Lauri Elizabeth Cleary

Practice Details

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  Principal

  Firm Name

  Lerch, Early & Brewer, Chartered
• Representative Cases & Transactions
  Cases

  Representation Matters: Whistleblower Employment Defense: Successfully defended a major healthcare nonprofit in an eight-day jury trial in which a nurse alleged wrongful termination in violation of Maryl
  's Healthcare Whistleblower statute. The jury returned a verdict in favor of our client.
  White Collar Criminal Defense: Served as defense trial co-counsel in 2013 three-month jury trial of a defendant indicted in one of the most significant health care fraud prosecutions in the United States.
  Fortune 100 Employment Defense: Represents Fortune 100 company employing more than 500 local workers to defend claims of disability
  other forms of discrimination before the EEOC
  Maryl
  Commission on Human Rights.
  Religious Property Tax Exemption: Successfully defended in the Maryl
  Court of Appeals (Maryl
  's highest court) the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints retention of its religious exemption on a Montgomery County apartment complex that houses religious workers serving the Washington Temple. The Court of Appeals deemed the case to be of such legal significance that it took the case from the intermediate appellate court, then upheld the trial judge's ruling that the property qualified for exemption as a 'convent.'
  Premises Liability Involving Stormwater Management: Defended a local Seventh-day Adventist church, its parent denomination,
  its construction manager in a multimillion-dollar flooding claim. Won a jury trial in the Circuit Court of Montgomery County
  successfully defended that verdict in the Court of Special Appeals, (clarifying Maryl
  's law of nuisance. Successfully argued all but one issue (the trial judge's dismissal of one of our opponent's claims at trial) in the Court of Appeals,
  subsequently resolved the remaining claim on favorable terms.
  Non-Compete Litigation: Successfully prosecuted
  defended breaches of non-compete agreements in Maryl
  , DC,
  Virginia federal
  state courts.
  Title Claims: Litigated title disputes in federal
  circuit courts for major national insurer. Helped define rights between rival title insurers where common agent commits defalcation.
  Gr
  Jury Investigation: Successfully represented employee witness in major corruption case involving elected official in Prince George's County.
  Terminations
  Separation Agreements: Guided Maryl
  university through reductions in force
  other terminations to meet strategic goals
  respond to economic conditions
  also guided executives
  other managerial employees through the negotiation of executive separation agreements
  new employment agreements.