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Emily J. Vaias is a Partner practicing land use, zoning, municipal and administrative law in Maryland and the District of Columbia. She represents local and national developers, builders of residential and commercial projects, retailers, business owners and individuals before administrative, legislative and judicial bodies. She has worked on mixed-use projects, senior housing campuses, retail shopping centers, office complexes, historic building renovations and single family housing developments. She has also advised local governments on code interpretations and applications. She has served on numerous community and professional boards including positions on the Legislative Committee of the Apartment and Office Building Association, Commercial Real Estate Women, the Delivery of Legal Services Section Council of the Maryland State Bar Association, and the National Capital Trolley Museum. She is an adjunct professor at the Johns Hopkins University School of Professional Studies in Business and Education and has co-authored several articles on land use and zoning issues. For over ten years, she has been actively involved in providing pro bono legal services through the Homeless Persons Representation Project and received the 2001 Maryland Pro Bono Service Award from the Pro Bono Resource Center of Maryland. Educational Background Juris Doctor, University of Maryland Law School, 1992 Articles Editor, Maryland Law Review Bachelor of Urban Planning, University of Cincinnati, College of Design, Architecture, Art and Planning, 1989 Summa Cum Laude Bar Memberships District of Columbia Maryland Pennsylvania Court Admissions U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania Professional Background Linowes and Blocher LLP, Partner, 2001-Present; Associate, 1993-2000 O'Malley & Miles, Associate, 1991-1993 Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, 1992, Internship Significant Projects Representative projects include: The Gallery and The Sterling condominium projects in North Bethesda, Maryland Town Center South, a mixed-use project in Charles County, Maryland Village at North College Park, a mixed-use project in Prince Georges County, Maryland Bethesda Theatre, an apartment and historic theater project in Montgomery County, Maryland Riderwood Village, a 1,600-unit senior housing project straddling the Montgomery and Prince George's County line Business and Professional Affiliations Commercial Real Estate Women, Suburban Maryland and Baltimore Chapters o National Delegate, 2001-2002 o President, 2000; Board Member 1995-2002, 2005 o Metro Area Task Force, 2006 Apartment and Office Building Association of Metropolitan Washington o Legislative Committee, 1994-Present Leadership Montgomery o Class of 1999 Maryland College of Art and Design, Legal Counsel, 1997-2003 Maryland-National Capital Building Industry Association o Member, 1993-Present Maryland State Bar Association o Member, Delivery of Legal Services Section Council, 2001-2004 o Co-Chair, Disaster Relief Committee, Young Lawyers' Section, 1998-2000 o Co-Chair, Membership Committee, 1996-1998 o 6th Circuit Representative, 1994-1996 National Capital Trolley Museum, Board Member, 2003 - Present Christmas in April, Montgomery County, Legal Counsel, 1994-2000 Homeless Persons Representation Project, Pro Bono Attorney, 1993- Present Montgomery County Chamber of Commerce o Career Day, 1999 o Adopt-A-School Program, 1994-1998 American Planning Association o Environmental Correspondent, Planning and Law Division Newsletter, 1994-1998 The BWI Partnership, Inc., Ad Hoc Committee on Clean Air, 1993-1996 Maryland Land Use Roundtable, 1993-Present Bar Association of Montgomery County, Golf/Tennis Outing Committee, 1994-1998 District of Columbia Bar Association Awards and Distinctions Maryland Pro Bono Service Award, Pro Bono Resource Center of Maryland, 2001 Edward F. Shea, Jr. Professionalism Award, Maryland Bar Foundation, 1999 Tribute to Women and Industry Award Recipient, 1997 Professional Lectures and Publications Adjunct Professor, "Real Estate Regulation," the Johns Hopkins University School of Professional Studies in Business and Education, 1996-Present Recognizing Vested Development Rights as Protected Property in Fifth Amendment Due Process and Taking Claims, 49 WASH. U.J. URB & CONTEMP. L. 27 (1996), Co-Authored with John J. Delaney Panelist, Maryland Legal Services Partnership Conference, 2000 A Survey of Selected Recent Cases Decided in Favor of the Property Owner/Challenger, ALI-ABA Land Use Institutes, 1993 - 1994 and 1996 - 1999, Co-Authored with John J. Delaney A Review of Selected Land Use Regulatory Decisions of State Courts During the Past Year, ALI-ABA Land Use Institutes, 1995, Co-Authored with John J. Delaney.
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