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Municipal & Municipal Finance Law
All over town.
Council Baradel’s attorneys are consistently recognized as among the best in Maryland in matters involving local governments. We are very familiar with federal, state and local laws affecting local government operations and we provide a full range of advice and services to local governments, taxing districts and government agencies across Maryland, and to individuals and businesses that deal with or are affected by local government.
Serving our Clients
Our attorneys serve as general counsel to more than 15 Maryland cities and towns and provide specialized legal services to others. Over the past 35 years, our attorneys have successfully litigated and argued important constitutional and governmental issues in state and federal trial and appellate courts. We have also served as counsel to borrowers in public finance transactions, and have issued opinions and assisted with the issuance of various local government bonds and other obligations. Finally, we have served on numerous boards and commissions to study and advise on different aspects of municipal finance.
Please send us an email and one of our attorneys will be in contact with you in a timely manner.
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- Four Council Baradel Attorneys Recognized by Best Lawyers 2025
- Rebecca K. Schisler-Adams Selected as 2024 Pro Bono Award Honoree
- Rebecca K. Schisler Adams Named Editor of Anne Arundel Bar Association Newsletter
- Thirteen Council Baradel Attorneys Recognized in What's Up? Magazine's "Leading Lawyers" 2024
- Wayne T. Kosmerl and N. Tucker Meneely Secure Victory for Clients in Supreme Court of Maryland
- James P. Nolan named to 2024 Business Law Power List by The Daily Record
- Council Baradel Elects Sally V. Baldwin and Brian S. Burkett as Partners
- Fifteen Council Baradel Attorneys Recognized by Maryland Super Lawyers 2024
- Six Council Baradel Attorneys Recognized by Best Lawyers
- Thirteen Council Baradel Attorneys Recognized by Maryland Super Lawyers 2023
- Frederick C. Sussman Inducted into Anne Arundel Chamber Business Hall of Fame
- Fifteen Council Baradel Attorneys Recognized by Maryland Super Lawyers 2022
- Twelve Council Baradel Attorneys Recognized in What's Up? Magazine's "Leading Lawyers" 2021
- Council Baradel Elects Lee Ann Adams and Elizabeth A. Pfenson as Partners
- N. Tucker Meneely Inducted as Fellow of the Maryland Bar Foundation
- Council Baradel and Bay Title Company Operations Amid COVID-19
- Seventeen Council Baradel Attorneys Recognized by Maryland Super Lawyers 2020
- Council Baradel Named Top Workplace for Third Consecutive Year
- Ronald E. Council Marks 50 Years as an Annapolis Attorney
- Sixteen Council Baradel Attorneys Recognized in What's Up? Magazine's "Leading Lawyers" 2019
- Bay Title Company Launches New Website
- Property Tax Reassessment Appeal Deadline Fast Approaching
- Mollie Walsh Beigel Joins Maryland Hall for the Creative Arts Board of Directors
- Joseph F. Devlin Joins Board of Boys & Girls Clubs of Annapolis & Anne Arundel County
- Frederick C. Sussman and Suellen M. Ferguson Speak at MML Convention
- Frederick C. Sussman served as a moderator in the 2016 Candidates Forum for the District 4 Congressional Candidates.
- Six Council Baradel Attorneys Named 2016 Maryland Super Lawyers.
- Ten Council Baradel attorneys named 2015 Maryland Super Lawyers.
- Directors Stephen A. Oberg, Susan M. Wyckoff and Joseph F. Devlin inducted as Fellows into the Maryland Bar Foundation
- Five Council Baradel Attorneys Named as"Leading Lawyers" by What's Up? Annapolis Magazine
- Frederick C. Sussman and Suellen M. Ferguson Speak at MML Convention
- Susan T. Ford Elected Vice-Chairman of the Board of Maryland Hall for the Creative Arts
- Frederick C. Sussman Appointed City Attorney for Aberdeen