DEVELOPMENT OF THE BALTIMORE LEAD PAINT DEFENSE : Charles Jerome Ware, LLC, A National Law Firm

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Premier defense attorney Charles Jerome Ware is Maryland-based, nationally-recognized and respected, and ranked by his many satisfied landlord clients as well as his legal peers as one of the top lead paint and lead poisoning defense attorneys in the United States.  For an initial courtesy consultation, contact defense attorney Charles Ware and his colleagues at (410) 720-6129. They can help you.

Development of the lead paint defense begins when the landowner or landlord purchases the pre-1978 built rental property. Good maintenance of the rental property, adequate notice to the tenants, and good record-keeping/documentation are paramount to successful avoidance of, and prevailing in, lead paint claims and lawsuits.

At a minimum, the following are documents that the landlord should maintain for each tenant and each rental property, among others :

      1. Tenant file or folder;
      2.  Records of tenant and government complaints;
      3.  Property repair records;
      4.  Maintenance records (including painting and sheetrocking);
       5. Names of companies and vendors (workers, etc.);
       6. Names of any entities retained to insure compliance with federal, state, or local law;
        7. Names of persons responsible for repair and maintenance of the rental units; and
        8. Lead abatement records.