Family Law

• Divorce
• Child Support
  Child support is mandatory in every state across America to ensure the child’s financial needs are met. Some factors determine the income for child support purposes. Each state is mandated by its own set of rules and regulations. Maryland has the Maryland Child Support Guidelines as a reference to determine the custodial parent’s income… Read More »
• Child Custody and Visitation
  If you are seeking assistance with a Family Law matter, then this is likely a difficult time for you and those close to you. Rest assured that LEVIN GANN PA’s Family Law team is sensitive, compassionate, and steadfast in its pursuit of your needs and goals. Our specialists provide advice and counsel, from the onset of matrimonial turmoil, on both separation agreements and divorce, placing an emphasis on business valuation, alimony, monetary awards, and child support. In child custody cases, we work closely with our clients and child experts to protect the best interests of the children involved. We can avert future conflicts through pre-marital agreements that protect our clients’ assets. And despite overwhelming stress, a LEVIN GANN PA Family Law attorney can shield you from unanticipated financial risk and protect your future interests.
• Adoption
• Guardianship
  The matter of guardianship is one that bears a lot of impact on the parties involved, specifically the ward and the guardian. It can be a highly complex process, which is why you should seek the help of a lawyer. In Maryland, a family law attorney in Towson, MD could help get you the legal… Read More »
• Spousal Support
  Mr. Condliffe is the co-editor and author of the alimony chapter of Maryland Divorce and Separation Law published by the Maryland State Bar Association. He has published a number of articles and has lectured widely. He has been recognized as a Maryland Super Lawyer™ each year from 2010 – to date as well as being one of Maryland’s top 100 lawyers in 2020.

Criminal Law

• Criminal Defense
  If you have been charged with a criminal offense anywhere in Maryland, you need to hire a competent, confident, and aggressive Criminal Law attorney. The attorneys at LEVIN GANN PA should be at the top of your list, due to our unwavering commitment to our clients and over 100 years of experience in the field.
• DUI/DWI
  Motor Vehicle Law (DUI, DWI, Underinsured Driving, Driving without a License, Negligent/Reckless Driving, Failure to Display License, Moving Violations, Leaving the Scene of an Accident)
• Wrongful Death
  Mr. Eidelberg launched his legal career in public service as an Assistant State’s Attorney for Baltimore County, Maryland, where he served as a Unit Chief for its Repeat Offender, Felony Review and Arson Units while prosecuting countless juvenile, misdemeanor and felony cases, including DUI, assault, theft, narcotics violations, homicide, and property offenses. Upon entering the private sector, Mr. Eidelberg defended toxic tort and medical products liability cases before diversifying his trial practice on various aspects of complex civil litigation, including wrongful death, medical negligence, serious personal injury, business disputes, and construction-defect cases. A graduate of the National College of District Attorney’s Career Prosecutor program and member of the Maryland Association of Justice’s medical malpractice and automobile negligence sections, Mr. Eidelberg also employs his extensive courtroom experience throughout Maryland to protect the interests of individuals charged with the serious motor vehicle and criminal offenses and obtain compensation for injured workers before the Maryland Workers’ Compensation Commission.
• Traffic Violations
  Mr. Eidelberg is a fantastic attorney. I needed to hire an attorney for a speeding violation, and Mr. Eidelberg is the best lawyer I could find. After consulting with him, he informed me of everything I was charged with and was extremely clear about the possible outcomes of the case. He also informed me of everything that I needed to do in order to possibly have the judge reduce fines and avoid points on my insurance. I followed his steps, and he took care of the rest. After we waited for a trial date for a substantial amount of time, Mr. Eidelberg was successful in getting my case dismissed because I was denied a “speedy trial”. This means absolutely zero fines and zero points, as well as a clean record. Do yourself the favor, and look no further than Mr. Eidelberg.
• Sex Crimes
  In addition to his successful private practice, Mr. Condliffe does individual pro bono cases. Mostly these have been on behalf of the Sexual Assault Legal Institute, Legal Aid of Maryland and Catholic Charities of Washington, D.C.
• Theft
• Misdemeanors
  Ms. Cruz graduated from the University of Florida With Honors with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology. She received her Juris Doctor degree from The University of Florida College of Law, where she was a National Trial Advocacy scholar, and served on the Law School’s Honor Court. She also prosecuted misdemeanors for the State of Florida as a graduate of the University’s Criminal Internship Program.
• Assault
• Identity Theft
• Homicide
• Arson
• Shoplifting
• Hit and Run
  Mr. Eidelberg showed he was extremely knowledgeable about the law from the initial consultation. He did not sell any dreams and he was very realistic but, was still comforting. Mr. Eidelberg’s prices were reasonable as well. He didn’t up charge due to his name or status which is the feel I received from other attorneys I spoke with. He checked all the boxes a great attorney should, and I hired him immediately. I ended up in a sticky mess that involved a hit and run involving injury as well as other minor traffic violations and I was in a unique situation where most outcomes wouldn’t be ideal unless the charges had been dropped all together. Mr. Eidelberg was prepared from day one. Not only with the things a judge may be swayed by but also how the state and county in which the offense occurred operates. The small details are what can make the difference and Mr. Eidelberg was keen on these details. Most of the time between the incident and the court date was a waiting period and I was kept in the loop the entire time up until the day of court. On that day he was prompt and forthcoming about all options and possible outcomes. When it came down to it his years of practice showed even down the how comfortable and confident his tone was when speaking to the court staff and judge. Mr. Eidelberg’s preparedness on the front end led to maybe 5 minutes in open court if that as he embarrassed the prosecution and had all charges dropped. Truthfully, he would be scary for any prosecution to stand across in any court setting as I’m positive he was ready to fight tooth and nail on all fronts. I ever find myself in anything remotely close to what I encountered Mr. Eidelberg will always be my first call.

