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Rick Jaklitsch is the founder of the award winning Jaklitsch Law Group, which has developed a reputation for providing effective legal counsel to victims of car, truck and train accidents throughout Maryland and DC. In more than 30 years in practice, he has helped thousands of people injured by the negligence of others. Last year, Rick was honored to be named Personal Injury Attorney of the Year in Maryland and Attorney of the Year by two different publications. He also has been recognized by the Daily Record as a “Leader in the Law”. In 2018, his firm received “Best Personal Injury Trial Law Firm” and “Most Outstanding Personal Injury Litigation Law Firm” in BIG DOG himself has seemingly won every possible legal award that relies on the vote of judges who have seen Rick in action, or lawyers who have opposed Rick in court.  When you meet Rick it feels as though you have known him forever. He has a way of making anyone feel at ease. It’s no wonder so many of his clients recommend him to their friends and family. He is the guy you want fighting the insurance company on your behalf.  While he is tough on adjusters, he treats his clients like family.. Rick was one of the youngest attorneys in the country when he was first honored by Martindale-Hubbell with their coveted “AV Preeminent” rating of Personal Injury Trial Lawyers.   That honor put Rick in the top 1% of lawyers nationwide, and he has won that prestigious recognition every year for the past 22 years.  Martindale-Hubbell calls this AV rating “the pinnacle of professional excellence earned through a strenuous peer review rating process.  It is the highest possible peer review rating in both legal ability and ethical standards”.. Rick has been honored by Who’s Who In American Law for over 24 years.  He’s been listed in the Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers every year since 1995, and was one of the very first lawyers in the entire country to obtain a perfect 10.0 rating for legal ability by the online rating service of .  Rick has won “The Best Attorney Award” from Rue Rating’s Best Attorneys of America, and is prominently listed in the publication “Best Lawyers in America”.  The National Trial Lawyers Association has listed Rick repeatedly as a Top 100 Lawyer, and the American Trial Lawyers Association has listed Rick as one of their Top 10 Lawyers for 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2016.  The Trial Lawyers Board of Regent’s prestigious “Litigator Award” was awarded to Rick and The Jaklitsch Law Group, more than 1 million other lawyers who were considered for that amazing award.. Rick is also a member of the Million Dollar Advocate Forum and the Multi-Million Advocate Forum, which are called “The most prestigious group of trial lawyers in the United States”.  Rick has been honored with a National “Top Ten” Ranking, every year since 2013 by the Nation’s Premier Group of Personal Injury Lawyers, the National Association of Personal Injury Attorneys, and won The Daily Record’s preeminent legal honor, its Leadership in the Law award.. Rick has handled hundreds of cases resulting in six figure and higher awards for his clients, and has handled both multi-million dollar injury cases and has sued insurance companies for as little as $23 in unpaid personal injury protection coverage on behalf his clients.  No case is too big or too small.  Rick is licensed to practice in every single State Court in all 24 jurisdictions in the State of Maryland, all Maryland Federal Courts, as well as the United States District Courts in both Maryland and Washington, D.C.. Rick has been honored by Super Lawyers Magazine in both Maryland and in the District of Columbia every single year since Super Lawyers began rating lawyers in those jurisdictions, and won the “Top Attorney” Award in Washington, D.C., and the “Top Attorney” Award in the State of Maryland, and has been decorated as a top Personal Injury Trial Attorney every single year by What’s Up Magazine.. Rick has also been repeatedly honored for his non-legal work in our community.  Rick won the Prince George’s County Bar Association’s esteemed President’s Award for “outstanding contributions to the Bar and to the community,” and was named a “Make-A-Wish Star” by the National Make-A-Wish Foundation for Rick’s tireless fundraising on behalf of Make-A-Wish, including raising the funds  for eleven children to have their dying wish granted.. Rick has won the Terrapin Club Lifetime Giving Award, and sat on the Terrapin Club Board of Directors for almost 10 years. He served as President of the University of Maryland Terrapin Club, which provided scholarships for more than 700 athletes in 27 varsity Division 1 sports.   Rick raised millions and millions of dollars for University of Maryland athletes before he was appointed by Head Coach Randy Edsall to serve as President of the Maryland Gridiron Network, the fundraising arm of Maryland football.   Rick then raised millions and millions of dollars on behalf of that organization and those Maryland athletes.  He sat on the Board for Archbishop Spalding High School and on the Board of Directors for the Maryland State Athletic Hall of Fame.. Rick was appointed to the Judicial Nominating Commission by Maryland Governor Robert Ehrlich and has sat for numerous years on the Maryland State Bar Association’s Judicial Selections Committee, which interviews judicial applicants from every jurisdiction in the State of Maryland.. Prior to being a lawyer, Rick won the “Outstanding Leader of the Year” Award at the University of Maryland while an undergraduate, was honored by Who’s Who, and by Mortar Board, and was honored by Omicron Delta Kappa, the National Leadership Honor Society, which he led as President, and which Rick has continued to serve as a voting Alumni member for the past 36 years.. Despite all the legal awards, when you walk into Rick’s office, the most prominently displayed awards on his bookshelves include the “Numero Uno Award”, which was given in appreciation of Rick’s “outstanding ability, sportsmanship, and teamwork displayed” by him during the MSA “A” Conference Lacrosse Championship season, and Rick’s “outstanding contribution to that championship team’s success,” as well as his numerous Golf Championship Awards from the Maryland State Bar Association, the Anne Arundel County Bar Association, the Calvert County Bar Association, and the Prince George’s County Bar Association, which proudly sit next to his Maryland State Championship Softball trophies, which his team won four times.. Rick’s practice is limited 100% to handling personal injury cases caused by the negligence of others in car, truck, and train crashes.  Rick is a proud member of the Maryland State Bar Association, the Anne Arundel Bar Association, the Prince George’s County Bar Association, the American Trial Lawyers Association, the American Bar Association, and the Maryland Association for Justice.  He served for many years on the Board of Directors for the Maryland Trial Lawyers Association.. He is married (27 years and counting) to Judge Michele Jaklitsch of the Circuit Court for Anne Arundel County and is the proud father to Drew and David Jaklitsch.

