About Mr. Phillip R
Mr. Phillip R Zuber earned his law degree from the University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law in 1978. He completed his undergraduate work at the University of Maryland, College Park, receiving a B.A. in American Studies in 1975. Those formative years set the stage for a long career centered in Maryland and the federal courts that serve the region.
He began his legal work as an associate at Goldman, Kovelant, Nichols, Pedersen & Hurtt in 1978. Two years later he moved to Sasscer, Clagett & Bucher as an associate. He became a partner at that firm in 1985 and has remained associated with it since. That steady progression illustrates a conventional path from entry-level associate to firm leadership over the course of the 1980s and beyond.
Court admissions include the State of Maryland and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. Those admissions reflect a practice that spans state trial work and matters that can proceed to the federal appellate level. Colleagues and peers know him through courtroom appearances and filings in both forums.
Professional association activity has been a consistent part of his career. He was elected a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers in 2006, an affiliation that places him within a national peer group of trial practitioners. He has served as a Master of the J. Dudley Digges Inn of Court since 1988, participating in an organization that focuses on professional development and mentoring. He has been a member of the Prince George’s County Bar Association since 1980. From 1999 to 2009 he served as a trustee of Bryn Athyn College of the New Church.
His profile shows long-standing ties to the local legal community, both through bar organizations and through his firm. Decades of practice at Sasscer, Clagett & Bucher have involved him in the firm’s docket and governance. The combination of trial experience, appellate admission and Inn of Court work indicates involvement in both advocacy and professional education.
Over the past four decades he has maintained a practice centered in Maryland, including matters that have reached the Fourth Circuit. He continues to practice at Sasscer, Clagett & Bucher, representing clients in matters in Maryland and before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.
