Joppatowne Probate Lawyers

Rose has been an attorney since 1994. She is a member of the Calvert County Bar Association and the Maryland State Bar Association. She is currently the president-elect of the CCBA, having served formerly as its treasurer and secretary. Rose was law clerk to the Honorable Steven I. Platt of the Circuit Court of Prince George’s County and practiced law with her father, George A. Wilkinson, in Hyattsville, Maryland, before starting her own law practice in Southern Maryland. She hails from a family of attorneys - her father, grandfather, sister, and uncle were all attorneys. She is a...

Jim was born and raised in Hagerstown Maryland. He has practiced law in Washington County since 1982. Jim’s current practice emphasizes business, commercial and contract law, civil litigation and appeals, corporate and partnership law, estate planning, wills and trusts, probate and estate administration, and real estate development. Before co-founding Kane & Stone, Jim was a principal with Kane, Wilburn & Stone for six years and Poole & Kane for six years. Before that, Jim was managing principal of Miller, Oliver, Baker, Moylan & Stone, a firm with whom he was associated for 28 years. After receiving an...

Kate Wright focuses her practice on all aspects of civil and commercial litigation, family law, and estate planning, but has experience in all of the firm’s practice areas. Kate, a native of Frederick County, Maryland attended Urbana High School, and graduated cum laude from New York University with a Bachelor’s degree in Politics and a minor in Spanish. Kate received her Juris Doctor from the University of Baltimore School of Law graduating magna cum laude. During law school, Kate was a Dean’s Scholar; served as Associate Editor on the Intellectual Property Law Journal; participated on the National Mock Trial Competition Team;...

I am an attorney practicing in Berlin, MD and on Chincoteague Island, VA. I am a licensed attorney (Maryland, Virginia, DC), certified fraud examiner (nationwide), and registered private investigator (Virginia). Before starting my own law practice, I was a National Park Ranger, a law clerk to a federal judge, a U.S. government prosecutor, and a criminal investigator. I completed my career as the Assistant Inspector General for the Securities and Exchange Commission. I hold a doctorate from the University of Florida, and a law degree from Syracuse University College of Law. Today, most of...