Joseph A. Stevens

Bay East Title Co LLC BEST Of Eastern Shore WINNERS for 2020

Over twenty-seven years of land use and real estate experience with a proven ability to successfully represent private, public and institutional clients in real estate, business, development and governmental matters, such as: zoning approvals, developer agreements, municipal annexation agreements, special taxing and benefit assessments, utility agreements, code drafting, referendums, code enforcement proceeding, legislative services and government relation, closings and transactions, project financing, real estate workouts, commercial leasing, landlord tenant, contracts, community association, common property, rights of way issues, conservation easements; and quiet title actions. Practice before elected officals, administrative agencies, trial and appellate courts. Licensed title insurance agent representing clients in many of Maryland's Eastern Shore's largest transactions.

Stevens Palmer LLC is proud to announce Patrick J Palmer has been appointed to Queenstown Bank Board of Directors.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Managing Member Law Offices of Stevens Palmer, LLC Centreville, MD

Managing Member Bay East Title, Centreville, MD 2000 to Present

Of-Counsel Linowes & Blocher, LLP, Annapolis, MD LLP 1995 -1997

Associate Attorney Foster, Braden & Thompson LLP, Stevensville, MD 1993-1995

Director Department of Planning and Zoning, Queen Annes's County, MD 1988-1993

Environmental Planner Planning and Zoning, Queen Anne's County, MD 1985-1988

FACULTY, BOARDS, ARTICLES & PUBLISHED APPELLATE OPINIONS

Faculty Maryland Institute for the continuing Professional Education for Lawyers, the Land Use Institute.

Speaker: American Planning Association National Conference; the American Planning Association, Maryland Delaware Conference; the American Planning Association Northern New England Conference; the National Association of Home Builders State & Local Government Affairs Conference; and, the Environmental Law Institute.

Author: "The Ever Expanding Use of Benefit Assessments," 25 The Urban Lawyer 567, American Bar Association, Summer Issue, 1993; 1994 Zoning and Planning Law HandbookClark Boardman Callahan, 1994; Exactions, Impact Fees and Dedications: Shaping Land Use Development and Funding Infrastructure In the Dollar Era,State and Local Government Law Society, American Bar Association, 1995. Lecturer, University of Wisconsin Professional Development Seminar, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1994. President, Maryland Association of Counties Planning Office, 1990-1991. Executive Board, Maryland Chapter, American Planning Association, 1988-1992. Planning Director, Queen Anne's County, Maryland, 1988-1993.