Current Employment Position(s)

Associate

Lawyer Overview

Ms. Kafetz handles a variety of litigation matters, including the defense and prosecution of commercial real estate lawsuits, commercial and residential landlord and tenant matters, employment matters, contract disputes, commercial and residential collection matters, personal injury lawsuits, and general civil litigation.  Ms. Kafetz also advises clients, particularly employers, on employment law matters and employment-related contracts.  Ms. Kafetz is admitted to practice in the state and federal courts of Maryland and the District of Columbia.

Ms. Kafetz joined Bregman, Berbert, Schwartz & Gilday, LLC in 1998. Prior to that, she served as a law clerk to The Honorable Louise G. Scrivener in The Circuit Court for Montgomery County, Maryland (1997-1998).

Ms. Kafetz obtained her Juris Doctor from the University of Maryland School of Law in 1997, where she graduated With Honors. During her tenure at the University of Maryland School of Law, Ms. Kafetz served as Associate Editor of The Business Lawyer Journal, a joint publication of the University of Maryland and the American Bar Association (1996-1997). Ms. Kafetz was the recipient of The Public Service Award (1997) for her work in the Persons with Disabilities Clinic at the University of Maryland School of Law. Ms. Kafetz also served as an intern to the Honorable Marvin J. Garbis in the United States District Court for the District of Maryland (1995).

Ms. Kafetz obtained her Bachelor of Arts from the University of Maryland at College Park in 1994. During college, Ms. Kafetz was a member of the national championship Mock Trial Team, and The Presidential Advisory Board. Ms. Kafetz was also a member of Omicron Delta Kappa National Honor Society.

West Practice Categories

Collections, Garnishment, Contracts, Litigation & Appeals, Complex Litigation, Multidistrict Litigation, State Trial Practice, Personal Injury -- Plaintiff, Assault & Battery -- Plaintiff, Defamation & Privacy -- Plaintiff, Motor Vehicle Accidents -- Plaintiff, Premises Liability -- Plaintiff, Property Damage -- Plaintiff, Wrongful Death -- Plaintiff, Real Estate Law, Commercial Real Estate, Landlord/Tenant, Residential Real Estate

Bar Admissions

• Maryland, 1997
• District of Columbia, 1999
• U.S. District Court District of Maryland, 1998
• U.S. District Court of the District of Columbia, 2002

Past Employment Positions

• Circuit Court for Montgomery County, Maryland, Hon. Louise G. Scrivener, Law Clerk, 1997 - 1998

Education

• University of Maryland School of Law, Baltimore, Maryland, 1997
  J.D.
  
  Law Journal: The Business Lawyer Journal, Associate Editor, 1996 - 1997
• University of Maryland, College Park, MD, 1994
  B.A.
  Major: Criminal Justice

Address

Suite 800 West
7315 Wisconsin Avenue
Bethesda, MD 20814-3206

Phones

(301) 656-2707

Faxes

(301) 961-6525

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