Maryland residents facing civil rights issues have access to attorneys who specialize in discrimination, police misconduct, First Amendment violations, voting rights, and civil liberties. The legal framework in Maryland differs from other states in important ways, and the attorneys listed here have experience navigating Circuit Court proceedings and the specific regulations that govern civil rights cases in this jurisdiction.

The statute of limitations for civil rights matters in Maryland is generally 3 years, though specific deadlines vary by case type. Cases proceed through Circuit Court, and Maryland's state laws may provide protections or requirements that differ from federal standards. The Maryland State Bar Association sets the professional standards for practitioners, and attorneys who focus on civil rights in Maryland bring jurisdictional expertise that general practitioners often lack.

Choosing the right civil rights attorney in Maryland means evaluating more than just qualifications — it means finding someone who understands the local legal system and has handled similar cases. Use the profiles on this page to compare attorney experience, read client reviews, check office locations, and identify lawyers who offer free initial consultations. Taking the time to compare options can significantly affect your outcome.

Want to understand your legal rights before contacting an attorney? Read our complete guide to civil rights law in Maryland for an in-depth look at Maryland's statutes, court procedures, and what outcomes are possible. When you're ready, use the profiles below to compare attorneys and schedule a consultation.

Allen E. Honick - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Furman Honick Law
 11155 Red Run Boulevard Suite 110 Owings Mills MD 21117
(410) 844-6000
District of Columbia Bar
Unknown Status
Appeals & Appellate Cannabis & Marijuana Law Civil Rights
Andreas Lundstedt - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Law Office of Andrew M. Dansicker, LLC
 11350 McCormick Rd #705 Hunt Valley MD 21031
(410) 771-5668
Western Michigan University Cooley Law School (2005)
Danish, English, Norwegian, Swedish
Maryland Bar
Active License
Arbitration & Mediation Civil Rights Employment Law
Jason Ostendorf - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Law Office of Jason Ostendorf LLC
 201 International Circle Suite 230 Hunt Valley MD 21030
University of Baltimore (2002)
English
Maryland Bar
Unknown Status
Appeals & Appellate Arbitration & Mediation Civil Rights
Saidah Grimes - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Murphy, Falcon & Murphy
 1 South Street, Ste 2300 Baltimore MD 21202
(800) 277-0150
University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law (2014)
English, Portuguese, Spanish
Maryland Bar
Unknown Status
Civil Rights Medical Malpractice Products Liability
Mark Rosenberg - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
 7101 Wisconsin Ave Bethesda MD 20814
(301) 913-0077
Georgetown University Law Center
Maryland Bar
Active License
Antitrust Law Bankruptcy Business Law
Bobby Malek - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Malek Legal
 966 Hungerford Drive, Suite 20B ROCKVILLE MD 20850
(301) 340-9000
Dickinson College
English, Spanish
Unknown Status
Appeals & Appellate Civil Rights Consumer Law
Suraj Vyas - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
The Law Offices of Suraj A. Vyas, LLC
 Clients By Appointment Only MD 21163
(410) 935-2786
University of Baltimore School of Law (2014)
English, Gujarati, Spanish
Maryland Bar
Unknown Status
Antitrust Law Arbitration & Mediation Business Law
Ramsay M. Whitworth - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Silverman Thompson
 400 E Pratt St Suite 900 Baltimore MD 21202
(410) 385-2225
University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law
English
United States District Court, Western District of Pennsylvania Bar
Active License
Appeals & Appellate Business Law Civil Rights
Afshin Pishevar - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Pishevar & Associates, P.C.
 226 N Adams St Rockville MD 20850
(301) 279-8773
Cleveland State University Cleveland-Marshall College of Law
English
Washington, D.C. Bar
Active License
Bankruptcy Business Law Civil Rights
Theodore P. Stein - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Gordon Feinblatt LLC
 1001 Fleet Street Suite 700 Baltimore MD 21202
(410) 576-4229
Maryland Bar
Unknown Status
Appeals & Appellate Arbitration & Mediation Civil Rights
Andrew Norman - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Silverman Thompson
 400 E Pratt St Suite 900 Baltimore MD 21202
(410) 385-2225
University of Baltimore School of Law
English
U.S. Military Court of Appeals Bar
Unknown Status
Appeals & Appellate Civil Rights Criminal Law
Steven D. Silverman - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Silverman Thompson
 400 E Pratt St Suite 900 Baltimore MD 21202
(410) 385-2225
University of Baltimore School of Law
English
United States District Court, District of Maryland Bar
Active License
Appeals & Appellate Arbitration & Mediation Business Law
Douglas Phillips - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Phillips Law Group, LLC
 2931 Churchville Road # 573 Churchville MD 21028
(410) 961-1036
Seton Hall University (2004)
English, Spanish
Maryland Bar
Unknown Status
Business Law Civil Rights Construction Law
Jeffrey J Sadri - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Bennett & Ellison, P.C.
 2086 Generals Highway, Ste. 201 Annapolis MD 21401
(443) 321-8744
University of Baltimore School of Law (2009)
English
Maryland Bar
Unknown Status
Civil Rights Criminal Law DUI & DWI
Andrew M. Dansicker - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
The Law Office of Andrew M. Dansicker, LLC
 11350 McCormick Rd Suite 705 Hunt Valley MD 21031
(410) 213-3392
Columbia Law School
English
4th Circuit Bar
Unknown Status
Arbitration & Mediation Civil Rights Employment Law
Joshua Graeme Whitaker - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
 7474 Greenway Center Drive Greenbelt MD 20770
(301) 513-5080
The George Washington University Law School (2001)
