LIMITED
POWER OF ATTORNEY FOR
SECTION
16 REPORTING OBLIGATIONS
Know all
by these presents, that the undersigned hereby makes, constitutes and appoints
each of William B. Grant, Carissa L. Rodeheaver, and Tonya K. Sturm, each acting
individually, as the undersigned’s true and lawful attorney-in-fact, with full
power and authority as hereinafter described on behalf of and in the name, place
and stead of the undersigned to:
(1) prepare,
execute, acknowledge, deliver and file Forms 3, 4, and 5 (including any
amendments thereto) with respect to the securities of First United Corporation,
a Maryland corporation (the “Company”), with the United States Securities and
Exchange Commission, any national securities exchanges and the Company, as
considered necessary or advisable under Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934 and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, as amended
from time to time (the “Exchange Act”);
(2) seek
or obtain, as the undersigned’s representative and on the undersigned’s behalf,
information on transactions in the Company’s securities from any third party,
including brokers, employee benefit plan administrators and trustees, and the
undersigned hereby authorizes any such person to release any such information to
the undersigned and approves and ratifies any such release of
information;
(3) submit
a Form ID, and any amendments thereto, to the SEC to apply for filing codes that
will allow insider reports to be filed electronically through the EDGAR system,
if such codes have not been obtained previously; and
(4) perform
any and all other acts which in the discretion of such attorney-in-fact are
necessary or desirable for and on behalf of the undersigned in connection with
the foregoing.
The
undersigned acknowledges that:
(1) this
Power of Attorney authorizes, but does not require, each such attorney-in-fact
to act in their discretion on information provided to such attorney-in-fact
without independent verification of such information;
(2) any
documents prepared and/or executed by either such attorney-in-fact on behalf of
the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney will be in such form and will
contain such information and disclosure as such attorney-in-fact, in his or her
discretion, deems necessary or desirable;
(3) neither
the Company nor either of such attorneys-in-fact assumes (i) any liability for
the undersigned’s responsibility to comply with the requirement of the Exchange
Act, (ii) any liability of the undersigned for any failure to comply with such
requirements, or (iii) any obligation or liability of the undersigned for profit
disgorgement under Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act; and
(4) this
Power of Attorney does not relieve the undersigned from responsibility for
compliance with the undersigned’s obligations under the Exchange Act, including
without limitation the reporting requirements under Section 16 of the Exchange
Act.
The
undersigned hereby gives and grants each of the foregoing attorneys-in-fact full
power and authority to do and perform all and every act and thing whatsoever
requisite, necessary or appropriate to be done in and about the foregoing
matters as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could
do if present, hereby ratifying all that each such attorney-in-fact of, for and
on behalf of the undersigned, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of
this Limited Power of Attorney.
This
Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until revoked by the
undersigned in a signed writing delivered to each such
attorney-in-fact.
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be
executed as of this 23rd day of
June, 2010.
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/s/ I. Robert Rudy
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Signature
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I. Robert Rudy
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STATE
OF MARYLAND
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COUNTY
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On this
23rd
day of June, 2010, I. Robert Rudy personally appeared before me, and
acknowledged that s/he executed the foregoing instrument for the purposes
therein contained.
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and official seal.
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/s/ Michelle L. Bach
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Notary
Public
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My
Commission Expires: March 9,
2012
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