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| | Address | | 200-B Monroe Street | | Rockville, Maryland 20850 | | (Montgomery Co.) | |  | Free Initial Consultation |
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| Miller, Miller & Canby,
Chartered practices in the following areas of law:
Appellate Practice, Business Law, Commercial Law, Contracts, Corporate Law, Debtor and Creditor Law, Eminent Domain, Estate Planning, Litigation, Mergers and Acquisitions, Personal Injury, Property Tax Appeals, Real Estate, Taxation, Trusts and Estates, Wills and Probate, and Zoning, Planning and Land Use. | | Year Established: 1945 | Firm Profile:
Miller, Miller & Canby Chartered, one of the oldest firms in Montgomery County, is general counsel to several of the County's oldest and most respected institutions. It provides a wide range of high quality legal services to businesses and individuals. The firm has been listed in the Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers since 1981. The firm's attorneys have attained recognition as skilled practitioners in several specialties, including land planning, subdivision and zoning, condemnation and tax assessment challenges, complex corporate and tax advice to business and individuals, real estate transactions and complex civil litigation, including arbitration and dispute resolution, banking, estate planning and probate. Its members have earned recognition as leaders in the Maryland and Montgomery County Bar Associations, with four presidents of the Montgomery County Bar Association, one President of the Maryland State Bar Association and for service on the Board of Governors of the Maryland State Bar Association. The firm continues to emphasize strong client relationships and responsive, effective service. | | Firm Size: 14 | Clients:
REPRESENTATIVE CLIENTS INCLUDE: Asbury Methodist Home, Inc.; Dustin Construction, Inc.; Kimmel & Kimmel, Inc. (General Contractors); Rouse Co.; May Department Stores Co.; Sandy Spring National Bank of Maryland; Exxon Mobil Corp.; Brooke Grove Foundation, Inc.; Tischer Auto Dealerships; Barrie School; Ort's, Inc.; Potomac Group Home Corp.; Congressional Country Club; Montgomery General Hospital. |
APPROVED ATTORNEYS FOR: Chicago Title Insurance Corp.; Commonwealth Land Title Insurance Co.; Industrial Valley Title Insurance Co.; Lawyers Title Insurance Corporation of Richmond. | Reference:
Sandy Spring National Bank of Maryland, Sandy Spring, Md. | Office Hours:
Monday: 08:30 AM - 05:00 PM
Tuesday: 08:30 AM - 05:00 PM
Wednesday: 08:30 AM - 05:00 PM
Thursday: 08:30 AM - 05:00 PM
Friday: 08:30 AM - 05:00 PM
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| | William M. Canby (1930-1994). | | Patrick C. McKeever (Member) born Washington, D.C., March 17, 1938; admitted to bar, 1963, Maryland; 1964, District of Columbia; 1967, U.S. Supreme Court; U.S. District Court, District of Maryland. Education: Georgetown University (A.B., 1960; J.D., 1963). Phi Alpha Delta. Managing Editor, Georgetown Law Journal, Volume 51. Author: "The Case for an Advisory Opinion in the Federal Judiciary," 50 Georgetown L.J. 785. Member: Bar Association of Montgomery County (President, 1993-1994; Executive Committee, 1979-1981, 1987-1989; Chairman, Real Property Section, 1981-1982; Chairman, Special Committee on Illegal Practice); Maryland State (Member, Condominium Redraft Committee, 1973) and American (Member, Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section; Board of Governors, 2001-2002) Bar Associations. Reported Cases: Finkelstein v. Miller, 239 Md. 512, 211 A.2d 241 (1965) (specific performance); MacIntosh v. Brunswick Corp., 241 Md. 24, 215 A.2d 222 (1965) (covenant not to compete); Register of Wills v. Madine, 242 Md. 437, 219 A.2d 437 (1966) (nature of joint tenancy); Harry Berenter, Inc. v. Berman, 258 Md. 290, 265 A.2d 759 (1970) (mechanics's lien; enforcement of illegal contract); Marathon Builders, Inc. v. Polinger, 263 Md. 410, 283 A.2d 617 (1971) (contracts; zoning); Council of Chevy Chase View v. Rothman, 323 Md. 674, 594 A.2d 1131 (1991) (enforceability of set-back lines); Scott v. Seek Lane Venture, Inc. 326 Md. 467, 605 A.2d 1372 (tax sale foreclosures; notice); Leet v. Totah, 329 Md. 645, 620 A.2d 1372 (1993) (contractual damage limitation; public policy); In re: Robert Helfrich Keeler vs. Academy of American