Diane E. Feuerherd - Rockville, MD

Awards and Honors

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Education

• Legal Education

  • University of Baltimore School of Law, Baltimore, Maryland, 2011
    J.D.
    Honors: summa cum laude
    Honors: Thomas Tang Moot Court Team
    Honors: Law Achievement Scholar
    Honors: Book Award, Professional Responsibility
    Law Review: University of Baltimore Law Review, Production Editor

• Non Legal Education

  • University of Maryland, 2008
    B.S.
    Major: International Business

Current Employment Position(s)

• Principal 

Past Positions

• The Honorable Lynne A. Battaglia, Court of Appeals of Maryland, 2011 - 2013

Representative Cases

• Montgomery County v. Phillips, 445 Md. 55 (2015) (partial refund of agricultural land transfer tax)
• Global Mission Church of Greater Washington, SBC v. Sappe (Case No. 4, Sept. Term 2014) (restrictive covenants)
• Van Dusen v. Prywes, et al. (Case No. 43, Sept. Term 2014) (tortious invasion of privacy)
• Supervisor of Assessments of Montgomery County, et al. v. Polinger (Case No. 2608, Sept. Term 2015) (Refund of real property transfer taxes)
• Robert Millstone, et al. v. Montgomery County Board of Appeals, et al. (Case No. 02413, Sept. Term 2016 and Case No. 811, Sept. Term 2017) (Use and occupancy permits)
• Sakaria v. Prince George’s County, Maryland (Case No. 02362, Sept. Term 2016) (successful challenge to historic preservation designation)
• Poss v. Tomares (Case No. CSA-REG-2483-2018, Sept. Term 2018) (Real property; Road access)
• Simon v. Bushell (Case No. CSA-REG-3498-2018) (Estate litigation)
• Werner v. Paramount Construction, Inc. (CSA-REG-2401-2019) (Quiet title action)
• Gazmen v. Steven M. Shimoura, M.D., PA (CSA-REG-2072-2019) (Constructive fraud action)

Published Works

Articles

• Motions Practice in the State Appellate Courts" Chapter, in Appellate Practice for the Maryland Lawyer: State and Federal (Sandler, Levy & Klepper eds., Fifth Edition, 2019) (co-authored with James L. Thompson, Esq.)
  
• Diane Norcross, Comment, Separating the Employee From the Citizen: The Social Science Implications of Garcetti v. Ceballos, 40 U. Balt. L. Rev. 543 (2011)
  

Bar Admissions

• Maryland
• U.S. District Court District of Maryland
• U.S. Court of Appeals 4th Circuit
• U.S. Court of Appeals 3rd Circuit
• Supreme Court of the United States of America

Other Affiliations

• Maryland State Bar Association (MSBA), Judicial Appointments Committee, Co-Chair (2018 – 2022), At-Large Member
• Maryland State Bar Association (MSBA), Blog Manager, Maryland Appellate Blog
• Maryland Bar Foundation, Fellow, 2019
• Maryland Bar Foundation, Board Member, 2019-present
• Maryland Bar Foundation, Secretary
• Montgomery County Inns of Court, Barrister
• Bar Association of Montgomery County
• Bar Association of Montgomery County, Judicial Selections Committee, 2021 - Present
• Owners’ Counsel of America, Associate Member
• Committee to Elect the Sitting Judges, Montgomery County Slate (2017 – 2018)
• Member, Judicial Council Work Group on Judicial Social Media Policy (2016)
• Finding Justice Project Subcommittee of the WBA Foundation, Editorial & Development Committees for the publication of Finding Justice: A History of Women Lawyers in Maryland since 1642, 2013 - 2015
• Peer Review Committee of the Attorney Grievance Commission