Albert L. Stancil is a staff attorney with the Gibson-Banks Center for Race and the Law, where he supports the Center’s Heirs’ Property Home Preservation Project. In this role, Stancil conducts legal and policy research, develops public education materials, coordinates with community and legal-services partners, and advances strategies to help Baltimore City families preserve their homes and intergenerational wealth.
Before joining the Center, Stancil provided civil legal services to survivors of violence at The ROAR Center at the University of Maryland, Baltimore. As part of a medical-legal partnership with the R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center, he assisted clients with protective and peace orders, housing matters, victims’ rights, and other legal needs arising from violent victimization. Stancil previously practiced housing and consumer law at Maryland Legal Aid, where he represented tenants facing eviction and other threats to housing stability.
Stancil received his Bachelor of Arts in history from Fisk University and his Juris Doctor from St. John’s University School of Law. He is admitted to practice law in Maryland and the District of Columbia.