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Matthew S Ballard
About Matthew
Biography
Matthew is originally from South Carolina. After graduation from college, he worked with the Kmart Kids Race Against Drugs Program traveling the country raising money for drug and alcohol awareness programs. Matthew moved from Las Vegas to Maryland in 2001 to attend the University of Maryland School of Law. While in law school, Matthew clerked at the Orphans’ Court for Baltimore County and in June 2003 joined Bagley & Rhody, P.C. as a law clerk. Upon admission to the bar in December 2004, Matthew became an associate with Bagley & Rhody, P.C.
Matthew's practice focuses on estate planning, probate, and estate and trust litigation. Matthew heads the firm's probate practice. He has appeared in litigation before the Orphans' Court, District Court and Circuit Court throughout the State of Maryland in matters such as Will contests, trustee/personal representative removal actions, inter vivos actions such as deed nullification, accounting actions and breach of fiduciary duty matters. Matthew has also appeared before the Maryland Court of Special Appeals and Court of Appeals.
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Licensed in Maryland for 21 years
State: Maryland
Acquired: 2004
No misconduct found
Location
Matthew S Ballard
1788 Forest Drive, Annapolis, MD, 21401
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Experience
Honors
2021
Maryland Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers Magazine
2020
Maryland Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers Magazine
2019
Maryland Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers Magazine
2018
Maryland Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers Magazine
2017
Maryland Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers Magazine
2016
Maryland Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers Magazine
2015
Maryland Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers Magazine
2014
Maryland Rising Star, Super Lawyers Magazine
2013
Maryland Rising Star, Super Lawyers Magazine
2012
Maryland RIsing Star, Super Lawyers Magazine
2011
Maryland Rising Star, Super Lawyers Magazine
2010
Maryland Rising Star, Super Lawyers Magazine
N/A
Distinguished, Martindale-Hubbell
Work Experience
2004 - Present
Attorney, Bagley & Rhody, P.C.
Associations
Anne Arundel County Bar Association
Maryland State Bar Association
2019 - 2022
Maryland State Bar Association, CLE and Publications CommitteeMember
2017 - 2019
Maryland State Bar Association, Publications CommitteeMember
2011 - 2017
MSBA Special Committee on Voir Dire, Wills, Trusts & Estates SubcommitteeMember
Sample of Legal Cases
In re Estate of Vess, 234 Md. App. 173 (2017)
Ruling in favor of Appellee
Shealer v. Straka, 459 Md. 68, 71 (2018)
Ruling in favor of Respondent
Education
2004
University of Maryland School of Law
JD - Juris Doctor
1997
University of South Carolina
BA - Bachelor of Arts
Speaking Engagements
2022
Fiduciary Litigation
Power of Attorney, Multiple-Party Account, and other Inter Vivos Disputes
2020
Fiduciary Litigation: Contested Wills, Trusts, Inter Vivos Trusts, and Guardianships
Challenging Wills and Other Wealth Transmittal Documents
2016
Will Contests: Legal Bases for Challenges to the Validity of a Decedent’s Will/Codicil
Pre-Trial Matters and Evidence at Trial
2015
Determining the Validity of a Will or Codicil: Execution, Revocation and Caveats
Caveat Pre-Trial Matters, Execution and Revocation of Wills
Publications
2018
MSBA Fiduciary Litigation: Contested Wills, Trusts, Inter Vivos Transfers and Guardianships
POWER OF ATTORNEY, MULTIPLE- PARTY ACCOUNT, AND OTHER INTER VIVOS DISPUTES
2011
Judicial Institute of Maryland
Will Contests: Legal Bases for Challenges to the Validity of a Decedent's Will/Codicil
2011
The Advocate - Young Lawyers Section MSBA
Estate Planning in the Face of Changing Estate Tax Laws
2011
Maryland State Bar Association
Contesting and Defending Wills, Revocable Trusts & InterVivos Transfers
2006
Maryland Continuing Legal Education (MICPEL)
Contesting and Defending Wills, Revocable Trusts and Inter Vivos Transfers