Practices
- Administrative Law
- Appellate Law
- Banking & Finance
- Bankruptcy / Creditors' Rights
- Business
- Construction Contracts and Disputes
- Criminal Defense
- Employment Matters
- Environmental Law
- Estate Planning & Administration
- Family Law
- Insurance
- Litigation
- Maritime
- Municipal & Municipal Finance Law
- Personal Injury
- Real Estate
- Title Litigation
- Zoning & Land Use
Business
It's our business to know yours.
In today’s economy, clients seek counsel with a breadth of experience and a deep understanding of every aspect of corporate practice. Council Baradel’s Business Team combines that knowledge with an intimate understanding of our clients’ business goals to deliver creative and effective business solutions for companies across the State of Maryland and the Mid-Atlantic region.
Our Clients
Our clients represent nearly every segment of industry, including:
- Banking and Finance
- Insurance
- Construction
- Media
- Retail & Hospitality
- Healthcare
- Manufacturing
- Real Estate
- Energy
- Technology
- Transportation
Clients look to our business team for strategic counsel for a variety of issues, including corporate matters, contracts, labor and employment, mergers and acquisitions, dispositions, debt and equity financing, real estate matters, bankruptcy, project and structured finance, and compliance.
Business Transactions
The focus in all business transactions is to develop and implement strategies for adding value based on appropriate structuring of the transaction while avoiding pitfalls. Our business team has extensive experience in the entire business “life cycle”, including formation and organization of business entities, general corporate representation, debt and equity capitalization of business entities, commercial transactions, mergers, acquisitions and other business reorganizations, corporate, tax and business planning matters, shareholder rights issues, contract drafting and negotiation, and business dissolutions.
Business Litigation
Our litigation attorneys handle a wide variety of complex business issues for corporate clients and individuals locally, regionally, and nationally. Business litigation can be expensive and time consuming. We work with clients to identify and reduce litigation risks and costs, and to preserve important business relationships. Our goal is to blend an effective trial strategy with business pragmatism to achieve favorable results for our clients. Council Baradel’s business litigation attorneys have extensive experience representing clients in federal and state courts, administrative proceedings, arbitration panels, and other alternative dispute resolution tribunals.
Please send us an email and one of our attorneys will be in contact with you in a timely manner.
- Lee Ann Adams
- Sally V. Baldwin
- Ronald A. Baradel
- Garrett E. Brierley
- Brian S. Burkett
- Ronald E. Council
- Joseph F. Devlin
- Stanley J. Klos, Jr.
- N. Tucker Meneely
- James P. Nolan
- Stephen A. Oberg
- Britt G. Rife
- Michael N. Russo, Jr.
- Rebecca K. Schisler-Adams
- Susan Stobbart Shapiro
- Ishar Singh
- John Naumann Strange
- In Memoriam: Council Baradel Co-Founder Wayne T. Kosmerl
- James P. Nolan Recognized by Community Foundation of Anne Arundel County
- Michael N. Russo, Jr. and Rebecca K. Schisler-Adams Win 3-Day Jury Trial on Contentious Real Property Dispute
- 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
- Susan Stobbart Shapiro Appointed to Anne Arundel County Trial Court Judicial Nominating Commission
- Rebecca K. Schisler-Adams Admitted to Practice Law in the District of Columbia
- Rebecca K. Schisler-Adams Joins Council Baradel's Litigation Practice
- Thirteen Council Baradel Attorneys Recognized by Maryland Super Lawyers 2023
- Frederick C. Sussman Inducted into Anne Arundel Chamber Business Hall of Fame
- Stephen A. Oberg Speaks on Business Succession Planning to Calvert County Chamber
- Stephen A. Oberg Installed as President of Calvert County Bar Association
- Ishar Singh Joins Council Baradel's Litigation Team
- Fifteen Council Baradel Attorneys Recognized by Maryland Super Lawyers 2022
- Sally V. Baldwin Joins Council Baradel's Litigation Practice
- Twelve Council Baradel Attorneys Recognized in What's Up? Magazine's "Leading Lawyers" 2021
- Anne Arundel County Property Tax Assessment Appeals (2021, 2022, 2023 Tax Cycle)
- Council Baradel Elects Lee Ann Adams and Elizabeth A. Pfenson as Partners
- Susan Stobbart Shapiro Recognized as Top 100 Attorney in Maryland
- N. Tucker Meneely Inducted as Fellow of the Maryland Bar Foundation
- Michael N. Russo, Jr. Joins Board of Leadership Anne Arundel
- Council Baradel and Bay Title Company Operations Amid COVID-19
- Council Baradel Announces N. Tucker Meneely as the Firm's Newest Partner
- N. Tucker Meneely Joins The Bill Sweeney Perinatal Care Fund Board of Directors
- Susan Stobbart Shapiro and Kevin M. Schaeffer Recognized as Top 100 Attorneys in Maryland
