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Congratulations Towson University Women’s Soccer and Head Coach Katherine Vettori

TOWSON, MD SGS would like to congratulate Jason Vettori's wife's team, Towson University Women's Soccer, for winning the Coastal Athletic Association Women’s Soccer regular season title! We would also like to congratulate her players who ...

SGS Wins Class Certification for more than 600 Borrowers in Mortgage Kickback Case

CLASS ACTION VICTORY The Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (“RESPA”) bars kickbacks in residential mortgage transactions.  On October 12, 2023, Smith Gildea & Schmidt’s Complex Litigation Group won a motion for class certification, establishing a ...

SGS Enjoys a Wednesday Afternoon Orioles Win over the Dodgers

BALTIMORE, MD The Smith, Gildea & Schmidt team headed down to Camden Yards on Wednesday, July 19, 2023 for a fun afternoon of baseball. They saw the young, up-and-coming Orioles take on the powerful Los ...

Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms and Medical Negligence

Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms An abdominal aortic aneurysm is a serious condition that affects the main artery in your body. The artery is called the aorta, and it carries blood from your heart to the rest ...

$3 Million Medical Negligence Verdict for SGS

TOWSON, MD On March 14, 2023, Rusty Arbaugh and Carmelo D. Morabito of Smith, Gildea & Schmidt, obtained a $3 million jury verdict against Francis Tat-Tee Khoo, M.D., a doctor practicing at Carroll Hospital, after ...

Baltimore County’s Comprehensive Zoning Map Process

BALTIMORE COUNTY, MD Baltimore County’s Comprehensive Zoning Map Process (CZMP), which takes place every four years, is set to start in September 2023. To request that your property be considered for a possible change of ...

David K. Gildea Joins Baltimore County’s Affordable Housing Workgroup

TOWSON, MD — Baltimore County Executive Johnny Olszewski today announced the creation of a new Affordable Housing Work Group which will be tasked with making recommendations to bolster the County’s ongoing efforts to expand equitable access ...

Baltimore Sun: Baltimore County settles religious discrimination lawsuit after U.S. appeals court ruling

Lawrence E. Schmidt Baltimore County has paid $375,000 to settle a religious discrimination lawsuit brought by a Milford Mill-based church after the county denied its plans to use a house on Old Court Road as ...

Caring for Our Community

At Smith, Gildea & Schmidt, we believe knowledge is power. To learn how to identify and avoid COVID-19 scams, view or download the resource below, prepared by John Singer, a retired, 20-year prosecutor with the ...