Top Premises Liability Lawyers Near Me in Upper Marlboro Area

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

Attorney Tom McManus has been practicing law for over twenty years, and for the past ten years he has been a partner at Sasscer, Clagett & Bucher. He began his career as a law clerk for Judge Joseph Mattingly in St. Mary's County Maryland and then worked as a prosecutor in both St. Mary's and Prince George's County.. His more noteworthy criminal cases include:. * In 1985, Michael John Desasrno was convicted of sexual child abuse for acts committed by the former highschool wrestling coach while acting in the capacity as a wrestling coach.. * In 1987, Mr. McManus successfully prosecuted Willie Horton for beating and raping an Oxon Hill woman. The case received national media attention in the 1988 presidential election between George Bush and Michael Dukakis. Willie Horton, serving a life sentence for murder, escaped from a Massachusetts prison furlough program to commit the rape, while Mr. Dukakis was governor of the state.. * In 1988, Mr. McManus convicted a trucker for Motor Vehicle manslaughter in the 1986 deaths of two highschool girls in Riverdale. A truck with 18 safety defects carrying hot asphalt stalled at the top of a hill and rolled into a car occupied by three highschool girls. One was severely injured and the other two died when nearly 14,000 pounds of hot asphalt was dumped on the car.. Mr. McManus has developed a reputation as one of the premier personal injury attorneys in Southern Maryland. He has successfully represented both plaintiffs and defendants in a number of major truck accident cases, and developed a specialty in negotiating complex personal injury settlements.. Mr. McManus has lectured, along side several judges, at multiple personal injury seminars for lawyers. An 'AV' rated attorney, he is a member of the American Bar Foundation, the Maryland State Bar Foundation, the Governor's Trial Courts Nominating Commission, and has chaired or co-chaired the local bar's Tort Law Sub-Committee for the past seven years.