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Attorneys
Areas of Practice:
Mr. Espo's practice includes civil litigation, serious personal injury, toxic torts, premises liability, civil rights, fair housing, commercial litigation and criminal defense.
Career Milestone:
Enjoining the State of Maryland from implementing an exemption to a residential lead-paint safety regulation that would have led to the poisoning of hundreds of children.
Statement:
"Having the opportunity to work with clients in solving their problems with sophisticated, high-quality legal work makes the practice of law something that is still enjoyable."
Significant Cases:
 | Norwest Bank v. Pence, 363 Md. 267, 768 A.2d 639 (2001) (holding that certain Baltimore City deferred loan agreements are not real estate liens). |
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Hines v. Nishida (Balt. City Cir. Ct.) (invalidating certain Maryland lead paint safety regulations on the grounds they are irrational and do not protect children from harm). |
Biography:
Mr. Espo has devoted much of his career to representing brain-damaged children in toxic tort cases, both in Maryland and in the District of Columbia. He has represented more than 100 children who were victims of childhood lead poisoning caused by decaying paint in older homes, and successfully challenged a Maryland regulation exempting certain housing repairs from lead-safe work rules. As an outgrowth of his representation of lead-poisoned children, Mr. Espo has represented families who have been denied housing because of landlords' concerns of lead-poisoning.
Mr. Espo is member of the state and federal bars of Maryland and the District of Columbia. He has taught Maryland Civil Procedure at the University of Maryland School of Law and taught classes on handling lead poisoning cases for the Maryland Institute for Continuing Education in Law. Before attending law school, Mr. Espo was the labor reporter at the Flint (Michigan) Journal.
Education:
| | J.D., University of Maryland Law School, 1990; graduated with honors, Order of the Coif |
| | B.A., The American University, 1985 |
Affiliations:
| | Coalition to End Childhood Lead Poisoning, President |
| | D.C. Trial Lawyers Association |
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