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| | Address | | 14440 Old Mill Road | | Upper Marlboro, Maryland 20772 | | (Prince Georges Co.) | |  | Accepts Credit Cards |
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| | Contact Information | Phone: 301-952-0100
Annapolis-Baltimore: 410-792-3786 | Fax: 301-952-0221;
Toll Free: 800-480-7702 | | Visit Our Website | | http://www.kmnl-law.com |  | | Send Us Email |  |
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| Knight, Manzi, Nussbaum & LaPlaca, P.A. practices in the following areas of law:
General Civil and Criminal Trial and Appellate Practice before State and Federal Courts. Practice areas include: Banking, Business/Corporate, Estate/Probate, Education, Employment, Family, Landlord/Tenant, Municipal, Personal Injury, Real Estate, Zoning and Land Use. | | Year Established: 1980 | Firm Profile:
Knight, Manzi, Nussbaum & LaPlaca, P.A., is a full service law firm serving our clients in the State of Maryland and the District of Columbia. The firm's lawyers have expertise in a wide range of legal matters including: zoning and land use, education, small business, municipal law, employment, criminal defense, personal injury, commercial and other civil litigation, domestic relations, commercial and residential real estate settlements, and estate planning. The firm is known for its ability to provide talented, creative and professional representation of its clients. The firm's clients include county and municipal governments, local school boards, local and national businesses and just as important, individual clients. Whether a client needs a will or a merger, land purchased, zoned and developed or an estate planned, defense of a criminal matter or a personal injury case, the firm has attorneys who will provide professional, talented, legal representation. | | Firm Size: 19 | Representative Clients:
Boards of Education for: Prince George's County and Frederick County; Municipalities: Town of Bladensburg; Town of Berwyn Heights; City of Greenbelt; City of Laurel; City of New Carrollton; Town of North Beach; Government Agencies: Prince George's County, Maryland; Doctors Community Hospital of Maryland; Banking: The Columbia Bank; Commerce Bank; PNC Bank; Corporate Clients: 7-Eleven, Inc.; A.H. Smith & Sons; Allied Trailer Sales; Bozutto Management Company; Carrollton Enterprises; Chesapeake Custom Homes; Curtis Properties; DeMatha Catholic High School; Exit Realty; Evangel Church, Inc.; First Washington Management, Inc.; Kenneth H. Michael Companies; Long & Foster Real Estate; Mark Vogel Companies; Martin Marietta Corp.; McDonalds Corporation; Morrison's Restaurants; National Church of God, Inc.; Patuxent Materials, Inc.; Post Properties; Prince George's Plaza; Realty Management Services, Inc.; Safeway; Sawyer Realty Holdings; Straughan Environmental Services, Inc.; The Driggs Corp.; WAWA: HMS Host Corp. | Reference:
The Columbia Bank. | Office Hours:
Monday: 08:30 AM - 05:00 PM
Tuesday: 08:30 AM - 05:00 PM
Wednesday: 08:30 AM - 05:00 PM
Thursday: 08:30 AM - 05:00 PM
Friday: 08:30 AM - 05:00 PM
| Rate Information:
Fixed Hourly Rates
Fixed Fees Available
Accepts Major Credit Cards
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American Express | | William E. Knight (Member) born Riverdale, Maryland, June 15, 1946; admitted to bar, 1972, Maryland; 1973, U.S. District Court, District of Maryland; 1977, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: University of Maryland (B.S., 1969; J.D., 1972). Member, University of Maryland Law Review, 1969-1972. Member, Attorney Grievance Commission of Maryland, Inquiry Committee, 1976-1982. Member: Prince George's County, Maryland State and American Bar Associations. [With USAR, 1968-1970]. Practice Areas: Administrative Law; Zoning Law; Municipal Law; Corporate Law; Contracts; Real Estate and Business Transactions; Liquor Licensing. Email: William E. Knight | | Robert A. Manzi (Member) born Brooklyn, New York, May 3, 1945; admitted to bar, 1971, Maryland; 1973, U.S. District Court, District of Maryland; 1974, U.S. Supreme Court; 1980, District of Columbia. Education: St. Bonaventure University (B.A., 1967); University of Maryland (J.D., 1970). Associate County Attorney, Prince George's County, 1972-1974. City Attorney: City of Greenbelt, Maryland; City of Laurel, Maryland; City of New Carrollton, Maryland. Member: Maryland State Bar Association, Inc. (Member, Administrative Law Section) and Prince George's County Bar Association (Member, Sections on: Administrative Law; Local Legislation); District of Columbia Bar. [1st Lt., U.S. Army, 1971-1972]. Practice Areas: Administrative Law; Zoning Law; Municipal