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Consistently ranked among the nation’s best law firms, New & Lowinger is sought out for its fresh perspective on legal issues.
2026
Washingtonian How AI Chatbots Are Wrecking Some Marriages Around DC
Washingtonian Top Divorce Lawyers (2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026)
2025
Washingtonian Top Divorce Lawyers (2022, 2023, 2024. 2025)
Axios - Divorcing in Trump's Washington? Good luck
2024
Washingtonian Top Divorce Lawyers (2022, 2023, 2024)
Axios - Many of D.C.'s COVID marriages are now ending
WTOP - More and more political differences are leading to divorce
Axios - D.C. is seeing more divorces and custody battles over politics
Washingtonian - Pandemic Relocations Have Wreaked Havoc on Child-Custody Arrangements (2022)
Washingtonian - DC Divorce Lawyers Weigh In: What Would Happen if Melania and Donald Trump Split?
2023
Washington, DC’s Best Lawyers: Divorce and Family Law
2022
Washington, DC’s Best Lawyers: Divorce and Family Law
Washingtonian - Pandemic Relocations Have Wreaked Havoc on Child-Custody Arrangements
2021
Washington, DC’s Best Lawyers: Divorce and Family Law
More and More Women Are Paying Alimony to Failure-to-Launch Ex-Husbands. - Washingtonian
“It may be a shock to some women [because] they are not interested in supporting, nine times out of ten, what they call the ‘loser’—and that’s why they’re getting out of the marriage, because he’s a ‘loser,’ or he’s strayed, or whatever it might be,” says Cheryl New, a family lawyer who has been practicing in Maryland and Virginia for three-plus decades.
2020
Cheating Spouses, Secret Addictions and Identities—Marriages Are Buckling Under Covid Quarantine - Washingtonian
Plenty of people who would otherwise litigate over custody of the Peloton simply can’t take another measure of uncertainty in their lives—and are asking their lawyers to hammer out divorce terms during virtual settlements. “I participated in a 13-hour Zoom mediation the other day,” says Cheryl New, an attorney in Bethesda. “Luckily, we resolved it. They were going to be stuck for months.”
People are discovering affairs - Washingtonian
More serious problems have also been exacerbated by quarantine. “A couple of women who’ve called me have been with husbands who are very emotionally abusive, and verbally abusive,” says Cheryl New, a partner at New & Lowinger. “It’s magnified when you’re stuck in the house.” (Though courts are deferring most cases, they are making exceptions for matters that could become dangerous.)
2019
"Top Divorce Lawyers" - Washingtonian Magazine
Cheryl New’s interview on the Podcast series “Woman Most Likely To....”
2018
Featured in the Washingtonian & the Inquisitor
"What Would Happen If Melania and Donald Trump Divorced" - Washingtonian
"Melania Trump Divorce Rumor First Lady Could Get Hefty Postnup Payout to Stay Married" - Inquisitr
2017
“Top Lawyers,” Washingtonian magazine
Maryland Super Lawyers Listing
2016
"Millennials Are Now Getting Their Parents to Handle Their Divorces,” Washingtonian.com
"Best Law Firms," Tier 1 Ranking for Family Law, U.S. News - Best Lawyers®
Maryland Super Lawyers Listing
2015
“Washington, DC’s Best Lawyers: Cheryl New,” Washingtonian.com
“Washington, DC’s Best Lawyers: Divorce and Family Law,” Washingtonian.com
Maryland Super Lawyers Listing
2014
Maryland Super Lawyers Listing
2013
“Washington’s Best Lawyers,” Washingtonian magazine
“Known for her skills in the courtroom, New is one of Washington’s most in-demand divorce and family-law attorneys.” –Washingtonian magazine
“Split Decisions,” Bethesdamagazine.com
2012
“A Divorce Lawyer’s Guide to a Good Marriage,” Washingtonian.com
2011
“Top Lawyers: Divorce and Family Law,” Washingtonian.com
“Legally Speaking: Cheryl New,” Washingtonian.com
Maryland Super Lawyers Listing
2010
“Style Setters: In Depth with Cheryl New,” Washingtonian.com
“Top Divorce Lawyers: 25 Regarded as Tops in Their Field,” Bethesda magazine
Maryland Super Lawyers Listing
2009
“Top Lawyers: 30 Stars of the Bar,” Washingtonian magazine
“The Top 25 Divorce Lawyers in Washington,” Washingtonian magazine
Best Lawyers in America
“The List,” Washington DC Super Lawyers
2008
Washington DC Area Best Lawyers
2007
“Big Guns: Washington’s Top 30 Lawyers,” Washingtonian.com
“Big Guns: Washington’s Top 800 Lawyers,” Washingtonian.com
“Washington DC Area’s Best Lawyer,” Washington Post magazine
2006
“Guide to Washington’s 52 Top Divorce Lawyers,” Washingtonian.com
2005
“Sex, Lies, And Prenups,” Washingtonian.com
2004
“Breaking Up Isn’t Hard To Do,” Washingtonian.com