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Firm: FREILICH LAW

13004 Falls Road , Cockeysville , Maryland 21030

Practice Areas: Real Estate

Michael is a natural teacher. He enjoys working with families buying or selling their home. He explains the contract language in listing agreements-The agreement between the consumer and the realtor which imposes many obligtions on the consumer which the consumer can usually negotiate. The agreement of sale provied by the realtor imposes many obligations on the consumer, but which the consumer may be able to shift to the other parties or not accept. This is why he prefers to meet with clients prior to their sigining any documents. HE takes this same approach of listening in helping people deisn their wills, powers of attorny, living wills, and other life and death plans.. Michael is equally comfortable trying a civil case before a jury, negotiating a complex business transaction, or drafting documents. After earning a bachelor’s degree in philosophy from Columbia University, Michael was a Melton Research Fellow while pursuing his PhD in philosophy at Ohio State University. In 1973, he earned a Juris Doctor from Case Western Reserve University and has been admitted to practice in Maryland. He has taught philosophy at Ohio State University and at John Carroll University. He is admitted to practice before several federal courts, including the Supreme Court of the United States, the Court of Appeals of Maryland, and all lesser courts in Maryland.. Michael's initial experience was in Cleveland with a boutique law firm involved with real estate transactions and a real estate litigation practice. In the mid-70s, he moved to Maryland to practice with the real estate group and one of the large Baltimore law firms. In 1975 Michael began his own practice in Baltimore County. In the intervening years he has developed a reputation as a seasoned transactional lawyer and trial lawyer with considerable experience in estate planning.. Michael has lectured and taught required continuing education courses to title insurance agents, real estate agents, and life and health insurance agents.  He has also taught and presented to the Association of Trial Lawyers of Maryland.. Over the years Michael has been associated with local charitable organizations and has served and continues to serve locally, regionally, and nationally. He was a recipient of the national Maasim Tovim award in 2015 from the FJMC.