Lawyers

Experience

Selected by peers in The Best Lawyers in America, 2006 - present

Zoning and Land Use, Commercial and Residential Development

• Representation of numerous developers / builders in land use issues before zoning commissioners, appeal boards, circuit courts, appellate courts
• Representative clients include research parks, national retailers, telecommunication companies, regional utilities, national homebuilders, national business park developers, non-profit institutions
• Representation of a variety of developers in PUD approvals in Baltimore County, including major residential, retail and vertically integrated mixed use projects
• Representation of numerous developers / builders in zoning approvals for major and minor subdivisions
• Representation of numerous developers in "fast track" subdivision approval process in multiple jurisdictions
• Representation of various clients lobbying county and municipal legislative and executive branches in the Baltimore metropolitan area

General Information

• AV Peer Review Rated: Martindale-Hubbell
• Managing Partner, Towson Office, WTP - 1999-2000; 2008 through present
• Management Committee, WTP - 2000-2006
• Bradford Bank - Board of Directors - 2003-2009; Audit Committee
• Franklin Square Hospital - Board of Directors - 2002 through 2012; Chair: 2008 through 2012
• Franklin Square Hospital Foundation - Board of Directors - Chair, 2004-2008, 2011-2012
• Medstar Strategic Planning Committee, 2008 through 2011
• Medstar Philanthropy Committee - 2004-2008
• Loyola Blakefield Board of Trustees - 2006 through 2012; Chair: Governance/Nominating Committee, 2007 through 2012
• Wyman Park Federal Savings Bank - Member, Board of Directors - 1998 through 2003; Strategic Planning Committee
• NAIOP, Baltimore Chapter Board of Directors - 2002-2008
• HBAM PAC Board of Directors, Chair, 2005-2007
• HBAM Board of Directors, 2011 to 2013
• Building Industries Foundation, Inc. - Member, Board of Directors - 2013
• Past Member of the Board of Directors and prior Legal Counsel to the Baltimore County Chamber of Commerce
• Member, HBAM, Baltimore County Chapter; Past Board member
• Past Member of the Board of Directors, Leadership - Baltimore County
• Listed in The Best of the U.S., 2008 - present

Education

• Washington and Lee University School of Law (J.D. 1981)
• Western Maryland College (B.A. 1978) cum laude