Bar/Court Admissions

Maryland, 2000
District of Columbia, 2002
U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland, 2001
U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, 2002
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, 2002
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces, 2002
U.S. Court of Federal Claims, 2002
U.S. Supreme Court, 2010

Stephen A.
Oberg

Stephen A. Oberg

Stephen A. Oberg is the Managing Partner of Council, Baradel, Kosmerl & Nolan, P.A. His practice concentrates in the areas of business law and commercial finance. Steve’s business practice includes the representation of local, regional and national companies in a wide range of industries. His work includes contract negotiation and drafting, preparation of business governance documents, business planning and other general counsel work. He also serves as legal advisor to several area non-profit organizations. Steve’s business litigation practice focuses on business torts, contractual and commercial disputes, business governance and financial disputes, where he strives to blend trial strategy with business pragmatism to achieve a cost-effective and efficient, favorable result.

Steve’s commercial finance practice emphasizes the representation of institutional lenders in real estate and business asset-secured loan transactions. Steve has also enjoyed extensive experience representing companies in the negotiation and documentation of commercial transactions, capitalization transactions, and the acquisition, leasing and disposition of commercial real estate.

Steve graduated in 1997 from the University of Richmond with a B.A., cum laude, and Departmental Honors in History. In 2000, he graduated from the Wake Forest University School of Law. Following law school Steve clerked in Maryland’s Seventh Circuit for the Honorable Richard H. Sothoron, Jr. (ret.).

Steve is active in many community and professional organizations, including the Anne Arundel Medical Center Foundation Board. A native of Calvert County, Maryland, Steve continues to reside there with his wife and three children.

Professional Associations

Maryland State Bar Association
Anne Arundel County Bar Association, Past-President
Anne Arundel County Bar Foundation, Past-President
Anne Arundel Chamber of Commerce
Calvert County Bar Association, Past-President
Calvert County Chamber of Commerce
District of Columbia Bar Association

Community Involvement

Anne Arundel Medical Center Foundation Board
- 2019 to present
Calvert County Agricultural Preservation Advisory Board
- 2009 to present
Business Impact Group - Southern Maryland
- 2010 to present
Calvert Hospice Board
- 2018 to 2022

Honors / Awards

Whats Up? Annapolis Magazine Leading Lawyer in Business Law 2016-2021, 2024-2025
Super Lawyers 2011-2025
Eagle Scout

Education

Wake Forest School of Law (J.D., 2000)
University of Richmond (B.A. in History & Political Science, with honors, 1997)