About Richard
Richard L. Gilman is a attorney specializing in personal injury law, with additional expertise in bankruptcy, consumer law, foreclosure defense, and tax law. He practices at Gilman & Edwards, LLC, located at 8401 Corporate Drive, Suite 450, Landover, Maryland. The firm also has an office at 401 N Washington St #110, Rockville, Maryland. Mr. Gilman is licensed to practice law in Maryland, the District of Columbia, and New York. He is a member of the Maryland Bankruptcy Bar Association and the Maryland State Bar Association. Mr. Gilman earned his Juris Doctorate from the Washington College of Law at The American University in 1988.
Prior to that, he graduated from the State University of New York at Binghamton in 1985. His legal career includes serving as a trial attorney with the U.S. Department of Justice, Tax Division. As a trial attorney with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), Fair Housing Division. At Gilman & Edwards, LLC, Mr. Gilman represents clients in personal injury cases, including automobile accidents, construction accidents, and wrongful death claims. He also handles bankruptcy cases, offering services in Chapter 7, Chapter 11, and Chapter 13 bankruptcies, as well as debt relief. In the realm of consumer law, he deals with class actions and lemon law cases.
Additionally, he provides legal assistance in foreclosure defense and tax law matters, covering business taxes, criminal tax litigation, estate tax planning, income taxes, international taxes, payroll taxes, property taxes, sales taxes, tax appeals, tax audits. Tax planning. Before his tenure at Gilman & Edwards, LLC, Mr. Gilman worked as a trial attorney with the U.S. Department of Justice, Tax Division. With the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), Fair Housing Division. In these roles, he issued informal opinions regarding the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (RESPA) and prosecuted complaints of discriminatory housing practices on behalf of aggrieved persons. Mr.
Gilman is admitted to practice in the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland, the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for Maryland, the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Columbia. The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. He is fluent in English and conversational Spanish.
