Lisa Lawler Graditor

Lisa has 25 years of professional legal experience in a broad variety of practice areas including real estate, business transactions, and estate planning.

She represents residential and commercial real estate developers and builders, non-profit charter schools, and financial institutions in all aspects of real estate development, including annexation and rezoning of real property, obtaining site plan and subdivision approvals, contract and leasing negotiations, drafting text amendment legislation, and preparing common driveway and utility easements. Lisa represents clients in zoning enforcement actions and negotiates memorandums of understanding with local governmental authorities.

In her trusts and estates practice, Lisa works closely with clients to prepare wills, trust agreements, powers of attorney and advance medical directives. She ensures that her clients’ personal objectives and priorities are met, while comprehensively and effectively addressing tax and business succession considerations.  Lisa represents personal representatives in the administration of estates, preparing inventories, accountings, and assisting with the conveyance of real estate and personal property.  She also represents trustees in the administration, management and distribution of assets held in trust.  In 2023, Lisa began serving on Frederick Health Hospital’s Planned Gifts Committee.

A native of Thurmont, Maryland, Lisa received her B.A. from Goucher College in 1997, Phi Beta Kappa, with honors, and was awarded the Eleanor Voss Fellowship for Legal Studies. Lisa went on to obtain her J.D. from the University of California, Hastings College of Law in 2000.  Lisa is admitted to the State Bars of Maryland and California, and is a member of the American Bar Association, the Maryland State Bar Association and the Bar Association of Frederick County.

Lisa has been active in the Frederick County Building Industry Association for many years.  She currently serves as President of the Land Use Council, and has also served as FCBIA Board counsel, and Legislative Committee member.  In May 2024, Lisa was appointed by County Executive Fitzwater to serve on the Livable Frederick Investing in Workers and Workplaces Advisory Group.

Direct: 240.503.1452
lgraditor@mdglawfirm.com