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D. Patrick Dillon
Author of the Falcon Hollow Mystery Series
People of Falcon Hollow
The people of Falcon Hollow are the heart of the community. From lifelong residents and local business owners to public servants, community leaders, and newcomers who have made the town their home, each person adds something to Falcon Hollow’s character. Explore their backgrounds, connections, and the stories that make the people behind the town worth knowing.

Status:
Townfolk
Asher Sterling
Introduction
Asher Sterling is the managing partner of Sterling Law Group, a longtime Falcon Hollow law firm founded by his grandfather and carried forward through generations of the Sterling family. An experienced attorney whose career has included family law, estate planning, business representation, and criminal defense, Asher now focuses much of his practice on family law while overseeing the firm’s broader work. Calm, articulate, and methodical, he is known for listening carefully, preparing thoroughly, and explaining complicated legal matters without unnecessary legal jargon. For Asher, the Sterling name carries both a professional legacy and a responsibility to provide Falcon Hollow with thoughtful, ethical legal representation.
Personal Information
Height
6' 3"
Date of Birth
August 22, 1962
Hair Color
Grey
Eye Color
Blue
Place of Birth
Falcon Hollow, Maryland
Community Information
Occupation
Affiliation
Residence
First Appearance
Attorney / Managing Partner
Sterling Law Group
Falcon Hollow, Maryland
Falcon Hollow Town Directory
Biography
Asher Sterling was born and raised in Falcon Hollow, part of a family whose connection to the town’s legal community stretches back generations. His grandfather founded Sterling Law Group in the 1940s, establishing a small practice that gradually became a familiar part of the community. Growing up with the family firm as a constant presence, Asher developed an early respect for the law and the responsibility that came with carrying the Sterling name into another generation.
After completing college and law school, Asher returned to Falcon Hollow and joined the family practice. Like many attorneys working in a small community, his early career covered a wide range of legal matters, including family law, estate planning, business representation, and criminal defense. The variety gave him extensive courtroom and client experience while teaching him to approach legal problems from more than one perspective.
Over the years, Asher developed particular expertise in family law while continuing to draw upon the broader experience of his earlier practice. He eventually became managing partner of Sterling Law Group, overseeing the firm while allowing its attorneys to develop specialties of their own. His reputation has been built on careful preparation, measured judgment, and a belief that effective representation depends as much on listening and understanding a client’s circumstances as it does on knowing the law.
Now in his early sixties, Asher remains an active attorney as well as the senior figure at Sterling Law Group. At six feet tall, with silver-gray hair and blue-gray eyes, he carries himself with the understated confidence of someone who has spent decades in courtrooms, conference rooms, and conversations with clients facing difficult decisions. Though proud of his family’s long association with the firm, Asher views its history less as an inheritance than as an obligation to maintain the professional standards that allowed Sterling Law Group to become a lasting Falcon Hollow institution.
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