|   | | Law Firm in La Plata, Maryland | |
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| | Address | | 106 St. Mary's Avenue, P.O. Box 310 | | La Plata, Maryland 20646 | | (Charles Co.) | | | |
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(Main Office)
| Mudd, Mudd & Fitzgerald, P.A. practices in the following areas of law:
General Civil and Criminal Trial Practice. Real Estate, Zoning, Probate, Family Law, Corporate, Estate Planning, Equity, Negligence and Bankruptcy Law. | | Year Established: 1907 | Firm Profile:
In 1907 the late John F. Mudd began the general practice of law at an office on Main Street in La Plata, the new County Seat of Charles County, Maryland. In 1933 his son, F. DeSales Mudd, joined him, creating Mudd and Mudd, one of southern Maryland's most active and best known law firms. The firm expanded and moved its office to the Idamont Building in 1956. In the sixties the founder's two grandsons, Thomas F. Mudd and John F. Mudd, joined their father's practice. During the sixties and seventies, our firm continued to expand the staff and the variety of legal services offered. In 1978 Stephen P. Fitzgerald joined the firm and in 1986, Mudd, Mudd and Fitzgerald moved to its present office in the Sydney E. Mudd House, St. Mary's Avenue, La Plata, Maryland. Mudd, Mudd & Fitzgerald, P.A. regularly practices in all state courts, offering comprehensive legal assistance throughout southern Maryland. Mudd, Mudd & Fitzgerald, a general practice law firm, can handle almost every type of legal matter that you, your family, or your business may require. Each attorney concentrates in specific areas of the law to more effectively serve the client's particular needs. | | Firm Size: 6 | Clients:
LOCAL COUNSEL FOR: Potomac Electric Power Co.; The Hartford Insurance Group; Chicago Title Insurance Co.; Peninsula Title Insurance Co.; Colonial Farm Credit Agric. Credit Assn.; County First Bank. |
COUNSEL FOR: Interstate General Corporation; St. Charles Associates, Limited Partnership; American Rental Management Company; American Community Properties; The Wills Group; Southern Maryland Oil Company; Dash-In Food Stores, Inc.; Delmarva Oil Corp.; Chaney Enterprises; Charles County Sand & Gravel Corp.; South Star Limited Partnership; Civista Medical Center; Baldus Real Estate, Inc. | Reference:
County First Bank (La Plata). | Office Hours:
Monday: 08:00 AM - 05:30 PM
Tuesday: 08:00 AM - 05:30 PM
Wednesday: 08:00 AM - 05:30 PM
Thursday: 08:00 AM - 05:30 PM
Friday: 08:00 AM - 05:30 PM
| Rate Information:
Fixed Hourly Rates
Fixed Fees Available
| | —————————— | | John F. Mudd (1885-1950). | | F. DeSales Mudd (1909-1972). | | Thomas F. Mudd (Member) born Washington, D.C., February 23, 1940; admitted to bar, 1965, Maryland. Education: University of Notre Dame (A.B., 1961); University of Maryland (LL.B., 1965). Gamma Eta Gamma. Member: Charles County (President, 1971-1972), Maryland State (Chairman, Real Property, Planning and Zoning Section, 1971-1972; Member, Board of Governors) and American Bar Associations. Special Agencies: Practice before the Charles County Commissioners Planning Commission and Board of Zoning Appeals. Practice Areas: Real Estate; Land Use; Real Estate Litigation and Transactions; Estate Planning; Probate; Corporate Law; Business Law. | | John F. Mudd (Member) born Washington, D.C., June 7, 1944; admitted to bar, 1969, Maryland. Education: University of Notre Dame (B.A., magna cum laude, 1966); University of Maryland (J.D., 1969). Order of the Coif. Associate Editor, Maryland Law Review, 1968-1969. Author: "Holder in Due Course—The Requirements of Good Faith and Notice," 28 Maryland Law Review 145, 1968. Member, Maryland State Board of Law Examiners, 1981. Member: Charles County (President, 1976) and Maryland State Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Criminal Law; Domestic Relations; Alcoholic Beverage Control; Liquor Licensing. | | Stephen P. Fitzgerald (Member) born Washington, D.C., April 20, 1953; admitted to bar, 1978, Maryland. Education: University of Maryland (B.A., 1975); University of Baltimore (J.D., cum laude, 1978). Member, Heuisler Honor Society. Member: Maryland Judicial Nominating Commission for the Seventh Circuit; Settlement Conference Facilitator for Circuit Court, Charles County; Civista Medical Center Medical Ethics Committee. Member: Charles County (President, 1987), Maryland State (Member, Committee on Resolution of Fee Disputes) and American Bar Associations; Maryland Trial Lawyers Association. Reported Cases: Southcoast Builders of Maryland, Inc. v. Potter Heating and Electric, Inc., 94 Md App 160, 616 A2d 441 (1992); Litz v. State Farm Fire and Casualty Co., 346 Md 2 695 A2d 566 (1997). Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Plaintiff's Personal Injury; Insurance Defense Law; Contracts Law; Mechanics Liens; Collections; Landlord-Tenant. | | John E. Ray (Member) born Baltimore, Maryland, November 24, 1964; admitted to bar, 1989, Maryland; 1997, U.S. District Court, District of Maryland. Education: Loyola College (B.A., 1986); Widener University (J.D., 1989). Member: Charles County Bar Association; Maryland State Bar Association, Inc.; U.S. Bankruptcy Bar Association. [U.S. Navy, 1989-1993, LCDR]. Practice Areas: Criminal Law; Domestic Relations; Bankruptcy; Military Law. | | —————————— | | Mark D. Mudd (Associate) born Baltimore, Maryland, September 6, 1974; admitted to bar, 1999, Maryland. Education: University of South Carolina (B.S., 1996); University of South Carolina School of Law (J.D., 1999). Recipient, Sol Abrams Scholarship, 1998. Member: Charles County and Maryland State (Member, Circuit Representative, Young Lawyers Section, 2001-2003) Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Real Estate; Collections; Probate; Corporate Law; Business Law; Civil Litigation; Wills; Contracts. | | Mistey L. Metzgar (Associate) born Beckley, West Virginia, September 19, 1978; admitted to bar, 2003, Maryland. Education: University of Pittsburgh, Johnstown (B.A., Political Science and Sociology, summa cum laude, 2000); Wake Forest University School of Law (J.D., 2003). Phi Kappa Phi National Honor Society; Pi Sigma Alpha National Political Science Honor Society. Recipient: President's Scholarship, 1996-2000; University Scholar, 1999, 2000; CALI Award, Comparative Constitutional Law, Spring 2003; North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers Award for Outstanding Trial Advocacy, Spring 2003. Law Review Board of Editors, Articles Editor, 2002-2003, Staff Member, 2001-2002. Student Trial Bar Member, 2001-2003; Zeliff Competition Co-Chair, Spring 2003. Women in Law Member and Mentor, 2000-2003. Intern, Honorable Susan Gauvey, U.S. District Court, Baltimore, Maryland, Summer 2001. Judicial Law Clerk, Honorable Ronald D. Schiff, Circuit Court for Prince George's County, Maryland, August 2003-August 2005. Research Assistant to Professor Suzanne Reynolds, Wake Forest School of Law, Spring and Summer, 2002. Tutor, Legal Research and Writing Program, Wake Forest School of Law, Fall 2001-Spring 2002. Reaching Assistant, Legal Research and Writing III, Wake Forest School of Law, Fall 2002. Student Associate, Scholsser, Neill, Brackett & Pritchett, Greensboro, NC, Spring 2002-Summer 2003. |
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