Profiles In Law

Lawyers at the law firm of Engel & Engel have been serving the legal needs of people in Baltimore, Ellicott City and Columbia, Maryland and the Washington, DC metro area since 1950. Our main Baltimore personal injury law firm, located in the heart of the Baltimore downtown business districts, is near Baltimore’s famed Inner Harbor and within walking distance of the metro station stops at Charles Center. We are also within walking distance of the light rail stop at Lexington Market and the bus stop at St. Paul Street or Charles Street.

William L. Corbin

Severna park wills attorney

Bill Corbin is the founding member of what has become Corbin, Schaffer & Aviles, Chartered. He was born in Frederick, Maryland in 1940 and graduated from the University of Maryland with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1963.

Prior to attending law school, Mr. Corbin was a Captain in the United States Air Force Security Service. He was a Signal Intelligence Officer stationed in Texas, Germany and Greece.

Mr. Corbin returned to the University of Maryland for law school and received his Juris Doctorate in 1971. After law school he worked for the law firm of Anderson, Coe and King in Baltimore.

Mr. Corbin opened the doors of what is now Corbin, Schaffer & Aviles, Chartered in 1973 in Severna Park where he has practiced since. He was a member of the Maryland House of Delegates staff from 1975 through 1976.

For ten years in the 1980′s and 1990′s Mr. Corbin was an officer in the Maryland State Guard attaining the rank of Colonel. He commanded a Brigade and was Deputy Commander of the entire State Guard. During that time he received many awards for service to the State of Maryland.

Mr. Corbin is admitted to practice by the Maryland Court of Appeals, the United States District Court for the District of Maryland and the United States Supreme Court. He is a member of the American Bar Association, Maryland State Bar Association and the Anne Arundel County Bar Association. He is a former Section council member of the Maryland State Bar Association, Family Law Section. This is the leadership group of the State Bar Family Law Section. Both in conjunction with the Section and otherwise, Mr. Corbin has taught other attorneys and Judges in various programs of continuing Legal Education. He is an active member of the Anne Arundel County Bar Association Family Law Committee.

Corbin, Schaffer & Aviles
4 Evergreen Road,
Severna Park, Maryland 21146
Phone: 410.544.0314

Jeffrey M. Orenstein is a skilled commercial litigator with a particular emphasis on Montgomery County bankruptcy laws. He has been appointed to serve as Bankruptcy Trustee and Examiner in complex Chapter 11 cases. For more than 20 years, he has represented bankruptcy estates, bankruptcy trustees in multiple jurisdictions, creditors and debtors in a wide variety of high profile bankruptcy cases and in business and consumer litigation.  Jeffrey M. Orenstein has multiple memberships and admissions on his record with a strong history in the area.

Born:
Washington, D.C., March 9, 1961

Education:
Bucknell University, B.A., 1982 , Delaware Law School of Widener University, J.D., cum laude, 1985

Practice Areas:
Commercial Litigation; Bankruptcy; Creditors’ Rights; State and Federal Employment Taxation

Membership:
American Bar Association; Maryland State Bar Association; Montgomery County Bar Association; District of Columbia Bar.

Admissions:
1985, Maryland; 1986, U.S. Tax Court; 1990, U.S. District Court, District of Maryland; 1991, District of Columbia; 1995, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit; 1997, U.S. Supreme Court

Michael G. Wolff is a seasoned veteran with more than 25 years of experience practicing bankruptcy in MD. He is a respected bankruptcy trustee responsible for handling complex cases. His experience as a former prosecuting attorney has made him an excellent criminal lawyer. His practice extends all over Maryland including, Frederick bankruptcy, Rockville, and Montgomery County.   He is rated AV – the highest awarded for legal ability and ethics – by Martindale-Hubbell.

Born: Elizabeth, New Jersey, April 8, 1954

Education:
American University, B.S., 1976 , University of Akron, J.D., 1979

Practice Areas:
Bankruptcy Law – Chapter 13, Chapter 7, Chapter 11, Personal & Business

Business Law

Criminal Law

Personal Injury

Washington DC Medical Malpractice Attorney Brian J. Nash

A practicing trial lawyer for more than 32 years, Washington DC medical malpractice attorney Brian Nash earned his Bachelor of Arts degree from Catholic University in 1969 and his Doctor of Jurisprudence from Catholic University Law School in 1974, where he served as an Editor on the Law Review. Later, he served a Judicial Clerkship for the Honorable Herbert F. Murray, U.S. District Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland (1974-1975).

He is a seasoned trial lawyer, serving as lead trial counsel in more than 500 trials during his successful career. Mr. Nash is licensed to practice law in Maryland and the District of Columbia, and has handled approximately 5,000 depositions since 1974.

Mr. Nash has received his honored “AV” rating – it’s highest – by Martindale-Hubbell, which rates the top attorneys nationwide.

He is also a member of the prestigious American College of Trial Lawyers. In addition, he is also a member of the American Board of Trial Advocates, The Bar Association of Baltimore City, the Baltimore County Bar Association, the District of Columbia Bar, and the Defense Research Institute.

Mr. Nash has presented numerous seminars and presentations to different legal, risk management, insurance and hospital organizations over the past three decades, addressing a wide variety of health care topics affecting lawyers, hospital executives, physicians, other health care providers and insurance executives.

Mr. Nash’s medical negligence and personal injury law practice has been concentrated in Medical Malpractice in including Brain Injury, Birth Injury and Cerebral Palsy, Medical and Professional Liability, Drug and Medical Device Litigation, Insurance Law, Civil Litigation and General Litigation.

Mr. Nash, in addition to his State bar admissions in Maryland and the District of Columbia, is also admitted to practice before the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.

Rockville Maryland Criminal Attorney from a Rockville Maryland Criminal Law Firm

Practice Areas
Criminal Law; Assault and Battery; Burglary; Criminal Appeals; Criminal Conspiracy; Criminal Defense; Criminal Fraud; Criminal Investigation; Drivers License Suspension; Driving While Intoxicated; DUI/DWI; Electronic Surveillance; Expungements; Extortion; Federal Criminal Law; Felonies; Forgery; Hit and Run; Homicide; Mail Fraud; Manslaughter; Misdemeanors; Money Laundering; Murder; Parole and Probation; Search and Seizure; Sex Crimes; Sexual Assault; Shoplifting; Stalking; Theft; Traffic Violations; Vehicular Homicide; Weapons Charges; Wire Fraud; Wiretapping; Capital Punishment; Death Penalty

John P. Zanelotti: Charles County Car Accident Attorney

Admitted: 1981, Maryland; 1982, Florida; 1986, District of Columbia, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, U.S. District Court, District of Maryland, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit and U.S. Supreme Court

Education: University of Baltimore, J.D

Member: Prince George County (Member, Board of Directors, 2000-2001), Montgomery County, Calvert County and Maryland State Bar Associations; The District of Columbia Bar; The Florida Bar; Maryland Trial Lawyers Association; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America.

John P. Zanelotti, experienced auto accident lawyer in Charles County, practices medical malpractice; catastrophic injury; wrongful death; automobile accidents in charles county; nursing home abuse; workers compensation; products liability; premises liability; construction site accidents; hospital negligence, and personal injury in prince george’s county.

John P. Zanelotti
381 Main Street
Laurel, MD 20707
Phone: 866-675-1983