Korean
Maryland Bar
Active License
Business Law Civil Rights Divorce
David Andrew Burkhouse - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Pessin Katz Law, P.A.
 5950 Symphony Woods Road Suite 510 Columbia MD 21044
(410) 740-3150
University of Baltimore School of Law (2004)
Maryland Bar
Unknown Status
Business Law Civil Rights Construction Law
Linda Thatcher - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Thatcher Law Office, LLC
 7849 Belle Point Drive Greenbelt MD 20770
(301) 441-1400
St. Mary s University School of Law
English
District of Columbia Bar
Active License
Arbitration & Mediation Business Law Civil Rights
Patricia Ann Cresta-Savage - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Law Office of Pat Cresta Savage, LLC
 7678 Quarterfield Road Suite 203A Glen Burnie MD 21061
(240) 260-4100
NVLS
English
Federal Circuit Bar
Active License
Business Law Civil Rights Criminal Law
Ali Herischi - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Herischi & Associates LLC
 7201 Wisconsin Ave Suite 450 Bethesda MD 20814
(301) 363-4540
Farsi
Maryland Bar
Unknown Status
Civil Rights Employment Law Immigration Law
Gladys M. Weatherspoon - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Law Office of Gladys Weatherspoon
 6305 Ivy Lane Suite #605 Greenbelt MD 20770
(301) 474-4422
National Criminal Defense College (2003)
Georgia Bar
Unknown Status
Civil Rights Criminal Law DUI & DWI
Michael Taylor - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Bruckheim & Patel
 51 Monroe Place, Suite 707 Rockville MD 20850
(301) 251-2772
University of Baltimore School of Law (1990)
District of Columbia Bar
Active License
Civil Rights Criminal Law DUI & DWI
Barton D. Moorstein - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Blank, Moorstein & Lipshutz, L.L.P.
 111 Rockville Pike #400 Rockville MD 20850
(301) 279-2200
The George Washington University Law School (1979)
English
District of Columbia Bar
Active License
Business Law Civil Rights Employment Law
Kathleen Hanlon Sinclair - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Silverman Thompson
 400 E Pratt St Suite 900 Baltimore MD 21202
(410) 385-2225
University of Virginia School of Law (2002)
English
Maryland Bar
Active License
Appeals & Appellate Business Law Civil Rights
Malcolm Ruff - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Murphy, Falcon & Murphy, P.A.
 One South Street, 23rd Fl Baltimore MD 21202
(410) 951-8773
University of Baltimore School of Law (2008)
Maryland Bar
Unknown Status
Civil Rights Criminal Law Medical Malpractice
Garland Hall - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Law Office of Garland C. Hall, LLC
 7420 Baltimore-Annapolis Boulevard Glen Burnie MD 21061
(410) 787-0007
Widener University, School of Law
English, English
Maryland Courts Bar
Unknown Status
Civil Rights Criminal Law Divorce
John Hermina - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Hermina Law Group
 Laurel Lakes Executive Park 8327 Cherry Lane Laurel MD 20707
(301) 206-3166
Arabic, English, French, Spanish
Unknown Status
Business Law Civil Rights Consumer Law
Fiona A. M. Davis - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
 201 N. Charles Street Suite 2600 Baltimore MD 21201
(410) 385-6248
University of Maryland School of Law (2005)
Unknown Status
Appeals & Appellate Arbitration & Mediation Business Law
James Edward Rubin - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Rubin Employment Law
 600 Jefferson Plaza Suite 204 Rockville, MD 20852 MD 20852
(301) 760-7914
University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh (1993)
Maryland Bar
Active License
Appeals & Appellate Business Law Civil Rights
Ayesha Khan - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Rock Creek Law, LLC
 5309 Burling Terrace Bethesda MD 20814
University of California - Berkeley (1986)
English
3rd Circuit Bar
Active License
Appeals & Appellate Civil Rights Employment Law
John Michael Singleton - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
 107010 York Road Suite 103 Monkton MD 21111
(410) 902-0073
UDC David A. Clarke School of Law (1977)
U.S. Supreme Court Bar
Unknown Status
Civil Rights Employment Law Intellectual Property
Alexander Williams Jr. - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Silverman Thompson
 400 E Pratt St Suite 900 Baltimore MD 21202
(410) 385-2225
Temple University
English
Maryland Bar
Unknown Status
Business Law Civil Rights Criminal Law
Howard Benjamin Hoffman - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Hoffman Employment Law, LLC
 600 Jefferson Plaza Ste. 204 Rockville MD 20852
(301) 251-3752
University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law (1997)
English
Maryland Bar
Active License
Civil Rights Employment Law Immigration Law
Fatai Aderemi Suleman - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Amity & Suleman, P.A.
 7501 Greenway Center Dr Suite 450 Greenbelt MD 20770
(301) 982-3434
Maryland Bar
Active License
Civil Rights Immigration Law International Law
Jodie E. Buchman - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Silverman Thompson
 400 E Pratt St Suite 900 Baltimore MD 21202
(410) 385-2225
University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law
English
Virginia Bar
Active License
Appeals & Appellate Bankruptcy Business Law
Timothy Mitchell - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Timothy Mitchell Law Office
 6301 Ivy Lane Suite 700 Greenbelt MD 20770
(301) 345-9555
English, Spanish
Maryland Bar
Active License
Civil Rights Criminal Law DUI & DWI
Ruth Ann Azeredo - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Law Office of Ruth Ann Azeredo LLC
 1997 Annapolis Exchange Parkway Suite 300 Annapolis MD 21401
(410) 558-1915
North Carolina Central University School of Law
English, Portuguese, Spanish
US District Court Colorado Bar
Active License
Arbitration & Mediation Business Law Civil Rights
Greg Abney - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
 1 Church Street Suite 910 Rockville MD 20850
(301) 850-4972
University of Maryland
Unknown Status
Civil Rights Criminal Law Domestic Violence
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