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William Kolodner received his Juris Doctor at the University of Maryland School of Law in 1961. While in law school, he was selected Associate Editor of the Maryland Law Review; inducted into the Order of the Coif Honorary Society, and conferred the Lawyer Title Award in Property and the American Jurisprudence Award in Civil Procedure. After graduating second in his class from law school, Mr. Kolodner worked for his brother, Fred Kolodner, as an associate attorney. In 1977, after more than a decade of litigation experience, he started his own firm known today as WGK Personal Injury Lawyers.. Since 1961, Mr. Kolodner has advocated for injured victims. He believes every client deserves personalized, zealous, and compassionate representation. Mr. Kolodner has ingrained this philosophy of client service and excellence throughout the firm. He has assembled highly qualified and experienced attorneys, paralegals, and legal assistants to assist clients in automobile accidents, medical malpractice, workers’ compensation, and personal bankruptcy matters. To further his commitment and responsibility to injured victims, Mr. Kolodner served as Chairman of the Citizens’ Rights Committee to protect citizens against the passage of No Fault Insurance legislation.. WGK Personal Injury Lawyers has three generations of attorneys on your side. As founding member of WGK Personal Injury Lawyers, Mr. Kolodner insists that all clients receive the attention and diligence that would be devoted to a member of his family. He is especially proud of the accomplishments of his daughter, Attorney Jill Kolodner, who serves as the Managing Attorney of the firm, and his grandson, Attorney Hunter Duke.

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Thomas C. Summers oversees all of the firm’s medical malpractice matters. In his impressive and well-rounded record of success, Mr. Summers has obtained many multi-million dollar verdicts and settlements in medical malpractice cases.. Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Summers was the head of the medical malpractice group at the prestigious Law Offices of Peter Angelos, for over 25 years.. Mr. Summers is AV® Preeminent™ rated by Martindale-Hubbell. He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree from Dickinson College and received his Juris Doctor degree from the University of Baltimore, School of Law.

Thomas C Newbrough Jr is an attorney at the Maryland law firm of  Cohen, Snyder, Eisenberg & Katzenberg, P.A. He specializes in personal injury, social security disability, workers compensation, criminal law, and traffic violations.

Thomas Bernier is chair of the Nanotechnology Practice Group — a subgroup of the Toxic Torts and Environmental Practice Group. He has more than three decades of experience successfully defending complex and high-profile civil and criminal cases in the state and federal courts throughout Maryland and Washington, D.C., and in other parts of the country.. He focuses his civil practice on the defense of toxic tort actions against companies in a wide range of industries, with particular concentration on claims alleging exposure to Legionella, asbestos, lead paint, carbon monoxide, and mold. Tom also has extensive experience defending personal injury, premises liability, and product liability. He is a frequent author and presenter on personal injury defense and other topics in his areas of concentration, with two seminars he developed being honored by the Maryland Institute for Continuing Professional Education of Lawyers (MICPEL) as “Best of MICPEL” seminars.. Further demonstrating his trial prowess and litigation capabilities, Tom has litigated hundreds of serious criminal cases over the past 30-plus years, including two capital cases. He is the author of Defending Allegations of Sexual Child Abuse in Maryland, an original treatise published in 2004 that highlights a subspecialty of his criminal practice and is used by the District Court of Maryland in the training of District Court Commissioners. Tom has been asked to testify before the House and Senate Judiciary Committees of the Maryland General Assembly on matters of criminal law and evidence, and he has counseled the writing staff of NBC’s Law and Order: Special Victims Unit on the perspective of a defense attorney in a sex crimes case and on technical accuracy of potential script ideas.. Highlights of his practice include:Served as a member of defense trial team that secured a directed verdict predicated on the plaintiff’s assumption of risk for a manufacturer of sealing products in a wrongful death asbestos-related case. This significant victory followed nine days of trial in the Circuit Court of Maryland for Baltimore City.Obtained summary judgment in the Superior Court for the District of Columbia on behalf of a building owner who faced a lawsuit brought by a plaintiff claiming millions of dollars in personal injury damages as a result of contracting Legionnaire’s disease. The victory centered on the successful exclusion of the plaintiff’s expert witness, and the District of Columbia Court of Appeals affirmed the Superior Court’s decision.Obtained a defense verdict after more than two years of litigation — culminating in an 11-day jury trial — in a case involving medical, scientific, and real estate issues relating to environmental contamination. Damages sought were more than $3 million.Successfully argued for compulsory nonsuit, following two weeks of trial, in favor of a manufacturer of asbestos-containing gaskets in a product liability wrongful death lawsuit alleging asbestos-induced mesothelioma, tried in the Court of Common Pleas for Philadelphia County.Working pro bono on the ABA “Death Penalty Project," obtained life-without-parole verdict in death penalty resentencing jury trial in Miller County, Arkansas as part of a three-lawyer defense team.Obtained a defense verdict in favor of manufacturer of maritime diesel engines in a product liability case alleging asbestos-induced lung cancer, tried in the Court of Common Pleas in Philadelphia County.Obtained defense verdict in favor of a manufacturer of asbestos-containing gaskets in a products liability case alleging asbestos-induced mesothelioma, tried in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio.Obtained mistrial, following hung jury, on behalf of a boiler manufacturer in a product liability case alleging asbestos-induced mesothelioma, tried in the Superior Court of the State of Delaware.Successfully argued for the reversal of a $1.3 million verdict against a manufacturer of asbestos-containing gaskets before the Court of Special Appeals of Maryland.Obtained mistrial, following hung jury, on behalf of a client charged with federal conspiracy to harbor unlawful aliens and money laundering, tried in the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland; the client was the only defendant not convicted following trial.Co-tried the successful defense of a death penalty case.

