Linda Schwartz

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Principal, Paley Rothman

Experience: 50 years

Arbitration & Mediation, Business Law, Estate Planning and 2 others

District of Columbia and Maryland

Best Lawyers in America (2008-2017), Certificate of Appreciation and 6 others

Awards 8

Experience 50y

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Linda Schwartz is a senior member of the Professional Ethics & Discipline, Estate Planning, Estate & Trust Administration, Corporate, and Real Estate practice groups. She has considerable experience in complex real estate and commercial transactions, business planning, executive succession planning, and estate planning and administration for both U.S. and non-U.S. citizens. For more than 30 years, she has served as counsel to prominent national, regional and local developers and business owners. In 2006, she was elected to the American College of Real Estate Lawyers.
Throughout her legal career, Linda has been active in public service. She is a former Assistant Attorney General of Maryland and was appointed in 1997 by the Court of Appeals of Maryland to serve, and continues to serve, as a member of the State Board of Law Examiners. She also served as a member of the Character Committee of the Court of Appeals for two terms (1985-1990 and 1997), and was a member of the Inquiry Panel of the Attorney Grievance Commission of Maryland from 1985-1989.
She has contributed significantly to the advancement of legal ethics as a member of the Committee on Ethics of the Maryland State Bar Association (MSBA) for more than two decades, including two years (2005-2006) as the chair of that committee. She also was appointed to the MSBA’s Ethics 2000 Committee, the Multidisciplinary Practice Task Force and the Ethical Considerations Subcommittee of the Committee on Lawyer’s Opinions in Commercial Transactions (1989). She has taught legal ethics as an Adjunct Professor of Law at the Washington College of Law, American University and has consulted with numerous law firms and attorneys, frequently being asked to serve as an expert witness in both real estate and professional conduct matters. A frequent lecturer, Linda has made presentations to both professional and general audiences on the wide range of topics within her areas of concentration.

Jurisdictions Admitted to Practice

District of Columbia

District of Columbia Bar
Since 1974

Maryland

Professional Experience

Current

Paley Rothman

Principal

Education

1974

American University Washington College of Law

J.D. (1974)

Activities: - Court Note Editor of Law Review, which published her Comment on title abstractor’s liability in 22 AM. U.L. Rev. 455 (1972-1973)

Honors: Cum Laude

University of Maryland - College Park

B.A. (1970)

Awards

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Best Lawyers in America (2008-2017)

Best Lawyers in America Best Lawyers

year - Linda Schwartz

Certificate of Appreciation

Montgomery County Public Schools

year - Linda Schwartz

10th Annual Award for Professionalism

Bar Association of Montgomery County

year - Linda Schwartz

10th Annual Award for Professionalism

Bar Association of Montgomery County

Linda Schwartz

American College of Real Estate Lawyers (2006-present)

American College of Real Estate Lawyers

Best Law Firms

U.S. News & Best Lawyers

Top 25 Women Maryland Super Lawyers (2007)

Maryland Super Lawyers (2007-2013)

Top 100 Women in Maryland

The Daily Record (2002-2006)

Contacts

Paley Rothman 4800 Hampden Lane 6th Floor Bethesda MD 20814 Telephone: (301) 656-7603 Fax: (301) 654-7354

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Linda Schwartz Principal, Paley Rothman

Experience: 50 years

Website: Open

Phone: (301) 656-7603

Location: USA

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Practice Areas

Arbitration & Mediation

Business Arbitration, Consumer Arbitration, Family Arbitration

Business Law

Business Contracts, Business Dissolution, Business Finance, Business Formation, Business Litigation, Franchising, Mergers & Acquisitions, Partnership & Shareholder Disputes

Estate Planning

Guardianship & Conservatorship Estate Administration, Health Care Directives, Trusts, Wills

Legal Malpractice

Real Estate Law

Commercial Real Estate, Condominiums, Easements, Eminent Domain, Homeowners Association, Land Use & Zoning, Mortgages, Neighbor Disputes, Residential Real Estate, Water Law

Languages

English: Spoken, Written

Websites

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