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Chinwe was born in Takoma Park, Maryland and she grew up in Lagos, Nigeria. She enjoys the adventures of the outdoors, and is sad that Game of Thrones has come to an end. Chinwe loves soccer, basketball and sports in general.. Chinwe practices in Maryland and Washington D.C. focusing on the areas of car accidents, personal injury, and wrongful death.  Her promise is to consistently provide responsive client service.. Chinwe was selected as a Top 40 Under 40 by The National Trial Lawyers for their 2018 membership.  She is also a recipient of Avvo’s client’s choice award 2016, and is rated on Avvo as a Top Attorney.

Bryan Bookhard is the owner, practicing in the areas of personal injury, criminal defense and family law.. Prior to establishing the Law Office of Bryan T. Bookhard, LLC, Bryan was a Partner at Bookhard & Thomas, LLC. At Bookhard & Thomas, LLC, Bryan practiced in the family law, personal injury and criminal law sections of the firm. Prior to becoming a Partner, at Bookhard & Thomas, LLC, Bryan was an associate at the Washington office of Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo, PC. At Mintz Levin, Bryan represented several large telecommunications companies before the Federal Communications Commission. While at Mintz Levin, Bryan also counseled individuals on family law issues on a pro bono basis.. Bryan is admitted to practice in Maryland and the District of Columbia. He earned his B.A., magna cum laude, from Howard University (1990), and was awarded his J.D., cum laude, from Howard University School of Law (1998), where he was a member of the Howard Law Journal and the Problems and Briefs Chair of the Charles Hamilton Houston Moot Court Team. Bryan received the Earl H. Davis Memorial Prize for Outstanding Advocacy from the Olender Foundation. Bryan was a Finalist at the National Telecommunications Moot Court Competition where he received the Best Oralist Award. Bryan is a member of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, D.C. Superior Court Trial Lawyers Association, Family Division Trial Lawyers Association of D.C., Maryland State Bar Association, and the D.C. Bar.. Bar Admissions:Maryland, 1998District of Columbia, 1999. Education:Howard University School of Law, Washington, D.C., 1998J.D.Honors: cum laude. Howard University, Washington, D.C., 1990B.A.Honors: magna cum laude. Past Employment Positions:Bookhard & Thomas, LLC 2004-2007Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C., Associate, 1998 – 2004

Born and raised in Upper Marlboro, Ralph Powers is an AV rated lawyer, practicing for decades in a broad range of substantive legal matters throughout the State. He is highly regarded within the legal community and receives many referrals and appointments from fellow attorneys and Judges respectively. He has been called on to testify as an expert on various complex legal matters.

Alphonso S. Hearns, Jr., managing attorney and founder of Hearns Law Group, LLC, has spent the past 17 years litigating high conflict divorce and custody cases. Alphonso began his legal career as a real estate transactions attorney but developed a passion for advocating for individuals and families in court. He earned a bachelor’s degree from the University of Maryland, College Park, and his Juris Doctor from The Catholic University of America, Columbus School of Law, and is licensed to practice in Maryland. Alphonso received numerous awards and distinctions, and was selected to the 2024 Maryland Super Lawyers List. In 2021, Alphonso was selected as a Fellow of the Maryland Bar Foundation in recognition of his outstanding dedication to the welfare of his community, the administration of justice, and the traditions of the profession of law. Alphonso was also selected for inclusion into the Top Attorneys of North America 2020-2021 edition by The Who's Who Directories. Also, in 2020, the National Academy of Family Law Attorneys (NAFLA) awarded Alphonso the prestigious Top 10 Attorney Award for the State of Maryland.. Within the first few years of Alphonso’s transition to family law, he experienced tremendous success in handling the most complex custody litigation matters an attorney could ever experience. Alphonso forged partnerships with several advocacy groups in the Maryland region, including the Center for Abused Persons, Charles County, Maryland and the YWCA, Annapolis, Maryland. He began assisting these groups with handling complex custody and domestic violence cases in which they did not have the resources to manage as non-profit organizations. Alphonso quickly developed a reputation as the go-to attorney for handling high-conflict family law cases, which resulted in him successfully managing hundreds of such cases. His stellar reputation and track record of success has earned him the respect and acknowledgement of his peers and local judges. Alphonso was selected to lead the Prince George's County Bar Association's Family Law Committee as the Co-Chair, and in this leadership capacity, he mentored new family law practitioners and provided a source of continuing legal education for seasoned practitioners.

Experienced Accidents attorney serving clients in Upper Marlboro and surrounding areas.

Experienced Accidents attorney serving clients in Upper Marlboro and surrounding areas.