James W. Stone

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Experience: 41 years

Business Law, Estate Planning, Probate and Appeals & Appellate

Maryland, 4th Circuit and U.S. Supreme Court

Experience 41y

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Jim was born and raised in Hagerstown Maryland. He has practiced law in Washington County since 1982. Jim’s current practice emphasizes business, commercial and contract law, civil litigation and appeals, corporate and partnership law, estate planning, wills and trusts, probate and estate administration, and real estate development. Before co-founding Kane, Wilburn & Stone, Jim was a principal with Poole & Kane for six years. Before that, Jim was managing principal of Miller, Oliver, Baker, Moylan & Stone, a firm with whom he was associated for 28 years.

After receiving an engineering degree from The Johns Hopkins University in 1968 and an M.B.A. in finance from the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business in 1970, Jim began his professional career as a management consultant with American Management Systems, a computer systems firm, where he focused on the development of computer-based accounting and financial management systems for business and government. He became a vice president of AMS and served in several senior management capacities there, including chief financial officer.

Jim entered law school in 1979 and received a law degree from American University Washington College of Law in 1981, after which he returned to Hagerstown to practice law.

Jim is vice chairman of the Hagerstown Planning Commission and has served as a member of the Commission for more than 30 years. He is past president of the Boys & Girls Clubs of Washington County and has served as a Board member for more than 30 years. He is a member of the Board of Directors of the Community Free Clinic. Jim is married and has two grown children.

Jurisdictions Admitted to Practice

Maryland

Since 1982

4th Circuit

Since 1982

U.S. Supreme Court

Since 1989

Education

1981

American University Washington College of Law

J.D. (1981)

Honors: Honor Society

1968 - 1970

University of Chicago

MBA (1970) | finance

Honors: Beta Gamma Sigma

1964 - 1968

Johns Hopkins University

B.E.S. | electrical engineering

Honors: Tau Beta Pi

Contacts

28 West Washington St 3rd Floor Hagerstown MD 21740 Telephone: (240) 513-4680 Fax: (240) 513-4681

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James W. Stone

Experience: 41 years

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Phone: (240) 513-4680

Location: USA

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Practice Areas

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

Probate

Probate Administration, Probate Litigation, Will Contests

Appeals & Appellate

Civil Appeals, Federal Appeals

Websites

Kane, Wilburn & Stone