Maryland Lawyers Jessica Saunders to Jody Maier

Firm: Hostetter Strent LLC

7201 Wisconsin Avenue , Bethesda , Maryland 20814

Practice Areas: Marriage & Prenuptials

Firm: Message Systems, Inc.

7070 Samuel Morse Drive. , Columbia , Maryland 21046

Practice Areas: Business

Firm: Alegi Anderson, LLC

3280 Urbana Pike, Suite 103 , Urbana , Maryland 21754

Practice Areas: Litigation

I am a litigation attorney with experience in state and federal courts. I have represented and advised clients in matters as diverse as tortious inference, professional malpractice, family law, and property litigation. My practice currently emphasizes civil litigation. Less than 4 years into practicing law, Maryland Super Lawyers recognized me as a “Rising Star,” in 2014 – 2018 and Top Rated Civil Litigation Attorney in Urbana, Maryland, an honor given to less than 2.5 percent of the attorneys in Maryland. A perfect weekend for me would include shopping with my mom and sisters, enjoying a great Mexican restaurant with fantastic margaritas, church on Sunday, and fishing with my husband.

Firm: Bowers Law, LLC

229 E. Main St , Elkton , Maryland 21921

Practice Areas: Car Accidents

Before law school, I spent nearly a decade handling a variety of personal injury matters from auto accidents to work injuries. While in school, I participated in the criminal practice clinic, where I handled over 200 cases in the District Court, motions hearings in the Circuit, and a Jury trial.. My office and I have now resolved close to $50 million in injury settlements for our clients, and that number continues to grow. in 2019 I became a certified NFLPA player agent, and also represent players with their on field and off field contract and appearance matters.. I believe in working closely with my clients, and keeping them "in the loop" on their cases through regular communication. I feel that it creates a great relationship, and helps significantly in preparation and investigation of the case, whether that case be a criminal matter or an injury case.. Recent top verdicts(not settlements) in auto liability cases include $568,000 September 2022 and $286,000 in April 2023.

Firm: Semmes, Bowen & Semmes

Suite 1400 , Baltimore , Maryland 21201

Practice Areas: Admiralty & Maritime, Business , Civil , International & Trade, Business, Business, Business, Business, Business, Business, Business, Business

Firm: The Suder Law Firm Pa

210 E Lexington St Ste 100 , Baltimore , Maryland 21202

Practice Areas: Medical Malpractice

Joanne Suder was ranked this year (2018) by The American Institute of Personal Injury Attorneys as The Top 10 Best Attorneys in Maryland. She is consistently featured in the media including: ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN, FOX Networks, Larry King Live, Court TV Pros and Cons, The Early Show with Bryant Gumble, Catherine Crier, EXTRA, Inside Edition and Newsfront.. In the early 1980's, Joanne was among the first to recommend to a sentencing judge that pedophiles and sexual predators be chemically castrated if placed on probation or when released from prison.. Joanne’s career took off in the mid 90’s when she handled the largest-scale case filed against the Archdiocese, involving more than a dozen students.  The case was filed against John Joseph Merzbacher in 1994 resulting on an 84-count indictment.  This resulted in $350 Million in Lawsuits filed against the archdiocese.. Then Joanne represented all three victims in the scandalous, high-profile 1994 sexual abuse case against former Maryland state health secretary, nationally syndicated health columnist and author, Dr. Neil Solomon.  This resulted in $150 Million in Lawsuits filed by The Suder Law Firm.. In 2003, Joanne Suder testified at the State House and State Senate proceedings to extend the statute of limitations for victims of sexual abuse which reesulted in a three-year extension.. Another high profile case included the representation of the victims of Catholic priest Maurice Blackwell in a sexual abuse case that captured national headlines.. Since 2003 Joanne Suder has obtained countless settlements against the Archdioceses.. From 2004-2007, Joanne Suder received national headlines for settling cases against The Polygamist Church The Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Utah.  Joanne Suder worked hand and hand with Utah’s AG’s office. The leader Warren Jeffs was sentenced to life plus 20 years. Her case helped inspire the creation of the HBO series Big Love.. As of 2018, Joanne Suder is the nation's leading authority on pedophile and sexual abuse cases as she is hailed as a legal warrior who champions the rights of children and adults exploited by people entrusted with their well-being.. Her legal areas of expertise include the following: Medical Malpractice, Brain Injury, Birth Injury, Wrongful Death, Anesthesia Errors, Personal Injury, Car Accident, Construction Injury, Spinal Cord Injury, Lead Paint, Misdiagnosis, Nursing Home Negligence, Premises Liability, Truck Accidents. Joanne Suder and her law firm are AV rated by Martindale & Hubbell (highest rating for litigation attorneys). Member of the bar in Washington D.C. and Maryland. Past President of the Women's Bar Association. Former Master Examiner in the Circuit Court of Baltimore City

