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Smith, Gildea & Schmidt’s Michael Paul Smith Joins Best Buddies Maryland Board
Smith, Gildea & Schmidt, LLC is pleased to announce partner Michael Paul Smith has joined the Board of Directors of Best Buddies Maryland, an organization that creates opportunities for one-to-one friendships, integrated employment and leadership development for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.In 2014, Best Buddies Maryland served more than 5,000 participants, made more than 1,200 matches…
Read MoreFormer transportation secretary Smith returns to law firm
Former Baltimore County executive and state transportation secretary Jim Smith has returned to his old law firm. Smith is now of counsel to Smith, Gildea & Schmidt, a Towson-based firm that handles civil litigation, land-use law, business law, government affairs and other cases. Smith, 73, served as the state’s secretary of transportation from 2013 through…
Read MoreSmith, Gildea & Schmidt Partner Michael DeHaven Named Super Lawyer
Super Lawyers is a rating service of outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who have attained a high-degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. The selection process includes independent research, peer nominations and peer evaluations.Super Lawyers Magazine features the list and profiles of selected attorneys and is distributed to attorneys in the state…
Read MoreCourt of Appeals Denies Bowleys Quarters Community Association’s Appeal
Galloway Creek Waterfront Condominium Project Will Proceed as Planned The Court of Appeals of Maryland recently denied the Petition for Writ of Certiorari filed by Bowley’s Quarters Community Association (BQCA) in opposition to the Galloway Creek Planned Unit Development (PUD) in eastern Baltimore County. The denial was issued by the Court on August 28. Previously…
Read MoreTwo Balto. Co. school board members share their vision
A hybrid school board on the horizon. Digital devices for all students. The proposal for a new elementary school at the site of Bykota Senior Center. With the start of a new school year, the Baltimore County Board of Education faces new challenges. Board members don’t ordinarily speak individually and it is President David Uhlfelder…
Read MoreCourt upholds Baltimore County’s rejection of referendum petitions
A Baltimore County judge has upheld the local election board’s decision to reject petitions that sought to overturn county zoning maps. Circuit Judge Jan Marshall Alexander ruled this week in the case. In February, the county election board rejected the petitions used in the ballot drive, saying that signature collectors did not give voters enough…
Read MoreAssault Charge Dropped Against Howard County Coach
The assault charge brought by a parent from a rival high school against a Howard County assistant football coach was dropped in Howard County District Court Tuesday. The charge was brought by Shane Snyder, the father of Mt. Hebron quarterback Jake Snyder, and alleged that Centennial assistant coach Matt Winger, of Columbia, pushed his son…
Read MoreSmith, Gildea & Schmidt Earns Another Victory for Foundry Row
The development plan for Foundry Row, a $140 million, 50-acre development on Reisterstown Road in Owings Mills, has been officially approved by the Baltimore County Office of Administrative Hearings. Towson-based law firm Smith, Gildea & Schmidt, LLC represented Foundry Row developers Greenberg Gibbons and Vanguard throughout the zoning and administrative hearing process. “We are very…
Read MoreDavid Gildea named “Most Admired CEO”
The Daily Record has named David K. Gildea, Managing Partner of Smith, Gildea and Schmidt, LLC in Towson, to the 2013 Maryland’s Most Admired CEOs List.The winners were selected based on several criteria: leadership and vision; competitiveness and innovation; community leadership and service; financial performance and growth; corporate leadership; and board service and nonprofit involvement.…
Read MoreSchmidt to serve another year as Baltimore County School Board President
The Baltimore County Board of Education re-elected Lawrence E. Schmidt as its president and chose David Uhlfelder as its new vice president during its yearly election of officers on Tuesday. “This is a very talented board, a very diverse board,” said Uhlfelder in a statement. “But what we all share is that we all believe…
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