Lawrence F. Haislip is a member of the firm's Real Estate practice group, and concentrates his practice in the representation of owners, developers, borrowers and lenders in all aspects of commercial real estate transactions, including zoning and land use issues; land development; sales and acquisitions; land acquisition, development and construction financing transactions; sale-leaseback transactions; real property tax appeals; condominiums, homeowner's associations and planned unit developments; and the organization and operation of corporations, partnerships, business trusts and limited liability companies for real estate purposes. He has extensive experience in commercial leasing, as well as in all aspects of title insurance as applied to commercial real estate acquisition and financing transactions.
Larry has worked on many significant commercial real estate transactions throughout Maryland. He served as counsel to the master developer of the planned community of White Marsh, Maryland, as well as counsel to the Bainbridge Development Corporation in connection with the redevelopment of the 1,200-acre former U.S. Naval Training Center in Bainbridge, Maryland, into a planned mixed-use community. Currently he is counsel to East Baltimore Development, Inc., as the owner and developer of the 80 acre New East Baltimore renewal project, in Baltimore City, Maryland. As special counsel to Harford and Cecil Counties, Larry was instrumental in obtaining State legislative authority to permit those counties to create special taxing districts to finance infrastructure projects. And he has advised Cecil County, Maryland, on water and wastewater issues, assisting the County in its sale and privatization of parts of its water and wastewater systems.
Larry also has extensive experience in structuring tax-deductible conservation easements, and has served as a director of The Manor Conservancy, Inc., which is dedicated to rural preservation in the area of My Lady's Manor, in northern Baltimore County and northwest Harford County, Maryland.
Before beginning the private practice of law, Larry served as law clerk to the Honorable H. Kemp MacDaniel of the Court of Special Appeals of Maryland. He has also served as an instructor at the University of Maryland's University College, where he lectured on real property.
Publications
"Maryland's IDOT Recordation Tax Exemption Survives - For Now," Miles & Stockbridge News Brief (April 2012).
"Maryland State Senate Declares War on the IDOT," Risk Management Association, Chesapeake Clips Newsletter (Co-Author) (March 2012).
"Maryland Senate Considers Bill to Restrict Brokers' Rights to Commissions," Miles & Stockbridge News Brief (February 2012).
"Maryland State Senate Declares War on the IDOT," Miles & Stockbridge News Brief (January 2012).
"Maryland Legislature Considers Bill to Collect Recordation and Transfer Taxes from Foreclosing Lenders," Miles & Stockbridge News Brief (January 2012).
"Filling Maryland's BRAC Infrastructure Needs: Public-Private Partnerships Are a Solution," as seen in The Baltimore Business Journal (January 25, 2008).
"Job One: Improving Public Infrastructure for BRAC," As seen in The Baltimore Examiner (December 19, 2007).
"Housing the New BRAC Arrivals: Who, What, Where and When," As seen in The Business Monthly (November 2007).
"Breaking the Mold: How Mold is Challenging Traditional Real Estate Transactional Models," Mealey's Litigation Report: Mold (February 2004).
Speaking Engagements
"Essentials of Office and Retail Leases in Maryland," National Business Institute, Baltimore, Maryland (September 2003).
"Residential and Commercial Evictions in Maryland," National Business Institute, Baltimore, Maryland (August 2003).
"Road and Access Law in Maryland," National Business Institute, Baltimore, Maryland (November 2002).
"Commercial Leasing," Lorman Educational Services, Washington, D.C. (September 2001).
"Landlord and Tenant Law in Maryland," National Business Institute, Annapolis, Maryland (June 2001).