Firm: Dugan, McKissick, Wood and Longmore, L.L.C.

22738 Maple Road   101 , Lexington Park , Maryland 20653

Practice Areas: Real Estate ,Trusts

Firm: Saul Ewing LLP

Law Ofcs Roberto Allen LLC 3915 National Dr Ste 320 , Burtonsville , Maryland 20866

Practice Areas: Business & Commercial, Employment & Labor , Tax, Tax

Firm: Garson Claxton LLC

7910 Woodmont Avenue , Bethesda , Maryland 20814

Practice Areas: Immigration

Firm: Kolawole Law Firm LLC

Harford County , Bel Air , Maryland 21014

Practice Areas: Tax

I am a cross-functional attorney with excellent backgrounds in the 3 areas that every 21st-century business organization needs legal advice: Corporate-Business & Tax law, Intellectual Property law, and Cyber Security law.. Unlike the typical attorney with a one-dimensional practice, my diverse academic background in tax law and software engineering uniquely positions me to deliver excellent legal services to my clients.  I have an LL.M in Tax degree from Georgetown University.  I worked at the Internal Revenue Service as a Student Attorney while in law school.  I am also a registered patent attorney with experience as a patent examiner at the United States Patent & Trademark Office. I have over 15 years of experience developing software for the United States Navy, the United States Marine Corp, Schlumberger, General Dynamics, etc. In other words, I am an attorney that understands and speaks C++, C, C#, Java, and php as well as the law.. I remain a practicing engineer; affording me the opportunity to offer excellent representation at a very reasonable cost. As the ultimate 21st-century attorney for startups and small businesses, I strive to provide my clients with excellent legal service at a cost effective price.

