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Linda D. Schwartz, Esq.
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Experience:
- Principal, Paley Rothman, Bethesda, Maryland, successor in merger with Eig & Schwartz, Chtd., 1987-Present
Chair, Professional Ethics & Discipline Practice Group
Chair, Real Estate Group
Member, Real Estate, Business/Commercial Transactions, Financial Services, Estate Planning, and Estate/Trust Administration Practice Groups
- Member, Maryland State Board of Law Examiners, 1997-Present
- Adjunct Professor of Law, Legal Ethics, American University, Washington College of Law, 1995-1997
- Assistant Attorney General of Maryland, 1976-1977
Education:
- J.D., American University, Washington College of Law
- B.A., cum laude, University of Maryland
ADR Training:
- 40-Hour Mediation Training Course
Affiliations/Awards:
- Elected Member, American College of Real Estate Lawyers, 2006-present
- Committee on Ethics of the Maryland State Bar Association: Chair (2005-2006); Member (1988-present)
- Member, Woman’s Advisory Board, New York Life Insurance, 1998-2000
- Member, Board of Directors of the Montgomery County Bar Foundation, 1990-present
- Member, Character Committee of the Court of Appeals, 1985-1990, 1997
- Member, Inquiry Panel of the Attorney Grievance Commission of Maryland, 1985-1989
- Member, Ethics 2000 Committee, Maryland State Bar Association
- Member, Multidisciplinary Practice Task Force, 2000
- Member, Ethical Considerations Subcommittee of the Committee on Lawyers’ Opinions in Commercial Transactions, 1987-1989
- Recipient, Top 100 Women in Maryland Award, The Daily Record, 2002, 2004, and 2006
- Member, Circle of Excellence, The Daily Record, 2006
- Recipient, 10th Annual Award for Professionalism, Bar Association of Montgomery County, 2000
- Recipient, Community Service Award, Bar Association of Montgomery County, 1992
- Best Lawyers, Maryland and Washington, D.C., Real Estate, 2008-2010
- Super Lawyers, Maryland and Washington, D.C., Real Estate, 2007-2010
- Frequent Lecturer on Estate Planning/Administration, Business and Real Estate Transactions, and Ethics
Publications:
- Comment on the Title Abstractor’s Liability, 22 Am. U. L. Rev. 455 (1972-1973)
- Contributing Author, Basic Estate Tax Planning, Chapter 4, Irrevocable Life Insurance Trust, Maryland Institute for Continuing Professional Education of Lawyers, Inc. (2005)
- The Roots of Legal Ethics, (Co-Authored with Kaye B. Bushel), Maryland Bar Journal (January/February 2007)
- Tribute to the Honorable Irma S. Raker, 57 Am. U. L. Rev. 1578 (2008)
- “Commentary: Dealing with Professional Misconduct Complaints,” The Daily Record (September 8, 2009)