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Practicing for 43 years in family law, bankruptcy, negligence, personal injury, workers' compensation, estate and probate and criminal law including DUI, etc.

Ms. Storie joined the boutique family law firm of Turbull, Nicholson & Sanders, P.A. in March 2014. She is an experienced litigator with a primary focus in family law, including divorce, child custody disputes, child support, spousal support, asset division, petitions for protection from domestic violence, modifications, and the negotiation and drafting of marital separation and property settlement agreements. Ms. Storie understands the emotional and financial toll family law matters can have on clients, and whenever possible, works to reach a negotiated settlement without court intervention. When settlement is not possible, she is prepared to diligently litigate and advocate for her clients in court. Every case and set of circumstances is unique, and Ms. Storie provides personal attention and service to suit each client.. Ms. Storie is very active in the Baltimore County Bar Association, serving as a member of the Young Lawyers Committee and Family Law Committee since 2008. She is also a member of the Maryland State Bar Association, Baltimore Women’s Bar Association, Howard County Bar Association and Washington County Bar Association. Ms. Storie successfully completed collaborative practice training (March 2011), required to satisfy the International Academy of Collaborative Professionals standards for Collaborative Practice in family related disputes and 40 Hour Civil Mediation Training (March 2012) required to qualify her as a mediator for general civil litigation cases. During law school, she had the opportunity to serve as a Judicial Intern to the Honorable Michael J. Finifter in the Circuit Court for Baltimore County.

Mr. Weinberg is a pioneer in representing  Nursing Home, Assisted Living, and Developmental Disability victims and their families. His practice is focused on those areas and other serious personal injuries and wrongful death. He and his staff understand when a facility fails to live up to the trust placed with the facility in caring for a loved one. He has been an attorney since 1983. In 2001 he founded and was the first chairperson of the Maryland Trial Lawyer's Association's Nursing Home Litigation Section (now MAJ). And he is also active nationally, having lectured and written numerous articles for the American Association for Justice and the Maryland Association for Justice to educate other attorneys. In 2014 he obtained a $1,000,000 verdict against an assited living facility in Harford County, Maryland. Very few Maryland attorneys have obtained a verdict in long term care cases. There is no cost for him to review your case. And there are no fees or costs unless compensation is obtained.

Mr. Mosson focuses on representing employees in claims of illegal discrimination, illegal retaliation, disability rights violations, wrongful terminations, and when seeking owed wages. He represents family members navigating the complexities of separation, divorce, custody, and alimony. He also represents people seeking disability benefits from Social Security.

Lee J. Eidelberg, recognized by Maryland Super Laywers, The National Trial Lawyers, Top 100 Trial Lawyers, and rated AV Preeminent by Martindale-Hubbell, received his J.D. from the University of Baltimore School of Law, where he served on the Moot Court Board, the University's Honor Court as a prosecutor, and authored "Wrongful Birth," University of Baltimore Law Forum, Vol. 2, 1982. A 1979 graduate of the University of Maryland, College Park, he also holds a bachelor of science degree in marketing management. In April 2016, Mr. Eidelberg was invited to and accepted membership in The National Association Of Distinguished Trial Counsel.  Only the Top One Percent of attorneys in the United States are awarded membership in NADC.. Mr. Eidelberg began his legal career in public service as an Assistant State's Attorney for Baltimore County, Maryland and combined his extensive training at the National College of District Attorneys in Houston, Texas, with countless hours prosecuting misdemeanor and felony cases in Maryland’s district, juvenile and circuit courts. After serving as the Unit Chief for Baltimore County’s Repeat Offender, Felony Review and Arson Units, Mr. Eidelberg entered private practice to defend individuals charged with traffic offenses ranging from speeding, driving suspended, revoked or uninsured, to reckless driving and DUI/DWI. He also routinely appears before the state’s Office of Administrative Hearings to defend clients facing license suspension or revocation due to excessive points or refusal to submit to breathalyzer tests. In Maryland's criminal courts, Mr. Eidelberg is also frequently engaged to defend clients charged with assault, domestic violence, bad checks, shoplifting, theft, CDS and /illegal drug possession and other criminal offenses.. Additionally, Mr. Eidelberg concentrates on pursuing financial compensation for personal injury victims, including losses suffered from medical malpractice, in automobile accidents, slips and falls, and other negligent acts or omissions. A long-standing member of the Baltimore County Bar Association and the Medical Malpractice and Automobile Negligence sections of the Maryland Association of Justice, Mr. Eidelberg has successfully obtained both significant jury awards and settlements through effective presentation of cases in trial, mediation and binding arbitration. Injured workers also seek Mr. Eidelberg’s assistance for job-related injuries before Maryland’s Workers’ Compensation Commission, where he prosecutes Claims for contested medical treatment, lost wages, and disability benefits.. An avid sports enthusiast, Mr. Eidelberg also serves on the Board of Directors of the Sports Boosters of Maryland, Inc., a 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to enhancing the lives of deserving children in Baltimore through fund raising and sports-related activities. He is also a member of the University of Maryland 's Colonnade Society, Alumni Association, and Terrapin Club.

