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Ferrier R. Stillman

Tydings & Rosenberg LLP, Baltimore, USA


Areas of Practice:
Administrative, Administrative Law, Election Campaign & Political Law, Family Law, Government Agencies & Programs, Health & Health Care Law, Legislative Practices, Litigation, Litigation & Appeals, Litigation - Family Law, Professional Regulation, State & Local Agencies, State, Local & Municipal Law

Contact Information:
Phone:+1 (410) 752-9700
Email:fstillman@tydingslaw.com
Web Site:http://www.tydingslaw.com

Details:

Family Law

Ms. Stillman is co-chair of the firm's Family Law Department.  Since 1987, she has represented men and women in a variety of complex domestic relations cases throughout Maryland.  She handles valuations of businesses, professional practices, retirement plans, and other aspects of property division; custody disputes; alimony and child support; premarital and post-marital agreements; and adoptions.  Ms. Stillman has tried numerous family law cases and negotiated and drafted sophisticated separation, premarital, and post-marital agreements.

Ms. Stillman's representation includes:

  • property division and monetary awards 
  • custody and visitation disputes (including international and interstate custody cases)
  • alimony and child support
  • pre-marital agreements and post-marital agreements
  • pre and post divorce planning
  • separation agreements
  • grandparents' and other third party visitation and custody cases
  • adoptions (foreign and domestic)
  • paternity cases
  • appeals to Maryland's appellate courts
  • mediations

Ms. Stillman handled one of the largest marital property cases on Maryland's eastern shore.  In this case, she argued successfully for the appointment of a receiver to control the opposing party's assets -- a very rare ruling in a divorce case in Maryland.  Ms. Stillman has represented parties in international and interstate custody disputes, involving the Hague Convention, other international treaties, and the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act.

In 2006, Ms. Stillman was named one of Maryland's Top 100 Women by The Daily Record.  This annual award recognizes leadership roles and other outstanding achievements of professional women who reside and work in Maryland and who are making an impact on our state.  In September 2005, Baltimore Smart CEO Magazine authored the first in a series of articles on the business costs of divorce.  Ms. Stillman was the only family law attorney interviewed for and quoted extensively in the article. 

Ms. Stillman is an active member of the Family Law Committees of both the Baltimore County Bar Association and the Bar Association of Baltimore City (where she has served as co-chairperson).  Additionally, Ms. Stillman has been appointed a Volunteer Mediator for family law cases in the Baltimore City Circuit Court's Family Division.  She has given numerous lectures and written articles on a wide range of domestic relations topics.

Health Care Practice

Ms. Stillman served as Assistant Secretary for Business and Regulatory Services at the Maryland Department of Health & Mental Hygiene, where she oversaw the regulation and licensing of Maryland's health care facilities and individual health care practitioners. At DHMH, she played a key role in passage of the newly revised Assisted Living law. Ms. Stillman now represents health care providers and professionals in regulatory and transactional matters and litigation.

Highlights of her experience include:

  • litigating in federal court, on behalf of Ivy Hall Geriatric and Rehabilitation Center, Inc., against HCFA over the nursing home enforcement regulations, resulting in HCFA changing a key Medicaid regulation
  • representing national corporations in the acquisition and sale of long term care facilities in Maryland
  • representing one of the nation's largest owners of long term care facilities in the sale and acquisition of senior housing facilities in Maryland
  • reconfiguring Operating Agreement for large ambulatory surgical center to maximize compliance with Stark and anti-kickback laws
  • representing medical center in sales of the center|
  • representing individual physicians and other health care professionals before licensing boards in disciplinary actions

Ms. Stillman's representation includes health care litigation, sales and acquisitions of senior housing, regulation and licensing, Medicaid and Medicare reimbursement and fraud cases, disciplinary cases, certificate of need applications, other regulatory matters, and government relations.

Government Relations/Administrative Law Practice

Prior to joining DHMH, Ms. Stillman served on Governor Parris Glendening and Lt. Gov. Kathleen Kennedy Townsend's Transition Team and Statewide Steering Committee for his Gubernatorial election campaign.  Ms. Stillman has chaired and played other major roles in local, state-wide and federal election campaigns in Maryland.  Ms. Stillman now represents companies before agencies of Maryland State Government and local governments with an emphasis on advocating for health care providers and professionals in regulatory and administrative matters.

Highlights of her experience include:

  • representing long term care facilities in survey and certification enforcement actions before the Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene and HCFA
  • litigating one of the two federal cases that convinced HCFA to change a significant Medicaid regulation, so that skilled nursing facilities now have the right to a hearing before an administrative law judge and full judicial review when their nurse aide training program is suspended
  • advocating for health care providers in license revocation actions
  • representing nursing homes in Medicaid reimbursement disputes
  • representing national health care companies seeking regulatory exceptions and variances before the Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
  • advocating for companies seeking assistance from the Maryland Department of Business and Economic Development
  • advocating for clients before the Governor's Office and other state and local agencies and officials
Bar Admissions
Maryland, 1987
U.S. District Court District of Maryland, 1988
U.S. Court of Appeals 4th Circuit, 1998

Education
University of Pennsylvania Law School, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1987 J.D.

Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY, USA, 1984 B.A.
With Honors; Phi Beta Kappa

Published Works
  • "Nursing Law in Maryland", National Business Institute, 1999
  • "Liability of Assisted Living Facilities for Acts of Nurse Independent Contractors", Maryland Assisted Living Association, April, 1999
  • "Overview of Federal and State Anti Self Referral Laws", MedChi Physician, 1998
  • "Negotiating Managed Care Contracts", MANPHA, July, 1998
  • "Factors Considered in Deciding Custody", Custody: Crisis, Conflict, Compromise, Conclusion-Baltimore City Bar Association, May, 1998
  • "Child Support & Custody", Effective Family Law Practice In Maryland, National Business Institute, 1993
  • "Child Custody", Domestic Law in Maryland, National Business Institute, 1992
  • "Moving Forward to Finance Alternative Forms of Long Term Care", The Daily Record, August 4, 1999
  • "Once Again, Regulatory Reform Looms Large for ''99 Legislature", The Daily Record, November 24, 1988
  • "Honing in on Quality Staff" (Co-Author), Provider Magazine, August, 2000

Professional Associations and Memberships
Mid-Atlantic LifeSpan, Inc., 2006-present; Regulatory and Legislative Committee

Maryland Assisted Living Association, 1997 - 2000; Board of Directors
Health Facilities Association of Maryland, 1997 - 2000; Health Planning and Regulatory Committees
Greater Baltimore Committee, 1999; Leadership Program
American Bar Association, 1988 - 2000; Member
Maryland State Bar Association, 1988 - 2000; Member
Bar Association of Baltimore City, 1998 - 1999; Co-Chair, Family Law Committee
Women''s Bar Association, 1989 - 2000; Member
Neighborhood Design Center, 1988 - 2000; Board of Directors & Presdent
Family Law Hotline, 1990; Co-Founder


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