Franciscan History, 257 B.R. 442, 2001 Bankr., Lexis 31 (2001); Dereggi Construction Co. v. Mate 130 Md App. 648, 747 A.2d 743 (2000) (contstruing "Berenter" doctrine). Languages: Spanish. Practice Areas: Trials and Appellate Practice; Real Estate; Administrative Procedures; Condominium Law; Homeowners Association Law; Residential and Commercial Real Estate Closings; Title Examination; Title Insurance Defense; Real Estate Mediation; Real Estate Arbitration. Email: Patrick C. McKeever | | James L. Thompson (Member) born Mineola, New York, September 9, 1941; admitted to bar, 1966, Maryland and Virginia; 1968, U.S. Court of Military Appeals; 1972, U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland; 1977, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit and U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Yale University (B.A., 1963); University of Virginia (LL.B., 1966). Recipient, Peter DiRito Award, Federal Bar Association, 1992. President, Montgomery County Bar Association, 1987-1988; Member, Executive Committee, 1979-1980, 1986-1989; Chair, Professionalism Committee, 1992-1993; Co-Chair, Federal Court Task Force and Secretary, 1995-1996. Chairman, Montgomery County Bar Leaders Group, 1989-1990. President, Maryland State Bar Association, 1999-2000; Member: Board of Governors, 1974-1975, 1981-1982, 1983-1985, 1989-1991, 1994-1996; Secretary, 1995-1998; Co-Chairman, Commercial Transaction Litigation Section, 1979-1980 and Chairman, Insurance Trust, 1990-1993. Member: American Bar Association; Fourth Circuit Judicial Conference; Montgomery County Bar Foundation (President, 1988-1989); Maryland Bar Foundation, Inc.; American Bar Foundation; American College of Trial Lawyers (Member, 1986—); American Inns of Court (Counselor, LXI, 1988-1990; Affiliate Member, Institute for Property Taxation, IPT); Owners Counsel of America (Eminent Domain Lawyers). [Capt., U.S. Marine Corps, active duty, 1966-1970]. Reported Cases: County Council for Montgomery County vs. Supervisor of Assessments, 274 Md. 116 332 A.2d 897 (1974). (Standing of council to appeal). Robert G. Smith vs. Thelma Edwards, 46 Md. App. 452, 418 A.2d 1227 (1980), revs'd., 292 Md. 60, 437 A.2d 221 (1981). (Taxpayers suit ultra vies activity). Supervisor of Assessments vs. Asbury Methodist Home, Inc., 72 Md. App. 352, 529 A.2d 852 (1987), revs'd., 313 Md. 614, 547 A.2d 190 (1988). (Charitable tax exemption). Ort Children Trust Four vs. Supervisor of Assessments, 294 Md. 195, 448 A.2d 947 (1982). (Valuation of income producing real property). Attorney General vs. Johnson, 282 Md. 274, 385 A.2d 57 (1978). (Constitutionality of the Health Claims Arbitration Act). Charles H. Browning vs. Commissioner 109 TC 303 (1997). Practice Areas: Eminent Domain; Ad Valorem Property Tax; Condemnation; Commercial Transactions; Litigation; Business Transactions. Email: James L. Thompson | | Lewis R. Schumann (Member) born Chicago, Illinois, September 16, 1943; admitted to bar, 1968, Maryland, U.S. District Court, District of Maryland and U.S. Tax Court. Education: West Virginia University (A.B., 1965); University of Maryland (J.D., 1968); Georgetown University (LL.M. in Taxation, 1974). Member: Montgomery County, Maryland State and American Bar Associations. [Capt., USAF, active duty, 1969-1972]. Practice Areas: Estate Planning; Commercial Leasing; Retail Leasing; Taxation (Federal and State) Law; Business Law and Planning; Probate. Email: Lewis R. Schumann | | Joel S. Kline (Member) born Sault Sainte Marie, Michigan, January 28, 1946; admitted to bar, 1974, Maryland. Education: Washington & Lee University (B.A., 1968; J.D., 1974). Phi Delta Phi. Washington & Lee Law Review, 1972-1973. Recipient, Maryland State Planning Commission "Special Merit Award for Excellence for Residential Design" for Kentlands, Gaithersburg, Maryland. Member; Legal Action Network for Development Strategies "LANDS"; National Association of Home Builders; LAMBDA ALPHA Honorary Land Economics Society. Member: Montgomery County (Secretary, 1980-1981) and Maryland State Bar Associations; American Planning Association; Urban Land Institute. [United States Army, Intelligence Branch, 1968-1971]. Practice Areas: Land Use; Zoning Law; Planning and Subdivision Law; Administration Law. Email: Joel S. Kline | | Ellen S. Walker (Associate) born Newark, New Jersey, August 26, 1946; admitted