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The Daily Record Names Ferrier Stillman a Maryland Power Player

October 13, 2025
Tydings is pleased to announce that Ferrier R. Stillman earned a coveted spot on The Daily Record's 2025 Family Law Power List. The Daily Record editorial leadership team selects Power Players in various practice areas each year. Attorneys recognized represent Maryland's most significant and respect... Read more >
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Maryland Appellate Court Rules that De Facto Parent Must Pay Child Support

By: Ferrier R. Stillman and Kerianne P. Kemmerzell
August 13, 2025
Under Maryland law, a de facto parent is someone who is not the biological or adoptive parent, but who has the same legal rights and responsibilities towards a child as the biological or adoptive parent. It is a means by which someone may acquire standing equal to that of a legal parent to seek cust... Read more >
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Maryland Bankruptcy Court Determines That Mechanic's Liens Are "Judicial Liens" That May Be Avoided as Preferential Transfers in Bankruptcy

By: Stephen B. Gerald
August 12, 2025
Section 547 of the Bankruptcy Code allows a debtor or trustee, as applicable, to avoid/claw back certain “preferential” transfers made within 90 days of a bankruptcy filing. Most commonly, the transfers that debtors and trustees seek to avoid/claw back are payments of money to a creditor of the ... Read more >
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Tydings Welcomes Jessica Bustamante

August 1, 2025
Tydings & Rosenberg LLP is pleased to welcome Jessica J. Bustamante to the firm. Jessica joins the bankruptcy/creditors rights and commercial and business litigation practice groups as an associate. She is based in the firm's Baltimore office and brings nearly a decade of litigation experience t... Read more >
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Chambers USA Ranks Tydings in Newly Released 2025 Guide

June 25, 2025
Tydings is pleased to announce that Chambers and Partners has ranked our bankruptcy and creditors rights practice group for the 13th consecutive year. Tydings is one of only nine firms named in Maryland for their superb bankruptcy work. Five attorneys additionally received individual recognitio... Read more >
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Law360 Features Tydings' New Wilmington, Delaware, Location

June 12, 2025
A recent Law360 article covered Tydings' new Delaware office location in Wilmington. Previously located in Newark, the firm moved in April 2025 to the new downtown space, which is within walking distance of Delaware's Bankruptcy Court. While speaking with Law360, Partners Stephen Gerald and Denni... Read more >
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MD Employment Law Update: FAMLI Program Delayed Again; Employers Covered by Federal FMLA Not Required to Provide Leave Under Maryland Parental Leave Act

By: Melissa Calhoon Jones
June 6, 2025
The Maryland General Assembly recently concluded its 2025 legislative session with two amendments to the state's existing leave laws. Gov. Wes Moore has signed both changes into law. Family Medical Leave Insurance Program Revisions (HB0102/CH0363; Effective July 1, 2025). Implementation of the... Read more >
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Tydings Opens Office in Downtown Wilmington

June 3, 2025
Tydings is pleased to announce the opening of our new office in Wilmington, Delaware. Relocating within walking distance of the Bankruptcy Court and the Federal District Court, the new location will allow us to better serve clients and co-counsel. Located in the heart of the city at 1225 North Ki... Read more >