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Representing creditors and debtors in Chapter 7 Bankruptcy Liquidation, Chapter 11 Bankruptcy, Chapter 13 Reorganization, and commercial law generally.

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. Snyder is a fighter and has never  backed down from  a battle. Mr. Snyder believes that preparation is the key to success. Preparation and hard work allows him to have the comfort level and the confidence to excel at trial, in litigation, and taking depositions of some of the country’s most renowned experts. With over $1 Billion in settlements and verdicts, Mr. Snyder, a partner in the law firm of Snyder & Snyder concentrates his practice on Medical Malpractice cases. Mr. Snyder firm has been responsible for numerous multi-million dollar recoveries on behalf of his clients. Mr. Snyder is licensed to practice law in the state of Maryland.. Mr. Snyder graduated from the University of Baltimore and subsequently attended the University of Baltimore School of Law.. Mr. Snyder is a member of the Maryland Association for Justice, the American Association for Justice, the Maryland State Bar Association, the American Bar Association, the Maryland Trial Lawyers Association, received a Mediation Certificate (Rule 17-106), admitted to the Maryland Court of Appeal, and has been admitted Pro-Hoc in New Jersey. Moreover, Snyder & Snyder has been nominator for the Litigator of Year awards in both 2014 & 2015.. Mr. Snyder has also sat on the Governing Board of Directors of United Cerebral Palsy of Central Maryland, a charitable organization whose goals include serving our disability community and their families. Additionally, Mr. Snyder is one of the trustees of the Stephen L. Snyder charitable Foundation.

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. Fetterman practices in the Litigation Department, focusing on complex commercial, business, and contractual matters throughout the Mid-Atlantic region. He also has extensive experience successfully briefing and arguing appeals, including numerous cases before the Pennsylvania Supreme Court.  In addition to his duties as a litigator, Mr. Fetterman assists clients with statutory and regulatory compliance.. Prior to joining Niles Barton, Mr. Fetterman served as a prosecutor with the Philadelphia District Attorney's Office.  He uses this experience to provide comprehensive service to clients dealing with fraud, misrepresentation, and other potentially criminal issues.  Mr. Fetterman currently practices before the state and federal courts in Pennsylvania, Maryland, and West Virginia.. In 2011, Mr. Fetterman was named a SuperLawyers Rising Star in Maryland.

Mr. Curley practices in the Litigation Department, concentrating in commercial litigation, real estate litigation, maritime law, property insurance law, related first party insurance matters and general business litigation. Mr. Curley’s practice includes insurance law, construction law, tort defense and contract disputes. He also has extensive experience in subrogation. His liability/third party practice includes intellectual property litigation as well as construction defect matters and commercial litigation involving business related matters.. Mr. Curley practices in the state and federal courts of Maryland and North Carolina. Mr. Curley is a member of the American Bar Association’s Intellectual Property Litigation Committee and the National Association of Subrogation Professionals. He previously served as law clerk to the Hon. Clayton Greene, Jr. of the Maryland Court of Special Appeals while Judge Greene was serving on the Circuit Court for Anne Arundel County.

Mr. Croll was born in Baltimore on December 5, 1959. He earned a bachelor’s degree in Political Science from The University of Michigan and a law degree from Washington University School of Law. Mr. Croll’s practice is concentrated in the areas of creditors’ rights, bankruptcy and commercial litigation. He is admitted to practice before the Court of Appeals of Maryland, the United States District Court for the District of Maryland, the United States Courts of Appeals for the Third and Fourth Circuits, the United States Court of Claims, the United States Tax Court, and the Supreme Court of the United States. Mr. Croll has lectured on creditors’ rights, bankruptcy, and collection law.

Jordan Halle focuses his practice primarily on business and corporate law and mergers & acquisitions.  Jordan was a Rule 16 Attorney in the University of Baltimore School of Law’s Community Development Clinic in which he and two other members of the Clinic developed and ran an organization legal health clinic in conjunction with the Community Law Center, the first in an ongoing series, to provide pro bono limited legal services to Baltimore-area non-profits and community organizations.  To-date, more than 60 organizations have received free advice and legal consultations through the program.  Most recently, he served as a law clerk to Judge Lynne A. Battaglia for the Court of Appeals of Maryland and is admitted to practice in Maryland.

