Chevy Chase, MD Lawyers

Environmental Law

3226 Brooklawn Ct, Chevy Chase, MD 20815, USA

Allan Topol is a resident in the firm’s Washington office. While practicing law with Covington, he has written ten novels of international intrigue and numerous articles dealing with foreign policy issues in The Huffington Post, The New York Times, The Washington Post, and Military.com. Allan’s law practice has involved extensive civil and criminal litigation, with an emphasis on water, air and major hazardous waste enforcement cases, as well as international environmental law and toxic torts. He has also advised clients on many of these environmental issues assisting them in dealing with immediate problems as well as developing long term strategies. In addition, Allan has represented clients in IP and commercial litigation, including patent infringement and contract cases. He was admitted to the U.S. Patent Office in 1971.

Medical Malpractice Law

2 Wisconsin Circle, 700, Chevy Chase, MD 20815

Estate Planning Law

5910 Connecticut Ave #982, Chevy Chase, MD 20815, USA

Sarah is passionate about her profession as an attorney. She was inspired to pursue this professional path by her grandfather, who was always so proud of his profession, and her mother who exemplified that the value of a law degree is limitless. After graduating from the University of Maryland, College Park with a B.A. in Communication, Sarah attended the University of Baltimore Law School, graduating Magna Cum Laude. During law school Sarah served as the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Environmental Law, and interned at the Maryland Department of the Environment and with Judge Patrick Woodward at the Montgomery County Circuit Court. After law school, Sarah served as a law clerk to the Honorable Timothy J. McCrone in the Howard County Circuit Court. Sarah worked at the Food and Drug Administration for six years, where she helped to protect children from tobacco related disease, and worked with Congress to protect the health of families and children. In 2017, she founded her law practice, focusing on the practice areas of Estate Planning, Adoption, and Prenuptial agreements. Sarah is passionate about fostering community. She currently serves as the PTA President at the Ohr Kodesh Early Childhood Center, and is the immediate past Chair of the Ambassadors Committee at the Milton Gottesman Jewish Day School of the Nation’s Capital. She serves on the Executive Committee of the Board of Directors of Ohr Kodesh Congregation. She has served as a Coach for Girls on the Run, and has managed and organized countless soccer, baseball, softball, and basketball teams. Sarah is passionate about her family. She is married to her college sweetheart, David, and they have four children, Maya, Zachary, Aden, & Lily. Her family superpowers include epic cross-country roadtrips, making their way through the top cookie recipes on the internet, and figuring out how to attend the highest number of youth sporting events on Sundays. Sarah is passionate about adventure. You can find her running or biking on the trails in Rock Creek Park, hiking up or skiing down mountains, and training for the Disney Princess Half-Marathon. Sarah is passionate about pursuing a well lived life, taking time for friendships, reading, yoga, self-reflection, and meditation.

International Law

5610 Wisconsin Avenue, Unit 603, 603, Chevy Chase, MD 20815

International Law

5610 Wisconsin Avenue, 603, Chevy Chase, MD 20815

Ambassador Stuart E. Eizenstat is Senior Counsel in Covington & Burling LLP’s international practice. His work at Covington focuses on resolving international trade problems and business disputes with the U.S. and foreign governments, and international business transactions and regulations on behalf of U.S. companies and others around the world. He was an Adjunct Lecturer at Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government (1982-1991), where he taught a course on presidential decision-making. He has been a Guest Scholar at the Brookings Institution (1981) and the Woodrow Wilson Center (2001). During a decade and a half of public service in six U.S. administrations, Ambassador Eizenstat has held a number of key senior positions, including Chief White House Domestic Policy Adviser to President Jimmy Carter (1977-1981); U.S. Ambassador to the European Union, Under Secretary of Commerce for International Trade, Under Secretary of State for Economic, Business and Agricultural Affairs, and Deputy Secretary of the Treasury in the Clinton Administration (1993-2001). In the Carter White House, he was major figure in all the domestic legislative achievements of the Carter Administration. He also recommended to President Carter a Presidential Commission on the Holocaust, headed by Elie Wiesel, which led directly to the congressional approval of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. During the Clinton Administration, he had a prominent role in the development of key international initiatives, including the negotiations of the Transatlantic Agenda with the European Union (establishing the framework for the U.S. relationship with the EU); the development of the Transatlantic Business Dialogue (TABD) among European and US CEOs; the negotiation of agreements with the European Union regarding the Helms-Burton Act and the Iran-Libya Sanctions Act; the negotiation of the Japan Port Agreement with the Japanese government; and the negotiation of the Kyoto Protocol on global warming, where he led the U.S. delegation. Much of the interest in providing belated justice for victims of the Holocaust and other victims of Nazi tyranny during World War II was the result of his leadership of the Clinton Administration as Special Representative of the President and Secretary of State on Holocaust-Era Issues, while continuing to hold his other Senate-confirmed positions. He successfully negotiated major agreements with the Swiss, Germans, Austrian and French, and other European countries, covering restitution of property, payment for slave and forced laborers, recovery of looted art, bank accounts, and payment of insurance policies. He was the principal negotiator of the 1998 Washington Principles on Nazi-Confiscated Art with 44 countries, which continues to be a basis for recovery and compensation for Nazi-looted art. His book on these events, Imperfect Justice: Looted Assets, Slave Labor, and the Unfinished Business of World War II, has been favorably received in publications like the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Washington Post, Business Week, and Publisher’s Weekly. It has been translated into German, French, Czech and Hebrew. In addition, during the Obama administration, he served as Special Adviser on Holocaust-Era Issues to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Secretary of State John Kerry (2009-2017). During this period of his public service, Ambassador Eizenstat negotiated significant Holocaust-related agreement with the governments of Lithuania (2011), and with France (2014), regarding the deportation of Jews on the French railway. During this time, he was also the principal U.S. negotiator for the Terezin Declaration with 47 countries (2009), which strengthened the Washington Principles on Nazi-Confiscated Art and urging measures to assist the social welfare of poor, elderly Holocaust survivors, and the agreement with over 40 countries on Best Practices and Guidelines for the Restitution and/or Compensation of Private (Immovable) Property Confiscated by the Nazis and their Collaborators Between 1933-1945. In the Obama Administration, he also served on the Defense Policy Board, for Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel and Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter. During the Trump administration, he was appointed by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo as Expert Adviser to the State Department on Holocaust-Era Issues (2008-2021). In the Biden administration, he served as Special Adviser to Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Holocaust Issues. In this capacity, he played a major role in the negotiation of the Best Practices for the Washington Principles on Nazi-Confiscated Art (2024), now supported by 25 countries. He was appointed by President Biden as Chairman of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Council (2022-present). Since 2009, he has served as pro bono Special Negotiator for the Jewish Claims Conference in negotiations with the German government, obtaining billions of dollars of benefits for poor Holocaust survivors, for home care, social and medical services, enhanced pensions, hardship payments, child survivor and Kindertransport survivors, special supplemental payments for the poorest of the poor, and worldwide educational benefits.