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Sharon Krevor-Weisbaum

Civil rights Attorney at Baltimore, MD

5.0   4 reviews
  • State Years
    Maryland - MD 35 years
    Colorado - CO 30 years
  • Licensed for 35 years
    State MD
    Acquired 1987
    Status
    Active No misconduct found
  • Licensed for 30 years
    State CO
    Acquired 1993
    Status
    Inactive No misconduct found

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About Sharon

Learn Sharon’s areas of practice.

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Practice areas
  1. Civil rights
    30%
    Assist individuals with disabilities and their families affect changes in accessibility to information, technology, housing, education, employment, and transportation and in obtaining accommodations from employers or service providers. Work with state and federal enforcement agencies to implement civil rights laws for people with disabilities; advocate for special education; and represent disability advocacy organizations.

    24 years

  2. Government
    30%
    As a former Assistant Attorney General for the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Sharon has built the knowledge, experience and relationships with regulators that allow her to counsel and defend health care providers effectively in actions involving licensure and regulatory compliance.

    36 years

  3. Health care
    25%
    Represents community-based mental health and addiction service providers, organizations that provide housing and support services to individuals with developmental disabilities, senior care providers, and providers of personal home care and durable medical equipment. Provides defense in federal or state government audits, including civil or criminal claims of Medicaid fraud. For 10 years, Sharon served as an Asst. Atty. General at the Maryland Dept. of Health and Mental Hygiene.

    36 years

  4. Education
    10%
    Sharon aggressively advocates for special education and support services for children and their families.

    24 years

  5. Guardianship
    5%
    Represents parties involved in guardianship proceedings, whether as petitioners, interested parties, or as court-appointed counsel. Well-versed in all aspects of guardianship law and effectively advises and represents clients who find themselves involved in these matters.

    24 years

Sharon Krevor-Weisbaum is a passionate and forceful legal representative for individuals with disabilities and their families who require services or supports from state or federal government and for those who require accommodations from employers or service providers. She aggressively advocates for special education and support services for children and their families and for developmental and mental health services for adults. Sharon has represented college and university students with disabilities in Americans with Disabilities Act litigation to ensure that they have equal access to their curriculum and other services offered by the universities. Sharon also represents parents with disabilities in child protection proceedings and other family law matters. She is also a kind and gentle advocate for seniors and their families.

Sharon serves as counsel or in an advisory capacity to disability advocacy organizations throughout the State of Maryland and is often asked to speak at annual conferences and training programs. She has served on the faculty of The National Leadership Consortium on Developmental Disabilities at the University of Delaware and speaks regularly for the Maryland Association of Community Services (MACS).

Sharon is equally passionate and forceful in her representation of non-profit and for-profit entities that provide supports and services to individuals with disabilities and the elderly, whether serving as a proactive general counsel or as an aggressive advocate for her corporate clients. In her representation of community-based mental health and addiction service providers, organizations that provide housing and support services to individuals with developmental disabilities, senior care providers (including nursing homes and assisted living), and providers of personal home care and durable medical equipment, Sharon understands and appreciates the difficult balance her clients must achieve as business entities and service providers.

As a former Assistant Attorney General for the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Sharon has built the knowledge, experience and relationships with regulators that allow her to counsel and defend health care providers effectively in actions involving licensure and regulatory compliance. She also uses this experience to represent individual health care practitioners before professional disciplinary boards and to represent parents who find themselves the subject of abuse and neglect accusations by local departments of social services.

In partnership with others at Brown, Goldstein & Levy, Sharon works to provide her clients with the legal talents that will best serve their needs, whether through advocacy, education, litigation, or negotiation. Sharon considers it an honor to serve as a member of the legal community and to serve her clients with compassion and a sense of pride in her work.

Sharon looks forward to continuing to share her extensive experience, passion, and sense of justice with her clients and welcomes others to consider her as their legal advisor.

