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Michael G. DeHaven to present seminar on the admission of electronic evidence

Michael G. DeHaven Michael G. DeHaven has been asked by the Family Law Committee of the BCBA to give a presentation on how to get electronically stored information, such as emails, texts, web pages, etc. ...

Lawsuit challenging Red Run Station dismissed

A lawsuit from a business group and others seeking to stop the development of an affordable apartment complex in Owings Mills has been dismissed. The lawsuit challenging the approval of a planned unit development that ...

SGS Files First Maryland-Only Lawsuit Against Equifax

Video courtesy WJZ-13 BALTIMORE (WJZ)– Two Baltimore County law firms file the first Maryland-only class-action lawsuit against Equifax. The credit reporting agency’s data breach involves 143 million Americans, including millions of Marylanders. The suit alleges ...

Mary Loker Merger on Front Page of Daily Record

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SGS Litigation Team Fights For 4,000 Borrowers Whose Mortgage Loans Were Tainted by Kickbacks

A federal district court in Cincinnati granted what is believed to be the first certification of a class action in a Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act case ever in the Sixth Circuit. In that court,  a ...

Jason T. Vettori Re-elected President of Greater Towson Committee

Jason T. Vettori Jason T. Vettori, a partner of Smith, Gildea & Schmidt, LLC (SGS), a regional law firm with offices in Towson and Baltimore, was recently re-elected President of the Greater Towson Committee (GTC). ...

Smith, Gildea & Schmidt, LLC Sponsors Annual BCBA Golf Tournament

Mariela D'Alessio and Michael Paul Smith On June 1, 2017, members of the Baltimore County Bar Association, along with some friends and valued sponsors, took part in one of the greatest annual events at Rocky ...

Is your management style “leave it to chance” or deliberate?

Many small business owners anticipate transitioning their business to the next generation. This generational transitioning is one of the hardest obstacles that a business will face. Which family members have the right skills sets and, ...

Michael DeHaven to teach seminar for the National Business Institute

Michael DeHaven How to Get Your Social Media, Email and Text Evidence Admitted (and Keep Theirs Out) With all of the changes surrounding social media and email, it's critical to get up to speed on ...