to bar, 1978, Maryland. Education: Douglass College (A.B., general honors, 1968); Brooklyn Law School; Washington College of Law of American University (J.D., magna cum laude, 1978). Author: "Insider Beneficial Ownership as a Basis for Short-Swing Liability: Applying the 'Crude Rule of Thumb'," 43 Brooklyn Law Review, Vol. 4, 1977. Member: Montgomery County, Maryland State and American Bar Associations; Estate Planning Council of Suburban Maryland; Business and Professional Women's Association. Practice Areas: Trusts and Estates Law; Federal Gift and Estates Tax Law; Taxation Law; Probate Law; Wills. Email: Ellen S. Walker | | Maury S. Epner (Member) born New York, N.Y., August 2, 1956; admitted to bar, 1981, District of Columbia; 1982, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia and U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit; 1985, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth, Fifth, Seventh, Eighth, and Ninth Circuits and U.S. Supreme Court; 1986, U.S. Court of Appeals, First and Second Circuits; 1988, U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit; 1991, Maryland and U.S. District Court, District of Maryland. Education: Amherst College (B.A., 1978); Columbia University (J.D., 1981). Adjunct Professor of Law, University of Maryland School of Law. Member: Maryland State Bar Association (Board of Governors); Bar Association Montgomery County (Past-Chair, Federal Practice Section; Past Chair: Continuing Legal Education Committee; Executive Committee 2003-2005); District of Columbia Bar; American Inns of Court (Bencher Montgomery County Chapter). (Board Certified Criminal Trial Advocacy Specialist by the National Board of Trial Advocacy). Practice Areas: Complex Civil Litigation; Appellate Advocacy. Email: Maury S. Epner | | Joseph P. Suntum (Shareholder) born Denver, Colorado, July 1, 1957; admitted to bar, 1982, Maryland; 1983, U.S. District Court, District of Maryland. Education: University of Maryland (B.A., 1979; J.D., 1982). Law Clerk to Hon. Elsbeth Levy Bothe, Circuit Court for the City of Baltimore, 1982-1983. Assistant Public Defender, Montgomery County, Maryland, 1983-1987. Member: Montgomery County (Secretary, 1995-1996; Executive Committee, 1997-1999; Bar Foundation Board of Directors, 2006—); Member, Federal Practice Section), Maryland State and American (Member, Litigation Section) Bar Associations. Fellow: American Inns of Court (Barrister, LXI, 1988-1992); Alan J. Goldstein Inn of Court (Member, 1995-2000; Treasurer, 1997-1998; Secretary, 1998-1999). Reported Cases: Circuit City Stores, Inc. v. Rockville Pike Joint Venture Ltd. Partnership, 376 Md 331 (2003) (Commercial lease surrender, finality of judgement); Buxton v. Buxton, 363 Md. 634 (2001) (laches, damages, breach of Fiduciary duty); Golub v. Cohen, 138 Md. App 508 (2001) (enforcement of settlement agreement, bifurcation of proceedings); Schochet v. State, 320 Md. 714, 580 A2d. 176 (1990) (constitutional right to privacy); State v. Calhoun, 306 Md. 692, 511 A2d. 461 (1986); State v. Tichnell, 306 Md. 428, 509 A2d. 1179 (1986) (death penalty post-conviction litigation). Practice Areas: Eminent Domain; Condemnation; Trial Practice; Appellate Practice. Email: Joseph P. Suntum | | Susan W. Carter (Associate) born Bethesda, Maryland, August 22, 1957; admitted to bar, 1985, Maryland. Education: Dickinson College (B.A., magna cum laude, 1979); University of Maryland (J.D., 1984). Phi Beta Kappa; Psi Chi. Law Clerk to Honorable Robert L. Karwacki, Circuit Court for Baltimore City, 1983. Member: Montgomery County, Maryland State and American Bar Associations; Suburban Maryland Commercial Real Estate Women. Practice Areas: Land Use; Zoning Law; Administration Law; Community Association Law. Email: Susan W. Carter | | Robert E. Gough (Member) born Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, September 20, 1961; admitted to bar, 1990, Maryland; 1991, U.S. District Court, District of Maryland; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit. Education: University of Maryland (B.S., 1983); Santa Clara School of Law; Washington College of Law (J.D., 1990). Executive Director, Public Works Contractors Association of Maryland, Inc., (NUCA Member), 1992-2002. Member: Montgomery County and Maryland State Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Civil and Commercial Litigation; Construction