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Brown, Goldstein & Levy
120 East Baltimore Street
Suite 2500
Baltimore, MD, 21202

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Posted by anonymous | February 28, 2013
Executive Director of a nonprofit
Sharon knows the State of Maryland disabilty system, particularly the government so well that issues get solved that never are possible to solve any other way. Not only does she know the law, but she is an exceptional negotiator. She listens well to our issues and what we want the outcome to be, advising us on how realistic we are; this is extremely helpful. I highly recommend her to provider agencies and to families and people with disabilities.
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Posted by anonymous | September 8, 2012
Best Special Needs Attorney
We have an adult, developmentally disabled daughter, and as a consequence we have worked with many excellent special needs attorneys. In our opinion, Sharon brings the best of all the qualities and skills necessary to successfully represent a person with special needs or a family with a special needs child. In our first meeting, she was extremely gracious, warm, and considerate to all members of our family. Perhaps, more importantly, she is a smart, experienced attorney, who quickly devised (at our first appointment) an innovative legal strategy for our complicated case, which was resolved in our favor at an oral administrative appeal. She made many difficult, strategic, decisions during the six months she represented us. She fully explained her strategy and inspired our confidence at each of many decision points. Sharon’s expertise in disability law is impressive; and her dedication and responsiveness were beyond our expectations. The speed with which our difficult case was favorably resolved was remarkable. We are glad to give Sharon our highest recommendation.
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Posted by Diane | September 5, 2012
Outstanding attorney
I have known Sharon Krevor Weisbaum for over 15 years and have found her to be an outstanding attorney. I am the CEO of a nonprofit organization and Sharon has represented my company on two occasions. Both times she was thorough, taking the time to understand my business and the facts from our perspective. She used that information in combination with her extensive knowledge of the law and the pertinent state regulations to present the best possible case for my agency. She was always accessible to me. She listened well and gave me excellent advice. As our counsel I found her to be a tenacious advocate. I would highly recommend Sharon for her competence, responsiveness,and trustworthiness - not to mention the ease of establishing rapport with her. She is a delightful woman who instills great confidence. I was never disappointed.
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Posted by Jay | September 5, 2012
Professional, yet personal and concrete....the kind of lawyer one needs!
My business lawyer. Allows me to speak and ask all the questions I feel I need to ask and NEVER has made them feel ever small. She has provided excellent advice for litigation and difficult contract reviews, protecting me as a client and my clients as well. She gives insight and removes the emotion and gets to the heart of the matter to help decipher what the real issues may be. Best of all, she returns calls, emails and is available at various times of the day. All in all she is connected to and respected by the community at large, dedicated to people, and a real gem.
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AVVO RATING 10.0 (Superb)

Work Experience

  • Managing Partner
  • Brown, Goldstein & Levy, LLP
  • 2016 - Present
  • Partner
  • Brown, Goldstein & Levy, LLP
  • 2001 - 2015
  • Of Counsel
  • Stein & Schonfeld
  • 1998 - 2000
  • Assistant Attorney General
  • Office of the Maryland Attorney General
  • 1990 - 1998
  • Staff Attorney
  • Office Of The Maryland Attorney General
  • 1988 - 1990
  • Acting Director
  • Public Justice Center
  • 1986 - 1987
  • Legislative Assistant
  • U.S. House Of Representatives, Committee on Public Works and Transportation (Congress)
  • 1979 - 1982
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Education

  • University of Maryland School of Law
  • JD - Juris Doctor, with Honors
  • 1987
  • Cornell University
  • MA - Masters
  • 1984
  • University of Michigan
  • BA - Bachelor of Arts, with Distinction
  • 1979

Legal Cases

  • The Estate of Robert Ethan Saylor et al v. Regal Cinemas, Inc. et al
  • Obtained $1.9M settlement on behalf of the parents of a young man with Down syndrome who was killed by deputy sheriffs
  • Marie Jean v. Board of Regents of the University System of Maryland
  • Motion for a preliminary injunction was granted - UMBC to provide Jean with accessible electronic copies; a note taker
  • A Matter of Justice
  • Special needs child receives Braille instruction.
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Associations

