Practice Focus:
Litigation and Trial Practice, Construction Law, Complex Commercial Litigation, Government Contracts
George D. Carry Professional Fact:
George manages and maintains very large electronic and hardcopy document production databases in major litigation cases. Fun Fact:
Before college, George grew up living in Cambridge, MA, Dallas, TX, Alexandria, VA, Chicago, IL, South Bend, IN and San Antonio, TX in homes within 5 miles of a college or university. |
Thomas A. (Tad) DiBiase Practice Focus:
Litigation and Trial Practice, Construction Law, Government Contracts Professional Fact:
Tad has tried over 50 jury trials to verdict along with 35 bench trials. Fun Fact:
Tad lived in Concord, Massachusetts and learned to swim in Walden pond. |
Robert A. Foster Practice Focus:
Business/Commercial Transactions, Corporate/Limited Liability Company/Partnership and Joint Venture Law, Real Estate Professional Fact:
Bob has served as editor of the National Property Law Digest, National Financing Law Digest and Digest of Environmental Law of Real Property. Fun Fact:
Bob and Ronald Reagan graduated from the same high school ... 50 years apart. |
Judah Lifschitz Practice Focus:
Litigation and Trial Practice, Construction Law, Government Contracts Professional Fact:
Judd is the author of District of Columbia Construction Law, a recent and comprehensive reference book. Fun Fact:
Judd and his wife Marilyn are the proud grandparents of 6 ... yes 6 ... grandchildren. |
Alexis M. Lockshin Practice Focus:
Litigation and Trial Practice, Construction Law, Complex Commercial Litigation, Government Contracts Professional Fact:
Alexis is an impressive communicator and a "I-don't-have-an-answer-yet-but-I'm-working-on-it" kind of lawyer. Fun Fact:
Alexis's favorite movie is Ferris Bueller's Day Off. |
Susan A. Mattingly Practice Focus:
Director of Administration Professional Fact:
In the office, Susan is best known as the "machine whisperer" because she can fix any copier, fax machine or phone when no other employee can. Fun Fact:
Susan has adopted S.O.M.E. (So Others May Eat) as her personal charitable cause. |
James D. McMichael Practice Focus:
Complex Commercial Litigation, Construction Law, Government Contracts Professional Fact:
Jim serves as Vice-President of Shapiro, Lifschitz & Schram. Fun Fact:
Jim keeps waiting for the computer fad to pass. |
Ann M. Moody Practice Focus:
As the firm's senior trial paralegal, Ann focuses on Construction Litigation and Civil Litigation. Professional Fact:
Ann has been mentored by Judd Lifschitz over the past 20 years. Fun Fact:
Ann is partial to non-fiction, and especially enjoys reading biographies. |
Lauren J. Schram Practice Focus:
Lauren serves as the primary paralegal for the Business Transaction team. Professional Fact:
Lauren assists the firm's attorneys with commercial real estate transactions, financing transactions, business/entity formations and various other business transactions. Fun Fact:
Lauren played on the men's ice hockey team for one week in high school. |
Steven H. Schram Practice Focus:
Business/Commercial Transactions, Corporate/Limited Liability Company/Partnership and Joint Venture Law, Real Estate Professional Fact:
Steve is a Martindale-Hubbell AV rated attorney. Fun Fact:
Steve, conservative? He has walked off the side of a mountain and paraglided at 13,000 feet, he has harnessed up and climbed the face of a mountain straight up 400 feet, he has zip lined across a 1,500 foot ravine and has survived fighter pilot maneuvers. |
Reed P. Sexter Practice Focus:
Real Estate, Retail and Office Leasing, Business/Commercial Transactions, Corporate/Limited Liability Company/Partnership and Joint Venture Law Professional Fact:
Prior to Shapiro, Lifschitz & Schram, Reed was associated with DLA Piper and Dickstein Shapiro, LLP. Fun Fact:
Reed is an accomplished mountain climber (snow and ice and technical rock climbing). |
Adrianne C. Brakefield Practice Focus:
Transactional (Commercial, Business Entity Formation, Trial Practice (Construction and Civil) Fun Fact:
Adrianne medaled at the forensic state championship all four years of high school, once with a perfect score. |
Ronald S. Shapiro Practice Focus:
Commercial Real Estate Acquisition and Disposition, Commercial Real Estate Development and Construction, Commercial Lending, Retail and Office Leasing, Troubled Loan Work-Outs, Limited Liability Company/Partnership and Joint Venture Law Professional Fact:
Ron is a member of the International Council of Shopping Centers. Fun Fact:
Through his social fraternity at University of Maryland, Ron quickly learned that politics was not his calling - he ran for a school office and lost by fewer than 5 votes. |
Our People
Our People
Years of practice in big firms have shaped our depth of knowledge in precise areas of law, but we’ve chosen a boutique environment for a reason: we like our clients and our clients like us, and we’ve learned that working the way they need us to translates into success for them and us. Our lawyers are not just any lawyers and they are not junior lawyers. We are a passionate, talented and collaborative team of highly experienced and genuine practitioners that represent clients across the U.S. and in a variety of foreign countries. We gain incredible satisfaction from the practice of law, and that drives us to work harder, longer and smarter than most in our field.
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