Hills Community Association. She was instrumental in obtaining the historical designation for the Ten Hills community. She also worked closely with city officials and leaders from the surrounding communities in the redevelopment of the abandoned Uplands Apartments in Southwest Baltimore.

    Overview

    Practice focus

    Family Law

    Firm

    Brown, Goldstein & Levy LLP

    Office details

    Location

    120 East Baltimore Street, Suite 2500
    Baltimore, MD 21202

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    Services

    Practice areas

    Family LawCivil Litigation

    Languages

    English

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    AttorneyReview TeamEditorial
    10/8/2026

    A family law partner in Baltimore trained in collaborative divorce

    Dana McKee is a partner at Brown, Goldstein & Levy in Baltimore and chairs the firm's family law practice. She is admitted in Maryland, the District of Columbia and New Jersey, with a J.D. from Duke University in 1985 and a B.A. from Johns Hopkins University in 1981. Her profile describes work on divorce and separation agreements, custody and visitation, child support, prenuptial and postnuptial agreements and appeals, often in cases with complex finances, and notes that she began her career in commercial litigation. In our editorial view, the detail worth noticing is that she is trained in collaborative law and in transformative mediation, and that she previously served as a court-ordered settlement conference facilitator for the family division of the Baltimore City circuit court. A divorce lawyer who has sat on the neutral side of the table knows when a case should settle and when it should not. Her profile lists recognition by Super Lawyers and Best Lawyers, board service with the Maryland Volunteer Lawyers Service and two collaborative-practice groups, and teaching on custody issues for the National Association of Social Workers. A lawyer with this focus is typically sought by a parent or spouse in Maryland facing a divorce with real assets, a custody dispute or a prenuptial agreement. Think you have a case? Start here. Tell us about your situation and we connect you with a family law attorney near you in Maryland. Free, no obligation, about two minutes. Editorial opinion by the AttorneyReview team, based on the credentials and practice information on this profile. Not a client review. The attorney did not request, pay for, or review this note. AttorneyReview is a free matching service.

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    Credentials

    Bar admissions

    • Maryland, Maryland State Bar Association
    • District of Columbia, Bar Association of the District of Columbia
    • New Jersey, New Jersey State Bar Association
    • Maryland, Baltimore County Bar Association
    • Maryland, Baltimore City Bar Association

    Education

    • Duke University, J.D., graduated 1985
    • Johns Hopkins University, B.A., graduated 1981

    Affiliations

    • Howard County Collaborative Professionals - Board Member
    • Maryland Association for Justice - Member
    • Maryland Volunteer Lawyers Service - Board Member
    • The Collaborative Professionals of Baltimore - Board Member