Real Estate Group

The Real Estate Group provides a complete range of services geared specifically to the real estate industry. For commercial clients and developers, our attorneys render legal services for the purchase, sale, financing, development and utilization of residential, commercial, and industrial real estate. ARD&H attorneys are experienced in providing counsel, drafting and negotiating acquisition and sales agreements, forming partnerships, corporations, joint ventures and other real estate entities to suit each client’s needs. Day-to-day transactional services include drafting and negotiating leases, or sale and construction contracts. We also represent clients before planning, zoning, real estate tax assessment boards, and other governmental bodies, and are experienced in all aspects of condominium and planned community developments. ARD&H attorneys represent developers of both new construction and condominium conversion properties, as well as condominium and homeowners associations.

Walter R. Stone
Member
Walter Stone is a Member of Adelberg, Rudow, Dorf & Hendler with more than forty years of experience in handling complex real estate, corporate and tax matters. Mr. Stone was admitted as a Certified Public Accountant in Maryland in 1965, and was associated with a public accounting firm prior ...
Mark L. Miller
Member
Mark L. Miller is a Member of Adelberg Rudow. He concentrates his practice in the areas of real estate and corporate transactions, construction and design law. In addition to being an attorney, Mr. Miller holds degrees from the University of Maryland, College Park, in Architecture and Civil ...
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 ...
David B. Rudow, P.A.
Member
Mr. Rudow graduated from the University of Maryland, where he earned B.S. and J.D. degrees. Mr. Rudow is admitted to the Maryland Bar, U.S. Tax Court, U.S. Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals, and U.S. Supreme Court. Before practicing law, he served as a field agent with the U.S. Internal Revenue ...
Thomas D. Kohn
Member
Thomas D. Kohn  is a Member of Adelberg, Rudow. Tom earned his B.A., with honors, in 1983 from the University of Pennsylvania, and his J.D. in 1986 from the University of Maryland School of Law. Tom focuses his practice on Business and Corporate Law, Civil and Commercial Litigation and ...
S. Leonard Rottman
Of Counsel
Mr. Rottman joined Adelberg, Rudow as a member in 1991 with a concentration in the areas of real estate, business, estate planning and probate.   Mr. Rottman represents developers and commercial clients in the purchase, sale, financing, development and utilization of residential, ...
Leslie J. Polt
Of Counsel
Leslie J. Polt joined Adelberg, Rudow in January, 2007 after several years as partner in a national firm. Mr. Polt represents banks, commercial finance companies, leasing companies and other institutional lenders in such areas as asset-based financing, bankruptcy and reorganizations, commercial ...
C. J. Persson
Associate
Ms. Persson joined ARD&H in December 2010, bringing with her legal and operational insight into international supply chain, customs, and product safety matters.  Prior to working at ARD&H, Ms. Persson served as Deputy General Counsel of Fila U.S.A., Inc., a licensee of the Fila® ...
Robert M. Horne
Associate
Robert M. Horne joined Adelberg, Rudow, Dorf & Hendler as an Associate in 2005 focusing his practice in the areas of estates and trusts, and business transactions.  Mr. Horne’s practice encompasses wills, trusts, estate planning, estate/trust administration, probate and estate/trust ...
Eric D. Disharoon
Associate
Eric D. Disharoon joined Adelberg, Rudow, Dorf & Hendler. LLC as an associate in 2005 focusing his practice in the areas of business/corporate law (forming/reorganizing/dissolving business entities; drafting/revising contracts/agreements, etc.), Employment Law and Intellectual Property. His ...
Matthew D. Royack
Associate
  Matthew D. Royack joined Adelberg, Rudow, Dorf & Hendler, LLC as an associate in 2011 focusing his practice in the areas of business/corporate law (forming/reorganizing/dissolving business entities; drafting/revising contracts/agreements, etc.), Real Estate Law, and Intellectual ...
This momument to Edgar Allan Poe is located within Law Center Plaza at the University of Baltimore. Originally dedicated in 1921 its first location was in Wyman Park at the corner of 29th Street. The model for this monument was destroyed in a house fire, the second was destroyed in an earthquake and the third was delayed many years during WW I from being shipped across the Atlantic. The original base contained two errors in its dedication quote, with one corrected by a fan using a chisel.
