Edward M. Hanson, Jr. is a principal in the law firm of Shulman, Rogers, Gandal, Pordy & Ecker, P.A.  His area of legal practice concentrates on sales and acquisitions of real property, commercial leasing, commercial real estate secured lending, and other complex commercial real estate transactions.  In recent years, a considerable portion of his practice has been focused on the leasing, acquisition and disposition of office/retail assets on behalf of a national pension fund advisor and its clients.

Mr. Hanson joined Shulman Rogers in 1978 after spending a year clerking with Judge Philip M. Fairbands of the Circuit Court for Montgomery County, Maryland.  He received his undergraduate degree from Duke University where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa.  He subsequently received both his law degree and a Masters of Public Policy Sciences from Duke University.

Mr. Hanson devotes a substantial amount of his time to civic and charitable activities in the community.  He is a current member of the Citizens Advisory Committee of the Comprehensive Cancer Center of Duke Hospital.  He recently stepped down as president of the Montgomery Parks Foundation and continues to serve on its Board of Trustees.  He is a past-president of the Duke University National Alumni Association and a past member of the Board of Trustees of the University.  He was a graduate of Leadership Montgomery and a past-member of its Board of Directors.  Mr. Hanson has also served as General Counsel to the Montgomery County Students Construction Trades Foundation and as a speaker for MICPEL and for the Georgetown University Law Center Continuing Legal Education Division program on Commercial Lease Negotiations.