Sharon Krevor-Weisbaum

Sharon Krevor-Weisbaum

5.0
Rating: 9.9

Licensed for 38 years

Civil rights Lawyer at Baltimore, MD
Practice Areas: Civil Rights, Government, Health Care ... +2 more

120 East Baltimore Street, Suite 2500, Baltimore, MD

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Biography

Practice Areas

5

Practice Areas

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.

27 years

30%
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.

39 years

30%
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.

39 years

25%
Education 10%

Sharon aggressively advocates for special education and support services for children and their families.

27 years

10%
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.

27 years

5%

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Licenses

Licensed in Maryland for 38 years

State: Maryland

Acquired: 1987

Active

No misconduct found

Licensed in Colorado for 32 years

State: Colorado

Acquired: 1993

Inactive

No misconduct found

Location

Brown, Goldstein & Levy

120 East Baltimore Street, Suite 2500, Baltimore, MD, 21202

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Sharon Krevor-Weisbaum's Reviews

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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, ad...vising us on how realistic we are; this is extremely helpful. I highly recommend her to provider agencies and to families and people with disabilities.

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 nee...ds 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.

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 pers...pective. 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.

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 emotio...n 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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"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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Experience

Rating:  9.9 (Superb)

Honors

2018

Best Lawyer, Health Care, Best Lawyers in America

2018

2018 Benjamin L. Cardin Public Service Award, University of Maryland Carey School of Law Alumni

2017

Maryland Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers Magazine

2017

Maryland's Top 100 Women, The Daily Record

2017

Leadership in Law, The Daily Record

2016

Maryland Super Lawyers, Super Lawyers Magazine

2015

Maryland Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers Magazine

2014

Maryland Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers Magazine

2014

Top 50 Women, Super Lawyers Magazine

2013

Maryland Super Lawyers, Super Lawyers Magazine

2008

Award for Advocacy Leadership In Memory of Stanley S. Herr, Arc of Baltimore

2007

Maryland's Top 100 Women, The Daily Record

2007

Bernard A. Gould Award/ Benefitting Persons with Disabilities, Arc of Maryland

1996

Award for Outstanding Legal Service in the Disability Field, Office of the Attorney General

1991

Pro Bono Award, Office of the Attorney General

Work Experience

2016 - Present

Managing Partner, Brown, Goldstein & Levy, LLP

2001 - 2015

Partner, Brown, Goldstein & Levy, LLP

1998 - 2000

Of Counsel, Stein & Schonfeld

1990 - 1998

Assistant Attorney General, Office of the Maryland Attorney General

1988 - 1990

Staff Attorney, Office Of The Maryland Attorney General

1986 - 1987

Acting Director, Public Justice Center

1979 - 1982

Legislative Assistant, U.S. House Of Representatives, Committee on Public Works and Transportation (Congress)

Associations

2014 - Present

Public Justice Center

Advisory Committee

2014 - Present

Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene

Task Force on Services for Ind. with Dev. Disabilities

2013 - Present

The Council of Parent Attorneys and Advocates (COPAA)

Member

2011 - Present

Network 2000

Member

2010 - 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

2006 - Present

The Public Justice Center

Board of Directors

American Health Lawyers Association

Member

The National Leadership Consortium on Developmental Disabilities at the University of Delaware

Faculty

The Women's Law Center of Maryland, Inc.

Member

2012 - 2016

Executive Alliance, previously Network 2000

Philanthropy Committee

2012 - 2014

Executive Alliance, previously Network 2000

Business 2000 Award Committee

2007 - 2012

Arc of Maryland

Legal Advisory Committee

2006 - 2008

Bolton Street Synagogue

Secretary

1998 - 2008

Maryland State Bar Association

Member

Sample of 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.

A Chance to Learn

Special Education services for a blind child.

IDEA Special Education

After a nearly ten-day hearing, the administrative law judge ordered the district to provide Braille instruction and three years of compensatory services.

Toth and Principato vs. Florida State University

$150,000 Settlement

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Education

1987

University of Maryland School of Law

JD - Juris Doctor, with Honors

1984

Cornell University

MA - Masters

1979

University of Michigan

BA - Bachelor of Arts, with Distinction

Speaking Engagements

2015

Accessible Instructional Materials & Technology Summit

Setting the Stage: Legal Precedents & Higher Education Obligation

2014

Speaker Series

Guardianship and Other Alternatives

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

2014 Jacobus tenBroek Disability Law Symposium

Parental Rights "How-To" Workshop

2014

2014 Counsel of Parent Attorneys and Advocates (COPAA) Annual Conference Advances in Blindness Advocacy: Power Tools in the Toolbox

2012

WHYY Radio in Philadelphia

Inaccessibility of the e-readers utilized by the Free Library of Philadelphia

2010

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

2009

2009

Developmental Disabilities Lecture Series

A Delicate Balance: Supporting Choice While Minimizing Risk

2007

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

2006

When I'm 64...A Conference On Aging and Developmental Disabilties

HealthCare Decision Making

2006

Maryland Developmental Disabilities Administration

Are There Alternativies to Guardianship That Will Work for Our Family?

Publications

Languages

English

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