Located within Patterson Park is this monument to General Kazimierz Pulaski who was considered the “father of the American cavalry” for his unique military techniques. He was a friend of Ben Franklin and saved George Washington's life during the Battle of Brandywine. The monument illustrates General Pulaski and Captain Paul Bentalou leading their cavalry at the Siege of Savannah. Pulaski died during this battle after being shot in the thigh.
Positioned at the corner of Howard and Eager Streets — on land that was part of his estate — the statue of John Eager Howard was a gift of the Municipal Art Society of Baltimore City. Howard was a colonel in the Continental Army, lead by General George Washington and this piece resides in the shadow of the nearby Washington Monument. Howard County is named in his honor.
Positioned outside The Lacrosse Museum at Johns Hopkins University, the Creator’s Game monument depicts two Iroquois Indians playing lacrosse with one intercepting a pass directed to the other. The  inscription on the base is inscribed with the words: "The game of Lacrosse was given by the Creator to the Ho-de-no-saunee (Iroquois) and other Native American people many ages ago. It is from the Iroquois that the modern game most directly descends. May this sculpture forever honor the Iroquois and the origins of Lacrosse."
This monument to General Marquis de Lafayette resides just beneath the Washington Monument in Baltimore. With General Washington’s pointing outwards, it appears as if he is directing Lafayette to ride off into the distance under his command. One of only six individuals to be awarded honorary United States citizenship, this statue was dedicated to General Lafayette in 1924.
The Military Courage Statue was installed at Mount Vernon Place in 1885. Baltimore art collector William Walters presented this as a gift to the City which is modeled after Michaelangelo’s statue at the tomb of Lorenzo de’ Medici in Florence. "Sister" statues were created along with Courage entitled Faith, Meditation and Charity.
This statue to George Peabody is positioned in Mount Vernon, just east of the Washington Monument. An entreprenuer who moved to Baltimore in 1816 he co-founded Peabody, Riggs, and Company. Recognized as the father of modern philanthropy, he established the first music conservatory in the United States in Baltimore -- now known as the Peabody Institute -- in 1857.  The Peabody Education Fund is believed to have donated more than $8 million to charitable trusts and organizations.
Oren D. Saltzman poses with "The Dealings" a statue dedicated to James Rouse, recognized as the founder of Columbia, MD, and his brother Williard. Erected in 1986, it overlooks Lake Kittamaqundi in downtown Columbia and was rededicated in June 2002 in honor of Columbia's 35th anniversary.
The Severn Teackle Wallis monument is positioned at Mount Vernon Place at it peers down Monument Street. Recognized as among the premiere lawyers of his generation, Severn Teackle was elected to the Maryland Legislature in 1861 where he led a group of politicians against the Civil War. President Lincoln had him jailed for these actions.
The Star-Spangled Banner Memorial resides beneath the pagoda at Patterson Park. The sculpture depicts two school children holding a scroll that reads: "To commemorate the centennial of the writing of the Star-Spangled Banner, the pupils of the public schools of Baltimore have erected this memorial upon Hampstead Hill where in September, 1814, the citizen soldiers of Maryland stood ready to sacrifice their lives in defense of their homes and their country."
Oren D. Saltzman poses with "The Hug," a statue positioned in Columbia Town Center overlooking Lake Kittamaqundi. The plaque beneath it reads: Dedicated to Mort Hoppenfeld, whose plans and designs for Columbia embrace all people." The monument was unveiled in June 1987 in honor of Columbia's 20th anniversary.
Located at Eutaw Place and W. Lanvale Street in the Bolton Hill section of Baltimore City, this sculpture of Francis Scott Key is one of two honoring the author of our country’s National Anthem. Dedicated in 1911 and created by French sculptor Marius Jean Antonin Mercie, it shows Key in a row boat with poem in hand, and accompanied by another sailor. The sculpture was designed to memorialize the poet’s return from the British ship on which he had been detained during the bombardment of Fort McHenry.
Known as Shot Tower Park, the tract of land adjacent to Baltimore's Police Headquarters contains a memorial honoring fallen officers in the United States. The park, unveiled in 1978, consists of three statues, a large panel of inscribed names and various dedication plaques. They face City Hall and War Memorial Plaza.
Located within Canton Square — which was previously the site of Canton Market — resides this memorial to Captain John O’Donnell, recognized as the founder of the Canton Community. Captain O'Donnell first initiated trade between Canton, China and Baltimore in 1785 and operated his own fleet of merchant sailing vessels.
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