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My grandfather suddenly died when my father was just 7 years old. With no will in place, his estate was ravaged and the family struggled through some very rough years. Lena knows what can happen without planning! She wants to help her clients and client families avoid what her father, her aunt, and her grandmother experienced.. Estate planning enables clients to control what happens to them, their loved ones, & their assets while healthy, upon disability & after death while saving unnecessary expenses, taxes & stress. Business, asset protection & charitable planning are important components of Lena's practice. Lena keeps her clients on top of changes in the laws, while her clients keep her abreast of changes in their lives. She enjoys working with clients who appreciate the care she puts into each case. AV Preeminent 5.0 Peer Review Rated, Martindale HubbellLena welcomes new clients & appreciates referrals.. .

Iryna Avrine is founder and head attorney of the Avrine Law Firm, LLC located in Bethesda, Maryland. Her practice is focused on estate planning and elder law. Mrs. Avrine helps families and retirees reach their financial, retirement, and estate planning goals through creating personalized and comprehensive estate plans. She also serves her clients legal needs in the areas of immigration, special education, and small business. Building relationships and understanding each clients objectives and goals defines Mrs. Avrine's approach to handling her clients legal matters. She is fluent in English, Russian, and Belarusian.. Mrs. Avrine started her journey of becoming an attorney in Minsk, Belarus, where she studied law in the Academy of Public Administration. In the United States, she graduated from the University of Baltimore with a B.A. in Jurisprudence and then attended law school at the University of Baltimore School of Law. In 2014, Mrs. Avrine obtained her law degree with honors, summa cum laude, while finishing at the top of her class. Mrs. Avrine is proudly admitted to practice law in the State of Maryland.. Prior to opening her practice, Mrs. Avrine worked as an attorney at a boutique general practice law firm in Annapolis. Early in her career, she gained experience as a law clerk supporting various practice areas, including trusts and estates, corporate, bankruptcy, and products liability, with law firms in Maryland.. Along with her professional expertise, Mrs. Avrine is a compassionate and personally engaged problem solver, always striving to find the best solution for each of her clients. As resolving legal issues is often an emotional process, Mrs. Avrine maintains a patient, thoughtful, and creative approach while serving her clients legal needs. Away from the office, Mrs. Avrine enjoys hiking with her husband, two children and a precious little dog, reading historical novels and cooking Belarusian food.

I am a recently-admitted Maryland attorney with several years of litigation experience as a paralegal both prior to and during law school. While in law school, I concentrated my studies in antitrust, communications, and intellectual property law. I served in several internships while in school, learning such skills as policy analysis, administrative law, judicial decision-making, and regulatory theory and practice.

Hass Bashir founded the Law Offices of Hass Bashir in 2010. The Maryland-based firm currently has offices in Montgomery County and Prince George’s County. Before starting his own legal practice, Hass worked for Judge David Sawyer at the Michigan Court of Appeals and Judge Inez Smith Reid at the Washington D.C. Court of Appeals.. Hass begin his career practicing real estate, insurance and bankruptcy law.  He continues to represent clients in complicated Bankruptcy Chapter 13 and Chapter 7 cases. Hass is well known for his foreclosure defense work, as he has represented dozens of clients in conducting loan modifications, short-sales, and foreclosure defense proceedings.   He has attended and negotiated several settlements either before Maryland’s Office of Administrative Hearing (OAH) or directly with the lender. He represents clients in personal injury and real estate property insurance claims.  Subsequently, he engaged in Family Law related matters where he represented clients in divorce proceedings and guardianships. Hass has successfully obtained millions of dollars in settlements.. Hass’ practice area expanded to represent corporate clients in expansion of medical practices, corporate litigation, and commercial transactions.   Hass only represents corporate clients in EB5 Immigration or H1 visa processes. He is a committed member of the community and frequently represents the profit and non-profit associations.  He is also a member of Maryland Bar Association, American Bar Association, Maryland Court of Appeals, and the United States District Court of Maryland.

General Practice.  Areas include: Civil Litigation, Landlord / Tenant Law, Criminal and Traffic Defense, Personal Injury and Alernative Dispute Resolution.  32 years of experience.

