What we do

Maryland Florida Tennessee

Estate Planning  |  Business Law and Commercial Real Estate  |  Litigation and Appeals

Teri Spradlin, LLC helps families of all backgrounds provide for their futures, and protect assets for surviving spouses, children and grandchildren. The law firm employs comprehensive estate planning strategies to save families costly estate expenses, streamline administration, and avoid potential family conflicts.

Additionally, Teri Spradlin LLC provides strategic guidance for businesses, and practical business-oriented solutions to meet clients’ commercial and corporate needs. The firm very often serves as outside general counsel to start-up, emerging and established companies.

If conflicts arise and cannot be resolved through negotiation or mediation, the firm represents clients in litigation and throughout the appellate process.

Estate PlanningHow we help

Talking about your most personal affairs and concerns about your legacy can be difficult. We make that process as comfortable as we can while also safeguarding your estate and looking out for your best interests. Perhaps you need to plan for long-term care for a child with special needs. Maybe you are negotiating the complexities of retiring in Florida. We provide complex estate planning and guidance for clients in Maryland and Florida, and we have the experience to guide you toward a customized plan that recognizes the uniqueness of your situation. Our goal: smart planning and peace of mind for you and your loved ones.

At Teri Spradlin, LLC we help our business clients to organize their company to operate efficiently while providing maximum tax benefits and liability protection for the investors and operators. We can assist in creating the optimal business structure, whether as a corporation, partnership, or limited liability company. We provide advice and counsel on asset purchases and sales, due-diligence, commercial leases, contract drafting and negotiation, as well as the diverse array of day to day legal matters confronting businesses today.

Our Achievements

Here are some examples of matters we regularly and successfully handle for our clients:

  • Complex estate planning for high-income clients
  • Helped parents obtain guardianship over disabled child turning 18 (becoming emancipated)
  • Helped parents set up trust for injured child awarded settlement in litigated personal injury case
  • Helping family members become Guardian of the Person and Property of disabled family members
  • Regularly guide family members through annual accounting of property as required by court
  • Represent Personal Representatives in estate litigation
  • Represented elderly client in fraud case
  • Guided client through the process of moving his Maryland business to Florida and expanding it through the purchase of an existing Florida going concern
  • Due diligence for clients purchasing existing businesses
  • Commercial lease review and negotiation
  • Individual and commercial litigation and appeals for nearly 20 years

Charitable Giving

Teri Spradlin, LLC sets aside 5% of its fee on each case for charitable causes.  This giving policy reflects our understanding that giving back to the community allows us, as lawyers, to create a sense of legacy out of the work and results achieved for our clients.  Donations are directed to organizations protecting and promoting children, protecting and empowering abused or vulnerable adults, and those providing respite and comfort to family members or patients facing life-threatening illnesses.  Teri Spradlin, LLC also enjoys golfing in charitable events and sponsoring a number of community events throughout the year.