- Seventeen Council Baradel Attorneys Recognized by Maryland Super Lawyers 2020
- Council Baradel Named Top Workplace for Third Consecutive Year
- Stephen A. Oberg Joins Anne Arundel Medical Center Foundation Board of Directors
- GDP and Land Use Change Application
- Ronald E. Council Marks 50 Years as an Annapolis Attorney
- Sixteen Council Baradel Attorneys Recognized in What's Up? Magazine's "Leading Lawyers" 2019
- Brian S. Burkett Admitted to Practice Law in the District of Columbia
- Bay Title Company Launches New Website
- Property Tax Reassessment Appeal Deadline Fast Approaching
- Joseph F. Devlin Attends Conservation Easement Seminar
- Council Baradel Employment Law Attorneys to Speak at Anne Arundel Community College Conference
- Stephen A. Oberg Joins Board of Calvert Hospice
- Michael N. Russo, Jr. Admitted to Practice Law in Virginia
- Michael N. Russo, Jr. Appointed President of Arts Council of Anne Arundel County Board
- N. Tucker Meneely Elected President of the Woodwise Board of Directors
- Mollie Walsh Beigel Joins Maryland Hall for the Creative Arts Board of Directors
- Lee Ann Adams and Aubrey E. Mirkin Speak to St. Mary's Parish on Planning for the Future
- Lee Ann Adams Joins Council Baradel's Business Practice
- Ronald A. Baradel and N. Tucker Meneely Secure Reinstatement of Client's $2.42 Million Jury Verdict on Appeal
- Ronald A. Baradel Recognized by Best Lawyers® 2017
- Tucker Meneely elected to the Anne Arundel County Volunteer Center Board of Directors
- Council Baradel Elects Four New Directors
- Ronald A. Baradel Serves Second Term as President of the Annapolis Rotary Club
- Stephen A. Oberg Speaks on Transfer and Recordation Taxes
- John Naumann Strange to Speak at Estate Planning Seminar in Severna Park on June 20th, 2016
- Susan Stobbart Shapiro Moderated Panel at ABA Labor & Employment Law Section's National Symposium
- Susan Stobbart Shapiro to Speak on Preserving and Admitting Social Media Evidence
- Ronald A. Baradel honored with The Daily Record's Inaugural 2016 Leadership in Law Lifetime Achievement Award.
- Stephen A. Oberg speaks to Calvert County Chamber of Commerce
- Six Council Baradel Attorneys Named 2016 Maryland Super Lawyers.
- BizPeake Journal publishes Ronald A. Baradel's article, "Giving Back is Good Business."
- Council Baradel welcomes Stanley J. Klos, Jr. who has joined the firm as Of Counsel.
- Shapiro Joins Historic Annapolis Board
- Mike Russo Participates in Congressional Briefing on Title Insurance Issues
- Council Baradel attorneys came out in force for the Anne Arundel Bar Association's Bar Weekend in Hershey, PA.
- Mike Russo reviews new Maryland case on impact of Bankruptcy on property title.
- AABA President Steve Oberg recently presented newly appointed Judge Laura Robinson a gavel during her investiture to the bench of the District Court of Maryland for Anne Arundel County.
- N. Tucker Meneely Named to Editorial Board of The Maryland Litigator.
- Ten Council Baradel attorneys named 2015 Maryland Super Lawyers.
- Mike Russo provides comments on new DC Court of Appeals decision on super-priority of DC Condo Liens over first Deeds of Trust.
- Susan Shapiro named "Power Player" by SmartCEO
- Celebrating Steve Oberg's Investiture as AABA President in the August issue of the Barrister.
- Susan Stobbart Shapiro Celebrates 20 Years at Council Baradel
- Ronald A. Baradel joins the Anne Arundel Senior Provider Group.
- N. Tucker Meneely Selected by Maryland Daily Record to Write for Generation J.D. Blog
- Michael N. Russo, Jr. Elected to the Anne Arundel County Community Partnership Board for the United Way of Central Maryland.
- Michael N. Russo, Jr. Elected to Board of Directors of the Arts Council for Anne Arundel County.
- Susan Stobbart Shapiro Named Trustee of Anne Arundel County Bar Association
- Susan Stobbart Shapiro Becomes Editor of The Barrister
- Director Stephen A. Oberg installed as President of the Anne Arundel County Bar Association
- Directors Stephen A. Oberg, Susan M. Wyckoff and Joseph F. Devlin inducted as Fellows into the Maryland Bar Foundation
- Susan Stobbart Shapiro accredited by International Association of Privacy Professionals as a Certified Information Privacy Professional (CIPP/US)
- Susan Stobbart Shapiro Speaks to American Bar Association
- Susan Stobbart Shapiro Becomes CRTC Ambassador
- Five Council Baradel Attorneys Named as"Leading Lawyers" by What's Up? Annapolis Magazine
- Stephen A. Oberg Speaks with Calvert Young Farmers
- Susan Stobbart Shapiro Speaks to Chesapeake Regional Tech Council
- Michael N. Russo, Jr. Elected President of the District of Columbia Land Title Association
- Stephen A. Oberg Named Rising Star
- Susan Stobbart Shapiro Included in SmartCEO Magazine's 2012 Legal Elite
- Stephen A. Oberg Elected Treasurer of the Anne Arundel County Bar Association
- Susan Stobbart Shapiro Speaks to Business Leaders about Social Media
- Susan Stobbart Shapiro Speaks to Anne Arundel Bar Association
- Stephen A. Oberg Named Rising Star