Gerald J. Gaeng

Partner, Chairmain of Litigation
Rosenberg Martin Greenberg LLP

When attorney Gerald J. Gaeng thinks back on his most significant professional accomplishment thus far, he remembers working on the case of a death-row inmate convicted of murder nearly 20 years ago. While the conviction had been affirmed, the death sentence was reversed on appeal and remanded for sentencing.

Gaeng successfully argued the state’s witness who identified his client as the shooter was not credible. The judge gave his client a life sentence. Years later, the man was freed for time served after DNA undermined the eyewitness evidence.

Today, Gaeng serves as partner and chair of the litigation group at Rosenberg Martin Greenberg LLP in Baltimore and is driven every day by the chance to serve clients and help them solve their problems.

“I enjoy learning about client businesses and I enjoy the community of attorneys that I work alongside and against,” he said.

He graduated from Towson University with a bachelor’s degree in philosophy and earned his law degree at Emory University. He decided to become a lawyer because “I thought it was a chance to make a difference in people’s lives,” he said.

“Based on my background in philosophy, I like to communicate,” he continued “I appreciate good communication and rational argument.” For more than 20 years, Gaeng has given his time back to his undergraduate alma mater by serving on all three of Towson’s institutional boards. He currently assists as the co-chair for the university’s year-long 150th anniversary celebration.

Gaeng also gives his time to a number of other organizations, including serving the Lawyers Campaign Against Hunger and the Maryland Chapter of the Federal Bar Association.

“I’ve been given great opportunities, a wonderful education and substantial mentoring,” he said. “And nothing is more satisfying to me than giving back some of that to the community and to our professional organizations.”