Law firm partner accused of sex offense

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A Baltimore lawyer has been charged with second-degree assault and a fourth-degree sex offense for allegedly inappropriately touching a member of the catering staff at his law firm’s holiday party.

Isaac M. Neuberger “categorically denies the charges,” his attorney said Tuesday.

“There was no assault,” said Neuberger’s attorney, Joshua R. Treem. “There were no offenses committed.”

A hearing on the misdemeanor charges is scheduled for Jan. 24 in Maryland District Court on Patapsco Avenue in Baltimore, according to court records.

The incident allegedly took place Dec. 12 at the Baltimore office of Neuberger, Quinn, Gielen, Rubin & Gibber P.A.

The accuser, a 25-year-old male, declined to comment when contacted Tuesday afternoon. He filed a handwritten statement of charges in District Court in the hours after the incident.

According to the statement of charges, Neuberger, 66, followed the young man into an office bathroom and started talking to him while both were at urinals. As they finished, Neuberger put his right hand on the victim’s left shoulder and pushed the alleged victim so they were facing each other, according to the alleged victim’s statement.

They continued to make conversation, with Neuberger allegedly telling the young man about “exercises to keep my abdomen in shape,” then touching him inappropriately, the statement said.

The two men then left the bathroom, according to the statement of charges. The alleged victim told his employer what happened and his employer told him who Neuberger was, according to the statement.

Neuberger has been practicing law in Maryland for almost 45 years. His practice focuses on business transactions and he is an advisor to senior management and boards of directors for a number of companies, according to his profile on Neuberger Quinn’s website.

Treem, his attorney, is a partner at Brown Goldstein Levy LLP in Baltimore.

The assault charge carries a potential penalty of up to 10 years in prison, a $2,500 fine or both, according to the charging document in the case. That penalty would correspond to misdemeanor second-degree assault under the statute cited, Criminal Law Art. 3-203. The fourth-degree sex offense under Criminal Law 3-308(b)(1) is also a misdemeanor, punishable by up to one year in prison, a fine of $1,000 or both.

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