Susan Zuhowski

Susan Zuhowski is a member of the Firm’s Commercial Transactions and Litigation Practice Group, in which she assists clients with the resolution of business disputes, both in and out of the courtroom.  She appears before state and federal trial and appellate courts, advocating for her clients at hearings and trials on matters including title defense, banking, real property, contract and general liability matters.

In addition to litigation, Ms. Zuhowski also uses her broad experience to assist clients in matters relating to real property and government relations.  She is a registered lobbyist experienced with the Maryland General Assembly and recently drafted a bill making significant revisions to the provisions of the Maryland Mobile Home Parks Act.  Throughout her career, Ms. Zuhowski has used her superior analytic skills to achieve results for her clients.  For example, in one of her cases, Ms Zuhowski determined how to avoid a covenant prohibiting mining on a large parcel of property, which resulted in the state’s purchase the property from her client for several million dollars more than anticipated.  She has also acted as Maryland counsel in an eight state portfolio purchase of nineteen properties, three of which were in Maryland.

Ms. Zuhowski is an experienced public speaker and has recently given presentations to the Maryland Land Title Association on the provisions of the Maryland Protection of Homeowners in Foreclosure Act, and to the Hospice and Palliative Care Network regarding Advanced Directives and end of life issues.  She welcomes the opportunity to speak before organizations looking to help educate their members on various aspects of the law.

Ms. Zuhowski is a member of the Maryland State, Maryland Women’s, Prince George’s County and Anne Arundel County Bar Associations.  She was recently appointed chair of the Anne Arundel County Bar Association’s Continuing Legal Education Committee and she is a past President of the Anne Arundel County Chapter of the Women’s Bar Association, where she also served as Secretary and as Vice President.  Ms. Zuhowski is currently a member of the Board of Directors of the Volunteer Center for Anne Arundel County and a member of the Board of Directors of the Anne Arundel County Community College Foundation, Inc. From 1994 through the end of the 2000-2001 school year, she served as a Mock Trial Program Coach at Archbishop Spalding High School through the Maryland State Bar Association Citizenship Law Related Education Program. She currently teaches Advanced Legal Research and Writing in the Legal Studies Institute at Anne Arundel Community College.   Ms. Zuhowski is admitted to practice in Maryland and the District of Columbia as well as the United States District Court for the District of Maryland and the United States District Court for the District of Columbia.