About AJGA
History: The law firm of Ayres, Jenkins, Gordy & Almand, P.A. has been providing legal representation on the Eastern Shore of Maryland for over thirty years. During that time, the firm has grown to include
eight attorneys in two offices providing a wide variety of legal services including criminal and civil trial practice, family law, personal injury, real estate, business, and zoning.
The law firm was established on June 1, 1973 by Guy R. Ayres III, M. Dean Jenkins, and Harold B. “Chip” Gordy, Jr.
In 1977, James W. Almand left his position as Assistant Dean with the University of Maryland School of Law and joined the firm. In 1991, William E. Esham III joined the firm after completing his judicial clerkship for the Honorable William R. Buchanan, Sr. of the Circuit Court for Baltimore County, Maryland. That same year, Mark Spencer Cropper joined the firm at the conclusion of his clerkship with the Honorable Theodore E. Eschenburg and the Honorable Thomas C. Groton III, both of the Circuit Court for Worcester County, Maryland.
In 2001, Bruce F. Bright came to the firm after having practiced law in Annapolis and Washington, D.C. The most recent addition to the firm, Heather E. Stansbury, joined in 2005 at the conclusion of her clerkship with the Honorable Joseph F. Murphy, Jr., Chief Judge for the Maryland Court of Special Appeals.
The firm has two offices, one in Ocean City and the other in Ocean Pines. The Ocean Pines office, located at 11047 Racetrack Road, was opened in 1988. The firm’s Ocean City office is located at 6200 Coastal Highway (at the intersection of MD Route 90 and Coastal
Highway).
Representative Clients: Town of Ocean City, Maryland; Ocean Petroleum Co., Inc.; Ocean Pines Properties, Inc.; Time Sharing Council of Maryland, Inc.; Chicago Title Insurance Co., Inc.; O.C. Real Estate Management, Inc.; Mann Property Management; Golden Sands Club Condominium, Inc.; Tyler & Company, P.A.; Atlantic/Smith, Cropper & Deeley Insurance Company; Midway Shopping Center of Ocean City, Inc.; Liberty Federal Savings and Loan Association; Bay Shore Development Corp.; Ocean Amusements; Mercantile-Peninsula Bank; Montego Bay Civic Association; White Horse Park Community Association; Worcester County Board of Education; RE/MAX Premier Properties; Centex Holmes; Toll Bros., Inc.; The Cordish Company.
APPROVED ATTORNEYS FOR: Chicago Title Insurance Co.; Commonwealth Land Title Insurance Co.
References: Calvin B. Taylor Banking Co.; Mercantile - Peninsula Bank; Ocean City, Ocean Pines, Maryland; Liberty Federal Savings and Loan Association; Bank of America, Ocean City, Maryland.