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Providing legal counsel to businesses and individuals in Maryland with a focus on Business Law, Real Estate, and Commercial Law.

Mr. Surell's legal practice focuses on corporate, business and real estate matters. Prior to working at Jiranek, P.A., Mr. Surell worked at a law firm in Annapolis and focused on real estate and litigation matters.. Mr. Surell graduated from Washington University School of Law with a J.D. in 2016, and from the University of Maryland with a B.S. in General Biology in 2013.

Mr. Jiranek's legal practice focuses on corporate, finance and real estate matters. He serves and has served as general counsel for a number of regional, national and international public and privately-held corporations, non-profit corporations and other business organizations. He has written numerous published articles and papers on corporate and commercial transactional topics and lectured extensively for public and private business development groups in the Baltimore area. Prior to forming the firm, Mr. Jiranek worked as General Counsel with a public high-technology company, an associate in the corporate and finance departments of several large and mid sized law firms in Washington, DC and Baltimore, Maryland, an Honors Program attorney at the U.S. Department of Justice and a judicial law clerk to U.S. District Court Judge Truman Hobbs in Montgomery, Alabama.Mr. Jiranek graduated from William and Mary Law School with a J.D. in 1987, where he was an Editor of the Law Review, and from Princeton University with an A.B. in Economics in 1984. Mr. Jiranek is a member of the American Bar Association and the Maryland, D.C. and Virginia Bar Associations where he is active with several business and finance committees.

J. Neil Lanzi was born on January 10, 1960 in Baltimore, Maryland and has been practicing law for over twenty-five years. His educational background includes graduating from Calvert Hall High School in 1978 as a member of the National Honor Society. Mr. Lanzi continued his education at Loyola College and graduated in the top 10% of his 1982 graduating class with a B.A. degree in Political Science. While attending Loyola College, Mr. Lanzi lettered on the varsity lacrosse team, served in the student government and was Director of the Student Intramural Program.. After attending the University of Baltimore School of Law, Mr. Lanzi graduated in the top half of his class with a J.D. degree in 1985. While attending law school, Mr. Lanzi had the opportunity to clerk with the law firm of White, Mindel, Clarke & Foard, a highly-regarded Towson law firm. Following graduation, Mr. Lanzi was selected to serve a judicial clerkship with The Honorable Albert P. Close of the Circuit Court for Harford County. Upon the completion of the clerkship, Mr. Lanzi accepted an associate attorney position with the Towson law firm of Seiland & Jednorski, P.A., a general practice law firm where he handled a variety of legal matters from the Summer of 1986 through the Spring of 1992.. In June of 1992, Mr. Lanzi formed the law firm known as Coover & Lanzi, with offices in Towson and Ellicott City. The law practice prospered; however, after finding that the vast majority of clients preferred the Towson office for meetings, Mr. Lanzi established his own practice in Towson on October 15, 1993 and incorporated as a professional association in 1996. Mr. Lanzi has been a member of the Maryland State Bar Association and the Baltimore County Bar Association since 1986 where he is active in the State, Local Laws and Zoning Committee.

In recogintion of my active participation and leadership ability, The Baltimore County Bar Association elected me to serve on its Executive Council for 10 years, and to serve as its President in 2009. I have also served a term on the Board of Governors of the Maryland State Bar Association.. Giving back to the community rounds out my public persona. I devote time and expertise to the Greater Towson Committee which is dedicated to the revitalization and redevelopment of Towson, Md., my adopted hometown. I served as its President in 2005 and 2006.

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I have been practicing as a business and health care lawyer for 30 years in the Baltimroe Metro region, representing a variety of clients in education,  health care, insurance, estates, probate, real estate and leaseing leasing.. I have a substantial personal commitment to the community, with a long history of volunteer work for the Attorney Grievance Commission of Maryland,  the Maryland  Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts, and Boys Hope/Girls Hope of Maryland.