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Veteran attorney John Friedman heads the Law Offices of John L. Friedman. He entered the legal field more than 30 years ago, and today, his passion for the law and getting the best outcome for his clients’ cases still remains strong.. Attorney Friedman is well-known in the Baltimore metro area for his dedication to quality legal representation, whether this entails collection accounts, personal injury cases, or complex criminal proceedings. Attorney Friedman simplifies your case with his multifaceted knowledge and approach to tackling any case you throw his way.

The debt collection attorneys at Kind & Dashoff, LLC provide top quality legal and debt collection services for the state of Maryland and Washington, DC. We are a licensed and bonded collection agency.. Unlike other collection agencies, we provide a full range of debt collection services, including litigation. In addition, as collection lawyers, we help our clients navigate the complex collection laws of Maryland and Washington, DC.. Kind & Dashoff, LLC has an excellent record of success in tracking down debtors, locating their assets, and collecting money for our clients. In addition, we have been in business for over 30 years. We are skillful debt collectors and will help you collect your delinquent accounts.

Since joining Adelberg, Rudow, Jerald Lurie has concentrated his practice in the areas of business, real estate, employment, intellectual property, health care and tax law. He currently chairs the firm's Business Section.. Mr. Lurie is a Past President of The Bar Association of Baltimore City. Mr. Lurie is also a Past Chairperson and current member of the Business Law Section Council, Maryland State Bar Association. He is the Immediate Past Chairperson of the Maryland State Board of Pilots and the Immediate Past President of the Maryland Volunteer Lawyers Service, Maryland's largest and oldest pro bono service provider.. Mr. Lurie has served as a faculty member of Maryland Institute for Continuing Professional Education of Lawyers (MICPEL) and is past member of its Board of Trustees. He also serves on the Peer Review Committee of the Attorney Grievance Commission of Maryland and he is a prior Secretary of the Maryland Board of Professional Engineers.

Over 40 years experience as a Business Lawyer, Commercial Litigator and arbitrator.

My practice focus is business advice, planning and transactions for companies of all sizes in a wide range of industries including financial services, life sciences, hospitality, private equity, consumer products and services, and technology. My representative transactions include strategic alliances, service and distribution relationships, mergers and acquisitions, corporate, limited liability company and other joint ventures, venture capital/private equity financing, equity and other restructurings, redemptions and other buy-outs, and executive employment arrangements and terminations. I help clients understand risks/benefits, solve complex problems, resolve difficult issues, implement creative solutions, and manage sensitive interpersonal dynamics. I serve as Vice President (Education) and Chair of the Board of Education of an 1100-student parochial school. I have served on the executive boards of several charitable organizations and other non-profits.

Mr. Williams is a Partner in the Estates and Trusts Department. His practice focuses on estate planning, business succession planning, estate and trust administration, and estate and gift taxation.  With over thirteen years of legal experience, Mr. Williams has counseled clients on personal wealth planning, complex wills, trusts, special needs trusts, guardianships and conservatorships, contested estates, living wills, powers of attorney, charitable giving, and estate administration. He has also represented businesses and nonprofits on transactional and litigation matters, including contracts, business incorporation, compliance, tax exempt qualification, employment, and commercial disputes.

Mr. Scarlett is one of the Firm’s founding members and concentrates his practice in creditors’ rights and bankruptcy law, including representing creditors and debtors in workouts and in bankruptcy proceedings. His practice also includes business and civil litigation and general corporate representation. He represents clients before federal and state courts and administrative agencies.. Mr. Scarlett was born in Baltimore on May 15, 1955. In 1982, he was admitted to practice law in the State of Maryland by the Maryland Court of Appeals. He was admitted in 1982 to the bar of United States District Court for the District of Maryland, including its trial bar. In 1984, he became a member of the bars for United States District Court for the District of Columbia, United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia and the District of Columbia Circuit Court. In 1986, Mr. Scarlett became a member of the bars for the United States Tax Court, United States Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit, and the Supreme Court for the United States. He was also admitted in 2002 as a member of the bar for United States Court of Appeals in the Third Circuit and, in 2007, became a member of the bar for the United States Court of Federal Claims.. Mr. Scarlett received a Bachelor of Arts degree from St. Lawrence University in 1976 and went on to obtain a Masters in Business Administration from University of Notre Dame, South Bend, Indiana in 1978. Mr. Scarlett received his Juris Doctor degree from University of Baltimore in 1982.. Mr. Scarlett has been awarded an “AV” rating by Martindale-Hubbell, which is the highest rating an attorney can receive. He is listed in the Bar Register for Preeminent lawyers, as published by Martindale-Hubbell.. Mr. Scarlett is a member of Maryland State Bar Association, the American Bar Association and the Bankruptcy Bar Association for the District of Maryland. He has served on the United States Bankruptcy Court’s Local Rules Committee.. Honoring the Firm’s commitment to spend time on pro bono matters, Mr. Scarlett acts as the volunteer National Legal Counsel to the National Ski Patrol assisting its 27,000 members throughout the United States and Europe.

