Family Law

• Divorce
• Child Support
  Angela’s primary focus is family law, covering divorce and separation, child custody, child support, financial issues related to divorce and other family matters. She advocates for the clients she represents, and guides them through the extensive and complex legal process. A divorce can be a very emotional and distressing time, leaving the client feeling that their life is falling apart, Angela provides level-headed support to get them through it. Angela’s clients have confidence in the knowledge that she fully represents their best interests.
• Child Custody and Visitation
  Lee, if I could clone you, I promise I would. Lee was recommended to me per another lawyer whom is dealing with a family law case for me and my son in regards to child custody. I couldn’t have been referred to anyone better and more fitting for my case. With stakes high l, emotions high, and overall, just a tired single Mom, Lee was right beside me through this entire ordeal. When I received notice that I had allegedly violated a protective order, Lee came in and my Mom and I had a consultation with him, in person. It took all of 30 seconds for me to tell Lee that he was the perfect fit for my case and for myself. Lee is a wonderful communicator and he is quick yet very very thorough in answering his emails or calls. I never felt as though I was on a time clock with him. He took my case and treated it as though it was his own. He consistently kept me up to date with phone calls and emails. While in his office, he welcomed me and my family in and sat down to explain the nature of my case. He has the utmost respect for all of his clients, reminds them that he is right beside them, and is a realist on unprecedented outcomes of a case. Openly, he explained all possible outcomes of the case, yet, also reassured me time in and time again. Before Lee was even hired and a retainer was signed, he began reviewing and working on certain aspects of my case, and for that reason, I am forever grateful because I feel as though a jump start on this case was a huge factor to such a successful outcome per the prosecutor. While Lee remains professional, he is also real. He is relatable. He doesn’t put himself on a pedestal, thinking that because he is a lawyer that he stands higher than his clients. Lee, my mom, and myself talked about the case, the possible outcomes, the strategies to be used with the case, and when all said and done, we talked about our dogs and my son. Genuine, real conversations like that reminded me that Lee didn’t see me as “just a paying client”, but instead, a real person with a family who needed the guidance and support from an extremely seasoned attorney. My rapport to anyone seeking the best of the best, is and will stand with the highest respect to this man. Lee, from my family to you, thank you for everything that you have done to justify my case and fight for what I deserved. You have a client for life in me.
• Adoption
• Guardianship
  The Wills, Trusts & Estates group also provides experienced representation in matters of guardianship, government programs, and medical and health concerns for young and aging clients alike. Our expertise includes the following areas...
• 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.
• Child Abuse
  Angela joined Levin Gann PA in February, 2024. After graduating from Hood College in 1993, Angela attended the University of Baltimore School of Law and graduated in 1999. Shortly thereafter, in December 1999, she was admitted to the Maryland State Bar. In addition to practicing law, Angela has co-authored two articles: “Maryland’s Scarlet Letter: The Child Abuse Registry” with John J. Condliffe, Esquire in 2002 and “Representing the Client with Diminished Capacity” with Dr. Paul C. Berman in 2011. She has also been the Chair of the Family Law Section for the Baltimore County Bar and a member at large for the Family Law Section Council for the Maryland State Bar.

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
  By Lee J. Eidelberg, Esquire When facing a DUI stop in Maryland, the decision to take or refuse a breathalyzer test is complex and should be carefully considered. Here are some points to consider: Reasons to Take the Breathalyzer Test Implied Consent Laws: In Maryland, like in many states, there are implied consent laws. These… Read More »
• Wrongful Death
  Transitioning to private practice, Mr. Eidelberg initially concentrated on defending cases involving toxic torts and medical products liability. Subsequently, he diversified his trial practice to encompass various facets of complex civil litigation. His repertoire includes wrongful death claims, medical negligence suits, cases of profound personal injury, and intricate business disputes. Holding accreditation from the National College of District Attorney’s Career Prosecutor program and active membership in the medical malpractice and automobile negligence sections of the Maryland Association for Justice, Mr. Eidelberg employs his extensive courtroom acumen across Maryland. He remains steadfast in safeguarding the rights of individuals charged with motor vehicle and criminal offenses, while concurrently securing equitable compensation for victims harmed by negligence and medical malpractice.
• Traffic Violations
  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)
• 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
  Lee J. Eidelberg, a Principal of LEVIN GANN PA and former Assistant State’s Attorney, has a proven track record defending the rights of individuals charged with felonies and misdemeanors, including alcohol and serious motor vehicle violations, and has extensive jury trial experience in Maryland’s Circuit and District Courts,  including...
• Assault
• Identity Theft
• Homicide
  Commencing his legal career in public service, Mr. Eidelberg served as an Assistant State’s Attorney for Baltimore County, Maryland. During this tenure, he excelled as a Unit Chief for the Repeat Offender, Felony Review, and Arson Units. In this role, he diligently prosecuted a multitude of cases ranging from juvenile offenses to misdemeanors and felonies. His comprehensive portfolio encompassed serious motor vehicle violations, DUI charges, assault cases, theft, narcotics offenses, homicide, and property crimes.
• Arson
• Shoplifting
• Hit and Run

