Stephen J. Nolan

Steve Nolan is an accomplished trial lawyer, who concentrates his practice primarily in the areas of business litigation, catastrophic personal injury and wrongful death actions, and trusts and estates litigation in State and Federal Courts. In November 2018, he became Of counsel to SGS. For over 30 years, he has been recognized by The Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers with its highest peer review AV® Preeminent™ rating.

Throughout his career, Steve has represented clients in a wide variety of complex litigation, class actions, and other cases. He served as Maryland counsel for the NFL Players Association, special counsel for CareFirst Blue Cross Blue Shield in a pharmaceutical class action, and lead counsel for Anne Arundel and Baltimore County Public Schools and Governments in the asbestos property damage litigation. Following a trial in Montgomery County and the defendant’s appeal, he collected over $9.8 million from one asbestos manufacturer for the family of a young wife and mother who died from mesothelioma.

Steve has also been designated as an expert witness relating to the standard of care applicable to attorneys and testified concerning the reasonableness of attorney’s fees.

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Education

Villanova University, B.A. cum laude(1973)

University of Maryland School of Law, J.D. (1976)

Bar Admissions

Court of Appeals of Maryland (1977)

District of Columbia Court of Appeals (1979)

U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland (1977)

U.S. Supreme Court (1981)

Bar Memberships

In addition to his current membership in the American Bar Association and the Maryland Association for Justice, Steve is a past president of the Baltimore County Bar Association and served three terms on the Maryland State Bar Association’s Board of Governors. He chaired the Association’s Litigation Section and the Section on Delivery of Legal Services. He currently serves as Vice Chair of the Association’s Audit Committee.

Steve also was appointed as a member of the Court of Appeals of Maryland’s Standing Committee on Pro Bono Legal Service and Trustee of the Bar Associations’ Insurance Trust. He is a Fellow of the Maryland Bar Foundation and was the first elected President of the Pro Bono Resource Center of Maryland, Inc.

Accolades, Publications & Speaking Engagements

Steve has received numerous awards for his legal and pro bono work, including the Maryland Bar Foundation’s Award for Legal Excellence for the Advancement of Public Service Responsibility; its Award for Legal Excellence for the Advancement of Rights of the Disadvantaged; the Leadership in Law Award from The Daily Record; and the Benjamin L. Cardin Pro Bono Service Award from the University of Maryland School of Law. In February 2022, Steve was awarded the Baltimore County Bar Association’s J. Earle Plumhoff Professionalism Award, presented annually to an Association member in recognition of the member’s integrity, civility and contributions to the legal profession.

Steve has served as a Faculty member for Trial Advocacy training programs for the ABA/National Institute of Trial Advocacy, the Maryland Institute for the Continuing Professional Education of Lawyers (MICPEL), and the Maryland Attorney General’s Office. For 11 years, Steve was a Faculty member for the Maryland Court of Appeals-approved Professional Course for new admittees. He has presented seminars for the National Association of Attorneys General and the National Business Institute.

His publications include Referred Pain: Is the Tort System To Blame For Medical Malpractice Claims?, The Maryland Bar Journal, XXXVII, Number 4 (2004); Pro Bono Service: Opportunity For Personal And Professional Growth, The Maryland Bar Journal, XXXIV, Number 4 (2001).

Commitment to Community

After serving as a Board member at the state and national levels, Steve was elected National Board Chair of the American Lung Association, Inc., the oldest voluntary health agency in the United States. He later chaired the ALA’s Audit Committee.

At its annual meeting in Chicago in 2019, the American Lung Association awarded Steve its Will Ross Medal – the highest award given each year by the ALA to a volunteer who has made a significant contribution to the prevention and control of lung disease.

Steve was appointed by two Maryland Governors to serve as a Trustee of the Community College of Baltimore County and chaired the Board of Trustees between 2016 and 2019.

Steve has also served as a member of the Baltimore County Government’s Ethics Commission and was President of the Greater Towson Committee.