
Rita J. Piel
Partner
2002 Clipper Park Road, Suite 108Baltimore, Maryland 21211
Rita Piel is a member of the firm’s Business and Commercial Transactions and Sports Law, Franchise, Facilities, Media Rights and Gaming practice groups.
Ms. Piel is a corporate transactional attorney in the areas of mergers, acquisitions, recapitalization, business formation, contract drafting and negotiation, stockholder and member agreements, financing and investment documents, and real estate matters. Ms. Piel handles intellectual property matters, including trademarks, copyrights and protection of technology. She also has extensive experience in reviewing, drafting and negotiating e-commerce, IT and web-related contracts, such as software development and licensing, SaaS, mobile app development and maintenance, e-commerce aggregation, social media analytics and integration, and commercial and vendor agreements.
Ms. Piel also has experience working with federal, state and local government contractors on transactional and litigation issues, including drafting, reviewing and advising on proposals; drafting and negotiating subcontractor, teaming and licensing agreements; and handling bid protests at the U.S. Government Accountability Office and the U.S. Court of Federal Claims.
Ms. Piel has experience with labor and employment matters, including employment agreements, employee relations, resolution of Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) complaints, employment handbooks, and employer policies and procedures.
PLEASE BE AWARE THAT EACH CASE IS DIFFERENT AND THE PAST RECORD IS NO ASSURANCE OF FAVORABLE RESULTS IN ANY FUTURE CASE.
Ms. Piel received her Juris Doctor from the University of Maryland School of Law, cum laude where she served as an Associate Editor for the Maryland Law Review and received her bachelor’s degree with honors from Duke University.