Law; Contracts; Corporations; Leases; Liquor Licensing. Email: Robert A. Manzi | | Ronald M. Miller (Member) born Cleveland, Ohio, March 1, 1946; admitted to bar, 1973, Maryland; 1976, District of Columbia; 1977, U.S. District Court, District of Maryland; 1979, U.S. District Court, District of Columbia; 1980, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Ohio State University (B.A., 1968); George Washington University (J.D., 1972). Law Clerk, Chief Judge, Seventh Judicial Circuit of Maryland, 1972-1973. Instructor: Real Estate Law and Business Law, Prince George's County Community College, 1973-1984; Business Law, University of Maryland, 1980-1982; Graduate Realtors Institute of Maryland, 1977-1979. Attorney, Prince George's County Board of Zoning Appeals, 1975-1979. Member: Maryland State Bar, Prince George's County Bar, Montgomery County Bar, and American Bar Associations; The District of Columbia Bar; Commercial Law League of America. Practice Areas: Commercial Law; Landlord and Tenant Law; Real Property Law; Construction Law; Creditors Rights Law. Email: Ronald M. Miller | | Andrew W. Nussbaum (Member) born Washington, D.C., October 1, 1954; admitted to bar, 1979, Maryland and U.S. District Court, District of Maryland; 1980, District of Columbia; 1981, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit; 1985, U.S. District Court, District of Columbia; 1992, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Stanford University (B.A., with honors, 1976); George Washington University (J.D., with honors, 1979). Law Clerk to Hon. Howard S. Chasanow, Associate Judge, Seventh Judicial Circuit of Maryland, 1979-1980. Maryland Council of Local School Board Attorneys, Secretary/Treasurer, 1988-1990; Vice-President, 1990-1991; President, 1992-1994. Member: Maryland State Bar (Member, Special Committee on Professional Responsibility, 1983-1985; Member, Special Committee on Lawyer Dispute Resolution, 1989-1994) and Prince George's County Bar Associations; The District of Columbia Bar. Practice Areas: Education Law; Special Education of Handicapped Children; Municipal Law; Workers Compensation Law; Personal Injury Law. Email: Andrew W. Nussbaum | | John F. Shay, Jr. (Member) born Newburg, N.Y., May 17, 1956; admitted to bar, 1981, Maryland; 1982, U.S. District Court, District of Maryland; 1984, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit; 1985, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Mount St. Mary's College (B.A., cum laude, 1978); University of Dayton (J.D., 1981). Associate County Attorney, Prince George's County, 1981-1983. Municipal Clients: City of Laurel, City of Greenbelt, Town of Berwyn Heights, Maryland, 1984—; Town of North Beach, Maryland, 1988—. Member: Maryland State Bar Association, Inc., Prince George's County, and Calvert County Bar Associations; Maryland Trial Lawyers Association; Maryland Municipal Attorneys Association (President, 2006-2007). Practice Areas: Personal Injury Law; Municipal Law; Civil Litigation; Criminal Defense Law. Email: John F. Shay, Jr. | | Sheldon L. Gnatt (Member) born Washington, D.C., December 24, 1952; admitted to bar, 1981, Maryland; 1982, District of Columbia and U.S. District Court, District of Maryland; 1986, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit; 2005, U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit. Education: University of Maryland (B.A., with high honors, 1974); New York University; Catholic University of America (J.D., 1980). Phi Kappa Phi; Omicron Delta Epsilon. Law Clerk to Hon. Robert H. Mason, Associate Judge, Seventh Judicial Circuit of Maryland, 1980-1982. Member: Prince George's County (Co-Chairman, Labor and Employment Law Committee, 1990-1997, 2003-2006; Member, Board of Directors, 1994-1998) and Maryland State Bar Associations; The District of Columbia Bar. Practice Areas: Education Law; Employer-Employee Relations Law; Insurance Defense Law; Wrongful Termination. Email: Sheldon L. Gnatt | | Daniel A. LaPlaca (Member) born Washington, D.C., August 14, 1959; admitted to bar, 1985, Maryland. Education: University of Virginia (B.S., 1981); McIntire School of Commerce; University of Maryland (J.D., 1984). Graduate of Leadership Washington. Author: "Adoptions by Single Parents," Maryland Law Forum, May, 1984. Chairman: Private Industry Council, Prince George's County, 1997-2003; Salvation Army Advisory Council, 1997-2002; Board Member: Prince George's Community Foundation, 2001-2002; American Heart Association, 1997-1999; Practice before Prince George's County Agencies: County Council; Liquor Board, Board of Realtors; Planning Board; Board of Zoning Appeals and Property Assessment Appeals Board; Town Counsel, Town