Shirley May Steinbach

Practice Details

• Languages
  Hebrew
  Spanish
• Firm Information
  Position

  Counsel

  Firm Name

  Shulman Rogers, P.A.
• Representative Cases & Transactions
  Cases

  Representation Matters: Single-h
  edly defeated the District of Columbia's Office of Attorney General in a lawsuit wherein the government sought to force a client into receivership, convincing the D.C. Superior Court to grant summary judgment in favor of the client
  against the government on all claims.
  Convinced the Maryl
  Court of Appeals to adopt an interpretation of a statute that is favorable to the community association industry as a whole
  that protected a client from financial ruin.
  Frankly counseled a policyholder about its dim prospects of success in litigation alleging violations of the Fair Housing Act
  garnered a favorable settlement that achieved many of the client's objectives while saving thous
  s of dollars in needless attorneys' fees.
  Defended a commercial tenant in federal court against a claim that it owed its l
  lord more than $1 million on summary judgment
  thereafter settled the case on terms that involved the tenant making no payment to the l
  lord
  the l
  lord agreeing to extend the lease term.
  Cross-examined an opposing party so effectively that the trial judge compared him to someone 'who killed both his mother
  his father
  then comes to the court seeking mercy on account of being an orphan.'
  Convinced a court to rule that directors on the board of a master association are properly elected
  that the master association has the legal authority to charge its 32 sub-associations various assessments, thereby avoiding a nine-day jury trial.
  Counseled a board of directors on the best way to comply with the Fair Housing Act from both a legal
  a business perspective.