Examples of Positive Outcomes Achieved For My Clients

(by Practice Area)

 APPEALS

• Judgment in favor of a condo association reversed in Maryland Court of Special Appeals.

• Settlement agreement overturned on appeal due to client’s lack of consent.

• Summary judgement reversed in race discrimination case in DC Circuit Court of Appeals.

LANDLORD/TENANT

• Prevailed against claim that prepaid rent was a security deposit.

• Won two successive trials for breach of lease concerning basement flooding.

LEGAL MALPRACTICE

• Favorable settlement with client’s former attorney for dismissing a defamation case prior to

trial.

• Favorable settlement with client’s former attorney for incompetently litigating modification of alimony.

LIBEL AND SLANDER

• Favorable jury verdict for public figure sued for defamation in a union election campaign.

MOLD ILLNESS

• Favorable settlement with a major developer for mold illness claim in a commercial building.

• Favorable settlement with a major HVAC company due to HVAC system exposing homeowner

to mold.

PERSONAL INJURY

• Judgment for “slip and fall” transporting trash bins down slippery stairs at rental property.

• Favorable settlement of a severe injury claim in a construction accident.

• Favorable settlement of severe and life-altering injury claim concerning missing stair at a hotel.