After leaving my position as an Assistant United States Attorney for the District of Columbia over twenty-seven years ago, I focused my legal practice on defending nursing home providers in malpractice lawsuits here in the D.C. area and across the country.  In doing so, I learned in great detail not only how those cases are prosecuted and defended, but also how plaintiff's counsel and providers evaluate them for settlement purposes.  My extensive experience in defending nursing home cases proved to be one of my strongest assets once I began representing plaintiffs in those cases, as I now routinely do.. My goal in litigating any case is to evaluate it as quickly as possible in order to determine whether it can be resolved early on in a manner that makes sense for both sides.  This approach promotes closure for all parties and reduces the often wasteful and unnecessary fees and costs involved in protracted litigation.  If early resolution of a case is not possible, I welcome the opportunity to try it to verdict before a jury or arbitration panel.  My most recent nursing home jury trial resulted in a satisfactory settlement for my client just prior to the closing arguments.  My most recent nursing home arbitration resulted in an award totally in my client's favor after opposing counsel steadfastly refused to engage in meaningful settlement discussions.. Given my strong belief in the benefits of early dispute resolution, I have completed the arbitration and mediation training programs sponsored by the American Health Lawyer's Association ("AHLA").  I served as an arbitrator in a Florida nursing home dispute this past spring and look forward to doing so again this fall.. Before I went to law school, I worked as house painter, a laborer on gas pipelines and concrete crews, a carpenter, and a roughneck on an oil rig.  I believe that that  background, together with my educational and professional experience, has helped me to appreciate and relate to clients and jurors from all walks of life.. Picking the right lawyer to represent you in a significant lawsuit may be one of the most important decisions that you will ever have to make.  For that reason, you should take the time to get to know your prospective counsel and to make sure that he or she is the best fit for you.  In order to assist you in that process, I offer free legal consultations.  Please do not hestitate to contact me at your convenience should you wish to discuss your case with me.

Adam Van Grack has had significant experience assisting individuals, corporations, small businesses, and nonprofits on a broad range of legal problems in trial courts and on appeals. Specifically, Adam has extensive experience in civil litigation, business law, appeals, environmental law, contract disputes, real estate/property law, and recreation law. Adam’s legal advice and legal opinions have been featured in many different national and local publications, including The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, The New York Times, and The Baltimore Sun. As a native Washingtonian who attended Richard Montgomery High School, Adam regularly counsels numerous Maryland and Washington, DC businesses and individuals on various corporate and legal matters on an ongoing basis.. Adam’s litigation and appeals practice addresses a broad range of civil litigation issues, including contract disputes, property disputes, financial disputes, real estate matters, environmental law, technology disputes, securities fraud, bankruptcy matters, liability problems, toxic torts, and outdoor recreation matters.  Adam regularly and effectively negotiates settlements of these same types of civil disputes.. Adam also has an extensive expertise in legal ethics and professional responsibility.  Adam has served as an expert witness on Legal Ethics and Professional Responsibility in the Circuit Court of Maryland, and he currently serves on the Montgomery County Bar Association’s Legal Ethics Committee.  Adam was also appointed by the Governor of Maryland to a commission to provide advice regarding juvenile justice issues.  If you have a problem related to legal ethics or legal malpractice, Adam can help.

A seasoned civil litigator, Theodore B. Kiviat began his legal career in California, where he honed his skills litigating inside the nation's largest court system - the Los Angeles County Superior Court. While practicing in California, Mr. Kiviat's efforts for his clients resulted in two jury verdicts that awarded punitive damages, including a multimillion dollar verdict against movie director Peter Bogdanovich. After returning home to Maryland, Mr. Kiviat practiced at two of Maryland's largest law firms (Venable LLP and Shulman Rogers PA) before founding his own firm in 2012.  In 2014, Mr. Kiviat became Of Counsel to Maryland's Longman & Grack LLC. Mr. Kiviat offers a client-first approach to legal representation that is fully committed to achieving the client's objectives while providing open communication, impassioned advocacy and efficiencies born from experience. Whether zealously advocating for you in the litigation arena or providing exceptional representation and counsel outside the the courtroom, Theodore Kiviat is well positioned to champion his client's interests with dynamic legal solutions that offer the best strategy for success.