Eric R. Harlan
Partner erh@shapirosher.comSuite 2000
Baltimore, MD 21201-3147
Facsimile: 410.539.7611
Eric R. Harlan is a partner in the Firm’s litigation department. For over fourteen years as a trial lawyer, he has achieved favorable results for clients in a variety of matters, including complex commercial disputes, wrongful death and catastrophic personal injury litigation, employment related cases, and domestic actions. In recognition of his accomplishments, Martindale-Hubbell awarded Mr. Harlan its AV Peer Review Rating, the highest rating available.
Mr. Harlan represents large and small businesses, non-profits, and individuals, counseling them on a broad range of commercial, employment, domestic, and personal injury matters. He is experienced in the prosecution and defense of commercial tort actions, fraud litigation, and partnership disputes. He has represented clients in lawsuits over non-compete and non-solicitation agreements, unfair competition, and federal and state wage-and-hour matters, and has helped clients prevent exposure to potential employment-related liabilities. Mr. Harlan has represented both husbands and wives in complex domestic disputes. In the personal injury arena, he has obtained favorable settlements for victims injured as a result of professional malpractice, automobile negligence, and sexual assault. Given his trial and appellate experience at the state and federal levels, clients trust Mr. Harlan to go to court if their disputes cannot be resolved amicably.
A cum laude graduate of Washington & Lee University, and a magna cum laude graduate of the University of Baltimore School of Law, Mr. Harlan began practicing in 1995 after clerking for the Honorable Joseph H.H. Kaplan, Administrative Judge of the Circuit Court for Baltimore City. Mr. Harlan is active in the American Bar Association and in the Baltimore legal community.
Publications
"The Litigator's Guide to Metadata." Proof, Summer 2007.
"It's December 1st -- Welcome to the New Age of Discovery." The Daily Record, December 1, 2006.
- Corporate, Commercial, and Regulatory Litigation
- Employment Litigation
- Public Law and Election Law
- White-Collar Criminal Defense
- Real Estate and Construction Litigation
- Product Liability and Personal Injury Litigation
- Appeals
Bar Admissions
- Maryland
- U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Education
- Washington & Lee University (B.A., cum laude, 1991)
- University of Baltimore School of Law (J.D., magna cum laude, 1994)
Affiliations, Achievements and Honors
- Member, Maryland Bar Association
- Member, Bar Association of Baltimore City
- Member, Baltimore County Bar Association
- Co-chair, Expert Witness Subcommittee of the American Bar Association Section of Litigation
- Member, Case Note Editorial Board for the Trial Evidence Committee of the American Bar Association Section of Litigation
- Executive Committee, Maryland Lawyers Campaign for College Bound, 2006-present
- J. Dudley Digges Inn of Court, Barrister 2006-2007, Executive Committee (Counselor) 2008-present
- Panelist and Presenter, "CPAs and Business Valuators as Expert Witnesses," a mock trial presented before the Maryland Association of CPAs in 2005
- Contributor to the following volumes: Discovery Problems and Their Solutions (ABA Publishing 2005); Pleading Causes of Action in Maryland, 3rd. ed. (MICPEL 2004); Model Witness Examinations, 2nd ed. (ABA Publishing, 2003)
- Member, Heuisler Honor Society
- Articles Editor, University of Baltimore Law Review
- Chief Justice, University of Baltimore Honor Court
- American Jurisprudence Awards: Professional Responsibility and Federal Jurisdiction
SHAPIRO SHER GUINOT & SANDLER
- Baltimore Office
36 South Charles Street
Suite 2000
Baltimore, MD 21201
410.385.0202
- Washington Office
300 M Street, S.E.
Suite 1102
Washington, D.C. 20003
202.331.0200