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The debt collection attorneys at Kind & Dashoff, LLC provide top quality legal and debt collection services for the state of Maryland and Washington, DC. We are a licensed and bonded collection agency.. Unlike other collection agencies, we provide a full range of debt collection services, including litigation. In addition, as collection lawyers, we help our clients navigate the complex collection laws of Maryland and Washington, DC.. Kind & Dashoff, LLC has an excellent record of success in tracking down debtors, locating their assets, and collecting money for our clients. In addition, we have been in business for over 30 years. We are skillful debt collectors and will help you collect your delinquent accounts.

Over the course of my 31 years of experience, my practice has primarily focused on surety and construction law.  I am rated AV Preeminent by Martindale-Hubbell, I have been selected as a Best Lawyer in Construction Law by The Best Lawyers in America 2013-2022 and I have been named as a Super Lawyer in Maryland for Surety law by Super Lawyers for 2015 - 2022.. In the surety industry I have represented most of the major surety companies as well as many mid-size and smaller companies.  I have been involved as counsel on large multi-state, multi-project contract performance bond defaults, involving workouts, financing and takeovers as well as large national bankruptcy matters for commercial bond sureties.  I have also represented sureties in pursuing indemnity, salvage and subrogation rights.  Over the years I have been very active in the surety industry writing articles, giving presentations and attending/sponsoring conferences around the country.  I spearheaded the creation of the Philadelphia Surety Claims Association and I am a founding Officer and member of the Board of Directors.  In 2016 I was named a Vice Chair of the ABA/TIPS - Fidelity and Surety Law Committee and continue to serve in that capacity today.  I updated Chapter 10, Payment Bond Surety's Right to Contract Proceeds, in the ABA publication titled The Law of Payment Bonds, 2d Ed.  I co-authored Chapter 6 Surety Claims in Bankruptcy in the ABA publication titled Surety Aspects of Bankruptcy Law and Practice.  I co-authored Chapter 4, Financing the Principal in the ABA publication titled the Bond Default Manual, 4th Ed.  I co-authored Chapter 20, The Commercial Surety’s Collateral in a Principal’s Bankruptcy Case in the ABA publication titled The Law of Commercial Surety and Miscellaneous Bonds, 2d Ed.. In May 2016, I spearheaded the creation of the Surety Today® live podcast program.  Surety Today® is a live podcast educational resource for professionals in the surety industry presented monthly by the attorneys of the Surety Law Group at Wright, Constable and Skeen.  Surety Today®  podcasts offer 30 minutes of in-depth discussion on topics of narrow focus and practical importance to those in the industry.  I am the host and have presented on numerous surety related topics.  The presentations are recorded and can be found as podcasts on spotify, apple podcast, amazon music, sticher, and Podbean and are also transcribed and can be found at and .. In the construction industry I have represented fortunetors, architects, engineers, subcontractors, suppliers and owners in a wide variety of matters.  From negotiating and drafting contracts, to preparing and filing claims, bid protests, mechanics liens, litigation, collections, mediations and arbitrations.  I regularly present seminars for the construction industry.

Mr. Buckwalter joined Niles Barton in 2001 and is a partner in the litigation department, concentrating in insurance law, professional liability, general civil litigation, and employment law.  He has litigated cases at the trial and appellate levels in both state and federal courts. His litigation practice includes insurance coverage and defense, professional negligence, wrongful death/survival actions, motor vehicle torts, premises liability, casualty subrogation, and employment discrimination. In addition to his litigation practice, Mr. Buckwalter counsels employers with regard to personnel issues, drafting effective workplace policies, and complying with federal, state, and local employment laws.

During my 36 years as a member of the Bar, I have tried over 120 jury trials as lead counsel.  My focus today is on cases involving serious personal injury whether from medical malpractice, products liability or automobile torts.  I also pursue legal malpractice cases on behalf of plaintiffs.. From 1982 to 2004, I spent countless hours as a volunteer advocating for the rights of injured persons and consumers before the General Assembly of Maryland.  I have also volunteered time in Annapolis and Washington advocating on behalf of couples coping with infertility and couples attempting to adopt children, and on behalf of a woman's right to choose.. My primary hobby is politics and I also ski and kayak and read non-fiction.

