PIEL LAW FIRM - Key Persons
Erin joined the firm in November of 2020, with over 25 years of experience in providing clients with advice on commercial real estate and business matters, representing lenders, developers, management companies, commercial landlords and tenants, business owners and investors in all aspects of commercial real estate and business transactions. In recent years, Erin worked for Blue Ocean Realty, LLC as General Counsel from 2012 until 2018, leading their real estate transactions and all corporate governance matters within the Blue Ocean umbrella of entities; she also worked closely with their internal investment team and commercial asset management teams. Erin helped to open and develop the direct commercial title insurance division for First American Title Insurance Company in the State of Maryland. Prior to that, Erin worked as an associate at Rosenberg, Proutt, Funk & Greenberg, LLP, and Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll, P.A., respectively, concentrating on acquisitions, development, leasing, dispositions, and corporate governance within their commercial real estate and business transactions departments. Erin is a graduate of the University of Baltimore School of Law and has been a Member of the Maryland State Bar Association since 1995.
Ryan Z. Ullman is a trial lawyer concentrating his practice in real estate, creditor's rights, complex business disputes, and commercial litigation. Ryan is also experienced in handling personal injury, tax, and trust and estate disputes. His clients include real estate developers, investors, and operators. Ryan has experience in both the State and Federal Courts of the State of Maryland. While in law school, he served as Executive Technology Editor of the Journal of Business and Technology Law. In that role, he managed the journal's online presence and prepared articles for the journal's website. Growing up in Howard County, Ryan earned his baccalaureate from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) where he was on the President's and Dean's honor lists. Ryan continues to follow emerging technological issues and how they intersect with law and business.
Scott B. Wheat is a trial lawyer with significant courtroom experience. Mr. Wheat has worked extensively in matters involving consumer and commercial disputes and litigation. Aside from his courtroom experience, Mr. Wheat has handled a number of arbitrations before arbitrators with AAA and Jams. The areas of practice Mr. Wheat is highly experienced with include consumer and financial laws and regulations, including Federal Truth in Lending, FDCPA, the Dodd-Frank Act, TCPA, and others.
Mr. Wheat has written and been a guest panelist on legal topics relating to the admissibility of documentary evidence, admissibility of business records, and analyzing statute of limitations issues in particular cases. He has demonstrated an astute ability to develop creative solutions to legal problems.
Mr. Wheat earned his J.D. in 2003 from the University at Buffalo Law School and his B.S., Magna cum laude, in 1999 from the State University of New York at Brockport, where he was Alpha Chi and Alpha Phi Sigma. He is admitted to the bars of New York, Maryland, Virginia, the District of Columbia, U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York, U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of New York, and U.S. District Court of Maryland.
William M. Rudow, Esquire has zealously defended bank clients' rights regarding, inter alia, consumer financial services regulation and compliance management since 1985. William "Bill" Rudow routinely advises his clients on regulatory matters including: FDCPA, RESPA, TILA, CRA, FCRA, ECOA (Reg B), CFPB's UDAAPs, SCRA (SSCRA), CLEC [Maryland], RISA [Maryland], CPA [Maryland], Bankruptcy Chapters 7, 13 & 11 (BAPCPA).
Mr. Rudow represents lenders in all matters relating to consumer and commercial finance transactions, loan documentation, collections, restructuring, workouts and bankruptcy, and the enforcement of creditor's rights and remedies. The areas of practice specifically include banking and lending law, creditor rights in bankruptcy, commercial law, contract law and civil litigation.
Consumer Collections: portfolios of auto paper, credit card paper, mortgage loans, foreclosures, miscellaneous secured and unsecured consumer bank loans;
Civil Litigation/Collections: mortgage loan fraud, employee fraud, check fraud, replevin, mortgage foreclosure, deficiency balance collection, fraudulent conveyance MD Com Law Art ยง Title 15, Subtitle 2, federal and state drug forfeiture of bank collateral, negotiable instrument,* identity theft fraud, bank debt collection (including subpoena document production compliance fees), credit card theft;