Litigation
Family Law
Estate Planning
Business and Real Estate
Since its inception, the firm's business and real estate lawyers have provided transactional representation to lending institutions, the contracting and real estate development industries and to business ventures including the formation, financing, acquisition, continuation, restructuring and disposition of their operations.
Our business department provides daily counsel in a wide range of other areas including employment, labor and retirement matters, tax, corporate and partnership restructuring, legislative and regulatory compliance and all other important legal facets of a successful business operation.
We also offer a full range of services to the individual in the acquisition, financing and sale of residential real estate. Our experience has earned us the confidence of our many local, regional and national clients in fulfilling these transactional needs. The firm's long-term involvement in the Baltimore Metropolitan Area has also gained for us a recognized presence in zoning and land use matters.
Litigation
An aggressive, well-trained and resourceful litigation team continues to be a cornerstone of the firm's practice. The firm's litigators represent individual and corporate clients in all Federal and State Courts, Orphan's Courts and before administrative agencies throughout the State of Maryland and Washington, D.C. Our success has earned the firm accolades from clients and co-counsel as well as adversaries.
The firm's litigators and their support staff handle a broad range of civil cases, including complex commercial and contract litigation matters, product liability and personal injury matters. Our experience in the field of eminent domain is recognized statewide. Our criminal litigation practice includes representation of individuals and businesses in Federal and State Courts in all types of criminal matters, including white collar criminal defense. Our family law practice practitioners represent clients in Circuit and District Courts throughout the State in divorce, property disposition, custody, support, domestic violence, guardianship, adoption, juvenile and other areas of family practice. Many of the State's Circuit Court judges rely upon our attorneys to provide representation to children in difficult and complicated cases.
Family Law
The firm's family law attorneys work closely with outside professional experts and with the firm's business, real estate and estate planning attorneys in the negotiation, drafting and enforcement of pre-nuptial and separation and property settlement agreements, and provide retirement plan, real estate, and business valuations, and tax, real estate, retirement transfers and estate planning expertise.
Our family law attorneys offer realistic and informed settlement alternatives or an aggressive comprehensive and personalized litigation program when necessary.
Estate Planning
The firm's estate planning lawyers provide expert advice and assistance with wills and trust preparation and estate administration for individuals and families throughout Maryland. Through comprehensive review of specific individual needs, with the assistance of other professional advisors such as accountants and investment advisors, the firm's planning specialists develop and monitor lifetime plans, including succession planning for business owners and wealth transfers within families, that result in benefits to our clients and their future generations.
Our attorneys are also active in the administration of estates, from representing decedents' personal representatives and family members in probate proceedings to preparing and filing tax returns with the appropriate governmental authorities.