Steven N. Leitess

Mr. Leitess’ practice has a national scope, serving clients located around the country in litigation and transactional matters arising in Maryland, Virginia and the District of Columbia. His practice focuses on the areas of substantive law that businesses rely upon daily.

The majority of Mr. Leitess’ daily professional activity relates to business litigation and arbitration, however a substantial amount of his time is dedicated to transactional matters and “outside general counsel” services for day-to-day operations of clients who do not have an in-house legal department.

Mr. Leitess has 25 years of experience as “first chair” attorney in numerous evidentiary and non-evidentiary hearings, court trials, jury trial and appellate matters in state and federal courts around the country, including Maryland, Washington DC, Virginia, Florida, Ohio, New York, Pennsylvania and California. He has argued hundreds of motions and appeals, and participated in meditations and arbitrations. He is a prolific legal writer and has drafted and filed a very large number of pleadings and motion papers in connection with those representations.

Business Law

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

Products Liability

Drugs & Medical Devices, Motor Vehicle Defects, Toxic Torts

Bankruptcy

Chapter 11 Bankruptcy, Chapter 13 Bankruptcy, Chapter 7 Bankruptcy, Debt Relief

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District of Columbia

District of Columbia Bar

Since 1989

Maryland

Maryland Court of Appeals

ID Number: 8812160036

Since 1988

Member

Silverman Thompson

2016 - Current

Chair, Business & Finance Practice Group

Stockholder

Leitess Friedberg PC

1993 - 2016

Assistant Attorney

Baltimore City State's Attorney's Office

1989 - 1992

University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law

J.D. (1988)

1988

University of Maryland - College Park

B.A. (1985)

1985

Top Rated Business Litigation Attorney

Super Lawyers

2015 - 2020

AV Preeminent Rated

Martindale-Hubbell

2016

American College of Commercial Finance Lawyers

Member

2004 - Current

Uniform Law Commission

Member

2004 - Current

Maryland Commission on Uniform State Laws

Member

2004 - Current

Equipment Leasing and Finance Association

Member

1995 - Current

Association of Commercial Finance Attorneys

Member

1993 - Current

Deadlock - Breaking Mechanisms in LLCs - Flipping a Coin is Not Good Enough But is Better Than Dissolution

Business Law Today, American Bar Association

March, 2017