Stuart L. Sagal

Profile

Stuart Sagal is an experienced real estate attorney and litigator who has a deep understanding of Maryland’s residential and commercial property management-related laws, including those governing landlord/tenant matters, condominiums, homeowner associations, cooperatives and housing discrimination issues.

Over the course of his extensive career, Stuart has successfully argued before the Maryland Supreme Court, most notably in two precedent-setting cases, and was asked to present the state’s rewritten landlord/tenant laws at a Legal Education Program for Judges of the District Court of Maryland. He counsels owners and managers of rental units, office buildings, shopping centers, warehouses and free-standing commercial buildings throughout Maryland as well as condominiums and homeowner associations.

Stuart regularly lectures about landlord/tenant, fair housing and condominium and homeowner association matters before various professional groups and serves as a fair housing instructor for the Maryland Multi-Housing Association, Inc., and various property management companies. He also publishes a periodic newsletter advising clients of developments in landlord/tenant law, condominium and homeowner association law as well as fair housing law.

Before joining McNees, Stuart was a founding member at Sagal, Filbert, Quasney & Betten, P.A., a Towson-based boutique real estate law firm.

PUBLICATIONS

• 2006 – “Fair Housing Coach” Contributor
• 2006 – “Assisted Housing Management Insider” Contributor
• 2005 – “Professional Apartment Management” Contributor

SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS

• 2004 —Instructor, Maryland Institute for Continuing Professional Education of Lawyers
• 1999 — Instructor on Landlord/Tenant Issues, Legal Education Program for Judges of the District Court of Maryland