Jan Berlage’s practice focuses on general business litigation, ranging from commercial disputes to bankruptcy () to intellectual property (). Jan has extensive experience in trials, arbitrations, mediations, and administrative hearings, including arguments before the Maryland Court of Appeals and the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. He has secured major jury verdicts and large settlements for both businesses and individuals, including most recently a $1.6 million and a $900, compensatory damage awards for copyright clients and a nearly $1 million settlement for a surviving heir in a wrongful death lawsuit. He has also successfully defended against multimillion dollar claims in both state and federal court. Prior to private practice, Jan served as law clerk to the Honorable E. Stephen Derby, U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Maryland. He has taught pretrial litigation practice at the University of Maryland School of law, served on the Board of Governors for the Maryland State Bar Association and the United States Commission on Civil Rights, Maryland State Action Committee, and is a co-author of the book, Maryland Equine Law: A Legal Guide to Horse Ownership and Activities (). He is a fellow of both the American and the Maryland State Bar Foundations, presents regularly at CLE courses, and has chaired numerous committees at both the national and state level. Based on his experience and client reviews, AVVO ranks Jan as “Superb” with a perfect 10 rating, and is a business litigation Super Lawyer.. Mr. Berlage along with his partners were the 2013, 2014 and 2015 Editor’s Choice recipients of Corporate INTL’s Commercial Dispute Resolution Law Firm of the Year Award in Maryland, and its IP Law Firm of the Year and Bankruptcy Law Firm of the Year for 2014 and 2015.. Some of Jan’s representative matters are. Some of Jan’s representative speaking engagements are:

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 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.

David B. Applefeld is a member of the Firm with more than 18 years experience. Mr. Applefeld has litigated complex construction defect claims, insurance coverage claims, mechanics' lien actions, and architectural and engineering professional negligence claims in all levels of state and federal courts, before administrative agencies and before the American Arbitration Association. Mr. Applefeld serves as national panel trial counsel and special litigation counsel for several insurance companies and businesses. He is experienced in handling catastrophic personal injury claims, class action lawsuits, product liability matters, regulatory matters and other business litigation matters including contract disputes, business dissolutions, and conspiracy, fraud and RICO claims.

Dana McKee handles all aspects of family law, which includes divorces, separation agreements, custody and child support disputes, and prenuptial agreements. She is a tough but fair negotiator who has successfully handled numerous mediations, trials, and appeals. Dana previously served as a Court Ordered Settlement Conference Facilitator for the Family Division of the Circuit Court for Baltimore City and has taught courses on custody issues for the National Association of Social Workers.. She is also trained as a collaborative family law attorney, a board member of The Collaborative Professionals of Baltimore,  and a member of the Howard County Collaborative Professionals and the International Academy of Collaborative Professionals.. Dana has received an AV Preeminent rating from Martindale-Hubbell, the highest possible rating in both legal ability and ethical standards from her peers. Less than 5% of women lawyers have been recognized with an AV Preeminent rating.   Since 2013 Dana has been listed annually in Maryland Super Lawyers.  She was listed in Top 50 Women Maryland Super Lawyers 2014, 2015, and 2018 and in Top 100 Maryland Super Lawyers 2014 and 2015, for lawyers who received the highest point totals in the Maryland nomination, research, and blue ribbon review process. Since 2014, Dana has been selected by her peers  for inclusion in the The Best Lawyers in America. She is listed in the fields of Family Law and Commercial Litigation.. In addition to family law, Dana handles a variety of complex commercial and personal injury litigation matters. In March 2000, she obtained substantial sanctions against a national manufacturer and its attorneys for discovery abuses in a product liability case – a decision that has received statewide and national attention. Prior to joining Brown, Goldstein & Levy, Dana was an attorney with Frank, Bernstein, Conaway & Goldman, where her practice was devoted exclusively to complex commercial litigation.. Dana is a member of the state and federal bars of Maryland, the District of Columbia, and New Jersey. She is an active member of the Maryland Association for Justice, the Baltimore County Bar Association Family Law Committee, and the Baltimore City Bar Association Family Law Committee.. Dana lives in Baltimore City with her husband and daughter. She is active in her community, having served as the Vice-President and then President of the Ten Hills Community Association. She was instrumental in obtaining the historical designation for the Ten Hills community. She also has worked closely with city officials and leaders from the surrounding communities in the redevelopment of the abandoned Uplands Apartments in Southwest Baltimore. Dana enjoys spending time with her family and friends, cooking, and renovating her historic home.

