R. Steven "Steve" Friend is a Cumberland Attorney who has vigorously defended thousands of criminal and serious traffic cases over the past 16 years. Prior to that he served as Assistant State's Attorney for Allegany County from 1981 to 1982. Mr. Friend graduated from the University of Maryland School of Law in 1980 and, with the exception of his service in the State's Attorney's Office, has maintained a private practice in criminal and civil litigation.

Ramon Rozas III, joined Mr. Friend's practice in October of 1997. Prior to that Mr. Rozas served as an Assistant Public Defender in Allegany County for over two years during which he represented hundreds of criminal and traffic defendants. Prior to his service with the Public Defender's Office, Mr. Rozas served as a law clerk to the judges of the Circuit Court in Allegany County. He graduated from the George Washington University National Law Center in Washington, DC in 1994. Mr. Rozas is presently a member of the Editorial Board of The Western Maryland Law Journal.