The Law Firm of Andy Jaskulsky is a Maryland based criminal defense firm. Mrs. Jaskulsky, a former prosecutor, has been representing clients charged in various criminal matters since 2006. Mrs. Jaskulsky is committed to providing her clients the strongest defense possible. Her goal is to protect clients’ constitutional rights and freedom. She accomplishes this by maintaining a strong commitment to communication with each client so as to leave no stone unturned in the investigation and preparation of each case.

Tara K. Clarke focuses on estate administration, wills and commercial litigation. Ms. Clarke returned home to Maryland to practice law after graduating in the inaugural class of Drexel University College of Law and serving a judicial clerkship with the Honorable Mark I. Bernstein, Court of Common Pleas in the First Judicial District of Philadelphia’s Commerce Court. Prior to attending law school, Ms. Clarke was a research biologist with the Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute at the National Naval Medical Center and is published in the International Journal of Radiation Biology. She also presented and published in the proceedings of NATO Human Factors and Medicine Panel Research Task Group Meeting 2005.. Professional Memberships • American Bar Association      Section on Real Probate and Trust Law • Baltimore City Bar Association • Maryland State Bar Association      Section on Estates and Trusts      Section on Animal Law      Young Lawyers Section. Community Service • 11th Street Family Health Services      Prepared wills, power of attorney and      advanced medical directive documents      for low-income families • Maryland Volunteer Lawyers Service      Pro bono cases in the area of wills, estates,      trusts, and guardianships. Hobbies include playing tennis, squash and volleyball, traveling, reading, and spending time with family and friends.

Tamara has worked extensively in trucking and transportation law, including defense of liability and insurance coverage actions for motor carriers, brokers, freight forwarders, and their insurers and the litigation of freight charge and freight loss and damage claims. Her retail practice includes cases involving slip and falls, general premises liability, falling merchandise, third party criminal conduct claims, negligent security, defective products, false arrest and detention, malicious prosecution, food contamination, defamation, invasion of privacy, assault and battery and other intentional torts, as well as claims involving the negligent hiring, retention and supervision of retail employees.. Tamara’s labor and employment practice includes representation of employers in various aspects of labor and employment law including the defense of a wide variety of labor and employment-related litigation, such as employment discrimination claims under Title VII and the Americans with Disabilities Act, both at the EEOC level and in state and federal courts. She also assists employers in drafting effective employment policies, such as employee handbooks, and in training employees to avoid potential litigation.

