Lawyers

Experience

Business & Corporate Law / Mergers & Acquisitions

• M&A transactions ranging in size from $500,000 to $200 million
• Leveraged buy-outs
• ESOP Transactions

Corporate Structuring

• Corporate succession plans
• Recapitalizations/corporate reorganizations
• Formation and structuring of business entities, including corporations, partnerships, joint ventures and limited liability companies

Taxation

• Former Chair, Section of Taxation, MSBA
• Tax Analysis in corporate structures

Private Capital

• Representation of clients in private offerings

General Information

• AV Peer Review Rated: Martindale-Hubbell
• Listed in Baltimore's Legal Elite, 2010 - Baltimore SmartCEO Magazine
• Named 2009 Baltimore Corporate Lawyer of the Year by Woodward/White's The Best Lawyers in America
• Recognized in Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business, published by Chambers and Partners, 2005-present
• Listed in Maryland Super Lawyers, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011; Named among "Top 50 Maryland Lawyers," 2008
• Listed in Best Lawyers in America, 2001-present
• Member:  American Bar Association
• Member:  Maryland State Bar Association
• Chairman:  Section of Taxation, MSBA, 1987-1988
• Lecturer:  Maryland Institution for Continuing Professional Education of Lawyers
• Guest Lecturer:  Loyola University, Graduate Business Programs

Education

• University of Maryland School of Law (J.D. 1974) with honors
  
  • Top 1%; 2nd in class of 210
• University of Delaware (B.A. 1971)