Mr. O'Brien's practice is focused upon the defense of claims in commercial litigation. He has had extensive experience in defending maritime claims (including cargo damage, collision, personal injury and death), inland marine claims, non-maritime trucking industry claims (including cargo damage, personal injury, death and coverage issues), claims involving warehousemen, freight forwarders, transportation brokers and terminal operators, as well as claims involving commercial contract disputes.. He has served on the firm's Management Committee and as Chairman of the firm's Litigation Section. He is the author of such articles as Admiralty Jurisdiction Over Pleasure Craft Torts, 36 Md. L. Rev. 212 and What You Need to Know About the Amended Wrongful Death Statute, The Defense Line, Spring 1997. He is a member of the American Bar Association, the Maryland State Bar Association, the Baltimore City Bar Association, the Defense Research Institute and the DRI Trucking Law Committee. Mr. O'Brien has been a proctor member of the Maritime Law Association of the United States since 1981 and he is currently a member of the MLA's Maritime Torts and Casualties Committee. Mr. O'Brien has also served as an Assistant Editor of American Maritime Cases since 1981.

Marc Campsen is an associate at Wright, Constable & Skeen, LLP, in Baltimore, Maryland. Mr. Campsen’s practice includes a wide variety of civil litigation matters in federal and state courts with a particular focus on Commericial disputes, Construction Law, Surety & Fidelity, and Insurance Defense. Mr. Campsen advises and represents clients in all phases of litigation, including appellate matters. Mr. Campsen also offers a unique set of problem solving skills to his business clients, which he developed during his time with a national publishing house and an internet start-up, both located in New York City.

I believe strongly in listening. By carefully listening to my clients, I can help them prioritize their needs and reach decisions that make the best sense for them, their companies and/or their families.. Similarly, I listen carefully to the judges, trustees, co-owners and adversaries so that I can help them obtain what they really want from the transaction, while at the same time helping my clients realize their goals.

I am a member of Offit Kurman's Management Committee and a Regional Practice Group Director—a role which oversees many of the firm's legal service teams. Leveraging years of experience in real estate litigation, fair housing defense and business law, I serve as a trusted advisor to closely held businesses and organizations and local and regional management companies.  I help my clients negotiate or litigate through legal obstacles and difficulties – without ever losing focus of cost benefit parameters. My clients have included property management industry leaders, managers and owners of residential and commercial real estate, C-level officers of small and mid-sized corporations, directors of not-for-profit organizations and individual clients seeking cost effective representation. Currently, I serve as General Counsel for Property Management Association, as well as the USA Bobsled & Skeleton Federation, where I also serve on the board of directors.. I am a trusted advisor to business leaders on all matters involving real estate, leases, construction, landlord–tenant disputes, fair housing investigations and litigation, mold and pest-infestation claims, business torts, defense of discrimination claims and business transactions. With a focus on building partnerships with the individuals and organizations with whom I work, I seek to advocate on my clients’ behalf through cost-effective representation, including offensive litigation when necessary. My experience as a litigator spans most trial courts in Virginia, Maryland and the District of Columbia. Earlier in my legal career, I served as a special trial attorney for the U.S. Department of Justice.. A recognized authority on fair housing and landlord-tenant matters (commercial and residential), I lecture to local and national industry associations.  I have partnered with industry leaders, such as Shari Solomon of CleanHealth Environmental, and Matt Paxton of Clutter Cleaner, to present seminars on mold and hoarding.  Audiences for my speaking engagements have included Property Management Association (PMA), Apartment and Office Building Association (AOBA), the Institute of Real Estate Management (IREM), and the Mid-Atlantic Affordable Housing Management Association.

I am a business lawyer with a broad range of clients, including privately owned and managed companies.  I have also developed a niche practice counseling dental practices in numerous transactional/transitional matters.. My clients rely upon me for my legal counsel and guidance on the optimal way to structure their business arrangements.  Although I have lived in the Mid-Atlantic for over 20 years, I am originally from Dallas, Texas.. Specifically:. GENERAL TRANSACTIONAL EXPERIENCE:. I assist my clients with a wide variety of commercial arrangements including:. -Equity and debt financings. -Acquisitions. -Buy-sell agreements and business succession planning. -Joint Ventures. I also act as an informal outside general counsel to a number of clients that consult with me on an extensive range of issues, including risk management, vendor agreements, services agreements, employment issues, and many other day-to-day aspects of starting and running a business.. DENTAL PRACTICE TRANSITIONS EXPERIENCE:. Over the years, I have represented a myriad of dental practices and gained valuable knowledge about the unique needs facing general dentists, oral and maxillofacial surgeons, pediatric dentists, orthodontists, endodontists and periodontists in business transactions and situations they encounter during the lifespan of their practices.. Services I provide to dental practice clients include structuring, negotiating and documenting employee arrangements, partnership arrangements, acquisitions, separations and sales.. Specialties: Business law; corporate law; mergers and acquisitions; contracts; representing start-up companies; medical and dental practice transitions; dental associateships, dental practice acquisitions and sales; dental practice partnerships; exit strategies for dentists; informal outside general counsel.