Firm: Brown, Goldstein & Levy, LLP

120 E Baltimore St , Baltimore , Maryland 21202

Practice Areas: Civil Rights

Jessie Weber’s practice includes cases involving disability rights, civil rights, housing discrimination, wage and hour violations, and appeals. Jessie’s successes include winning an arbitration award of more than $250,000 on behalf of an African-American former Hooters server who was fired from her job because of Hooters’ racially discriminatory image policy and securing an injunction requiring the Maryland Board of Elections to make its online ballot-marking tool available to voters with disabilities. She also helped obtain a $1.25 million settlement for a class of Baltimore City school bus drivers and attendants who were wrongly denied overtime and regular pay for all hours worked.. Jessie represents clients in appellate courts throughout the country and has argued in the Fourth, Sixth, and D.C. Circuits.  She has also handled LGBTQ rights cases involving discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation, gender identity, and gender expression in contexts ranging from employment to health insurance discrimination to students’ exercise of their First Amendment rights.. Since 2014, Jessie has been chosen annually for inclusion on the Super Lawyers‘ Maryland Rising Stars list, an honor reserved for those lawyers 40 years old or younger or in practice for ten years or less, who exhibit excellence in practice.  Only 2.5 percent of the attorneys in Maryland are named to the Rising Stars list each year. Jessie was also chosen to receive The Daily Record’s 2017 VIP Award, given to professionals 40 years of age and younger who were selected on the basis of professional accomplishments, community service, and commitment to inspiring change. In 2013, Jessie was given The Daily Record’s Leading Women Award, which honors 50 women, who are 40 years of age or younger, for the accomplishments they have made so far in their careers.. A client of Jessie’s recently wrote on Avvo, “My organization, KIPP DC, hired Jessie in an administrative matter with civil rights implications. Jessie’s work ethic, intellect, and work product were unparalleled. Jessie accomplished more in a short period of time than a team of attorneys could have managed in twice as long, so it’s unsurprising that Jessie’s excellent work led to a favorable outcome. Notably, numerous individuals within my organization read Jessie’s brief in our matter and commented that it was the best written product they had read in a year. I also appreciated Jessie’s responsiveness — I never had to question our progress on any front. You can’t find a better attorney than Jessie.”. Prior to joining the firm, Jessie served as the 2010-2011 Francis D. Murnaghan, Jr. Appellate Advocacy Fellow at the Public Justice Center in Baltimore, where she represented clients and authored amicus briefs in federal and Maryland appellate courts on a variety of civil rights and anti-poverty issues.. After law school, Jessie clerked for the Honorable Catherine C. Blake on the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland.. During law school, Jessie served as a Submissions Editor for both the Yale Law & Policy Review and the Yale Journal of Law & Feminism. She worked extensively in the area of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) rights as co-director of Yale’s LGBT Rights Litigation Clinic and as a legal intern with the ACLU LGBT and HIV/AIDS Rights Project and the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force. Jessie also volunteered with the D.C. Employment Justice Center’s Workers’ Rights Clinic and Loyola Law School’s Hurricane Katrina Legal Clinic.. As an undergraduate, Jessie won the Spirit of Princeton Award in recognition of her leadership in campus activism.

Firm: Jimeno & Gray

7310 Ritchie Hwy , Glen Burnie , Maryland 21061

Practice Areas: Personal Injury, Divorce & Family, Criminal Defense

Firm: Law Office of Jim Liang, LLC

100 West Road , Towson , Maryland 21204

Practice Areas: Tax

Maryland tax attorney Jim Liang, J.D., CPA, LL.M., is the founder and managing attorney of the Law Office of Jim Liang, LLC, based in Towson, Maryland, just north of Baltimore. Jim has over 20 years of experience as a Certified Public Accountant in Maryland, completing state and federal taxes for individuals, families, and businesses. He also has over 14 years of legal experience representing individuals, families, and businesses at every step of state and federal tax litigation, including audits, collections, and disputes with the IRS and Comptroller of Maryland.. Throughout his career, Jim has continually educated himself in order to serve his clients better. He became a Certified Public Accountant in 2000, earned his law degree with honors in 2006, and went on to earn his Master of Laws degree (LL.M.) in Taxation in 2007. Jim is one of the few attorneys in Maryland who have an LL.M. in Taxation. He is also one of only a few tax practitioners who are dual qualified as both an attorney and a Certified Public Accountant.. Jim has broad experience representing individuals and corporations that are being audited by the IRS or Comptroller of Maryland. He has handled many tax litigation cases and has kept many cases from needing litigation by reaching agreements that save his clients thousands of dollars in additional court costs and legal fees.. When not practicing law, Jim is active in his community in Lutherville Timonium, where he has been a longtime resident. His volunteer work has included providing local legal support through the Maryland Defense Force for the Maryland Military Department and Maryland National Guard members and their families. He has also served as an instructor for the Fort Meade Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Program, which provides free income tax preparation to military members and their families.

Firm: Markham Law Firm

7960 Old Georgetown Road, #3B , Bethesda , Maryland 20814

Practice Areas: Family

Since January 2011, Ms. Morris has exclusively practiced family law in Maryland and the District of Columbia.  Ms. Morris focuses her practice on divorce, child custody, child support, alimony, property division, and domestic violence. Ms. Morris is trained as a mediator and in Collaborative Law. She currently serves as a facilitator at the Circuit Court for Montgomery County. Ms. Morris is eligible to serve as a Child Privilege Attorney and Best Interest Attorney in Montgomery County and Guardian Ad Litem in the District of Columbia, and she has been appointed to do so on several occasions. After law school Ms. Morris served as a law clerk to the Honorable Fern Flanagan Saddler at the Superior Court of the District of Columbia for two years while Judge Saddler sat on the domestic relations and domestic violence dockets.

