Mr. Etelson is a senior shareholder with the Firm and recognized commercial litigator handling matters throughout Maryland, the Washington Metropolitan area and the country. Mr. Etelson focuses on all levels of commercial litigation matters. He handles litigation in complex business, corporate, real estate and construction actions, as well as complex fiduciary, probate and estate disputes. Mr. Etelson is a member of the commercial litigation, real estate and business and financial services departments.
Mr. Etelson has been appointed by the chief administrative judge for the Circuit Court of Montgomery County, Maryland to act as a mediator for the court. In 1995, Mr. Etelson made law in the state of Maryland, in the noted case of Kalkreuth Roofing v. West Pointe Plaza II, 109 Md. App. 569, 675 A.2d 715 (1995) cert. denied, 343 Md. 564, 683 A.2d 177 (1996), wherein he prevailed before the appellate courts in a reported opinion, to change the way mechanics liens are pled in Maryland. Mr. Etelson also made law in another reported opinion before the Appellate court, Messina v. Krakower, wherein the Court sided with Mr. Etelson in upholding the absolute privilege in confidentiality matters.
Mr. Etelson was appointed by the governor of the State of Maryland to serve on a commission to rewrite the lease litigation law of the State of Maryland. In 1997, he was appointed by the governor of the State of Maryland to serve as a trustee of the Chesapeake Bay Trust, a multi-million dollar state-created trust dedicated to supplying grants for the rehabilitation of the Chesapeake Bay. Mr. Etelson is a frequent lecturer and instructor of litigation. He has been an instructor with the Maryland Institute for Continuing Legal Education and currently is an instructor for the litigation component of Georgetown Law Center's Annual Advanced Commercial Leasing Institute program.
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Seminars & Speaking Engagements
- Instructor, Georgetown University Law Center, Continuing Legal Education Department, Advanced Institute for Commercial Leasing
- Instructor, Maryland Institute for Continuing Legal Education
Professional & Community Affiliations
- State of Maryland Lease Litigation Law Revising Commission - appointed by governor to revise leasing law
- Chesapeake Bay Trust - appointed by governor of Maryland to serve as a trustee for eight years