Cary Hansel, who was recently voted Trial Lawyer of the Year by the Maryland Association for Justice, is the founder of Hansel Law, PC ().  Cary has extensive trial and appellate experience, representing clients in civil rights, constitutional law and government liability cases.  His broad practice also encompasses medical malpractice, business and contract disputes, employment law, public regulation, insurance litigation, products liability, and administrative law. Cary obtained, and successfully defended on appeal, a verdict the Washington Post called “the largest made by a jury in a civil case involving abuse by Prince George's County police.”  The groundbreaking case established that citizens can hold municipalities liable for engaging in a “pattern and practice” of violating constitutional rights under the Maryland constitution.  This sea change in the law allows victims of government misconduct to introduce evidence of past wrongdoing in each new case, thus sharply raising the penalty for civil rights violators in Maryland. Cary has also achieved significant settlements and awards in the area of unlawful and unconstitutional employment practices and discrimination.  He has successfully represented numerous victims of illegal employment practices, including a young woman whose employer, a fast-food chain, refused to permit her to wear work-appropriate religious garb, a country-club waitress who was sexually assaulted by a club owner, and a high-level federal government lawyer who suffered severe harassment after her boss inadvertently discovered she was a lesbian. In a whistleblower case covered in such diverse outlets as the Wall Street Journal and Rolling Stone, Cary represented a Securities and Exchange Commission investigator wrongly terminated after uncovering historic security breaches and ethical violations at the SEC.  Cary’s client came to him after having been barred from SEC facilities based on false allegations.  As Cary soon demonstrated, the allegations were made in an effort to discredit the SEC investigator after he exercised his duty to disclose the wrongdoing he discovered to Congress.  After less than six months of aggressive representation, including the filing of a lawsuit, the SEC was forced to drop all of its allegations, publicly clear the investigator’s record, reinstate him and pay him the third largest payment ever made to a federal whistleblower as a result of retaliation. In a First Amendment case, Cary successfully represented a long-time government employee fired for being a member of the wrong political party.  Cary’s work gave rise to legislative hearings and new laws protecting government employees from termination for their private political views.  He also succeeded in reversing his client’s termination and obtaining a significant award. In another First Amendment matter, Cary obtained the dismissal of a case in which the plaintiff sought to enmesh the court in changing the religious direction of a large church under the guise of challenging the election of its board of directors. In an animal cruelty case, Cary represented the Humane Society in obtaining the first court order ever issued in Maryland to stop the use of steel-jawed leg-hold traps.  These traps, which are banned in many countries as cruel and inhumane, were being used despite the widespread availability of cost-effective and humane alternatives. Cary’s appellate career includes the successful defense of over $30 Million in awards, the creation of a new cause of action in Maryland, and the expansion of citizens’ rights to recover just compensation from governmental wrongdoers and insurance companies. Cary has also filed amicus curiae briefs in the Maryland Court of Appeals on behalf of the Maryland Education Coalition, American Association of University Women, League of Women Voters of Maryland, Maryland Association for Justice, and former chair of Maryland’s Commission on Education Finance, Equity and Excellence (the Thornton Commission). Cary is frequently invited to lecture on a variety of legal topics for organizations, including the National Business Institute, the Levin School of Law at the University of Florida, the Louis L. Goldstein Criminal Law Seminar, Maryland Trial Lawyers Association, and Maryland and D.C. chapters of the American Civil Liberties Union. Cary provided invited legislative testimony to the Joint Judiciary Committee of the Maryland Senate and House of Delegates in favor of the Equal Access to Justice Act, which was proposed in response to an opinion piece he had published in the Baltimore Sun.  He was also invited to testify before the Judiciary Committee of the Maryland House of Delegates during its consideration of legislation requiring the videotaping of police interrogations, which was proposed after one of his cases brought unlawful interrogation techniques to light. Cary offered testimony to the Maryland Commission on the Death Penalty warning of the problem of false confessions and the real potential for them to lead to the execution of innocent people.  The Commission quoted him in its final report, recommending abolition of the death penalty in Maryland, a recommendation adopted by the legislature shortly thereafter.Recorded Oral Arguments Potential clients are invited to watch one of Cary’s oral arguments. He is the second lawyer to appear in this video from a 2010 argument before the Maryland Court of Appeals: Cary is also the second lawyer to be heard in this audio from a 2013 argument before the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit:Press Coverage Although some of his most successful cases are those in which he avoids media exposure, when a client hopes his or her case will help drive larger social change, Cary’s cases are frequently featured in the media. He has been quoted in more than 300 newspapers nationwide and has appeared on television numerous times.Reported Cases Cary’s reported cases include the following:Cole v. State Farm Mutual Ins. Co., 359 Md. 298; 753 A.2d 533 (2000) (changing Maryland law to make it easier to recover fair compensation from an insurance company)Wells, et al. v. Chevy Chase Bank, et al., 363 Md. 232; 768 A.2d 620 (2001) (amicus curiae)Compucel Corp. v. Comm. of Internal Revenue, 2002-1 U.S. Tax Cas. (CCH) P50, 284 (2002)Moore v. Norouzi, 371 Md. 154; 807 A.2d 632 (2002) (amicus curiae on behalf of Maryland Trial Lawyers Association; the Court of Appeals held that, “We agree with the Amicus Maryland Trial Lawyers Association,” and adopted the position, which opened a new avenue of recovery for civil rights violations.)LGB Group LLC v. John Booty, 2004 MDBT 1 (Cir. Ct. for Prince George's Co., 1/28/04) (one of the first trial court opinions reported under Maryland Rule 16-205)Maryland State Bd. of Educ. v. Bradford, 387 Md. 353; 875 A.2d 703 (2005) (amicus curiae)Kane v. Board of Appeals of Prince George’s County, 390 Md. 145; 887 A.2d 1060 (2005)Public Service Com’n of Maryland v. Wilson, 389 Md. 27; 882 A.2d 849 (2005)Prince George’s County v. Longtin, 190 Md. App. 97 (2010)Prince George’s County v. Longtin, 419 Md. 450 (2011) (establishing a new cause of action and protecting the largest verdict against the County in a police misconduct case)Jones v. State, 38 A.3d 333 (2012) (redefining the boundaries of the public duty doctrine to make it easier to recover fair compensation in cases of police misconduct)Brooks, et al. v. Jenkins, et ux., No. 1499, Sept. Term, 2012. (Decided: December 16, 2014) (affirming one of the highest verdicts in history for the intentional shooting of a dog)Rodriguez v. State, No. 0748, Sept. Term, 2012 (Md. Ct. Spec. App. 2014) (reinstating an award for over $18 Million at Mr. Hansel's request)

