Rachel M. Hess joined CarneyKelehan, a law firm based in Columbia. With over 40 years of experience, Hess specializes in real estate law and focuses in the fields of condominium, homeowner and community association law as well as land use, corporate, collections, zoning, bankruptcy and contract law. Prior to joining CarneyKelehan, Hess was a partner… READ MORE
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CarneyKelehan adds Rachel Hess as real estate attorney
Rachel M. Hess joined CarneyKelehan, a law firm based in Columbia. With over 40 years of experience, Hess specializes in real estate law and focuses in the fields of condominium, homeowner and community association law as well as land use, corporate, collections, zoning, bankruptcy and contract law.
Prior to joining CarneyKelehan, Hess was a partner with Winegrad, Hess & Heimlicher in Owings Mills, where she assisted clients in achieving their goals while avoiding unnecessary liability. She advised clients on a wide range of real estate projects, including residential, commercial and mixed-use properties. Hess started her legal career as an associate with a well-established real estate law firm in Baltimore and then founded her own law firm before working with Winegrad, Hess & Heimlicher.
In addition, Hess has written manuals and delivered lectures on real estate law at the University of Baltimore School of Law, Maryland Building Industry Association and Baltimore County Bar Association. Hess has also been retained as an expert witness for numerous condominium-related cases in Maryland.
She served as a director of the Land Use Council at the Home Builders Association of Maryland. Hess is a member of the Maryland State Bar Association and Community Associations Institute and past member of the National Capital Building Industry Association and Baltimore County Bar Association.
Hess earned her law degree from the University of Baltimore School of Law and Bachelor of Science in accounting from the University of Maryland.
CarneyKelehan adds Owen C. Jarvis as general attorney
Owen C. Jarvis joined CarneyKelehan, a law firm based in Columbia. With more than 15 years of experience in law, Jarvis will practice as a general attorney in all areas of the firm. Prior to joining CarneyKelehan, Jarvis served as director of legal services for St. Ambrose Housing Aid Center, which provides free counseling and… Continue Reading
CarneyKelehan’s Kevin Kelehan recognized by Maryland State Bar Association
Kevin Kelehan, a partner with Carney, Kelehan, Bresler, Bennett & Scherr, received the Distinguished Maryland Real Property Practitioner Award from the Real Property Section Council of the Maryland State Bar Association. The award “is given annually to a Maryland real estate attorney who best exemplifies the experience, client service, technical skill, integrity, collegiality and courtesy… Continue Reading
Kathy Stump joins CarneyKelehan focusing on education law
Kathy Stump joined Carney, Kelehan, Bresler, Bennett & Scherr LLP as an attorney with a practice focusing on education law. Stump expands the team of firm lawyers representing Maryland boards of education, local superintendents and school systems in federal and state courts, administrative hearings and mediations and arbitrations. The team provides counsel and representation in… Continue Reading
Remembering the Work and Legacy of Thomas M. Meachum
It is with great sadness that the CarneyKelehan family announces that Thomas M. Meachum, our partner, colleague and friend for more than 26 years, passed away peacefully on March 12, 2022, at his home surrounded by his loving family. Over the years, Tom provided a balanced, measured, compassionate and highly intellectual approach to our firm.… Continue Reading
CarneyKelehan founder David A. Carney dies
David A. Carney, a founding partner of Columbia-based Carney, Kelehan, Bresler, Bennett and Scherr LLP, died on Dec. 8, in Aiken, South Carolina. Born in Baltimore, Maryland, Carney graduated from Loyola High School, Loyola University Maryland and the University of Maryland School of Law. He began his legal career with the Baltimore firm Mylander, Atwater,… Continue Reading
CarneyKelehan ranked among 2022 ‘Best Law Firms’
Columbia-based Carney, Kelehan, Bresler, Bennett and Scherr LLP was ranked among the 2022 “Best Law Firms” by U.S. News & World Report magazine and Best Lawyers, the oldest peer-review publication in the legal profession. CarneyKelehan was ranked in Baltimore’s first tier for real estate law and second tier for business organizations law and construction law.… Continue Reading
CarneyKelehan Garners Victory for HCC in Class Action Lawsuit
CarneyKelehan’s Eric Brousaides recently represented Howard Community College in a class-action lawsuit related to COVID-19 school closures and received a favorable decision. The case was brought by a student who had enrolled in HCC prior to the pandemic who claimed that the college breached its contract to provide an in-person learning experience when it closed in… Continue Reading
CarneyKelehan’s Peter Fastow elected Real Property Section officer
Peter Fastow, an attorney with Columbia-based law firm Carney, Kelehan, Bresler, Bennett & Scherr, was elected secretary and treasurer of the Real Property Section of the Maryland State Bar Association. The Real Property Section brings together professionals with an interest in real property and related law, including laws concerning eminent domain, foreclosure, land acquisition and… Continue Reading
CarneyKelehan attorneys recognized in Best Lawyers 2021
Kevin Kelehan and Tom Meachum, partners with Carney, Kelehan, Bresler, Bennett & Scherr LLP, were selected by their peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America 2021, the oldest peer-review publication in the legal profession. Kelehan was listed in the publication’s construction law and real estate law practice areas. His real estate practice focuses… Continue Reading