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We hear what businesses want from their outside counsel: experienced, responsive representation from attorneys who know how to solve problems efficiently.  That is what we deliver at Tydings, a Maryland law firm that has been advocating on behalf of large corporations, privately held businesses, and individuals for more than ninety years.

Our firm is home to trusted business counselors and skilled advocates.  Our size means that we are agile enough to respond quickly to clients' changing needs, yet we possess the depth of resources to handle matters of any complexity and size.

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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 >