Monte Fried
Partner
Phone: (410) 659-1312 (direct dial)
Fax: (410) 659-1350 (fax)
Email: mfried@wcslaw.com
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AREAS OF PRACTICE
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Litigation: Employment related issues; ERISA benefits determinations; Insurance defense; Professional Malpractice, including managed care entities, real estate agents, insurance agents; Errors and Omissions; Products Liability; Homeowners and Condominium Associations; Defamation; Caveat proceedings (contesting wills); Contracts. Extensive litigation experience in federal and state courts including discovery, motions and trial work before administrative agencies.
Employment and Labor Law: Representing employers under Title VII; Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA); Wage and Hour Laws (FLSA); Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA); Age Discrimination in Employment (ADEA); Wrongful Discharge litigation; Preparation of personnel procedures and policies, employee handbooks and substance abuse polices; Union collective bargaining negotiations and arbitration disputes; ERISA benefits litigation; Employment Contracts/Separation Agreements.
Health Care Law: Representing community health care centers with approximately 20,000 members, including preparation and review of provider contracts, supplier contracts, employee contracts; General corporate issues relating to governance of corporations; Privacy issues relating to medical records and release of information; Negotiations with State and local authorities regarding regulatory requirements, regulatory compliance and contracts to perform services; and other related legal issues which may arise on a day-to-day basis.
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ARTICLES/PUBLICATIONS/SEMINARS
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Author, "Supreme Court Expands Employers´ Duty to Turn the Other Cheek", WC&S Viewpoints. (Summer 2006)
Author, "Will the Proposed Safe Nursing and Patient Care Act Improve Medical Care?", The Daily Record (August 8, 2003)
Faculty and Speaker, "Fundamentals of the Employment Relationship", Maryland Institute for Continuing Professional Education of Lawyers, Inc., Baltimore, Maryland, May 1995 – 2002, 2006
Author, "Supreme Court To Rule on Enforceability Of Arbitration Agreements in Employment", The Daily Record (February 21, 2001)
Title VII and the Bona Fide Occupational Qualification Exception -- Must Hooters Hire Male Servers? - Wranglers Law Club, Baltimore, Maryland, February 1996
Author, "The Americans With Disabilities Act and Its Impact on Health Care Professionals", Monograph of the Sixth Annual Conference On Addiction and Mental Health, Medical and Chirurgical Faculty of Maryland (October 1995)
Co-Author, "Consensual Relationships - A Potential Sexual Harassment Problem", Maryland Employers Guide To Preventing Sexual Harassment, Maryland Chamber of Commerce (November 1994)
Author, "Drug Testing Programs Can Add Profits, as Well as Pay Off in More Productivity", The Daily Record (April 23, 1993).
The Changing Workplace - Center for Port Related Industries, Point Breeze Maritime Center - November 9, 1993
Faculty and Speaker, "Defense of A Discrimination Case", Maryland Institute for Continuing Professional Education of Lawyers, Inc., Baltimore and Rockville, Maryland, October 1992
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AWARDS & HONORS
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Chosen for inclusion in "Maryland´s Super Lawyers® 2010" for Employment & Labor (also named in 2009). Click here to see Monte´s profile page on Super Lawyers® website.
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All Maryland state courtsUnited States District Court for the District of Maryland and the District of Columbia
United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
United States Court of Military Appeals
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Bachelor of Law, University of Maryland School of Law, 1967 (Maryland Law Review Editorial Board, 1966-1967; Maryland Law Review, 1965-1967)
Bachelor of Science, Economics, Wharton School of Finance and Commerce, University of Pennsylvania 1963
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Chairman, Character Committee of the Court of Appeals of Maryland for the Eight Judicial Circuit, 1988 to Present
Member, American Bar Association, Tort and Insurance Practice Section, Labor and Employment Law Section
Maryland State Bar Association, Labor and Employment Section
Bar Association of Baltimore City
Maryland Association of Trial Defense Counsel, 1994 to Present
Defense Research Institute, 2002 to present
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