Stephen J. Cullen

Daily Record Staff//September 29, 2023//

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Principal and Head of Family Law & Private Clients
Miles & Stockbridge

A fellow of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers and the International Academy of Family Lawyers, Stephen J. Cullen represents parents and children in state, interstate and international family and child law cases.

His practice includes divorce, financial remedies, custody, child support, alimony, adoption, guardianships, reputation management, defamation and more. He also has experience handling family law emergences and injunctions.

Cullen has been with Miles & Stockbridge since 1993 and was director of the firm’s Pro Bono Advocacy Program for 15 years.

He earned his law degree in 1990 from the University of Edinburgh and was a high school teacher in Scotland before practicing law.

What’s the most important thing you do in your job?

Give the right advice promptly and with kindness, even if not what the client wants to hear.

What is one aspect of your profession you would like to change?

Out-of-control discovery. So many attorneys have lost the plot and bring zero proportionality to the discovery phase of the case.

If you weren’t in this industry, what would you be doing?

I was a high school teacher of English and Italian before I became an attorney, and I would return to that profession.

This profile is part of The Daily Record's Family Law Power List for 2023. Information used in this profile was sourced from the honoree. See the full list at thedailyrecord.com.