Roger Sullivan provides a broad range of legal services spanning the criminal and civil spectrum and encompassing both litigation and non-litigation matters. The services provide by his office include the following:

Civil Matters | Civil Litigation | Criminal Litigation | Commercial Transactions | Estate Planning and Probate

 

Civil Matters:

Real Estate Related Matters including the following:

• Leases
• Mortgages
• Deeds, including Personal Representatives Deeds, Life Estate Deeds, Confirmatory Deeds and
• Deeds of Trust
• Promissory Notes
• Indemnity Deeds of Trust
• Contracts of Sale
• Contract Negotiation
• Litigation and Litigation Support, Including
  • Actions to Quiet Title
  • Sale in Lieu of Partition
  • Establishment of Constructive Trust
  • Leasehold Litigation

 

Civil Litigation, including the following:

• Real Estate related litigation
• Personal Injury Case
• Intentional Torts, including Assault, Battery, Trespass, and Malicious Prosecution
• Estate Litigation, including Will Caveats (both defense and prosecution of same)
• Guardianships
• Contract Actions
• Replevin
• Detinue
• Business related litigation, including injuctions, breach of contract, corporate litigation

Mr. Sullivan has appeared in over a dozen jurisdictions throughout the State, however, he primarily practices in Harford and Baltimore Counties, and to a lesser extent, in the counties near, or contiguous to those (including Baltimore City, Anne Arundel, Carroll, Cecil, and Howard County).

 

Criminal Litigation, including the following:

• Drunk Driving Cases (including MVA representation for DWI’s, point accumulation hearings, and other MVA matters)
• Drug Cases
• Assault
• Battery
• Theft
• Traffic, including Driving on Suspended Licenses, DWI’s, other serious traffic, and of course, speeding
• Bail Reviews
• Preliminary Hearings
• Violation of Probation Hearings
• Modification Hearings
• Sentencing
• Appeals

 

Commercial Transactions, including the following

• Buy Sell Agreements
• Entity Formation (including Corporations, Limited Liability Companies, Partnerships)
• Document Preparation, including Articles, Operating Agreements, By-laws, Minutes, Restrictive Transfer Agreements
• Negotiation and Representation in business purchases and sales, including Buy-Sell Agreements, Loan Document Creation and/or Review, Lease or Contract Creation and/or Review, and Bulk Sales Act compliance
• Creation and or review of Financing Instruments, including Promissory Notes, Security Agreements, Financing Statements, Mortgages, Guarantees, and other security instruments

 

Estate Planning and Probate, including the following:

• Simple Wills and more complex Wills, some of which are listed below
• Disclaimer Trusts
• Powers of Attorney
• Advanced Health Care Directives
• Marital Deduction Trusts
• Irrevocable Life Insurance Trusts
• Revocable Trusts
• Life Estates
• Probate, including assistance in liquidating assets (sales of Real Estate, Vehicles, Securities and Chattels), in obtaining Appraisals, and Preparing and Filing all required materials with the Register of Wills. These service will many times encompass Estate Litigation as well.

 

The foregoing is only a partial list of the legal matters for which Mr. Sullivan can provide legal representation. He has tried cases throughout the state, both civil and criminal, in the District Court, the Circuit Court and in the Court of Special Appeals. He has tried a broad spectrum of cases, from defending murder charges, to simple rent cases. His litigation practice covers jury trials, bench trials, arbitration hearings, administrative hearings, as well as mediation hearings. On the non-litigation side, he has represented parties in complex commercial transactions, covering all aspects of same, from contract negotiation, to settlement, always keeping the client well informed, and pursuing the client’s objective in a cost efficient manner.