Administrative Law & Appeals

Administrative law deals with matters that are regulated by state and federal government agencies. Like other states, the administrative agencies of the executive branch of Maryland state and local governments regulate many facets of its citizens’ daily lives.

Examples of state administrative agencies’ regulations include:

1. Issuance of driver’s licenses
2. Restriction of weight limits on roads
3. Construction of roads and bridges 
4. Regulation of motor vehicle fuel
5. Insurance issues
6. Licensing & regulation of health professionals
7. Licensing & regulation of health care facilities
8. Oversight of what is taught in schools
9. Who has the right to teach
10. Where schools can be built

County administrative agencies regulate:

1. Zoning and land use
2. Permits to operate a business
3. Employee grievances
4. Employees’ entitlement to pensions
5. Employees’ disability benefits.

As the Code of Maryland Regulations has grown so have legal problems, including challenges to the validity of regulations and questions regarding where due process begins and ends.

At Freeman, Wolfe & Greenbaum, P.A., we are regularly involved in a wide area of administrative law cases in Maryland and the District of Columbia. Businesses and individuals who disagree with an action of an administrative agency seek our legal advice and guidance. Our attorneys represent clients in hearings before administrative law judges to obtain an objective review of their contested matters.

Appeals

The losing party in a civil or criminal trial often exercises his right to present an appeal to a higher court to have the lower court decision reviewed.

At Freeman, Wolfe & Greenbaum, P. A., our trial lawyers’ practice extends to civil, commercial and criminal appeals in U. S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit, the Maryland Court of Appeals, the states’ highest court of appeals, the Maryland Court of Special Appeals, an intermediate court of appeals, and the Court of Appeals of the District of Columbia.

Our attorneys have represented clients in a broad range of appeals related to death penalty, legislative redistricting, removal of certain officers, certifications of law questions, as well as reviewable judgments, decrees, orders, or other actions in the areas of:

• Criminal Law
• Personal Injury
• Divorce
• Employment
• Professional Negligence
• Consumer Rights

If you need legal help with an appeal on the state or federal level in Maryland or the District of Columbia, you may call our office at (410) 321-8400 to arrange an appointment with one of our trial attorneys.