Jason T. Vettori practices in the areas of real estate, land use and administrative law.. Mr. Vettori facilitates land use approvals for local, regional and national developers in complex commercial and residential development matters. He has also represented individual property owners with respect to licensing approvals and other real estate law matters, including but not limited to adverse possession actions.. Mr. Vettori has appeared in various courts and before administrative agencies and tribunals throughout the state, although he primarily assists clients in Baltimore County, Baltimore City and Howard County.. Mr. Vettori is a member of the Maryland State Bar Association and Baltimore County Bar Association. He is a board member of the Greater Towson Committee, Inc. (GTC). He is also a board member of both the Howard County and Baltimore County Chapters of the Maryland Building Industry Association (formerly known as the Home Builders Association of Maryland). Mr. Vettori previously served on the Howard County Economic Development Transition Team for County Executive Ken Ulman.. He is a 1992 graduate of Mt. Hebron High School in Howard County, MD. Mr. Vettori graduated from Duke University in 1996 with a B.A. in Sociology, where he was a member of the Men’s Lacrosse Team. After graduating from University of Baltimore School of Law, he spent a year as the Judicial Law Clerk for the Honorable Robert E. Cahill, Sr. in the Circuit Court for Baltimore County.

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 am an avid snow and water skier, and enjoy boating on the Chesapeake Bay and reading American History.

David K. Gildea, the managing partner of the firm, practices in the area of real estate development, land use and zoning. His practice area includes all jurisdictions in Maryland, with a focus on the Baltimore Metropolitan Area.. Mr. Gildea has represented entities ranging from large federal agencies to NYSE traded homebuilders and REITs to local land developers and retailers in obtaining development and entitlement approvals.  The types of projects Mr. Gildea has been involved in range from large town center mixed-use development, urban redevelopment efforts, large residential developments, hotels, hospitals, medical office buildings, apartment buildings,  multi-story office buildings, grocery-anchored retail centers, retirement communities, home improvement centers, industrial warehouses, fuel service stations, storage facilities, and a vast myriad of other uses.  Mr. Gildea has been involved in many large-scale projects in the Chesapeake Bay Critical Area and is knowledgeable about the Growth Allocation process and obtaining approvals in the Chesapeake Bay Critical Area.  Mr. Gildea has also been involved in many rezonings and Planned Unit Developments (“PUDs”) throughout the State of Maryland, most notably in the Baltimore Metropolitan Area.. Mr. Gildea has strong relationships with local and State governmental agencies involved in the regulatory/entitlement process.  Mr. Gildea routinely resolves issues involving the Maryland Department of the Environment and the Maryland Department of Transportation, particularly with the State Highway Administration (“SHA”).. Mr. Gildea prides himself in working with both governmental agencies and community associations in a collaborative fashion. Mr. Gildea routinely works extensively with various stakeholders prior to commencing the development review process to resolve potential issues at the beginning of the process, rather than at the middle.  As a result, Mr. Gildea has been able to obtain numerous regulatory approvals for projects, while managing to have a small percentage of approvals appealed.  Mr. Gildea works to put projects in the ground, rather than in the courts, and always with a view towards gaining approvals in an expeditious manner.. Mr. Gildea has served on three Transition Teams. In 2002, Mr. Gildea served on Baltimore County Executive Jim Smith's Transition Team as the Chairman of the DEPRM, PDM and DPW Workgroup. In 2006, Mr. Gildea served on Governor Martin O'Malley's transition team as a member of the Environmental Workgroup. Mr. Gildea also served on Attorney General Douglas Gansler's Transition Team as the Co-Chair of the Environmental Workgroup.. Mr. Gildea received his J.D. degree from the University of Baltimore (cum laude), his B.A. degree from Washington and Lee University (cum laude) and his diploma from St. Paul's School for Boys in Baltimore, Maryland (cum laude). After passing the bar, he was the law clerk for the Honorable James T. Smith, Jr. in the Circuit Court for Baltimore County.