Law; Commercial Real Estate; Residential Real Estate; Real Estate. Email: Robert E. Gough | | Donna E. McBride (Associate) born Bethesda, Maryland, August 2, 1964; admitted to bar, 1990, Maryland; 1992, District of Columbia; U.S. District Court, District of Maryland and District of Columbia. Education: Georgetown University (B.S.B.A., 1986); American University (J.D., 1990). Facilitator, Montgomery County District Court. Member: Montgomery County and Maryland State Bar Associations; District of Columbia Bar; Maryland Women's Bar Association; Maryland Defense Counsel. Practice Areas: Land Use; Zoning Law; Litigation. Email: Donna E. McBride | | Glenn M. Anderson (Member) born Washington, D.C., July 30, 1962; admitted to bar, 1991, Maryland; 1992, U.S. District Court, District of Maryland and U.S. Tax Court; 2004, Florida. Education: Towson State University (B.S., magna cum laude, 1985); University of Baltimore (M.B.A., with honors, 1987; J.D., magna cum laude, 1991). Beta Gamma Sigma. Delta Mu Delta. Sigma Iota Epsilon. Phi Eta Sigma. Heusler Honor Society. Member: University of Baltimore Law Review; Moot Court. Recipient, American Jurisprudence Award for Contracts I & II, Commercial Law I & II and Estates and Trusts. Member: Maryland Association of CPA's; National Society of Tax Professionals. Member: American Bar Association; Maryland State Bar Association; The Florida Bar; Montgomery County Bar Association (Chair, Taxation Law Section, 2007-Present); American Association of Attorneys-Certified Public Accountants; Maryland Society of Accountants; National Society of Tax Professionals; Leadership Montgomery (Class of 2008). Reported Cases: Charles H. Browning v. Commissioner, 109 TC 303 (1997)., holding a taxpayer permitted a charitable tax deductions in connection with the donation of agricultural land preservation easements in Howard County at full fair market value. Practice Areas: Tax Law; Corporate Law; Business Law; Commercial Transactions; Debtor/Creditor Law; Estate Planning and Probate. Email: Glenn M. Anderson | | Michael G. Campbell (Member) born Indianapolis, Indiana, February 8, 1969; admitted to bar, 1996, Virginia; 1997, Maryland; 1999, U.S. District Court, District of Maryland; 2001, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Virginia; 2007, District of Columbia. Education: University of Virginia (B.A., 1991); University of Baltimore School of Law (J.D., cum laude, 1996). Manuscripts Editor, The Law Forum, 1995-1996. Recipient, American Jurisprudence Award in Constitutional Law. Law Clerk to the Hon. Paul McGuckian, Circuit Court for Montgomery County, 1996-1997. Member: Montgomery County Bar Association (Member, Executive Committee 2000-2002; Co-Chairman, New Practitioner's Section, 2000-2002); Maryland State Bar Association; Virginia State Bar; Montgomery County Inn of Court (Barrister). Languages: German. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Construction Law. Email: Michael G. Campbell | | Soo Lee-Cho (Associate) born Seoul, Korea; admitted to bar, 1997, California; 2002, Maryland. Education: University of California, Los Angeles (B.A., 1993); Loyola Law School (J.D., 1996). Alternate Commissioner, California Coastal Commission, Nov. 2000-March 2002. Member: Montgomery County Bar Association. Practice Areas: Land Use; Zoning Law. Email: Soo Lee-Cho | | Amy C.H. Grasso (Associate) born Washington, D.C., December 16, 1977; admitted to bar, 2006, Maryland; U.S. District Court, District of Maryland; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit. Education: University of Maryland, Baltimore (B.A., 2000; M.A., 2002); Georgetown University Law Center (J.D., 2006). Member: Montgomery County and Maryland State (Vice Chair, Publications Committee, Young Lawyers Section) Bar Associations; Women's Bar Association; Montgomery County Inns of Court. Practice Areas: Litigation. Email: Amy C.H. Grasso | | Christine E. Buckley (Associate) born Danville, Pennsylvania, August 12, 1982; Education: Elizabethtown College (B.A., English, 2004); Baltimore University (J.D., 2007). Phi Delta Phi, 2005-—; Member: Montgomery County and Maryland State Bar Association Inc.; Women's Bar Association. Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Business Law; Estate Planning; Probate. Email: Christine E. Buckley |
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