About Us
Jerald B. Lurie
Member and Business Section Chair
Since joining the firm, Jerald Lurie has concentrated his practice in the areas of business, heath care, real estate, employment, intellectual property, and tax law. He currently chairs the firm's Business Section. He is presently the President of The Simon E. Sobeloff Law Society and Executive Vice President - Planning of Temple Oheb Shalom.
Mr. Lurie is a Past President of The Bar Association of Baltimore City. Mr. Lurie is also a Past Chairperson and current member of the Business Law Section Council, Maryland State Bar Association. He is the Immediate Past Chairperson of the Maryland State Board of Pilots and a Past President of the Maryland Volunteer Lawyers Service, Maryland's largest and oldest pro bono service provider.
Mr. Lurie currently serves as a faculty member of the Court of Appeals, New Admittees Professionalism couse. He has served as a faculty member of Maryland Institute for Continuing Professional Education of Lawyers (MICPEL) and is past member of its Board of Trustees. He also currently serves on the Peer Review Committee of the Attorney Grievance Commission of Maryland and he is a prior Secretary of the Maryland Board of Professional Engineers. He is also a Past President of the Chestnut Ridge Community Association.
Mr. Lurie and his wife, Eve, have resided in Baltimore County, Maryland for many years where they raised their family.
Practice Areas:
- Business/Health Care Groups
- Intellectual Property Group
- Real Estate Group
- Tax Group
- Banking Group
- Wills, Estates & Trusts Group
Bar Admissions:
Court Admissions:
- United State Supreme Court, 1977
- United States District Court for the District of Maryland, 1975
Education:
- J. D., with honors, University of Maryland, School of Law, 1973
Order of the Coif
American Jurisprudence Award for Business Associations
- B. A., with high honors, University of Maryland, 1968
Phi Beta Kappa
Awards:
- 2012 Maryland Super Lawyers, Inaugural Business Edition
- 2011 Maryland Super Lawyers, Baltimore Magazine, Business/Corporate
- 2011-2012 The Best Lawyers® of America, Corporate and Real Estate Law
- 2010 BaltimoreLegal Elite, Smart CEO Magazine, Business/Corporate Law
- 2010 Maryland Super Lawyers, Baltimore Magazine, Business/Corporate
- 2009 - 2011 AVVO Legal Rating of Superb (www.AVVO.com)
- 2008 Maryland State Bar Association Distinguished Service Award
- 2007 Baltimore Legal Elite, Smart CEO Magazine, Business/Corporate
- 2007 Maryland Super Lawyers, Baltimore Magazine
- 2007 - 2011 Marquis Who's Who In American Law
- 2006 Leadership in Law, The Daily Record
- 1991 -2011 AV Preeminent Rating, Martindale-Hubbell®
Professional and Civic Involvement:
- American Bar Foundation (Fellow)
- The Bar Association of Baltimore City (Past President)
- Past Member, Board of Governors, Maryland State Bar Association; Current Co-Chair of Program Committee (2011- ); Past Co-Chair of Judicial Appointments Committee (2005-2011)
- Past Chairperson and current member, Business Law Section Council Maryland State Bar Association
- Maryland State Board of Pilots (Immediate Past Chairperson)
- Current Executive Vice President of Planning of Temple Oheb Shalom (2011 - )
- Past Executive Vice President of Operations of Temple Oheb Shalom (2009-2011)
- The Baltimore Bar Foundation (Current Trustee, Fellow and Past President)
- Maryland Bar Foundation (Current Trustee and Chair of Grants Committee and Immediate Past Chair of Fellows)
- Maryland Volunteer Lawyers Service (Past President and past Board Member)
- MICPEL (Lecturer and past Member of Board of Trustees)
- Chestnut Ridge Community Association (Past President)
Publications and Lectures:
- MSBA Mid-Year and Annual Meeting Programs
- "Due Diligence When Buying or Selling a Business"
- "Breaking Up is Hard to Do"
- "Overview of Business Law Issues"
- "So You Want to be a Judge"
- MICPEL Programs Institute on Non-Profit Organizations
- "Overview of Confidentiality Legal Issues"
- MICPEL Family Law University
- "Overview of Business Law Issues"
- ABA Committee on Middle Market and Small Business
- "Best Practices for Private Company Boards"