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Tydings Grows 2026 Best Law Firms Rankings

November 13, 2025
Tydings is pleased to announce its expanded rankings in the 2026 Best Law Firms guide released on November 6, 2025. This year, the firm was recognized across 17 practice areas in the Baltimore metropolitan region, showcasing the depth and breadth of our team's legal capabilities. Several of these pr... Read more >
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Maryland Supreme Court Holds That Marital Settlement Agreements Must Satisfy Traditional Contract Requirements To Be Enforceable

By: Ferrier R. Stillman and Kerianne P. Kemmerzell
November 12, 2025
According to a recent decision by the Supreme Court of Maryland, marital settlement agreements between divorcing spouses are no different than any other contract and won't be considered binding and enforceable unless all the elements generally required for a valid contract are present. In Pattiso... Read more >
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Tydings Expands Capabilities With Three New Attorneys

October 27, 2025
Tydings & Rosenberg LLP is pleased to welcome Rachel A. DeCaluwe, J. Salvador Icaza V, and Megan K. Young to the firm. Rachel and Megan focus their practices on bankruptcy/creditors' rights and commercial litigation matters, and Sal concentrates on medical malpractice and health care litiga... Read more >
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The Daily Record Names Ferrier Stillman a Maryland Power Player

October 13, 2025
Tydings is pleased to announce that Ferrier R. Stillman earned a coveted spot on The Daily Record's 2025 Family Law Power List. The Daily Record editorial leadership team selects Power Players in various practice areas each year. Attorneys recognized represent Maryland's most significant and respect... Read more >
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Maryland Appellate Court Rules that De Facto Parent Must Pay Child Support

By: Ferrier R. Stillman and Kerianne P. Kemmerzell
August 13, 2025
Under Maryland law, a de facto parent is someone who is not the biological or adoptive parent, but who has the same legal rights and responsibilities towards a child as the biological or adoptive parent. It is a means by which someone may acquire standing equal to that of a legal parent to seek cust... Read more >
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Maryland Bankruptcy Court Determines That Mechanic's Liens Are "Judicial Liens" That May Be Avoided as Preferential Transfers in Bankruptcy

By: Stephen B. Gerald
August 12, 2025
Section 547 of the Bankruptcy Code allows a debtor or trustee, as applicable, to avoid/claw back certain “preferential” transfers made within 90 days of a bankruptcy filing. Most commonly, the transfers that debtors and trustees seek to avoid/claw back are payments of money to a creditor of the ... Read more >
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Tydings Welcomes Jessica Bustamante

August 1, 2025
Tydings & Rosenberg LLP is pleased to welcome Jessica J. Bustamante to the firm. Jessica joins the bankruptcy/creditors rights and commercial and business litigation practice groups as an associate. She is based in the firm's Baltimore office and brings nearly a decade of litigation experience t... Read more >
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Chambers USA Ranks Tydings in Newly Released 2025 Guide

June 25, 2025
Tydings is pleased to announce that Chambers and Partners has ranked our bankruptcy and creditors rights practice group for the 13th consecutive year. Tydings is one of only nine firms named in Maryland for their superb bankruptcy work. Five attorneys additionally received individual recognitio... Read more >
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Law360 Features Tydings' New Wilmington, Delaware, Location

June 12, 2025
A recent Law360 article covered Tydings' new Delaware office location in Wilmington. Previously located in Newark, the firm moved in April 2025 to the new downtown space, which is within walking distance of Delaware's Bankruptcy Court. While speaking with Law360, Partners Stephen Gerald and Denni... Read more >