  • Public Justice Center
  • Advisory Committee
  • 2014 - Present
  • Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
  • Task Force on Services for Ind. with Dev. Disabilities
  • 2014 - Present
  • The Council of Parent Attorneys and Advocates (COPAA)
  • Member
  • 2013 - Present
  • Network 2000
  • Member
  • 2011 - Present
  • First Maryland Disability Trust, Inc.
  • Board Member
  • 2010 - Present
  • Habonim Dror Camp Moshava
  • Board Member
  • 2010 - Present
  • Maryland State Bar Association
  • Elder Law Section Council
  • 2010 - Present
  • The Public Justice Center
  • Board of Directors
  • 2006 - Present
  • American Health Lawyers Association
  • Member
  • N/A
  • The National Leadership Consortium on Developmental Disabilities at the University of Delaware
  • Faculty
  • N/A
  • The Women's Law Center of Maryland, Inc.
  • Member
  • N/A
  • Executive Alliance, previously Network 2000
  • Philanthropy Committee
  • 2012 - 2016
  • Executive Alliance, previously Network 2000
  • Business 2000 Award Committee
  • 2012 - 2014
  • Arc of Maryland
  • Legal Advisory Committee
  • 2007 - 2012
  • Bolton Street Synagogue
  • Secretary
  • 2006 - 2008
  • Maryland State Bar Association
  • Member
  • 1998 - 2008
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Languages Spoken

  • English

Honors and Awards

  • Best Lawyer, Health Care
  • Best Lawyers in America
  • 2018
  • 2018 Benjamin L. Cardin Public Service Award
  • University of Maryland Carey School of Law Alumni
  • 2018
  • Maryland Super Lawyer
  • Super Lawyers Magazine
  • 2017
  • Maryland's Top 100 Women
  • The Daily Record
  • 2017
  • Leadership in Law
  • The Daily Record
  • 2017
  • Maryland Super Lawyers
  • Super Lawyers Magazine
  • 2016
  • Maryland Super Lawyer
  • Super Lawyers Magazine
  • 2015
  • Maryland Super Lawyer
  • Super Lawyers Magazine
  • 2014
  • Top 50 Women
  • Super Lawyers Magazine
  • 2014
  • Maryland Super Lawyers
  • Super Lawyers Magazine
  • 2013
  • Award for Advocacy Leadership In Memory of Stanley S. Herr
  • Arc of Baltimore
  • 2008
  • Maryland's Top 100 Women
  • The Daily Record
  • 2007
  • Bernard A. Gould Award/ Benefitting Persons with Disabilities
  • Arc of Maryland
  • 2007
  • Award for Outstanding Legal Service in the Disability Field
  • Office of the Attorney General
  • 1996
  • Pro Bono Award
  • Office of the Attorney General
  • 1991
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Speaking Engagements

  • Accessible Instructional Materials & Technology Summit
  • Setting the Stage: Legal Precedents & Higher Education Obligation
  • 2015
  • 2014 Jacobus tenBroek Disability Law Symposium
  • Parental Rights "How-To" Workshop
  • 2014
  • American Health Lawyers Association Annual Meeting
  • Disability Discrimination in Health Care Settings: How to Ensure Equal Access and Avoid Violations of the Law
  • 2014
  • Speaker Series
  • Guardianship and Other Alternatives
  • 2014
  • WHYY Radio in Philadelphia
  • Inaccessibility of the e-readers utilized by the Free Library of Philadelphia
  • 2012
  • Life Transition Series For Persons with Developmental Disabilities
  • Do I Really Need a Guardian?
  • 2010
  • Health Care Decision Making for Students With Disabilities
  • Health Care Decision Making for Students With Disabilities
  • 2010
  • Developmental Disabilities Lecture Series
  • A Delicate Balance: Supporting Choice While Minimizing Risk
  • 2009
  • Maryland Developmental Disabilities Administration
  • Difficult Life Decisions We All Need to Consider
  • 2007
  • Health Care Decisionmaking in Maryland
  • Risk Management Strategies
  • 2007
  • Health Care Decision Making Under Maryland Law
  • Surrogate Decision Making
  • 2007
  • Maryland Developmental Disabilities Administration
  • Are There Alternativies to Guardianship That Will Work for Our Family?
  • 2006
  • When I'm 64...A Conference On Aging and Developmental Disabilties
  • HealthCare Decision Making
  • 2006
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"Sharon is as great a lawyer as she is a person and couples her approach to practice with a deep humanity and concern for the people that she works with and for. She is a true professional and a credit to the Maryland bar."
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Baltimore Civil rights Lawyer Sharon Krevor-Weisbaum
Sharon Krevor-Weisbaum
Civil rights Attorney
Baltimore, MD
Licensed for 35 years