Dov Apfel is known nationally as a “child advocate”, who concentrates his practice in cerebral palsy and birth trauma litigation and obstetrical malpractice claims involving birth injuries and children with neurological and intellectual disabilities. Mr. Apfel is regularly contacted by families and lawyers throughout the United States to assist them with the evaluation of standard of care and causation issues that arise in cerebral palsy and birth trauma litigation and potential obstetrical malpractice claims.. Dov Apfel is the recipient of the 2011 Dan Cullan Memorial Award conferred by the Executive Board of the Birth Trauma Litigation Group of the American Association for Justice in recognition of his lifetime achievements in birth injury litigation, education and advocacy.. He has been named one of the Best Lawyers in America for the city of Baltimore five times since 2007 for Medical Malpractice Law – Plaintiffs and Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs. Mr. Apfel was named to Maryland Super Lawyers® 2014. He was listed in Washingtonian Magazine as one of the top lawyers in the Washington area. Fortune magazine featured Mr. Apfel as one of America’s Premier Lawyers.. Dov Apfel has been specially admitted as co-counsel to assist lawyers with the litigation of cerebral palsy cases in Arkansas, California, Colorado, Georgia, Kentucky, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee and Virginia.. Mr. Apfel is the former chairperson of the Medical Negligence Section of the Maryland Trial Lawyers Association and the former co-chair of the Birth Trauma Litigation Group of the American Association for Justice, formerly known as the Association of Trial Lawyers of America.. In addition to his litigation practice, Apfel routinely lectures at national conferences and publishes extensively on legal and medical issues arising in Cerebral Palsy litigation, including the use of expert testimony in cerebral palsy litigation, electronic fetal monitoring, hypoxia, ischemia, asphyxia, meconium stained amniotic fluid and meconium aspiration syndrome, maternal and fetal infection in pregnancy, chorioamnionitis, funisitis, antepartum fetal testing, placental pathology, vaginal birth after cesarean, hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy, trauma, forceps, vacuum extractors, shoulder dystocia and brachial plexus, and the clinical markers establishing a causal connection between the events of labor and delivery and cerebral palsy.. Dov Apfel’s landmark law review article, “Using a Differential Diagnosis to Prove that Intrapartum Asphyxia is a Significant Cause of Cerebral Palsy,” features a comprehensive critique and overview of the litigation criteria and “junk science” used by the obstetrical community to defend cerebral palsy cases.

Experienced Professional Malpractice attorney serving clients in Baltimore and surrounding areas.

Experienced Professional Malpractice attorney serving clients in Baltimore and surrounding areas.

Experienced Professional Malpractice attorney serving clients in Baltimore and surrounding areas.

Experienced Professional Malpractice attorney serving clients in Baltimore and surrounding areas.

Experienced Professional Malpractice attorney serving clients in Baltimore and surrounding areas.

Experienced Professional Malpractice attorney serving clients in Baltimore and surrounding areas.

Experienced Professional Malpractice attorney serving clients in Baltimore and surrounding areas.

Experienced Professional Malpractice attorney serving clients in Baltimore and surrounding areas.

Experienced Professional Malpractice attorney serving clients in Baltimore and surrounding areas.

Experienced Professional Malpractice attorney serving clients in Baltimore and surrounding areas.

Experienced Professional Malpractice attorney serving clients in Baltimore and surrounding areas.

Experienced Professional Malpractice attorney serving clients in Baltimore and surrounding areas.

Experienced Professional Malpractice attorney serving clients in Baltimore and surrounding areas.

Experienced Professional Malpractice attorney serving clients in Baltimore and surrounding areas.

Experienced Professional Malpractice attorney serving clients in Baltimore and surrounding areas.

Experienced Professional Malpractice attorney serving clients in Baltimore and surrounding areas.

Experienced Professional Malpractice attorney serving clients in Baltimore and surrounding areas.

Experienced Professional Malpractice attorney serving clients in Baltimore and surrounding areas.

Experienced Professional Malpractice attorney serving clients in Baltimore and surrounding areas.

Experienced Professional Malpractice attorney serving clients in Baltimore and surrounding areas.