The Law Office of Steven G. Berry     

OFFICE PROFILE

e-Mail: sgb@BerryEsq.com

Telephone:  (301) 215-7753

      My primary focus is trial litigation and dispute resolution.  This focus necessitates significant in-court work -- including criminal defense work, estate litigation and contract disputes.  I have successfully handled (among other types of legal proceedings) jury trials, administrative hearings, child custody merits hearings, adoption proceedings and federal court lawsuits.  I also have handled state and federal appellate cases.

       A significant portion of my practice centers around the Circuit Court for Montgomery County, Maryland and the District Court of Maryland for Montgomery County, the latter of which has courthouses in both Rockville and Silver Spring.  I have also appeared as counsel of record in almost all of Maryland's state courts; including, the Circuit and District Courts for Prince George's County (in Upper Marlboro & Hyattsville), the Circuit and District Courts for Frederick County (in Frederick), the Circuit and District Courts for Howard County (in Ellicott City), the Circuit and District Courts for Anne Arundel County (in Annapolis & Glen Burnie), the District Court of Maryland for Baltimore County (in Towson), the Circuit and District Courts for Baltimore City (in Baltimore), the Circuit and District Courts for Carroll County (in Westminster), the District Court of Maryland for Caroline County (in Denton), the District Court of Maryland for Charles County (in La Plata) and the District Court of Maryland for Worcester County  (in Snow Hill).

       Furthermore, I have an extensive and growing federal court practice in the United States District Court of Maryland.  I have appeared as counsel of record in the federal courthouses located in Baltimore and Greenbelt, as well as the former Park Police federal docket in Hyattsville and the federal courtroom located at Andrews Air Force Base.  Twice over the past two years, I have appeared for oral argument  before a three judge panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit at the federal appellate courthouse in Richmond, Virginia.  One of these appeals was reported as United States v. Allen & Reinhardt, 491 F.3d 178 (4th Cir. 2007) and the published opinion in the other appeal is still pending.  One of my other appeals which did not go to oral argument resulted in a written opinion in United States v. Ereme No. 05-4263, 05-4327 and 05-4575 (2007) [unpublished].