Lerch Early Named a 2024 Empowering Women Award Honoree
For the second year in a row, The Daily Record has named Lerch, Early & Brewer as a recipient of its Empowering Women Award. The award recognizes companies and organizations …
2024 Maryland Community Associations Legislative Update
The Maryland General Assembly’s 2024 legislative session saw over 1,400 House Bills and 1,100 Senate Bills introduced, with several new laws passing that will affect community associations beginning on October …
Changing Lawns: The Lasting Effects of the Three Year Turf War
This article originally appeared in the March 2024 edition of Quorum. Do you ever look out of your window and wish you didn’t have to spend all that time and money …
Maryland Sprinkler Retrofit Mandate Will Not Be Enforced
In a reversal of a years-old mandate, owners of existing Maryland residential high-rises will no longer have to retrofit their buildings to include sprinklers throughout the building, including in every …
Five Ways to Improve Community Association Collections
Community associations face many challenges, none more so than funding the upkeep and welfare of their communities. An owner who refuses to pay their share can put a heavy strain …
Lerch Early Welcomes Three New Associates to the Firm
Lerch, Early & Brewer is pleased to announce the addition of three new attorneys to our firm. Alana Bergner is now part of our Community Associations group, Toni Ojomo has …
Ruth Katz Elected New Managing Partner and Board Chair at Lerch Early
Regional full-service law firm Lerch, Early & Brewer is pleased to announce that Ruth O. Katz has been elected managing partner and chair of the firm’s Board of Directors. Katz’s …
Alana C. Bergner
Overview Alana Bergner is a community associations attorney representing homeowners and condominium unit owners associations in Washington, DC and Virginia. Alana is an advocate at heart, and is empathetic, pragmatic, …
Community Associations Recognized at WMCCAI Awards Dinner
The attorneys in Lerch Early’s Community Associations group took home some hardware from the DC Chapter’s Community Association Institute annual awards dinner on Friday, November 17. Nura Rafati won the …
He Said, She Said – The Board as Judge and Jury
This article originally appeared in the November 2023 edition of Quorum. THE SCENE You wake up on Monday morning to find 53 unread e-mails in your inbox. Pasha from unit 101 …
Lerch Early Named a 2023 Empowering Women Award Honoree
The Daily Record has named Lerch, Early & Brewer as a recipient of its 2023 Empowering Women Award. The inaugural award recognizes companies and organizations that show a strong commitment …
Maryland Reserve Studies – What to Know; What to Do
This article originally appeared in the July 2023 edition of Quorum. Buildings, like people, age over time. In fact, some condominiums have reached the remarkable milestone of turning 60. As the …