Business and Corporate Law

• Corporate Law
  Andrew R. Sandler graduated from Georgetown University in 1972 and received his law degree with honors from the University of Maryland School of Law in 1975. He was elected to Order of the Coif, a national honor society for law school graduates. In 1979, Mr. Sandler received his Masters of Law in Taxation from Georgetown University Law Center. Mr. Sandler devotes his time to general corporate and business representation, primarily for closely-held businesses and healthcare professionals, and estate planning and probate. He also chairs the Business and Corporate Law Department of the Firm. In that capacity, Mr. Sandler combines his business and estate planning background in business succession planning for closely held family businesses as many of the firm’s clients successfully transition from senior to junior generations, preserving businesses that have remained in families for generations. Mr. Sandler lectures in these areas.
• Mergers and Acquisitions
  Mr. Gann, Sr., has been a lecturer for the Maryland Institute for the Continuing Professional Education of Lawyers and has been a member of the MICPEL Faculty. He has served as a Vice-Chairmen of the Attorney Grievance Commission of Maryland. Mr. Gann, Sr. has focused mainly on corporate and business matters including corporate organization, reorganization, and partnerships, and he continues to be involved in all phases of litigation. He has extensive experience in limited partnerships, LLCs, taxation, mergers and acquisitions, real estate financing and development. He excels at negotiating work-outs as well as reconstructing debts. As an adjunct to his primary interests, Mr. Gann, Sr., has been in charge of the firm’s litigation committee and as a subspecialty developed an expertise in family law including the negotiation and trial, if necessary, of domestic matters. His client base consists of many types of local and national manufacturing companies, distributors, IT providers, carriers, real estate developers, automobile dealers, and health care providers.
• Business Formation
  Acting collaboratively, our attorneys focus on planning and counseling for business formation, mergers, acquisitions, sales, and liquidations. Our Tax attorneys work closely with the Corporate and Business Law group, the Wills, Trusts & Estates group, and the Real Estate Group, to offer expert and innovative advice in all facets of Federal taxation, including Federal income tax, and State, and local taxation, including transfer taxes. When a business initiates or enters into a significant transaction, it is critical to understand the tax consequences and abide by the tax rules. We have experience confronting the tax issues inherent in commercial transactions, such as mergers, acquisitions and corporate restructuring, and Real Estate matters, such as tax-free exchanges. Our attorneys also represent clients in administrative and judicial proceedings including rulings, tax audits and appeals, and other tax controversies and disputes at the Federal, State, and local levels. At LEVIN GANN PA, we carefully monitor our clients’ tax strategies, allowing our clients to focus on their business and financial goals. Contact us today if you have questions pertaining to the following areas...
• Business Disputes
  Magna cum laude from Manhattan College in 2016 with a B.S. in Accounting. Upon graduating, Manhattan College awarded John with its highest scholastic honor by inducting him into the Epsilon Sigma Pi honor society. In 2020, John earned his law degree from the University of Maryland School of Law where he graduated in the top 15% of his class. While attending law school, John completed the Business Law Track, volunteered in the Low Income Taxpayer Clinic and was a member of the Business Law Society. John was admitted to the Maryland bar in 2021.
• Business Transactions
  Sean K. Elavia joined LEVIN GANN PA in 2008, where he is currently a principal. Mr. Elavia’s practice focus is the representation of clients on a wide array of business transactions including formation, mergers, acquisitions, contract negotiations, and financing. As part of Mr. Elavia’s practice, he assists his clients in complex estate planning, often involving the generational transition of family businesses in a tax-efficient manner. He also successfully represents both individuals and businesses in tax controversy matters. Mr. Elavia combines his business and tax controversy background to offer solutions and strategies for achieving desired goals with the most beneficiary tax consequences.
• Trade Secrets
• Intellectual Property
  Mr. Schumm is past chair of the Patent Cooperation Treaty Issues Committee of the American Intellectual Property Law Association. He served as the AIPLA delegate to the PCT Working Group at the World Intellectual Property Organization of the United Nations in Geneva from 2012-2015.
• Unfair Competition
  Debra Cruz joined LEVIN GANN PA IN 1999. Ms. Cruz began her private practice in Miami, Florida where she represented individuals and businesses in unfair competition, negligence and contract claims in the state and federal trial and appellate courts. Many of her trial opinions were published. She also volunteered as a Guardian Ad Litem, appointed by the courts to represent the needs of children in custody disputes involving claims of abuse. Ms. Cruz joined both the Maryland and Washington, D.C. bars in 1991. Ms. Cruz assumed the role of Managing Principal of LEVIN GANN PA in January, 2018.

