J. Bradford McCullough

J. Bradford McCullough is a litigation attorney at  Lerch, Early & Brewer in Bethesda, Maryland. Brad represents businesses and individuals in a wide variety of cases in federal and state courts, as well as before arbitration panels and in mediation proceedings.

Brad is known for taking on complex and challenging business and commercial disputes on behalf of clients from a broad range of industries. He handles shareholder’s derivative litigation, corporate directors’ and officers’ liability claims, business dissolutions, lender liability litigation, disputes concerning non-competition agreements, and matters arising from the Uniform Commercial Code.

Brad approaches every case in a thorough, thoughtful manner and lives by a simple motto: “Assume nothing. Preparation wins.” His clients – who come from the financial, professional services, nonprofit, and sales and distribution sectors – appreciate his tenacious dedication to their cases. In fact, one client introduced him as “one of the lawyers who saved my company.”

Since 2006, Brad has served as co-chair of the Commercial Litigation Section of the Bar Association of Montgomery County, and also has served on various other sections and committees of that association as well as with the American and Maryland State Bar Associations. He serves or has served on the boards of directors of four local non-profit corporations: Committee for Montgomery, the Montgomery County Police Foundation, Interfaith Works and the Conflict Resolution Center of Montgomery County .

Brad received his Bachelor of Arts, cum laude, from McDaniel College, and he earned his Juris Doctor from the University of Baltimore School of Law. After graduation from law school, he served as a law clerk to the Honorable Theodore G. Bloom of the Court of Special Appeals of Maryland. Brad is admitted to practice law in Maryland, the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit. In addition, he has completed extensive training as a mediator, and has been approved for appointment as a court-appointed mediator in the Circuit Courts throughout the state.

Brad received the 2010 “Leadership in Law Award” from The Daily Record for his outstanding work throughout the state of Maryland and his mentoring of future professional and community leaders. He is listed in the 2010 edition of Maryland Super Lawyers in the area of business litigation.

Brad is a frequent lecturer at many seminars and continuing legal education sessions, including seminars sponsored by the National Institute for Trial Advocacy, Georgetown University Law Center, the Maryland Institute of Continuing Professional Education for Lawyers and Lorman Education Services. In conjunction with one of these seminars, he authored materials outlining legal issues guiding document retention, destruction and preservation.

Brad is an avid runner and self-proclaimed exercise addict. He takes pride in his family and is a devoted father to two sons. He follows current events and sports, especially the local University of Maryland Terrapins, Penn State Nittany Lions, Washington Redskins, Washington Nationals and Washington Capitals, and the not-so-local Manchester United.

• Received InterFaith Works' Humanitarian of the Year Award (2011)
• Received Daily Record's Leadership in Law Award (2010)
• Named "Bar Leader" by Montgomery County Bar Foundation
• Listed in Maryland and DC Super Lawyers (2011-present)

• Maryland State Bar Association (Section of Litigation, Appellate Practice and Program Committees) 
• Bar Association of Montgomery County, Maryland (Commercial Litigation Section Co-chair 2006-present, Federal Practice Section Co-chair 2001-2005)
• American Bar Association (Litigation Section Business Torts Litigation, Commercial and Business Litigation and Pretrial Practice and Discovery Committees; Dispute Resolution Section: Mediation Committee)
• InterFaith Works (Chair 2008-2010, 1995-1999, Board of Directors 2003-2010, 1994-1999)
• Conflict Resolution Center of Montgomery County (Vice President 2012, Board of Directors 2011-present)