Stuart H. Arnovits is an attorney at the Maryland law firm of Cohen, Snyder, Eisenberg & Katzenberg, P.A. He specializes in personal injury, workers compensation, criminal defense, and litigation.

SInce January of 2019, Ms. Simmons has been a Partner at Silverman Thompson, where she represents personal injury victims. Prior to working at Silverman Thompson, Ms. Simmons was a Partner at the Law Offices of Frank F. Daily, where she exclusively practiced insurance defense in the areas of general civil litigation, personal injury, premises liability, products liability, and construction defect.. Prior to joining the Law Offices of Frank F. Daily in 2005, Ms. Simmons spent over eight years as an in-house trial attorney for Nationwide Insurance Company. Prior to joining Nationwide, Ms. Simmons spent two years at a civil defense firm focusing on appellate practice, toxic torts, workers compensation, and insurance coverage defense.. Throughout her career, Ms. Simmons has handled countless jury and non-jury trials throughout most of the jurisdictions in Maryland and in the District of Columbia. She has also handled administrative hearings at the Maryland Insurance Administration, binding arbitration proceedings and appellate briefing and argument before the Court of Special Appeals of Maryland. In addition to her extensive trial experience, Ms. Simmons has also taught and lectured in the areas of trial advocacy, civil litigation and claims handling, including serving as an Adjunct Professor for the University of Maryland School of Law, teaching First Year Legal Analysis & Writing, in 2005.

Scott McDowell focuses his practice on defending companies in complex, high-exposure toxic tort actions. He has extensive experience in litigation, including taking the lead on depositions involving claims of mesothelioma. Scott also has experience handling complex commercial litigation. He writes about asbestos litigation for Goldberg Segalla's award-winning Asbestos Case Tracker, which was recently named to the ABA Journal's prestigious Blawg 100 and named the Best Litigation Blog for the last three years by the Expert Institute in its annual legal blog contest.. Scott has also represented numerous financial institutions in contested foreclosure and title matters throughout the state of Maryland. Notably, he successfully defended against motions brought by title insurers against financial institutions in complaints for declaratory relief.

Rima Kikani is a 2014 graduate of the University of Baltimore School of Law and a 2011 graduate of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. Prior to law school, she worked as an IRTA Fellow with the National Institutes of Health researching the genetic pathways of retinal degeneration.. While in law school, Ms. Kikani competed for two years on the William McGee National Civil Rights Moot Court Competition Team and placed 2nd Runner Up on brief nationally. She also served as the President of the Moot Court Board and as a teaching assistant for two trial advocacy courses. She worked for the Maryland Court of Special Appeals, the Office of the Attorney General, and the Office of the State’s Attorney for Baltimore City, as well.. After graduating from law school, Ms. Kikani completed a judicial clerkship for the Honorable Shannon E. Avery at the Circuit Court for Baltimore City. Prior to joining RSRM, she worked for a plaintiffs’ litigation firm on medical malpractice, wrongful death, premises liability, and civil rights matters.. Ms. Kikani is also an Adjunct Professor at the University of Baltimore School of Law.

Representing creditors and debtors in Chapter 7 Bankruptcy Liquidation, Chapter 11 Bankruptcy, Chapter 13 Reorganization, and commercial law generally.

Phillip Chalker graduated from the University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law. After law school, Mr. Chalker worked for the Social Security Administration (SSA), where he drafted hundreds of decisions related to disability benefits and mentored new attorneys. He left the SSA to participate in the Law Entrepreneurs for Access Program, a program designed to encourage the growth of small law firms and provide legal assistance to under-served communities. Since then, Phillip Chalker has become a Professor at the University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law, a board member at both the Baltimore Jewish Counsel (BJC) and Interfaith Partners for the Chesapeake, and a vice-chair of the BJC’s leadership development program. Prior to law school, Mr. Chalker advocated on behalf of the American Association for the Advancement of Science at both the State and Federal level.. In law school, he volunteered to improve access to justice for criminal indigents. Additionally, he interned at various influential firms and a federal administrative agency. He also earned an Environmental Law Certificate and founded the law school's Environmental Law Newsletter. He has been published numerous times and has a Master's in Public Policy from the University of Maryland.

