Contact Information

Main phone

301-652-6880

Fax

301-654-1643

Email

ereid@fdalaw.com

Assistant

Joy Spencer

Practice Description

• Small Business Counselor
• Real Estate - Commercial Development and Leasing
• Land Use - Zoning and Subdivision Law
• Private Schools and Early Childhood Care and Education
• Condominium Associations
• Corporate Counsel
• Regulatory and administrative litigation
• Subdivision and Special Exception Applications

Experience

Ms. Reid has been with Furey, Doolan & Abell, LLP for 30 years and has experience with a broad spectrum of civil practice. Her practice primarily focuses on commercial real estate transactions. In recent years she has been increasingly involved in issues pertaining to land use regulatory matters including zoning, subdivision, special uses, and permitting.

She serves as both general and land use counsel to private schools and child care facilities and values the resulting collaboration with top education and business executives to achieve successful and stable programs.

Besides her real estate and land use practices, Ms. Reid frequently partners with the firm's estate practitioners to assist in managing probate/trust real estate assets. She enjoys creative problem-solving and brings a pragmatic, steady approach to counselling her clients.

Prior to joining the firm, she was Associate General Counsel for the Administrative Office of U.S. Courts from 1975-1977, and served as Law Clerk to the Honorable Rita C. Davidson, then sitting as Associate Judge for the Maryland Court of Special Appeals (1974-1975). She now serves as the firm's Managing Partner.

Bar and Court Admissions

• Maryland, 1974
• District of Columbia, 1978
• U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, 1978
• U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland, 1980

Professional Associations and Memberships

• Chair, Seventh Appellate Circuit, Maryland Court of Appeals Character Committee (Member 1979 - Present; Chair 1981 - Present) formerly known as Character Committee for Sixth Judicial Circuit
• Member, Board of Conference and Visitors Bureau of Montgomery County (1997 - 2001)
• Graduate, Leadership Montgomery of Montgomery County 1993
• Maryland State Bar Association
• Women's Bar Association of Maryland and Montgomery County
• Montgomery County Bar
• Barristers Club
• Commercial Real Estate Women (CREW) - Maryland Suburban Chapter

Publications and Presentations

• American Planning Association, Boston Meeting - April 1998 "Religious Institutions and Zoning Laws"

Community Involvement

• Chair, Board of Directors - Community Ministry of Montgomery County (Member 2001 - Present, Chair 2006 - Present)
• Elder, Potomac Presbyterian Church (1989-92, Ruling) (Mission Committee - 1988 - Present)
• Coach, Montgomery Soccer, Inc. (1989-1998)
• Stephen Minister, (1999 - Present)

Education

• Duke University, B.A. Political Science, 1971 (magna cum laude; Phi Beta Kappa)
• Georgetown University Law Center, J.D. 1974
  • Editor, Georgetown Law Journal, 1973-74