Free Consultation: Coupon Code: A-0-563. Robert B. Schulman, Managing Partner of Schulman, Treem, Kaminkow & Gilden P.A., maintains a diverse and high-profile litigation and business law practice, ranging recently from the representation of a former Maryland State Senator against federal criminal charges, to the negotiation and resolution of complex business and real estate disputes involving commercial developments, restaurants, office buildings and racetracks, to the defense of a highly-successful financial advisor in a NASD arbitration and the representation of numerous professionals in contentious partnership and business disputes.. He appears frequently in state and federal courts across Maryland and neighboring jurisdictions in cases involving white-collar criminal defense, employment litigation, commercial law, real estate law and complex civil litigation, and is renowned for his ability to provide cogent business advice and to take charge of complex and often fragile negotiations on short notice.. Before entering private practice, Mr. Schulman began his legal career as an Attorney with the U.S. Department of Justice & Organized Crime Strike Force in 1974, and served as an Assistant United States Attorney from 1975 to 1980. Mr. Schulman also was an Instructor of Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure at George Washington University from 1979-1980.. Reported Cases:United States v. Berman, 21 F.3d 753 (7th Cir. 1994) (criminal law); United States v. Oloyede, 982 F.2d 133 (4th Cir. 1992) (criminal law); Zolfaghari v. Sheikholeslami, 943 F.2d 451 (4th Cir. 1991) (securities law); United States v. Garcia, 916 F.2d 710 (4th Cir. 1990) (criminal law); Hale Trucks of Maryland, LLC v. Volvo Trucks N. America, Inc., 224 F. Supp. 2d 1010 (D. Md. 2002) (commercial litigation); United States v. McMichael, 541 F. Supp. 956 (D. Md. 1982) (criminal law); Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Ass’n v. Kennedy, 471 F. Supp. 1224 (D. Md. 1979) (administrative law); United States v. Articles of Drugs, 458 F. Supp. 687 (D. Md. 1978) (criminal law); Gresser v. Anne Arundel County, 349 Md. 542 (1997) (constitutional law); One Thousand Fleet Ltd. Partnership v. Guerriero, 346 Md. 29 (1977) (business tort litigation); Annapolis Road v. Anne Arundel County, 113 Md. App. 104 (1996) (constitutional law).. Bar Admissions Maryland, 1973; United State District Court for the District of Maryland, 1974; Fourth Circuit, 1974; Supreme Court of the United States, 1974.. Education University of Maryland (B.S. 1969); University of Baltimore School of Law (J.D. 1973). Affiliations, Achievements & Honors AV peer-review rated; Member of the Maryland State Bar Association, Bar Association of Baltimore City, Federal and American Bar Associations; Association of Trial Lawyers of America; National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.. Practice Areas Business LawCivil LitigationCriminal Law

Founded in 2011, Law Office of Vasilios Peros, P.C. is a boutique law firm focused primarily on business, technology and intelelctual property law.  With over 30 years of experience in legal advisory, management and engineering roles, Vasilios Peros gained legal experience at premier Baltimore, Maryland law firms and engineering and management experience at a Fortune 100 technology company.  He founded the law firm to provide excellent legal services tailored to each client’s needs, with personalized attention, and at competitive rates.. We leverage non-legal experience and education to view our client's needs from multiple angles, not only the legal angle. We serve as outside legal counsel to many of clients, and many think of us as being "down the hall" when they need us.. To meet our clients’ other legal needs, the firm is co-counsel with several other law firms of all sizes.

Alan J. Van Luven was admitted to the practice of law in Delaware in 1998, in Maryland and the District of Columbia in 1999, and to the United States Tax Court in 2002. Mr. Van Luven's areas of practice include estate and trust planning, individual and fiduciary income tax planning, preparation of individual and fiduciary income tax returns, business planning, estate and trust administration, and the representation of clients before the Internal Revenue Service and state taxing authorities.

After qualifying as a Certified Public Accountant in Maryland, and serving two years as a Captain on the U.S. Army General Staff, Marc Blum joined Gordon Feinblatt in 1972. As a member of the Firm's Trusts & Estates Planning Group, he gives to Gordon Feinblatt and its clients extensive experience in complex tax and estate valuation issues, as well as a unique understanding of the problems faced by the closely-held business owner when planning his estate. He also has argued and won significant estate and income tax cases in the United States Tax Court.. Marc has written tax and estate-related articles for the Journal of Accounting Research, Journal of Taxation, The Tax Advisor, Estate Planning, and Tax Notes, and is the author of the Tax Management Portfolio entitled Estate Tax Payments and Liabilities. He is general counsel to the Clinical Trials & Surveys Corporation.  Marc is a Trustee of the Notre Dame of Maryland University, was President of the Board of Trustees of the McDonogh School, and serves on several charity and business investment committees and boards.