Lawrence A. Shulman, Attorney

As a result of his numerous public service and community activities, Larry is familiar to most state and local political leaders. He was one of the principal architects of the project to replace the old Rockville Mall. That mall is being replaced over the next ten years with a 1.2 million square foot office, retail, and entertainment complex. In connection with that project, Larry led the successful effort to raise over $18 million from the state, county, and city governments to make that project a reality. On behalf of a major biotech company, Larry negotiated with the county and the state departments of economic development in connection with the company's planned expansion in Montgomery County. The negotiation resulted in a significant economic development package that included a large contribution by the Sunny Day Fund, a large discount for land acquisition, and very beneficial job credits.

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Larry served as the Court-appointed mediator, who assisted in promoting discussion and settlement among the parties in Vaughns, et al. v. Board of Education of Prince George's County, et al., a 30-year old school desegregation case. The Court acknowledged in its opinion "the extraordinary role Mr. Shulman played in helping to bring the settlement about."

Larry has invested his creativity and vision in identifying and meeting the needs of the community, especially in the area of education. His leadership and stewardship of creative and innovative community projects have won him acclaim both nationally and locally.

Since 1975, Larry has helped to found five separate, non-profit education foundations to involve various segments of the business community in the Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS). In each of these endeavors, Larry took the lead and recruited 10-20 business leaders to volunteer in each of the foundations. The foundations include: the Montgomery County Students Construction Trades Foundation, Inc. (Founded in 1976, this project received an award in 1981 from the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Education as one of the ten outstanding vocational education programs in the nation.); the Montgomery County Students Automotive Trades Foundation, Inc. (Founded in 1977, a separate but related foundation that supports education in automotive trades by providing the framework, financing, used automobiles, marketing and consultative services for students to operate several "Mini-Dealerships" that recondition and sell used automobiles, the first such project in the nation.)

As chairman of the Governor's Task Force on Procurement, Larry led a state-wide task force established to eliminate red tape and make the state's procurement process more effective. The task force created plans to inject flexibility and common sense into procurement practices and recommended reforms to assist small businesses and MBE firms in procurement dealings with the state.

Larry was the Subcommittee Chair of the Public/Private Partnerships Subcommittee of the Governor/Speaker's Task Force on Education Funding Equity, Accountability and Partnerships. This was a task force designed to review education funding, program accountability, and public/private partnerships between Maryland schools and the private sector.

Larry was also the Vice Chair of the Horizon 21 Information Technology Strategic Planning Steering Committee. This committee was a Montgomery County government and private sector partnership set up to facilitate the development of a strategic plan for information technology for the county government.

In addition to his law practice and community service career, Larry has lectured and written for The Maryland Institute for Continuing Professional Education of Lawyers, and the American Bar Association, and has co-chaired for 18 years the Georgetown University Law Center's Continuing Legal Education's Advanced Commercial Leasing Institute and its predecessor programs.