Paul Mark Sandler is a trial lawyer who has developed a national reputation for successfully representing notable clients in trial and appellate courts. A partner in the firm of Shapiro Sher Guinot & Sandler, he is known for his thorough representation of clients, as evidenced by his remarkable courtroom victories. Paul Mark Sandler also achieves successful out-of-court resolution of disputes and has extensive experience in mediation, arbitration, and mini-trials. He works closely with clients to achieve results in a cost-efficient manner using state-of-the-art courtroom technology.. His trial practice ranges from representation of defendants in criminal cases to plaintiffs in civil lawsuits, including personal injury lawsuits, as well as unusual constitutional law cases. Mr. Sandler has also successfully defended major corporations in cases involving allegations of antitrust violations, wrongful discharge, race and sex discrimination, breach of contract, trademark infringement, and other matters.. The 2013 edition of Chambers USA, a leading guide to the legal industry, reports that "Paul Sandler is often sought for his substantial experience in trial and appellate court, and he also maintains a fine track record in mediation and arbitration." The guide quotes one source as saying, "Mr. Sandler is a truly gifted trial lawyer with deep experience in all areas of civil litigation and criminal defense work. His understanding of all aspects of courtroom presentation is extraordinary.". Mr. Sandler, recently featured on the cover of Maryland Super Lawyers magazine, is credited with setting a precedent for punitive damage awards in the state of Maryland. His trial advocacy has been complimented by judges and jurors alike, and he has obtained many multi-million dollar verdicts and settlements for his clients. According to the Los Angeles Daily Journal, "Sandler exhibits a no-nonsense streak, especially when grilling the other side's witnesses.". He is a well known force in legal scholarship and publishing. He has published works covering a variety of topics including pleadings, trials, appeals, and argument and persuasion. From 2003 through June 2007, he authored a regular column on trial advocacy for The Daily Record and other Dolan Media newspapers around the country. For many years, he also published a blog called "The Art of Advocacy," as a resource for other trial attorneys and their clients. A section of his writings is available here.. Mr. Sandler has lectured at numerous law schools throughout the United States and often speaks to local bar groups on trials and appeals. In the summer of 2000 for the American Bar Association Litigation Section, he organized a trial training program in Oxford, England. The bar associations in Chicago, Portland, ME, Cleveland, Providence, and Dallas have invited him to present programs to their members.. Founder and first chair of the Maryland State Bar Association Litigation Section, Mr. Sandler continues to be active in bar associations. He is a leader of the J. Dudley Digges Inn of Court and former Secretary of the Litigation Section of the American Bar Association. Additionally, he has served on the Maryland State Bar Association Board of Governors.. A Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers, Mr. Sandler is also listed in Best Lawyers in America and Chambers USA. He has been granted Martindale-Hubbell's AV Peer Review Rating, the highest rating possible. In 2003, he was presented with a Leadership in Law Award by The Daily Record of Maryland. He has appeared on numerous television programs including:. A native of Baltimore, Mr. Sandler contributes time to many Maryland organizations. He has served on the Board of the Legal Aid Bureau of Maryland. He is past president of the Foundation Board for Maryland Public Television and a member of the Foundation Board of the St. Joseph Hospital Foundation.. Books

Paul D. Bekman enters his fourth decade of practice as one of the most respected trial attorneys in the state of Maryland. Mr. Bekman is a tenacious and successful advocate for his clients' interests, as demonstrated by the significant number of multi-million dollar awards he has won. The effectiveness of his practice is confirmed year after year by peer professionals. Best Lawyers in America has recognized him as one of the top personal injury lawyers in the country since 1989, and locally, Baltimore Magazine has recognized him similarly on multiple occasions. Mr. Bekman has been a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers since 1993, a distinguished honor achieved by less than 1% of the nation's lawyers. In 1997-98, he served as President of the Maryland State Bar Association, the first plaintiff's attorney ever to hold that position for the 19,000-member organization. He has been consistently recognized as a Top Ten vote-getter in SuperLawyers magazine.. Mr. Bekman enthusiastically shares his expertise with other lawyers and students of the law through bar leadership positions, as a longstanding member of the MICPEL faculty, and most recently, as Chair of the University of Maryland School of Law Board of Visitors. He received the distinguished graduate award in 2010. In 2011, he was recognized as one of the 11 Living Legal Legends by the Bar Association of Baltimore City.

