JOHN STEVE KARAS was born in 1951 in Havre de Grace, Maryland and grew up in Harford County.  Mr. Karas graduated from the Johns Hopkins University in 1973 with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Social and Behavioral Sciences.  He then attended the University of Maryland School of Law graduating in 1976.

Following law school, Mr. Karas worked with the law firm of Tanner, Livezey and Cobb, which later became known as Tanner, Livezey and Karas and thereafter Tanner, Livezey, Karas & Bradford.  In 1989 Mr. Karas left the firm with his current partner, Charles E. Bradford, Jr. and formed the law offices of Karas & Bradford with an initial office in Aberdeen, Maryland, expanding the practice to his second office in Bel Air, Maryland.  Mr. Karas has had a concentration in family law since 1985.

John and his wife, Belinda reside in Have de Grace and have three children.  John is Chairman of the Board of Harford Bank, Vice-Chair of the Board of Trustees for the John Carroll School; a trustee for the Darlington United Methodist Church and a director of the Cal Ripken Senior Foundation.  In addition, John is a member of the Aberdeen Rotary Club, the Harford County Bar Association and the Maryland State Bar Association.

CHARLES E. BRADFORD, JR. was born in Baltimore, Maryland in 1950.  He graduated from Bel Air High School in 1968 and from the University of Maryland, College Park in 1973, earning a Bachelor’s Degree.  He graduated from the University of Maryland School of Law in 1976 and began practicing law with the late Wilmer Cronin and the late N. Paul Cronin.  He later joined the practice of Tanner, Livezy, Karas & Bradford.  That firm was dissolved in 1989, leading to the formation of this law firm, Karas & Bradford.

Mr. Bradford has concentrated his practice in the areas of Real Estate, Business law and Estate Planning for over twenty-five years.

In addition to the practice of law, he is a member of the Harford County Bar Association, where he serves on the Courthouse committee.  He also serves as a Director of the Wilson Center.

Mr. Bradford lives in Darlington with his wife, Ellen and their three daughters, Kathryn, Rachael and Allison.

DANIEL ELDON DONLICK was born in Dover, Delaware.  Dan grew up in Groton, NY; a small town of approximately 4,000.  Mr. Donlick attended and Graduated from SUNY Cortland in 1998 attaining a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science.  Mr. Donlick then moved to Wilmington Delaware to attend Law school at Widener Law School, graduating in 2002.

Following law school, Mr. Donlick worked briefly for the Lockheed Martin Company before becoming an associate with Karas & Bradford in 2004.  Concentrating in Family Law, Mr. Donlick has found years of enjoyment working clients though a difficult time.

Dan and his wife Jeanne reside in Bel Air with their three children.   Dan is a member of the Aberdeen Rotary Club, the Harford County Bar, The Harford County Bar Association, and is on the board of directors of the Harford County Bar foundation.

KALLIA K. BUTTERWORTH was born in Baltimore, Maryland.  She received her Bachelor’s Degree, magna cum laude, from American University in 1988 and her Juris Doctor, with honors, from the University of Maryland School Of Law in 1991.

She completed a judicial clerkship with the Honorable Stephen M. Waldron of the Circuit Court for Harford County before joining Karas & Bradford in 1993.  She is a member of the Maryland State Bar Association and the Harford County Bar Association.   She has focused her practice in the area of family law for the past ten years.

Kallia is a lifelong resident of Harford County, Maryland and currently resides with her family in Bel Air.