Lawyers

Experience

• Representation of manufacturers and suppliers in defense of toxic tort and products liability claims, including:
  • Ongoing defense of petroleum companies in multiple cases alleging groundwater contamination by MTBE and other petro-chemicals
  • Ongoing defense of chemical company against asbestos-products liability cases filed in courts throughout the country

• Broad business litigation experience, including:
  • Successful representation (from trial court through the end of the appeals process) of LLC member against derivative claims arising out of company's dissolution and transfer of assets
  • Successful defense of attorney in investigation by Attorney Grievance Commission
  • Obtained dismissal of all claims (best possible outcome) in defamation case brought against employer by former employee

• Representation of individuals in proceedings concerning trust and estate administration

• Currently defending multiple Baltimore City police officers in several cases alleging false arrest, excessive force, and civil rights violations

• Has written appellate briefs and certiorari petitions and oppositions in variety of appeals, including products liability cases, estates and trusts cases, business disputes, employment matters, administrative law matters, and criminal cases

• Experience counseling businesses and individuals on business entity formation and corporate governance matters, including:
  • Defense of directors and officers against breach of fiduciary duty claims
  • Currently representing multiple "Benefit Corporations" (socially and environmentally conscious for-profit business incorporated under a new Maryland law that modifies the legal duties of the directors of such corporations)

• Law clerk to the Honorable Glenn T. Harrell, Jr., Court of Appeals of Maryland (2008-09)

General Information

• Member: Maryland State Bar Association
• Member: American Bar Association
• Member: Defense Research Institute
• Member: Maryland Defense Counsel
• Board of Directors: Chesapeake Sustainable Business Alliance (2010 - 2011)

Articles & Presentations

• Author: Extending Workers’ Compensation Liens: Recoveries in Legal Malpractice Actions, MD. BAR JOURNAL, Vol. XLIV, Issue 4 (July/August 2011)
• Author: Finding Bad Faith in the Exercise of a Contractual "Termination for Convenience" Provision: Your Right to Terminate Might Not Be as Broad as You Think, The Business Suit, Vol. 13, Issue 12 (December 29, 2010)
• Speaker: "'Benefit Corporations': What's that all about?" (September 13, 2010)

Education

• University of Maryland, Baltimore County (B.A. 2003)
• University of Baltimore School of Law (J.D. 2008) summa cum laude
  
  • Production Editor: University of Baltimore Law Review
  • Law Achievement Scholar: Torts, Constitutional Law, & Criminal Law
  • Vice President: Student Bar Association (2005-06)