Over 40 years experience as a Business Lawyer, Commercial Litigator and arbitrator.

Ned Parent is an experienced and versatile litigator, focusing his practice on complex civil litigation, utilizing his unique analytical skill-set to offer his clients efficient and effective representation. His practice focuses on representing corporations and individuals in a wide range of matters, including business disputes, fiduciary litigation, estates and trusts litigation, administrative and regulatory matters before, for example, the Office of the Maryland Attorney General and the Maryland Insurance Administration, professional malpractice, and insurance.

Natalie Finegar has more than 25 years of criminal defense. She can handle any kind of matter, and has been invoved in many of the highest profile cases in Baltimore City in recent years, including the release of over 100 people wrongly arrested during the Baltimore uprising. She brings her passion, energy, and experience to her representation of every client.

My name is Nedra Ayers and I am the owner of the Law Office of Nedra Ayers, LLC. I am an advocate trial attorney that specializes in criminal, traffic and personal injury law. If you need an attorney, then I am here to protect your rights and fight for justice. I offer free consultation and payment plains. So dont delay call me, Nedra Ayers at.

Mt. Trager's work covers a broad spectrum of litigation matters, with a focus on the defense of life, health and disability claims (individual and ERISA) in the state and federal courts of Maryland and the District of Columbia, as well as the Maryland Insurance Administrations and Maryland Office of Administrative Hearings.  He also represents major life and disability insurance companies in actions involving interpleader, beneficiary and rescission issues, as well as agent/broker conduct.  Mr. Trager is an active member of DRI's Life, Health and Disability Committee, including serving as Program Vice-Chair for the 2016 DRI LIfe, Health, Disability & ERISA Seminar and Program Chair for the 2017 DRI Life, Health, Disability & ERISA Seminar.  He has been previously recognized as a "Rising Star" by Baltimore Magazine and Maryland SuperLawyers Magazine (2011 and 2012) and is a frequent speaker at industry conferences.

Ms. Lindsey has channeled her background in sports and boxing into competiveness in the courtroom. In addition to criminal law, Ms. Lindsey holds a strong passion for advocacy in the realm of social justice issues and human rights.

Ms. Lentini maintains a general litigation practice concentrating primarily in construction, commercial litigation, insurance defense, and insurance coverage.  She has extensive experience with contract interpretation disputes, delay and impact claims, contract terminations, construction defects, mechanics' liens, bond claims and injunctions.  Ms. Lentini has also interpreted insurance policies and offered opinions on coverage and the insurance companies’ duty to defend and duty to indemnify. He

Ms. Britton received her bachelor's degree from the Towson University in 2000, majoring in Psychology & Political Science. She graduated from the University of Maryland School of Law in 2003.. Following graduation, Ms. Britton had a judicial clerkship with the Honorable Robert E. Cadigan in the Circuit Court for Baltimore County, Maryland. After her clerkship, Ms. Britton was an in-house attorney for Nationwide Insurance for 2 years as a trial attorney, and an in-house attorney for Progressive Insurance for nearly 10 years.  She has tried hundreds of cases in courts across Maryland and now uses her inside knowledge of how insurance companies work to fight on behalf of personal injury victims in Maryland.. Ms. Britton is licensed to practice law in Maryland. She is a active member of the Maryland State Bar Association and Baltimore County Bar Association. She has served as the Young Lawyers Chair for the BCBA, as well as the chair for the Public Awareness Committee twice.

Mr. Tuchman has concentrated his practice in the areas of workers compensation and bankruptcy law since 1979. During his several years of practice, Mr. Tuchman has argued many court cases. Additional areas of practice include personal injury law and criminal defense.