William E. Carlson

Partner and President of the Firm wec@shapirosher.com
36 South Charles Street
Suite 2000
Baltimore, MD 21201-3147
Telephone: 410.385.4205
Facsimile: 410.539.7611

 

William E. Carlson is a senior partner, member of the Firm's executive committee, and chair of the Firm's business law department. He concentrates in corporate and securities law, and advises clients in municipal and real estate law. Mr. Carlson primarily represents businesses, particularly biotech and closely held companies, and universities, as well as individuals in corporate, technology transfer, and transactional matters, and municipalities in economic development matters.

Mr. Carlson has served on several economic and community development task forces, the Community Relations Commission of Baltimore City, and presently on the President’s Roundtable of the Greater Baltimore Committee (GBC) and the Downtown Partnership Board of Directors. He also presently serves as a director of Greenspring Fund, Incorporated, a mutual fund, and several other companies.

He has lectured for The Maryland Institute for Continuing Professional Education for Lawyers, Inc. (MICPEL) on "Business Organizations," "ABC's of Inc.’s and LLC’s," and "Buy Sell Agreements." Following graduation from law school in 1983, he served as law clerk to the Honorable Norman P. Ramsey of the United States District Court for the District of Maryland.

 

News & Publications

 

"Biotechnology Industry Wary of Patent Office 'Streamlining.'" By William E. Carlson, for the Baltimore Business Journal, July 21, 2006.

In the August 2005 issue of Baltimore SmartCEO Magazine, William E. Carlson is named among 40 other attorneys in a feature highlighting Maryland's "Legal Elite."

"With Bioparks On The Way, State, City Leaders Can’t Rest On Their Laurels." By William E. Carlson, for the Baltimore Business Journal, February 4, 2005.

Who’s Who in Law: William E. Carlson. Baltimore Business Journal, May 30, 2003.

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Practice Areas
Bar Admissions
  • Maryland
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
  • U.S. District for the District of Maryland

Education
  • The Johns Hopkins University (B.A., 1979)
  • University of Maryland School of Law (J.D., cum laude, 1983), Articles Editor of the Maryland Law Review, Member of The Order of the Coif

Affiliations, Achievements and Honors
  • American Bar Association
  • Maryland State Bar Association
  • Member, Bar Association of Baltimore City
  • Member, President's Roundtable, Greater Baltimore Committee
  • Member, Mid Atlantic Venture Association
  • Director, Downtown Partnership of Baltimore, Inc.
  • Vice Chair, Community Relations Commission of Baltimore City
  • Author of articles, lecturer on corporate securities and technology transfer issues

  • Baltimore Office
    36 South Charles Street
    Suite 2000
    Baltimore, MD 21201
    410.385.0202
  • Washington Office
    1725 I Street, N.W.
    Suite 300
    Washington, D.C. 20006
    202.331.0200