Practice areas

• Insurance Coverage
• Litigation
• Appellate  Practice

Bar admissions

• Maryland,  1983
• U.S. District Court, District of Maryland, 1989
• U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit, 1991
• U.S. District Court, District of Columbia, 1997
• District of Columbia, 1997
• United States Supreme Court, 1996

Honors

• AV® Preeminent™ Peer  Review Rated by Martindale-Hubbell®

Education

• J.D., cum laude, The Washington College of Law, The American University, 1983
• M.A., The Johns Hopkins University, 1984
• B.A., summa cum laude, Wilkes College, 1980

Professional  Associations

• Chairman, Maryland State Bar Association Section on Negligence, Insurance and Workers’  Compensation, 1997-98
• Maryland State Bar Association
• Baltimore County Bar Association

Professional  Recognitions

• Maryland Super Lawyers,  2008, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014

Publications

• Maryland Motor Vehicle Insurance (3rd ed. 2011, Lexis Law Publishing)
• “Uninsured Motorist Coverage in Maryland,” 21 U. Balt. Law Rev. 171 (1992)
• “Insurer’s Duty to Defend in Maryland,” 18 U. Balt. Law. Rev. 1 (1988)
• “Physical Damage Coverage For Motor Vehicles (Collision, Comprehensive and Named-Perils Coverages),” New Appleman on Insurance Law Library Edition, 2011

Other

• Adjunct Professor, University of Baltimore School of Law, Insurance Law, 2001-02.
• Adjunct Professor, University of Maryland School of Law, Introduction to Appellate Advocacy, 1997-98.
• Adjunct Professor, University of Baltimore School of Law, Legal Analysis, Research and Writing, 1992-1996.