of Bladensburg, 1985—. Member: Maryland State Bar (Member, Administrative Law Section), Prince George's County Bar, Calvert County Bar (Member, Elder Law Section), and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Real Estate; Administrative Law; Business Law; Corporate Law; Trusts and Estates; Elder Law; Condominium and Homeowners Association; Zoning, Planning and Land Use; Liquor Licensing Law. Email: Daniel A. LaPlaca | | Monica M. Haley-Pierson (Member) born Greenville, Mississippi, June 17, 1959; admitted to bar, 1989, Maryland; 1990, U.S. District Court, District of Maryland; 1994, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit. Education: University of Maryland (B.S., cum laude, 1987; J.D., with honors, 1989). Order of the Coif. Moot Court Board Member. Licensed Title Agent. Member: Prince George's County(Chairwoman, Membership Committee; Member, Family Law Section), Calvert County (President-Elect, 2007; President, 2008), Maryland State and American (Member, Real Property, Elder Law and Family Law Sections) Bar Associations. Reported Cases: Lampton v. LaHood, 94 Md.App. 461, 617 A.2d 1142 (1993); Green v. Bellrive Condominiums Ltd., 135 Md.App.563, 763 A.2d 252 (2000); Lamack v. Ciuffetelli, No.05-1735 (Aug.9, 2006) Co-Counsel (Unreported); Proctor v. Proctor, No. 06-2322 (Jun. 5, 2007) Co-Counsel (Unreported). Practice Areas: Family Law; Trusts and Estates; Estate Probate; Small Business; Real Estate; Elder Law. Email: Monica M. Haley-Pierson | | Daniel F. Lynch III (Member) born Waterbury, Connecticut, July 31, 1963; admitted to bar, 1989, Maryland; 1990, U.S. District Court, District of Maryland; 1994, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. Education: Catholic University of America (B.A., 1985; J.D., 1989). Member: Maryland State (Co-Chairman, Administrative Law Committee, 2002—) and Prince George's County Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Zoning, Planning and Land Use; Administrative Law; Liquor Licensing. Email: Daniel F. Lynch III | | Amy Glaser Cohen (Member) born Hartford, Connecticut, October 14, 1970; admitted to bar, 1995, Maryland; 1996, New Jersey (Inactive); 1997, District of Columbia and Pennsylvania (Inactive). Education: University of Maryland (B.S., 1992); University of Baltimore (J.D., 1995). Recipient: Thomas J. Pullen, Jr. Outstanding Young Alumna Award (1999); President H. Mebane Turner Service Award (1998, 2000, 2001); Special Recognition Award for Service, Prince George's County Bar Association (2004). Member, 1996-2000 and Chairperson, 1997-1998, Young Alumni Committee, University of Baltimore School of Law. Member: Board of Governors (1996—), Executive Officers Committee (1999—), Secretary (1999-2000); Vice President-at-Large (2000-2002); Vice President of School of Law (2003-2004); Executive Vice President (2004—), University of Baltimore. Member, Alumni of the Year Committee (1998-1999; 1999-2000); Chairperson, Awards Committee (1999-2000; 2000-2001). Volunteer, Law Mentor Program for First-Year Law Students (1996—). Board of Directors, Resource Connections of Prince George's County, Inc., 2004—. Steinberg Leadership Institute Participant, Anti-Defamation League, 2001-2002. Network Captain, Lawyers' Campaign Against Hunger, 1999—. Member: Prince George's County (Board of Directors, 2000—) and Maryland State (Negligence/Workers Compensation Section Council Secretary, 2003-2004; Vice President, 2004—) Bar Associations; Prince George's County Women's Bar Association (Secretary, 2000-2001; President, 2001-2002); Maryland Women's Bar Association (Treasurer, 2002-2003; Secretary, 2003-2004; Vice President, 2004—; Judicial Selections Committee, 2002-2003 and 2003-2004). Practice Areas: Workers Compensation; Education Law; General Civil Litigation. Email: Amy Glaser Cohen | | —————————— | | Bryon S. Bereano (Associate) born Washington, DC, July 11, 1972; admitted to bar, 2000, Maryland; 2001, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit and U.S. District Court, District of Maryland. Education: University of Virginia (B.A., 1994); University of Baltimore School of Law (J.D., 1999). Law Clerk to: The Honorable William J. Spellbring, Jr., Associate Judge, Seventh Judicial Circuit of Maryland, 1999-2000; The Honorable Alexander Williams, Jr., U.S. District Court Judge, U.S. District Court, District of Maryland, 2000-2001. Member: Montgomery County Bar Association; Prince George's County Bar Association (Member, Board of Directors, 2007—); Marlborough Inns of Court (Program Chair, 2007—). Practice Areas: Landlord and Tenant Law; Civil Litigation; Construction Litigation; Real Estate Litigation. Email: Bryon S. Bereano | | Douglas E. Brown (Associate) born Washington, D.C., October 26, 1965; admitted to bar, 2003, Maryland. Education: University of Maryland (B.S., 1989); University of Baltimore School of Law (J.D., 2003). Member, Moot Court. Member: Maryland State, Anne Arundel, Prince George's County and American Bar Associations; Maryland Trial Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Municipal Law; Civil Litigation; Criminal Law; Personal Injury; Trusts and Estates. Email: Douglas E. Brown | | Lindsey K. Erdmann (Associate) admitted to bar, 2003, Maryland. Education: University of Delaware (B.A., 2000); University of Maryland (J.D., 2003). Law Clerk, The Honorable Julia B. Weatherly, Associate Judge, 7th Judicial Circuit Court of Maryland. Member, The Business Lawyer 2001-2002. Articles Editor, Editorial Board 2002-2003. Member: Maryland State and Prince George's County Bar Associations. Reported Cases: Lamack v. Ciuffetelli, No.05-1735 (Aug.9, 2006) Co-Counsel (Unreported); Proctor v. Proctor No.06-2322 (Jun.5, 2007) Co-Counsel (Unreported). Practice Areas: Family Law; Trusts and Estates; Probate. Email: Lindsey K. Erdmann | | Joseph William Cleary (Associate) born Silver Spring, Maryland, November 27, 1976; admitted to bar, 2003, Maryland. Education: Villanova University (B.A., 1998); University of Baltimore School of Law (J.D., 2002). Member, Tax Moot Court Team, 2001. Member, University of Baltimore Law Review, 2000-2002. Judicial Law Clerk to: Hon. Ronald A. Silkworth, Circuit Court for Anne Arundel County, 2002-2003; Hon. Arrie W. Davis, Court of Special Appeals of Maryland, 2003-2004. Author: "Municipalities Versus Gun Manufacturers: Why Public Nuisance Claims Just Don't Work," 31 University of Baltimore Law Review 273, Spring 2002. Instructor, University of Baltimore Law School, Legal Research and Writing, 2004-2005. Teaching Assistant, Legal Skills, 2000-2001. Member: Maryland State and Prince George's County Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Family Law; Estate Law; Probate. | | Matthew C. Tedesco (Associate) born Silver Spring, Maryland, June 13, 1978; admitted to bar, 2004, Maryland; 2005, U.S. District Court, District of Maryland. Education: University of Maryland (B.A., 2000); Ohio Northern University College of Law (J.D., 2004). Order of the Barristers, 2004—. Associate Justice, Moot Court Board, 2003-2004. Recognized, Most Outstanding Moot Court Executive Board Member, 2003-2004. East Regional Champion, Phillip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition, 2003. Judicial Law Clerk to Hon. Michele D. Hotten, 2004-2005. Associate Judge, Seventh Judicial Circuit of Maryland. Governor Appointed Member, Nominating Commission, Anne Arundel County School Board, 2007—. Member: Maryland State Bar Association. Practice Areas: Land Use; Zoning Law; Administrative Law; Municipal Law; Real Estate; Corporate Law. Email: Matthew C. Tedesco | | Eun A. Park (Associate) born Sungnam, South Korea, November 22, 1980; admitted to bar, 2005, Maryland. Education: University of Maryland (B.A., 2002); Catholic University of America (J.D., 2005). Participant, American Bar Association's National Appellate Advocacy Competition, 2003-2004. Vice-President, Catholic University's Asian Pacific American Law Students Association, 2004-2005. Vice Chancellor, National Telecommunications Moot Court Competition, 2004-2005. Member: Maryland State and Prince George's County Bar Associations. Languages: Korean. Practice Areas: Workers Compensation; Municipal Law; Civil Litigation; Civil Appeals. Email: Eun A. Park | | OF COUNSEL | | Raymond G. LaPlaca (Of Counsel) born Washington, D.C., May 1, 1937; admitted to bar, 1983, Maryland; 1984, District of Columbia and U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Catholic University of America; University of Maryland (B.A., 1981; J.D., 1983). Vice Chairman, Maryland National Capitol Park and Planning Commission, 1975-1979. Chairman, Washington Sub. Transit Commission, 1980-1982. Member, Board of Directors, Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, 1980-1982. Member: Maryland State, Prince George's County (Member of Commission on Professional Standards, 1990-1992) and American Bar Associations; District of Columbia Bar (Chairman, Leadership Washington, 1992; Executive Committee of Greater Washington Board of Trade, 1991-1992). Languages: Spanish and Italian. Practice Areas: Administrative Law; Business Law; Non-Profit Organizations Law; Environmental Law; Legislative Law; Estate Planning. Email: Raymond G. LaPlaca | Other Office Addresses:
Laurel, Maryland Office: 305 Compton Avenue, 20707. Telephone: 301-776-0827.
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