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Maryland Child Victims Act: File Your Sexual Abuse Claim Before June 1, 2025
Maryland Child Victims Act: File Your Sexual Abuse Claim Before June 1, 2025 Survivors of childhood sexual abuse in Maryland now have the power to seek justice—regardless of when the abuse occurred. But a new 2025 amendment to the law reduces the amount of compensation available for survivors who file lawsuits after June 1,…
Read MoreSGS 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 class of more than 600 borrowers who were the victims of the kickbacks paid between their mortgage lender and a…
Read MoreAbdominal 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 of your body. The aorta runs through your chest and belly area, called the abdomen. Sometimes, the wall of the…
Read More$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 a six-day medical negligence trial in the Circuit Court for Baltimore County, Maryland. THE MEDICAL NEGLIGENCE CASE The medical negligence…
Read MoreBaltimore 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 zoning classification, there are two important things to consider. First, the window within which you can make the request is…
Read MoreDavid 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 to affordable housing. “We remain committed to meeting our moral and legal obligation to expand access to quality, affordable housing…
Read MoreCaring 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 FTC. Coronavirus Scams
Read MoreStephen J. Nolan of Smith, Gildea & Schmidt Honored with Will Ross Medal from American Lung Association
Smith, Gildea & Schmidt, LLC (SGS), a regional law firm with offices in Towson and Baltimore, is pleased to announce that one of its attorneys, Stephen J. Nolan, was presented with the Will Ross Medal for Outstanding Volunteer Accomplishments & Impact by the American Lung Association at its annual dinner on June 21 in Chicago.…
Read MoreStephen J. Nolan Congratulates CCBC Grads
June is Graduation Month! As Board of Trustees Chair, SGS’s Steve Nolan congratulated nearly 1,000 graduates, who together with approximately 4,000 family members and friends attended Commencement Ceremonies earlier this month on the Community College of Baltimore County’s Essex campus. In all, over 3,100 of CCBC’s 61,000 students were awarded degrees or certificates. On behalf…
Read MoreSmith, Gildea & Schmidt’s Stephen J. Nolan Named Super Lawyer for 2019
Smith, Gildea & Schmidt, LLC, a regional law firm with offices in Towson and Baltimore, is pleased to announce that Stephen J. Nolan, Of Counsel, has been selected to Super Lawyers magazine for the General Litigation field of law for 2019. Nolan, who has had an established litigation practice in Towson for more than 40 years,…
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