Areas of Experience

Contracts, professional liability, real property, franchise and related issues, business dissolution, environmental, condemnation, construction, consumer, medical malpractice, personal injury, premises liability, products liability, employment, financial, insurance coverage, intellectual property, local government, trust & estates, and family law including child/spousal support, custody/visitation, and equitable distribution.

Professional Experience

• Associate Judge, Circuit Court for Montgomery County (Sixth Judicial Circuit), 2016-2024.
• Former Principal, Lerch, Early & Brewer, Chartered, Bethesda, MD.
  • Member of the firm’s litigation and business/tax groups, specializing in commercial litigation, contract and tort disputes, franchise issues, environmental matters, business and property transactions.
• Former Principal, Abrams, West & Storm, P.C., Bethesda, MD.
• Former Assistant State’s Attorney, Montgomery County, MD.

Affiliations

• Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers.
• Past President, Maryland State Bar Association; Past Secretary; Past Member of Board of Governors.
• Past President, Bar Association of Montgomery County.
• Past President, Bar Foundation of Montgomery County; Past Treasurer; Past Member of Board of Directors.
• Member, District of Columbia Bar Association; Federal Bar Association.
• Fellow, American Bar Foundation.
• Fellow, Maryland Bar Foundation.
• Recipient, Daily Record Leadership in Law Award, 2013.
• Listed in Best Lawyers in America for Commercial Litigation, 2012, 2014, and 2015; Commercial Law, 2013, 2015.
• Listed in Best Lawyers Washington, D.C. and Baltimore for Corporate, 2015; Commercial Litigation, 2012, 2015.
• Listed in Maryland Super Lawyers for Business/Corporate, 2008-2015.

Education

• University of Baltimore School of Law, J.D, magna cum laude
  • Associate Editor, Law Review
• University of Maryland, College Park, B.A.