Ms. Bronfein Ades will be teaching workshops in the Alimony Work Groups and Child Support Work Groups, as she has in past years. This will be her fifth year serving as faculty and she is thrilled to have been invited to participate again. Ms. Bronfein Ades states, “This is a great opportunity to give back to the legal community and a mutual learning experience for the practitioners included and judges that hear our cases.”
Child Custody and Visitation
Annual Law Day for Seniors, Ethel Elan Safe Haven; First & Franklin Street Presbyterian Church; Helping Other Community Organized to Improve Life, Inc.; Maryland Food Bank; People Through Empowerment, Inc.; Rebuilding Together Baltimore; Rosie the Lawyer Program; Women’s Law Center of Maryland, Family Law Hotline and Reduced Fee Child Custody Project; Maryland Volunteer Lawyers Service.
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Theft
Juvenile Crimes
ADR Maryland; American Arbitration Association: International Centre for Dispute Resolution, Panel of Neutrals; American Bar Association, International Law Sub-Committee, Fidelity & Surety Law Committee of the Tort & Insurance Practice Section; Forum on the Construction Industry, Committee on Admiralty and Maritime Law TIPS Section; Bar Associations Insurance Trust; Baltimore Bar Foundation; Bar Association of Baltimore City: Young Lawyers’ Division, Family Law Section, Fee Arbitration Committee, Fundraising Committee; Baltimore County Bar Association: Law Day Committee, Family and Juvenile Law Section; Bankruptcy Bar Association of Maryland; Character Committee of the Court of Appeals of Maryland (Sixth Appellate Circuit); Defense Research Institute; Federal Bar Association; International Chamber of Commerce, International Court of Arbitration; Maryland Association of Trial Defense Counsel; Litigation Counsel of America; Maryland Defense Counsel; Maryland State Bar Association, Federal Courts Committee and International Law Committee; Maritime Law Association of the United States; National Association of Railroad Trial Counsel; Washington International Commercial Arbitration Center; Maryland Defense Force and Baltimore Drug Courts Foundation.
Wright, Constable & Skeen is ranked as a Tier 1 law firm by U.S. News & World Report in numerous practice areas. It is a full-service law firm representing businesses and individuals in national and local matters including: Bankruptcy & Creditors’ Rights, Construction Law, Corporate & Business Law, Employment & Labor Law, Estates & Trusts, Family Law, Government Contracts, Health Care, Immigration Law, Insurance Defense, Intellectual Property Law, Litigation, Maritime & Transportation, Mediation & Arbitration, Non-Profit Counsel, Products & Liability, Real Estate, Restaurants, Sports & Entertainment Law, and Surety & Fidelity Law.
Business Disputes
Wright, Constable & Skeen is a full-service law firm with offices in Towson and Bethesda, Maryland and Richmond, Virginia, representing business and individuals in national and local matters, including: Bankruptcy & Creditors’ Rights, Construction Law, Corporate & Business Law, Employment & Labor Law, Estates & Trusts, Family Law, Government Contracts, Health Care, Immigration Law, Insurance Defense, Intellectual Property Law, Litigation, Maritime & Transportation, Mediation & Arbitration, Non-Profit Counsel, Products & Liability, Real Estate, Restaurants, Sports & Entertainment Law, and Surety & Fidelity Law.
Intellectual Property
Wright, Constable & Skeen is ranked as a Tier 1 law firm by U.S. News & World Report in numerous practice areas. It is a full-service law firm representing businesses and individuals in national and local matters including: Bankruptcy & Creditors’ Rights, Construction Law, Corporate & Business Law, Employment & Labor Law, Estates & Trusts, Family Law, Government Contracts, Health Care, Immigration Law, Insurance Defense, Intellectual Property Law, Litigation, Maritime & Transportation, Mediation & Arbitration, Non-Profit Counsel, Products & Liability, Real Estate, Restaurants, Sports & Entertainment Law, and Surety & Fidelity Law.
