Barbara A. Sears, Phillip A. Hummel and Scott C. Wallace
Miles & Stockbridge, a leading business law firm with more than 220 lawyers in the mid-Atlantic region, announced today that a highly regarded land use group joined the firm’s Rockville office in March from Linowes and Blocher LLP in Bethesda. Barbara A. Sears, Scott C. Wallace and Phillip A. Hummel are principals in the firm’s Land Use & Zoning Group within the Real Estate & Transactional Finance Practice Group.
They specialize in land use, zoning and administrative law and represent landowners, developers and builders in real estate acquisition, development and construction matters involving planning, zoning, entitlements, permitting, and historic preservation. They also represent such clients before administrative boards and agencies, legislative bodies, and state and federal courts.
“Barbara, Scott and Phil are highly regarded for helping clients navigate the complexities of land use and zoning law in Montgomery County and its municipalities, as well as in the surrounding Greater D.C. region,” said Nancy W. Greene, chairman of Miles & Stockbridge. “Their experience is very well matched to our firm and will help build our capabilities even further.”
The new group has known and worked with many of their Miles & Stockbridge colleagues for years. “The shared experience and camaraderie are especially meaningful right now,” said Sears.
They specialize in land use, zoning and administrative law and represent landowners, developers and builders in real estate acquisition, development and construction matters involving planning, zoning, entitlements, permitting, and historic preservation. They also represent such clients before administrative boards and agencies, legislative bodies, and state and federal courts.
“Barbara, Scott and Phil are highly regarded for helping clients navigate the complexities of land use and zoning law in Montgomery County and its municipalities, as well as in the surrounding Greater D.C. region,” said Nancy W. Greene, chairman of Miles & Stockbridge. “Their experience is very well matched to our firm and will help build our capabilities even further.”
The new group has known and worked with many of their Miles & Stockbridge colleagues for years. “The shared experience and camaraderie are especially meaningful right now,” said Sears.
Barbara, Scott and Phil are reunited with Erin Girard, an experienced land use and zoning lawyer who joined Miles & Stockbridge as a principal last fall from Linowes and Blocher, and are excited to join Casey Cirner and Noel Manalo, both of whom are principals with Miles & Stockbridge and knowledgeable land use and zoning lawyers.
Barbara, Scott, and Phil are also pleased to collaborate with former Linowes and Blocher lawyers Anthony Cavanaugh, John Farnum and Bill Riggins, who joined as principals, and Joshua Chazen, who joined as an associate. Cavanaugh, Farnum, Riggins, and Chazen are further building Miles & Stockbridge’s real estate and real estate litigation capabilities in Miles & Stockbridge’s Washington, D.C. office.
Miles & Stockbridge in Greater D.C.
Miles & Stockbridge has worked in the Greater Washington area for decades. More than 70 lawyers work in our Washington, D.C., Tysons, Virginia and Rockville, Maryland offices. In total, more than 220 Miles & Stockbridge lawyers work in these offices and four others in Baltimore, Frederick and Easton, Maryland, and Richmond, Virginia.
In addition to land use, real estate and litigation, lawyers in the Rockville office practice in the areas of estate planning and probate administration, family law, alternative dispute resolution, condominium/coop law, and banking law.
