Smith, Gildea & Schmidt, LLC (SGS), a regional law firm based in Towson, is pleased to announce that Sarah Zadrozny has been named a Rising Star in the Plaintiff’s Civil Litigation field of law for 2019 by Super Lawyers magazine. Zadrozny was also named a Rising Star in 2018.

Super Lawyers magazine is a rating service of outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who have attained a high-degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. The selection process includes independent research, peer nominations and peer evaluations. Rising Stars must be either 40 years old or younger or in practice for 10 years or less. The objective of Super Lawyers is to create a credible, comprehensive and diverse listing of outstanding attorneys that can be used as a resource for attorneys and consumers searching for legal counsel.

Zadrozny joined Smith, Gildea & Schmidt as a law clerk in May 2013. She then served as a judicial law clerk for the Honorable Paul J. Hanley in the Circuit Court for Baltimore County, and returned to SGS in 2015 to practice in the firm’s litigation department, where she advocates on behalf of clients in complex matters involving real estate, business contracts and fraud. She is also an active member of the department’s growing class action practice group, which focuses on the prosecution of complex frauds and have resulted in recoveries for tens of thousands of victims.

“We’re so happy that Sarah has been named a Rising Star for 2019,” said David K. Gildea, Founder and Managing Partner of SGS. “She is a great asset to SGS and our clients, and it is a pleasure to have her as part of our litigation team.”

Zadrozny is a graduate of Loyola College in Maryland and the University of Baltimore School of Law. In law school, she interned with the Honorable Robert B. Kershaw in the Circuit Court for Baltimore City, the Honorable Kathleen G. Cox in the Circuit Court for Baltimore County, and at the State’s Attorney’s Office for Baltimore City. She is a member of the Baltimore County Bar Association and the Maryland State Bar Association. She is also an active member of the Junior League of Baltimore.

About Smith, Gildea & Schmidt:

Smith, Gildea & Schmidt is a regional law firm with 13 lawyers whose practice areas include complex civil litigation, class action, land use, business law, estates and trusts, governmental affairs, and domestic relations, among others. The firm’s clients range from multinational corporations to individuals with particular legal needs. The land use attorneys have an active practice that encompasses most of the jurisdictions in the state of Maryland. The complex civil litigation section has vast courtroom experience in both the federal and state courts. For more information, go to www.sgs-law.com.