Started in 2003, Skillforce is the largest Skilled Trades Staffing Company based in the Mid-Atlantic. Skillforce provides commercial contractors all skilled trades people including but not limited to Electricians, Plumbers, HVAC Technicians, Carpenters and General Laborers on an as needed basis. Skillforce pays for all employee benefits, taxes, and workers compensation insurance.
Gary Damico is a partner at Wright, Constable & Skeen in the firm’s Real Estate Practice group. He specializes in a wide array of real estate transactions, including commercial acquisitions, residential development, private residential sales, land use instruments, and home improvement agreements. With over a decade of diverse legal experience, Gary is a recognized authority in both residential and commercial real estate law.
Construction Litigation
This construction dispute arises from a general contractor’s failure to pay a subcontractor for concrete work that the subcontractor performed during the construction of a large hotel connected to Chicago’s McCormick Place convention center. The dispute went to arbitration and the panel awarded the subcontractor the amount outstanding on the invoice along with other compensation and found that the subcontractor was the prevailing party. The circuit court affirmed the award. Subsequently, the subcontractor requested the circuit court to grant it additional prejudgment interest and attorney fees under various theories including under the Illinois Mechanics Lien Act, Section 2 of the Illinois Interest Act, Section 2 of the Illinois Public Construction Bond Act and under the language of the bond at issue. The circuit court denied these requests, and on appeal, the appellate court affirmed.
In addition, Mrs. Bruno’s experience includes helping individuals with family-based immigration matters, DACA, and waivers of inadmissibility. She is a native Spanish speaker.
Investor Visas
Jan Pederson is a partner at Wright, Constable & Skeen in the firm’s Immigration Law group. She has been recognized by The Washington Post as one of “seven leading lawyers” in Washington, D.C., due to her dedication to the practice of immigration and national law for over twenty years. Her Immigration Law specialties include: Foreign Medical Graduates, J-1 Physicians, 0-1 Visas, Consular Practice, National Interest Waivers, and Investor Visas. Ms. Pederson is masterful at resolving complex immigration issues and she has successfully represented thousands of clients, including renowned physicians, Fortune 500 companies, television networks, entertainers, and healthcare providers. Ms. Pederson is fluent in English and Spanish. In 1997, Jan was honored to receive the most prestigious national award for excellence in the advancement of immigration law, The Edith Lowenstein Award.
I understand that the practice of law has a business component to it, but, more than that, it is a profession. During my career, I have seen escalating hourly rates and runaway costs for services. I want less focus on the bottom line. At WCS, we pride ourselves on the delivery of exceptional legal service at an affordable cost. All clients deserve that, particularly when grappling with the complex issues involved in estate planning.
Wills
From simple wills to sophisticated estate planning, we have used planning devices such as aggressive gift programs to family members, revocable (living) trusts, testamentary trusts, life insurance trusts, charitable gifts of various kinds and personal residence trusts.
Trusts
Trusts are complex arrangements that may be created during life or at death. While an estate may remain open for years, trusts may continue for decades. Attorneys at WCS work closely with clients to determine how to appropriately integrate trusts into an estate plan to protect family members, reduce taxes and protect assets. Our attorneys frequently serve as Trustee or co-Trustee with family members or a bank or trust company. When not serving as Trustees our attorneys are available to advise Trustees with regard to their fiduciary duties to beneficiaries and proper trust administration. WCS also represents beneficiaries regarding their rights under trust arrangements.
Power of Attorney
Estate planning also includes planning for possible future disability. In counseling our clients, we recommend that consideration be given to durable powers of attorney for financial matters, and advance medical directives for health care.
Gabe is a co-founder of Orchard. Orchard helps families and businesses apply for and get a refund after experiencing a foreclosure. Their St. Louis-based firm works nationwide to audit government records, find eligible foreclosures, and manage the refund process to get their clients checks–all at no out-of-pocket cost.
Tax Law
George H. Dowell joined Robertson and Wright in 1942 specializing in tax planning and the implementation of pension and profit-sharing plans, at that time a new phenomenon in employee benefits.