Business and Corporate Law

• Corporate Law
  The Corporate and Business Law attorneys at LEVIN GANN PA prevent potential problems and solve existing problems to help our clients’ businesses grow and thrive. Our approach is creative, practical, and personalized. Our attorneys share our clients’ entrepreneurial passion, and we aggressively pursue our clients’ success and satisfaction. From sole proprietors to large corporations, we maintain active and current knowledge regarding our clients’ businesses within the framework of ever-changing regulations.
• 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.
• 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

• Workers Compensation
  Mr. Lee Eidelberg knowledge of the law pertaining to injury claims is in my honest opinion impeccable. I sustained a very serious leg injury while at work and Mr. Eidelberg was recommended to me by a very trusted colleague and friend. I must state that I greatly benefited from Mr. Eidelberg’s prompt responses to ALL the questions I posed. Mr Eidelberg responded to ALL my questions in less than 10 minutes of receiving them (I am NOT EXAGGERATING). His explanations were very clear. He carefully navigated me through the entire process (from notifying the commission regarding his representation as my attorney, What needed to be done on the attainment of Maximum Medical Improvement status, having a second review by another physician for comparison with the evaluation of the Insurance company’s evaluating physician, the computation of award compensation, and the receipt of compensation from the commission. He clearly emphasized how any discrepancies between the two physicians (insurance company and the other doctor) would be resolved including having a hearing in the presence of a judge. At the entire process, I received a very substantial amount by way of compensation.
• 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
  On April 23, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission, by a vote of 3-2, issued its final rule effectivelybanning (with limited exceptions) non-compete agreements. KEY POINTS The Final Rule What agreements are covered? The rule defines a “non-compete clause” as a term or condition of employment that prohibits a worker from, penalizes a worker for, or… Read More »
• Severance Agreement
• Sexual Harassment

Property Law

• Real Estate Litigation
  Representing for-profit and not-for-profit developers and landowners, investors, borrowers, lenders and syndicators, LEVIN GANN PA handles all aspects of transactional real estate matters, from initial contract to closing. Our attorneys assist with acquisitions, financings, construction, and operations of residential, multi-family, and commercial properties. Our team also assists in negotiating and preparing contracts, leases, and public works agreements with municipalities and neighborhood associations all across central Maryland.
• 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
  Recognized by Super Lawyers Magazine for his expertise in plaintiff’s personal injury cases, endorsed as a distinguished professional by The National Trial Lawyers Top 100 Trial Lawyers, and awarded the esteemed AV-Preeminent rating by Martindale-Hubbell, Lee J. Eidelberg is a native of Long Island, New York. He obtained his J.D. from the University of Baltimore School of Law, where he actively contributed to the Moot Court Board, served as a prosecutor on the University’s Honor Court, and authored the publication “Wrongful Birth” in the University of Baltimore Law Forum, Volume 2, 1982.
• 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
  David Schabes joined Levin Gann PA in May, 2023. David’s practice focuses on the areas of trusts and estates, tax, business succession, and transactional work. He frequently advises clients on transferring wealth to the next generation in a practical and tax efficient manner. He is admitted to practice in Maryland and Washington, D.C.
• Power of Attorney
• Probate

Finance Law

• Bankruptcy
• 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.