Employment Law

• Wrongful Termination
  Jody Maier is a principal in the law firm of LEVIN GANN PA. Ms. Maier received her undergraduate degree from the University of Pennsylvania, with honors. She received her law degree from the George Washington University National Law Center, where she was a member of the George Washington Law Review. Ms. Maier is an AV-rated attorney who concentrates her practice in employment law and litigation, including such matters as employment discrimination and workplace diversity, sexual harassment, disability concerns, wage and hour issues, employee handbooks, discipline and termination issues, affirmative action plans, wrongful discharge, privacy, drugs in the workplace, absence and leave procedures, reductions in force, separation/severance agreements and non-compete issues. Ms. Maier is listed in Who’s Who in American Law and frequently conducts lectures and advises business clients on a wide variety of employment law issues.
• Employment Discrimination
  LEVIN GANN PA becomes a vital part of a business’s senior management team, actively involved in the negotiation and documentation of all business transactions, including purchases and sales of business, lease negotiations, franchising, and lender financing and restructuring. Additionally, led by Jody Maier, LEVIN GANN PA is a regional leader in employment law, advising employers on a broad range of issues, including, but not limited to, wrongful termination, employment discrimination, workers’ compensation, restrictive covenants, noncompete agreements, wage claims, and sexual harassment.
• Employment Litigation
  Our trial attorneys have experience in representing both plaintiffs and defendants in a variety of cases, both civil and criminal, in Baltimore City, Baltimore County, Caroll County, Harford County, Howard County, and Montgomery County, among other counties in Maryland, as well as Maryland’s Federal Courts. Our combination of proficiency, creativity, and vigorous advocacy yields success for our clients in many areas of litigation; business and commercial disputes; tax controversies; personal injury cases; wrongful death actions; medical malpractice; employment disputes; probate, zoning, land use and developer issues; lender liability; injured workers’ claims; construction defects and boundary disputes; creditors’ rights; lead paint defense; mechanic’s liens; domestic and family law matters; serious motor vehicles offenses; and other criminal charges.
• Non-compete Agreement
• Severance Agreement
• Sexual Harassment

Property Law

• Real Estate Litigation
  Throughout her years of practice, she has focused on transactional real estate matters and commercial lending. Working with profit and non-profit developers, she provides legal services for all aspects of the transaction from land acquisition through land development, zoning, financing, construction, rent-up, to leasing and operations. These transactions include shopping centers, office buildings, warehousing facilities, multi-family housing, assisted living, and nursing homes. Special expertise in the field of affordable housing and governmentally assisted financing (including programs at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development) has been developed. In connection with these activities, Ms. Gould was instrumental in founding the American Bar Association Forum on Affordable Housing.
• Premises Liability
  Mr. Turner is often involved in employment matters, contract disputes, and shareholder controversies. Among other matters, he has represented a franchisee of a national financial planner in an arbitration proceeding, and has acted as co-counsel in litigation involving the design and manufacture of a medical device. Mr. Turner has handled numerous commercial and residential landlord-tenant matters and has been involved in litigation concerning the Maryland Fair Housing Act and its federal analog. Mr. Turner has also represented clients in numerous premises liability, personal injury, and other tort matters.
• Construction Litigation
  Stanford G. Gann, Jr. is a Baltimore native and principal of the law firm of LEVIN GANN PA. He primarily handles and litigates commercial and residential matters involving construction claims, payment, boundary disputes and riparian rights, as well as collections and creditors’ rights in bankruptcy matters, among others. Mr. Gann is admitted to practice law in the State and Federal courts in Maryland, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, the United States Claims Court and the United States Supreme Court.
• Real Estate Transactions
  If you face an impending Real Estate transaction, legal conflict or challenge, the attorneys at LEVIN GANN PA can help. Our attorneys have earned a stellar reputation through experience and results. Our Real Estate department should be your first choice in legal representation and will help you reach a sucessful resolution. Sidney Weiman, Carole S. Gould, Mayer E. Guttman, Sean K. Elavia, Andrew R. Sandler, and Jacob M. Rappaport, are exceedingly qualified to evaluate and manage complex real estate transactions and help you achieve your real estate goals.
• Land Use and Zoning
  Mr. Turner’s practice includes commercial and consumer litigation. He has represented clients in disputes involving, among other things, construction, land use and zoning, the Uniform Commercial Code, the Maryland Homeowners Association Act, the Maryland Contract Lien Act, the Maryland Consumer Protection Act, and the Maryland Home Improvement Law.
• Landlord-Tenant Disputes
  Leasing is a major aspect of many real estate transactions. Our attorneys are highly experienced in landlord-tenant representation, including the negotiation and preparation of both residential and commercial leases. We are skilled in the areas of asset protection, title review, and cost and tax savings, all critical ingredients of a successful real estate transaction. Additionally, our real estate law department works closely with our Litigation group to ensure that, if any issues arise, our clients’ interests are strenuously pursued and protected. Our Real Estate expertise includes...

