{"id":756,"date":"2021-02-02T01:29:37","date_gmt":"2021-02-02T01:29:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/pr\/?page_id=756"},"modified":"2025-05-01T10:56:20","modified_gmt":"2025-05-01T14:56:20","slug":"general-counsel","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/generalcounsel\/","title":{"rendered":"General Counsel"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Office of General Counsel (OGC) is the in-house law firm for the University of Maryland Eastern Shore.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Administrators, faculty, and staff members should consult with the OGC when legal issues arise during the course of University activities or business.&nbsp; At OGC, we help university clients fulfill their educational, research, and entrepreneurial missions in accord with the many legal and policy requirements applicable to public research universities.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This website is an educational resource for university clients, and is not intended to provide legal advice for any particular situation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Matthew A. Taylor, Esquire<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">General Counsel<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Office of the President<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">John T. Williams Hall, Suite 2102<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Princess Anne, MD  21853<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">410-651-7800<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Mataylor3@umes.edu<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-coblocks-shape-divider is-style-pointed has-header-secondary-bg-color-color mt-0 mb-0\" style=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-coblocks-shape-divider__svg-wrapper\" style=\"height:100px;\">\n\t\t\t\t<svg class=\"divider--pointed\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 1000 100\" preserveAspectRatio=\"none\"><path d=\"M737.9,94.7L0,0v100h1000V0L737.9,94.7z\"><\/path><\/svg>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-coblocks-shape-divider__alt-wrapper\" style=\"height:50px;\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Office of General Counsel (OGC) is the in-house law firm for the University of Maryland Eastern Shore. Administrators, faculty, and staff members should consult with the OGC when legal issues arise during the course of University activities or business.&nbsp; At OGC, we help university clients fulfill their educational, research, and entrepreneurial missions in accord&#8230;<span class=\"cpschool-read-more-link-holder\"><a class=\"btn btn-basic cpschool-read-more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/generalcounsel\/\">Read more <span class=\"sr-only\">General Counsel<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1318,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"{\"coblocks-shape-divider-926112238623\":{\"shapeHeight\":{\"height\":35}}}","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","footnotes":""},"folder":[],"class_list":["post-756","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/generalcounsel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/756","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/generalcounsel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/generalcounsel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/generalcounsel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/generalcounsel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=756"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/generalcounsel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/756\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/generalcounsel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1318"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/generalcounsel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=756"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"folder","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/generalcounsel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/folder?post=756"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}