Firm: Zavos Juncker Law Group Pllc

8455 Colesville Rd Ste 1500 , Silver Spring , Maryland 20910

Practice Areas: Family

I have always been someone who cares about helping people. As a litigator, I am able to help people during a very stressful and difficult process in their personal lives. I understand the difficulties a person and their family endures during a divorce and/or custody battle and am able to provide a source of clarity, strength, and understanding for my clients. I feel tremendous satisfaction when my determination and zealous efforts result in the desired outcome for my clients.

Firm: Law Office of Jill D. Caravaggio

5100 Buckeystown Pike , Frederick , Maryland 21704

Practice Areas: Litigation

Since 1998, the Law Office of Jill D. Caravaggio has been diligently serving clients. Jill Caravaggio specializes in litigation with a focus on creditor’s rights and commercial collections, including bond claims and construction lien’s. She is a seasoned litigator with extensive experience in both trial and appellate courts across Maryland, the District of Columbia, and Virginia. Additionally, Jill excels in representing clients in various alternative dispute resolution forums such as mediation, private arbitration, and arbitration through the American Arbitration Association.. Jill skillfully handles and represents creditors in United States bankruptcy courts, handling preference actions, motions in bankruptcy proceedings, lift stay motions, and other creditor-related matters. Admitted to the Maryland Bar since 1987, and the District of Columbia and Virginia Bars since 1989, Jill maintains active membership in several legal associations, including the Montgomery County Bar Association, Maryland/District of Columbia Creditor’s Bar Association, District of Columbia Bar, Virginia Bar Association, Frederick County Bar, and Maryland State Bar Association, Inc. She earned her B.A. and J.D. degrees from the University of Maryland.. Jill represents nationally recognized suppliers and specializes in resolving claims on their behalf. She is adept at drafting agreements and credit forms tailored for home improvement contractors and suppliers. Jill is highly experienced in litigating the collection of claims on behalf of home improvement contractors, both in court and before the Home Improvement Commission.. Jill is a frequent speaker for the National Business Institute and has been making presentations since 2007. Jill speaks on various topics including collecting and maximizing your recovery in bankruptcy, how to collect a judgment, how to avoid counterclaims, how to locate assets and how to file a lawsuit.

Semmes Bowen & Semmes Ste 1400 25 S Charles St , Baltimore , Maryland 21201

Practice Areas: Litigation

Jhanelle A. Graham is a civil litigator who focuses primarily on products liability with a specific interest in pharmaceutical drug and medical device litigation.

Firm: Zadjura Family Law LLC

1910 Towne Centre Boulevard , Annapolis , Maryland 21401

Practice Areas: Family

Jessica Zadjura has firsthand knowledge of the hurdles divorced families face - she is the child of divorce, one of five siblings in a blended family, a wife, a mother, and a stepmother. Jessica's life experience helps guide her clients through every step of the family law process, whether in or out of court. As a seasoned litigator, mediator, and child attorney, Jessica uses her personal experiences and years of legal knowledge to help you determine the ideal process for your family.. Jessica received her Bachelor of Arts in criminal justice from the University of Maryland. She earned her Juris Doctor from the University of Baltimore School of Law. In addition, Jessica has completed the 40-hour mediation training and the 20-hour mediation training in child custody and marital property, required by the Maryland Rules of Court to serve as a third-party neutral to mediate an array of family law matters. Jessica has also completed the best interest attorney training required by the Maryland Rules of Court to serve as a court-appointed child attorney.. Since 2016, the Super Lawyers publication has recognized Jessica as a Maryland Rising Star in the family law practice area. She was also named to the National Academy of Family Law Attorneys' Top 10 Attorneys Under 40 list in 2014.

Law Offices Todd K Mohink, P.A. , Glen Burnie , Maryland 21061

Practice Areas: Family

Firm: Levin & Gann

502 Washington Avenue 8th Floor , Towson , Maryland 21204

Practice Areas: Civil , Employment & Labor, Employment & Labor