Shapiro Sher’s Banking & Financial Services group, based in Baltimore, Maryland and co-chaired by K. Lee Riley, Jr. and Scott W. Foley, releases its inaugural newsletter, Banking & Financial Services Report, May 2012.
Shapiro Sher partner William A. McComas writes for the Washington Business Journal about the risks and rewards of crowdfunding by small businesses.
The Maryland Daily Record quotes Shapiro Sher partner William A. McComas about his role in getting Maryland’s guide for entrepreneurs updated and online.
Chambers USA’s 2012 edition recognizes Shapiro Sher partners: William E. Carlson, Richard M. Goldberg, Lonnie Ritzer, Paul Mark Sandler, and Joel I. Sher. The guide also ranks Shapiro Sher Guinot & Sandler among the leading three firms for bankruptcy litigation in Maryland.
Joseph A. Pulver, a 2008 magna cum laude graduate of the University of Baltimore Law School who also holds an M.B.A. from the University of Baltimore’s Merrick School of Business, joins the firm’s Banking & Financial Services Group as an associate.
Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Pulver practiced for four years with another Maryland firm, primarily providing legal services to financial institutions and capital finance companies.
Mr. Pulver will now serve as an associate in Shapiro Sher’s Banking and Financial Services Group, as well as its Bankruptcy and Financial Restructuring Group. His experience includes representing lenders in commercial loan workouts, restructurings, and loan originations, as well as advising clients in a variety of complex business disputes and bankruptcy cases.
Mr. Pulver earned his M.B.A. and J.D. from the University of Baltimore in a three-year-period. In that time, he served on the University of Baltimore Law Review and as a judicial intern in the Maryland Court of Appeals and the Circuit Court for Howard County. He earned his undergraduate degree from the University of Maryland, Robert H. Smith School of Business, in 2005.
In addition to practicing law at Shapiro Sher, Mr. Pulver also serves as Secretary of Hero Dogs, Inc., a Maryland non-profit that raises, trains, and places service dogs with injured or disabled U.S. military veterans.
Scott W. Foley and K. Lee Riley, co-chairs of Shapiro Sher’s Banking and Financial Services Group, said the hiring of Mr. Pulver is part of an overall expansion of the practice group, which last month began publishing a monthly newsletter, The Banking and Financial Services Report, for the lending community.
“Joe’s experience in the banking industry, combined with his strong business background, make him an ideal fit for our practice group and valuable to our clients,” said Mr. Foley. “We are pleased to have him aboard.”
Click here to read the Shapiro Sher Banking & Financial Services Report. The June 2012 issue contains articles on SBA lending and legislation pending in Congress that would modify the Credit Union Membership Access Act of 1998.
Shapiro Sher President and business department head, William E. Carlson, is elected Chair of the Maryland State Bar Association Section of Business Law for a one-year term ending in 2013.
Mr. Carlson served as vice chair of the MSBA Section of Business Law from 2011-2012, and he served as secretary from 2010-2011.
The Maryland Daily Record names Shapiro Sher litigation-group partner Matthew A.S. Esworthy to its 2012 list of 40 Maryland VIPs, or “Very Important Professionals,” who have achieved success by age 40.
In naming its 2012 award winners, the Daily Record writes that recipients were selected because, in addition to excelling in their careers, they each are “contributing a new energy to Maryland through mentoring, leadership and giving back to the community.”
Shapiro Sher’s Larry Gibson is quoted in the Maryland Daily Record regarding who will replace the retiring chief judge of Maryland’s Court of Appeals.
The Maryland Daily Record quotes Shapiro Sher’s Ron Shapiro in an article about athletes and trademarks.
