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Steven Leitess
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MD
โจ About
About Steven Leitess
Mr. Leitessโ practice has a national scope, serving clients located around the country in litigation and transactional matters arising in Maryland, Virginia and the District of Columbia. His practice focuses on the areas of substantive law that businesses rely upon daily.
The majority of Mr. Leitessโ daily professional activity relates to business litigation and arbitration, however a substantial amount of his time is dedicated to transactional matters and โoutside general counselโ services for day-to-day operations of clients who do not have an in-house legal department.
Mr. Leitess has 25 years of experience as โfirst chairโ attorney in numerous evidentiary and non-evidentiary hearings, court trials, jury trial and appellate matters in state and federal courts around the country, including Maryland, Washington DC, Virginia, Florida, Ohio, New York, Pennsylvania and California. He has argued hundreds of motions and appeals, and participated in meditations and arbitrations. He is a prolific legal writer and has drafted and filed a very large number of pleadings and motion papers in connection with those representations.
โ๏ธ Practice Areas
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Products Liability
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Bankruptcy
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Business Law
Credentials & Experience
๐ Education
University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law
J.D. (1988)
University of Maryland - College Park
B.A. (1985)
๐ Bar Admissions
American College of Commercial Finance Lawyers
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Uniform Law Commission
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Maryland Commission on Uniform State Laws
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Equipment Leasing and Finance Association
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Association of Commercial Finance Attorneys
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Anne Arundel Bar Association
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American Bar Association
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Maryland State Bar Association
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District of Columbia Bar Association
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๐ผ Professional Experience
Member
Silverman Thompson 2016 - Current Chair, Business & Finance Practice Group
Stockholder
Leitess Friedberg PC 1993 - 2016
Assistant Attorney
Baltimore City State'
s Attorney'
s Office 1989 - 1992
๐ Awards & Recognition
Top Rated Business Litigation Attorney
Super Lawyers
AV Preeminent Rated
Martindale-Hubbell
๐ Publications
- Deadlock - Breaking Mechanisms in LLCs - Flipping a Coin is Not Good Enough But is Better Than Dissolution
- Business Law Today, American Bar Association