Health Law

• Personal Injury
  I was involved in a car accident over 3 years ago and Lee was handling the process for me. He was very knowledgeable and was ready to answer any and all questions I had with great detail and care for my understanding of what was happening. This case was a headache for me to say the least and I wouldn’t have been able to handle it without his aid, the outcome was I got a settlement that was higher than what the opposing party was originally going to settle at which made me that much happier as we came to the end of my case. The level of professionalism and willingness to do anything for their client was absolutely fantastic, I would highly recommend Lee for anyone facing traffic law related or personal injury related issue, mine happened to be both.
• Medical Malpractice
  If you or a loved one experiences a tragedy created by medical negligence, you need a confident and proficient Medical Malpractice attorney to assist you. These challenging and complex cases can have lasting impact on individuals and the Health care industry, so they must be handled with care and expertise. In the interest of justice and protecting the public from serious permanent injury and even loss of life, our attorneys, Lee J. Eidelberg and John J. “Jack” Condliffe, with the assistance of Aaron Turner, have tried numerous Medical Malpractice cases. We can provide the zealous and compassionate representation you need to confidently pursue your medical malpractice claim. LEVIN GANN PA’s hallmark individualized approach alleviates the stress and emotional turmoil for our clients in these cases.
• Auto Accidents

Trusts and Estates

• Estate Planning
  We had the pleasure to deal with Jacob for our estate planning. His wit and responsiveness are second to none, and his fees are very competative. We were thrilled with his work.
• Wills
  Ms. Cook joined Levin Gann PA in 2023.  Her practice includes estate planning, probate, litigation involving estate controversies, trust administration, guardianships, elder law, and tax preparation.  She advises clients on the estate planning techniques best suited to their individual needs. In addition to drafting Last Wills and Testaments, Revocable Trusts, Financial Powers of Attorney, and Advance Medical Directives, Ms. Cook has established life insurance trusts, personal residence trusts, trusts for retirement plan benefits, dynasty trusts, charitable lead and annuity trusts, grantor retained annuity trusts, special needs trusts and family limited partnerships.
• Trusts
  Halle Bennett graduated from the University of Colorado, Boulder in 2013 with a B.A. in Psychology, Anthropology and History. After graduation, Ms. Bennett spent a year at The White House in the Presidential Correspondence Division, followed by a year with FTI Consulting. Ms. Bennett obtained her Juris Doctorate from the University of Maryland School of Law in the Business Law Track, where she served as Vice President of the Moot Court team, Vice President of the Business Law Society and a founding member of the Real Property, Trusts and Estates Group. Before graduating in 2018, she also served in the Consumer Protection Clinic at the Attorney General’s office and was a President’s Student Leadership Fellow.
• Power of Attorney
• Probate

Finance Law

• Bankruptcy
  Among his professional associations, Mr. Schumm is active in the Business Law Section of the American Bar Association (Chair, Webinar Committee for Business Bankruptcy, 2011-2015). Mr. Schumm is former Chair of the Subcommittee on Agricultural Finance and Agribusiness of the ABA and former Vice-Chair of the Software Contracting Committee. He is a member of the Food and Drug Law Institute.
• Tax Law
  Under the leadership of Mayer E. Guttman, Sean K. Elavia, Andrew R. Sandler, and Sidney Weiman, LEVIN GANN PA’s Tax group specializes in tax planning for corporations, closely held business entities (including limited liability entities), nonprofit organizations and individuals. This area of the law is highly complex and difficult to navigate; yet, taxes have a tremendous impact on our corporate and individual clients’ economic well-being. Our team helps our clients understand and comply with Federal, State, and local tax rules without incurring undue costs.