Admitted to the Bar in 1975.  I am a 1975 magna cum laude graduate of the University of Baltimore School of Law where I was the Notes and Comments Editor of the Law Review.  I served a one year year clerkship after law school, 1975 - 1976, at the  Maryland Court of Appeals, our state's highest appellate court.  I served for five and a half years as an Assitant United States Attorney in Maryland from April 1980 to October 1985.  During that time I was an instructor on litigation topics at the Department of Justice's Advocacy Traiuning Program.  My practice consists of commercial and general litigation and white collar criminal defense.  I am a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers.  I am also a Fellow of the Marylkand Bar Foundation.   I am listed in Best Lawyers in America in the areas of commercial litigation, white collar criminal defense and non-white collar criminal defense.  I am also listed in Maryland Superlawyers in general litigatiand and was listed by Maryland Superlawyers as one of the top 100 lawyers in Maryland in 2012 .I have an AV rating from Marindale Hubbell. I have been an instructor in legal writing at the University of Baltimore School of Law and have given presentations on various litigation issues to practicing attorneys, including through the Maryland Institute for Continuing Professional Education for Lawyers.  I am a regular commenter on legal issues of current interest for WBFF-TV, Fox 45 in Baltimore.

A principal of the firm, Lawrence E. Schmidt has been a practicing attorney and a member of the Bar for 35 years. His practice primarily focuses on land use matters, including zoning, development, historic preservation and environmental issues and related litigation. He has appeared in various courts through the state, including the Court of Special Appeals of Maryland. Mr. Schmidt also has significant experience in representing clients before State and local administrative agencies and tribunals.. Prior to joining Smith, Gildea & Schmidt, LLC, Mr. Schmidt served as Zoning Commissioner (Hearing Officer) of Baltimore County, Maryland. His tenure as Zoning Commissioner for over 13 years (1991-2004) represents the longest period of service of any individual ever in that position. Mr. Schmidt also served on the Baltimore County Board of Appeals for 5 years during the 1980s. All told, he has personally adjudicated over 3,000 cases involving complex land use issues.. Mr. Schmidt is a 1975 graduate of Western Maryland College (now McDaniel College). He received his J.D. degree from the University of Baltimore. He has extensively lectured regarding land use issues and has authored published articles regarding historic preservation in Maryland and administrative practice. He is also a member of the Maryland State Bar Association and Baltimore County Bar Association, and previously served as a member of the MSBA's Board of Governors.. In addition to his legal endeavors, Mr. Schmidt has participated in numerous volunteer activities. He is currently a member of the Board of Education for Baltimore County, and served as its President from 2011 through 2014. Mr. Schmidt has also served as President of the Greater Towson Committee and was also an active member of the Lutherville – Timonium Recreation Council. He is also a board member of the Baltimore County Chapter of the Maryland Building Industry Association (formerly known as the Home Builders Association of Maryland), and has lent his expertise to many other advisory groups and organizations including serving as President of the Greater Towson Committee, Builders for the Bay and similar organizations.