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Practice Areas: General Civil Trial Practice; Civil Rights Litigation; Products Liability; Insurance Defense

Additional Information: The Bar Association of Baltimore City (Member, Lawyer Referral Service Committee, 1985—); Maryland State (Member: Young Lawyers Section; Judicial Administration Section; Pleadings, Motion and Discovery Subcommittee, 1984-1988) and American Bar Associations; The District of Columbia Bar; International Association of Defense Counsel (Member, Civil Rights Committee, 1987—); American Judicature Society. <P> Member, University of Maryland Law Review, 1974. Order of the Coif. Law Clerk to Hon. Thomas Hunter Lowe, Associate Judge, Maryland Court of Special Appeals, 1976-1977. <P> Reported Cases: <P> F.O.P. v. Wicomico County, 190 Md. App. 291, 988 A.2d 555 (2010); Hansen v. City of Laurel, Md., 193 Md. App. 80, 996 A.2d 882 (2010), Habash v. City of Salisbury, 618 F. Supp.2d 434 (D. Md. 2009); Richter v. Maryland, 590 F. Supp. 2d 730 (D. Md. 2008); Orgain v. City of Salisbury, 521 F. Supp.2d 465 (D. Md. 2007); University Gardens v. P.G. Co., 419 F.Supp. 2d 733 (D.Md. 2006); Spears v. Nationwide, 254 F. Supp. 2d 144 (D.D.C. 2003); Goulart v. Meadows, 220 F.Supp. 2d 494 (D.Md. 2002), aff'd 345 F.3d 239 (4th Cir. 2003); Rossignol v. Voorhaar, 199 F.Supp.2d 494 (D.Md. 2002), rev'd 316 F.3d 516 (4th Cir. 2003); Fairclough v. Board of County Commissioners, 244 F.Supp. 3d 581 (D.Md. 2003); Gonzales v. Cecil County, 221 F.Supp. 2d 615 (D.Md. 2002); Landford v. P.G. County, 175 F.Supp. 2d 797 (D.Md. 2001) and 199 F.Supp.2d 297 (D.Md. 2002); Moore v. Winer, 190 F.Supp.2d 804 (D.Md. 2002); Young v. City of Mt. Rainer, 238 F3d 567 (4th Cir. 2001); Walker v. City of Salisbury, 170 F. Supp. 2d 541 (D.Md. 2001); Haynie v. St. Mary's County, 2001 WL 194297 (2/26/01); Thompson v. Major & City Council of La Plata, 2001 WL 436158 (4/13/01); Givens v. City of Salisbury 2001 WL 617063 (6/6/01); Pathways Psychosocial Support Center v. Town of Leonardtown, 133 F.Supp 2d 772 (D.Md. 2001); Peiffer v. King Pontiac, 105 F.Supp 2d 470 (D.Md. 2000); Carroll v. City of Westminster, 52 F.Supp.2d 546 (D.Md. 1999); Cain v. Rock, 67 F.Supp. 2d 544 (D.Md. 1999); Horn v. City of Seat Pleasant, 57 F. Supp.2d 219 (1999); Pupkar v. Tastaca, 999 F. Supp. 64 (D. Md. 1998); Bowers v. Town of Smithsburg, 990 F. Supp. 396 (D.Md. 1997); Town of Port Deposit v. Petetit, 113 Md. App. 401, A.2d 54 (1997); Elliott v. Leavitt, 99 F.3d 640 (4th Cir. 1996), pet. for reh. en banc denied 105 F.3d 174 (4th Cir. 1997); S.P. v. City of Takoma Park, 950 F.Supp. 705 (D.Md. 1997); aff'd. 134 F.3d 260 (4th Cir. 1998); Burton v. Youth Services International, 176 F.R.D. 517 (D.Md. 1997); Musselman v. Phillips, 176 F.R.D. 194 (D.Md. 1997); Holzhauer v. Saks & Co., 346 Md. 328, 697 A.2d 89 (1997); Pittman v. Nelms, 87 F.3d 116 (4th Cir. 1996); Tobin v. Marriott Hotels, 111 Md. App. 566, 683 A.2d 784 (1996); Myers v. Hose, 50 F.3d 278 (4th Cir. 1995); Ritter v. Cecil County, 33 F.3d 323 (4th Cir. 1994); Manders v. Brown, 101 Md. App. 191, 643 A.2d 931 (1994); ACLU v. Wicomico Co., 999 F.2d 780 (4th Cir. 1993); Marryshow v. Flynn, 986 F.2d 689 (4th Cir. 1993) and 139 F.R.D. 318 (D.Md. 1991); Free State Recycling v. Frederick County, 885 F. Supp. 798 (D.Md. 1994); Linton v. Frederick County, 964 F.2d 1436 (4th Cir. 1992); Collison v. Gott, 895 F.2d 994 (4th Cir. 1989); Blackwell v. Delmar, 841 F. Supp. 151 (D.Md. 1993); Town of Chesapeake Beach v. Pessoa, 330 Md. 744, 625 A.2d 1014 (1993); Hatzinicolas v. Protopapas, 314 Md. 340, 550 A.2d 947 (1988); Northern Assurance Co. v. EDP Floors, Inc., 311 Md. 217, 533 A.2d 682 (1987); Cramer v. HOC of Mont. Co., 304 Md. 705, 501 A.2d 35 (1985); Hamilton v. Ford Motor Credit Co., 66 Md. App. 46, 502 A.2d 1057 (1986).