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When I am not in the office, I pursue lots of interests.  I love to play golf and tennis.  I enjoy all forms of live theater, including Broadway musicals, dramas, light opera, grand opera.  I also enjoy the other arts, especially classical music and viewing the works of great painters, sculptors and architects.  I spend time every summer hiking, bicycling, canoeing and kayaking, particularly in Colorado.  I also love to travel.  Finally, as I get older, I find that I thoroughly enjoy reading classical literature and well-written histories, escpecially about American history.. I am married to the former Anne Biden Winter and have an 18 year old son who will begin college in the fall.

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

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.

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.

Hello!. I am corporate in house counsel, and therefore cannot accept private clients.

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.

During the past 23 years I built a successful and respected business law firm. My practice has a national scope, serving clients located around the country in litigation and transactional matters arising in Maryland, Virginia and the District of Columbia. My practice focuses on the areas of substantive law businesses rely upon daily. These areas of law include contract, corporations and unincorporated business entities, Uniform Commercial Code, commercial financial services, bankruptcy and state law insolvency/receiverships, business consulting, employment, commercial real estate and complementary disciplines. While the majority of my daily professional activity relates to litigation and arbitration in these areas, a substantial amount of my time is dedicated to transactional matters and “outside general counsel” services for day-to-day operations of clients who do not have an in-house legaldepartment.

A graduate of the University of Baltimore School of Law with a concentration in Estate Planning, Justin joined Batoff Associates as an associate working in the areas of corporate governance and employee benefits. He provides counsel on a wide range of other issues relating to sports & entertainment, mergers & acquisitions, securities regulation, retirement planning & implementation, and ERISA compliance.Additionally, Justin counsels tax-exempt organizations and helps not-for-profit entities to navigate the federal application process to obtain tax exempt status. He also assists in providing estate planning and concierge services to multi-family office clients.A lifelong Baltimore resident, Justin was a career student and varsity athlete at the Gilman School. He attended Johns Hopkins University where he studied Art History as well as Entrepreneurship & Management. While at Johns Hopkins he was elected Vice-President of St. Elmo Hall and played JHU Club Lacrosse. In concert with his brother, Justin is the co-founder of the Old Line Society. The OLS is a nonprofit organization encouraging philanthropy and fundraising efforts among young professionals in the Baltimore area. Justin also serves as an adviser, or in the capacity of a trustee, for a number of civic organizations. Away from the office he can usually be found in the field, fox-hunting or on area steeplechase courses pursuing his career as an Amateur Rider.