Stephanie K. Baron

Miles & Stockbridge represented a building services client in its acquisition of a New England-based environmental systems company, expanding the client's energy and sustainability platform. The deal closed within 45 days of first sending transaction documents, addressed environmental issues at an adjacent property and used a “bolt-on” representations-and-warranties insurance product tailored to private-equity roll-up platforms.

Miles & Stockbridge represented a data center cooling solutions manufacturer in its sale to a full-service HVAC provider. The transaction — which closed in just nine weeks from letter of intent — required broad cross-disciplinary expertise including tax, real estate, antitrust, employee benefits, employment and intellectual property. The buyer was represented by counsel from a major national firm.

Represented a manufacturing company in the U.S. District of Maryland against a contractor who asserted breach of contract claims and race discrimination. The manufacturing company prevailed on summary judgment, a decision was upheld by the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. 

Represented a cybersecurity and IT services provider serving credit unions and nonprofits in its acquisition by an IT services platform managed by a private equity firm for consideration of up to $30 million. The transaction included cash, rollover equity, an earnout and employment agreements, with workstreams covering corporate, tax, benefits (including a phantom equity plan), labor and employment and privacy/CUSO matters.

Miles & Stockbridge defended a video game company against an ERISA lawsuit brought by a former employee who alleged the company violated a severance agreement by terminating her subsidized health insurance coverage. The defense secured a full dismissal on a motion to dismiss, with the federal court finding the complaint lacked facts alleging any prohibited conduct and no evidence that the company intentionally interfered with the plaintiff's insurance coverage.

Miles & Stockbridge serves as a third-party investigator at a private university, assisting with investigating multiple student, faculty and staff complaints. The firm has performed investigations on a diverse array of issues, including, religious, national origin and gender discrimination, sexual harassment, hostile work environment and retaliation. The team interviews witnesses, drafts reports, develops recommendations and works closely with university leaders. 

Miles & Stockbridge represented a Baltimore-based manufacturer accused of breach of contract and discrimination in a federal lawsuit brought by a former vendor. The firm obtained summary judgment for all claims, most of which were upheld on appeal to the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. The firm also has provided day-to-day employment law counseling and advice and successfully defended the manufacturer in EEOC charges filed by employees, including a charge of disability discrimination in which the firm obtained a very favorable early settlement for the client.

Miles & Stockbridge provides routine counseling and advice on a variety of employment matters for an interactive entertainment company. The firm’s work includes responding to employee concerns, counselling on ADA/FMLA issues and drafting and revising policies and procedures for employees located across the U.S. The firm also advised and assisted with employee investigations and, when necessary, responding to EEOC charges. Most recently, the firm represented the company in ERISA litigation filed by a former employee.

The firm has assisted a Maryland-based cannabis company on multiple employment law matters, including policy development, training and employee relations and labor issues. The firm also has represented the company in its acquisition of two dispensaries, certain financing matters, various real estate leasing matters and litigation.

Miles & Stockbridge provides employment law advice on an ongoing basis on an array of matters of importance to numerous colleges and universities, working closely with the General Counsel and other senior leaders. We advise them in employment law, faculty matters, sensitive employment issues, student issues, internal investigations, and numerous other areas. 

We serve as outside general counsel to several independent schools. We provide ongoing legal advice to the schools on employment law, faculty issues and faculty contracts, student conduct issues, enrollment agreements and other contract matters, school policies, and numerous other areas.

Miles & Stockbridge served as lead defense counsel in a nationwide FLSA class action claim directed at staffing agencies providing engineers for nuclear power plants. We developed a multi-prong strategy focused on dismissing the parent corporation and a significant reduction of Plaintiffs’ claims for damages. We were able to craft a confidential nationwide settlement. 

In early 2020, our client engaged in significant restructuring of its operations that included sales of several operating units. It was critical for the company to maintain compliance and preserve value in the company during this time. We assisted the companies with retention agreements for key employees to retain their services to preserve value for a buyer, as well as overseeing reductions in force and severance programs as a result of shrinking support operations as schools were sold. 

Miles & Stockbridge represents a large medical system on a variety of labor and employment litigation matters. In this work, we successfully defended one of its hospitals in a case of first impression in Maryland in which the plaintiff claimed she was denied interpreter services, in violation of the ADA, the Rehabilitation Act and the Affordable Care Act, as a companion of a patient. We also successfully defended the medical system in a federal lawsuit in which a plaintiff alleged intersectional claim of discrimination based on race and gender under Title VII and state discrimination law. 

Miles & Stockbridge conducts extensive training for management and employees on topics of harassment, FMLA, internal investigations and employment law for managers. 

Represented an international supplier of farm equipment against a former employee accused of misappropriating trade secrets and other confidential information in violation of federal and state law, and for violations of the federal Computer Fraud and Abuse Act.