Stacie E. Tobin
Partner
Stacie has wide-ranging experience handling breach of contract and business tort claims, particularly those impacting hotel companies, commercial real estate developments and tenancies, housing providers, educational institutions, and technology companies. She has extensive experience representing clients in litigation class actions as well as individual claims and has managed large litigation portfolios for corporate clients. She also manages controversies involving trade secret restrictions, employee restrictive covenants, and limited liability company agreements. Stacie’s product liability experience encompasses design and manufacturing defects, as well as breach of warranty, fraud, and consumer protection claims.
From 2019 to February 2023, Stacie was partner-in-charge of Venable’s Baltimore office. Stacie has also led Venable’s Electronic Discovery Task Force and served on several Venable committees related to attorney recruitment, promotion, and compensation. She has also served as the Maryland lead for WAVe (Women Attorneys at Venable).
Related Practices
Experience
Experience
Representative Matters
Commercial Litigation
- Led the long-term management of a hotel company’s national litigation portfolio
- Obtained a preliminary injunction for a plaintiff in a federal housing discrimination case
- Obtained a post-discovery dismissal of a purported class action alleging fraud and related claims
- Obtained an arbitration award in favor of a major hotel company in a breach of contract and fraud action
- Obtained a summary judgment for a university in an educational breach of contract case
- Obtained a defense verdict for a client sued for defamation and intentional infliction of emotional distress
- Obtained preliminary and permanent injunctions to protect a client’s trademarks against infringement in Maryland
- Obtained a summary judgment in Virginia on breach of contract and fraud claims brought by a retailer against a product manufacturer, and on the manufacturer’s counterclaims against the retailer, resulting in a multi-million-dollar verdict in favor of the original defendant
- Defended developers and employers against claims for brokerage commissions by realtors in Maryland, North Carolina, and Delaware courts
- Represented developers in equitable actions brought in the Court of Chancery in Delaware by a non-U.S. investor in a project in Nevada
- Obtained an order of dismissal in favor of a developer who was sued in New York state court for aiding and abetting breach of fiduciary duty
- Obtained a favorable judgment from a Virginia court for a financial services client sued over services provided under the Fair Credit Reporting Act
- Obtained a summary judgment in favor of the plaintiff on all claims and counterclaims in an action brought under the Federal Communications Act
Product Liability Litigation
- Obtained dismissal for a biosimilar manufacturer in a California trade secrets action
- Obtained a defense jury verdict for a heavy equipment manufacturer in a design defect case in a federal district court in Texas
- Obtained a summary judgment for a personal watercraft manufacturer in a personal injury case brought in Maryland
- Represented a pharmaceutical manufacturer in large-scale, nationwide mediations related to the use of diet drugs
- Obtained a summary judgment for a cigarette manufacturer in numerous smoking and health cases in California
- Played a significant leadership role in one manufacturer’s effort to assess long-term, future litigation risks associated with its products and environmental concerns
Appellate Litigation
- Presented an oral argument in the federal circuit court of appeals resulting in the affirmance of summary judgment on behalf of a commercial real estate company with respect to employment and employee mobility claims
- Presented an oral argument in the federal circuit court of appeals affirming a trial judgment in favor of employees against an employer in employee mobility and trade secrets claims
- Presented an oral argument in the federal circuit court of appeals resulting in the affirmance of a trial verdict on behalf of a national grocery distributor against a commercial real estate broker
- Drafted a briefing in federal circuit court resulting in the partial affirmance of a trial judgment in favor of the defendant in a securities enforcement action
- Drafted a briefing in state appellate court resulting in the affirmance of a summary judgment in favor of a university employer in wrongful termination and discrimination claims
- Drafted a briefing in state appellate court resulting in the affirmance of a trial verdict on behalf of the defendant in a defamation case
- Drafted a briefing in a state appellate court on behalf of a property owner and manager resulting in the affirmance of a summary judgment on a minority investor’s claim demanding sale of assets
- Drafted a briefing in a state appellate court on behalf of a grocery retailer resulting in the affirmance of a summary judgment on claims by a former employee for summary judgment
- Drafted a briefing in state and federal courts and on petition for certiorari in the U.S. Supreme Court on behalf of a death row inmate, ultimately resulting in vacating of the conviction that supported the death sentence
Insights
Insights
Credentials
Credentials
Education
- J.D. with honors University of Maryland School of Law 1992
- B.A. Mount Holyoke College 1989
Bar Admissions
- Maryland
- Florida
Court Admissions
- U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland
- U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
- U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
- U.S. Supreme Court
Clerk Experience
- The Honorable John F. McAuliffe Supreme Court of Maryland (formerly the Court of Appeals of Maryland)
- The Honorable Deborah K. Chasanow U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland
Professional Memberships and Activities
- Member, Board and Executive Committee, Economic Alliance of Greater Baltimore, 2020 – 2022
- Graduate, Greater Baltimore Committee (GBC) LEADERship Program, 2016
- Board member, LEADERship Program, 2020 – present
- Member, Board of Visitors, University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law, 2021 – present
- Board member, The Maryland Zoo, 2025 − present
Recognition
Recognition
- Chambers USA, Litigation: General Commercial, Maryland, 2021 – 2025
- Profiles in Diversity Journal, Women Worth Watching in Leadership, 2021
- The Daily Record
- Maryland’s Top 100 Women, 2019
- Power 30 List, 2021
- Leadership in Law, 2021
- The Best Lawyers in America, 2013 – 2025
- The Best Lawyers Business Edition, Women in Law, Commercial Litigation, 2017 – 2019
- Girl Scouts of Central Maryland, Distinguished Women’s Award, 2018
Community
Community
Pro Bono
- Successful representation of refugee seeking political asylum
- Long-term representation of Special Olympics Maryland
- Past successful representation of a Virginia death row inmate
Volunteerism
- Past board member, Greater Baltimore Cultural Alliance
- Past campaign cabinet member, United Way of Central Maryland
- Past president, Board of Directors, Special Olympics Maryland, Inc.
- Past president and member, Board of Directors, Live Baltimore