KAGAN STERN MARINELLO & BEARD

Kagan Stern Marinello & Beard provides highly skilled legal services to businesses and individuals in the areas of business, employment, and litigation in Maryland, DC, Virginia, and other jurisdictions throughout the country. The firm’s attorneys have been consistently recognized as “AV” rated by Martindale-Hubbell (which is the highest rating attorneys can receive from their peers), as well as by “Super Lawyers,” “Best Lawyers,” and annually by What’s Up? Media’s “Leading Lawyers,” in the areas of business, employment, and litigation.

Kagan Stern’s business law practice includes corporate formation and organization, drafting contracts and business agreements, mergers and acquisitions, and financing and security transactions. In addition, our attorneys draft and review intellectual property and related licensing agreements and handle other general counsel needs of our business clients. The firm also participates in real estate matters, including drafting and negotiation of leases and purchase contracts, and conducting real estate settlements through its title company affiliate, Title Nation, in addition to land use and licensing matters such as development and zoning issues, variances, special exceptions, site design plans, permitting, and issues related to liquor licenses.

The firm’s employment law practice involves advising businesses and individuals on nearly all aspects of the employment relationship. The firm’s attorneys draft and review employment agreements, nonsolicitation and noncompetition agreements, confidentiality and nondisclosure agreements, severance agreements, employee handbooks, and employment policies. They also advise on matters such as wage and hour compliance, trade secret protection, discrimination and leave laws, and privacy issues.

Kagan Stern’s lawyers are trained and experienced in conducting confidential internal investigations for businesses regarding potential violations of employment laws and other sensitive business matters.

When litigation arises or becomes necessary, the firm’s experienced trial attorneys handle a wide variety of complex civil cases in trial and appellate courts, as well as in arbitration and before governmental agencies or boards. The litigation attorneys at Kagan Stern are experienced in handling cases involving business, employment, trusts and estates, real estate, and various other types of disputes.

The combination of business, transactional, and trial experience makes the attorneys at Kagan Stern an ideal choice to represent companies as outside general counsel to work with management on a regular basis to address the particular legal needs of the business.