Brian S. Jablon is a Member of Adelberg, Rudow, Dorf & Hendler, LLC. He concentrates his practice in the areas of civil litigation, construction law, government contract law, real estate and real property tax assessment appeals.. Mr. Jablon frequently writes and speaks on construction industry topics and teachers seminars for lawyers on taking effective depositions, and serves as an arbitrator and mediator in construction industry cases.. He has served as a law clerk to the Honorable Harry A. Cole in the Court of Appeals of Maryland. Mr. Jablon holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in English.

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.

A Principal and Co-Founder of the Offit Kurman, PA's Cannabis Practice Group, Darren H. Weiss is a frequent author and speaker on legal and business issues and affecting the legalized cannabis industry, a cannabis industry thought leader, and a seasoned business counselor. A passionate and experienced legal advocate, Mr. Weiss’s practice focuses primarily on cannabis and corporate law, including formation and organization of cannabis companies; corporate financing; drafting and negotiating investment documents, licensing agreements, and vendor contracts; and providing business advice and counsel on competitive licensing applications and cannabusiness design and strategy. Mr. Weiss has been counsel to cannabis industry investors, entrepreneurs, business owners, and ancillary service providers, and has helped negotiate and close numerous multi-million dollar transactions and provided counsel in the creation of multi-state brands and products.