Laura J. Margulies - Hyattsville, MD
8201 Corporate DrSuite 260 Hyattsville, MD 20785
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Updated: 11/11/2024
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Hyattsville Bankruptcy Lawyer
Overview
About Laura J. Margulies
Current Employment Position(s)
- Attorney
Practice Areas
- Bankruptcy
Qualifications
Bar Admissions
- Maryland, 1988
- District of Columbia, 1990
- U.S. District Court District of Maryland, 1989
- U.S. District Court of the District of Columbia, 1990
- U.S. Federal Courts, 1989
Other Affiliations
- Bankruptcy Bar Association for the District of Maryland (1989 - Present; chairman, 1995 - 1996)
- American Bankruptcy Institute (Member)
- National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys (Member)
- Maryland State Bar Association (Member, Executive Committee on Consumer Bankruptcy)
- District of Columbia Bar Association (Member)
- National Association Consumer Attorneys (Member)
- National Association of Bankruptcy Trustees (Member)
Classes and Seminars
- Associate Professor, Bankruptcy Law, University of Maryland, University College, 1993 - 1996
- Seminar Presentor, Bar Association of Montgomery County
- Seminar Presentor, MICPEL
- Seminar Presentor, Bankruptcy Bar Association for the District of Maryland
- Seminar Presentor, Montgomery County Bar Association
Past Positions
- Shaw, Pittman, Potts & Trowbridge, Associate, 1992 - 1993
- Semmes, Bowen & Semmes, Associate, 1989 - 1992
- Maryland Court of Special Appeals, Hon. Paul Alpert, Law Clerk, 1988 - 1989
- United States Bankruptcy Court, Hon. James Schneider, Judicial Intern, 1986
Education
- University of Baltimore School of Law, Baltimore, Maryland, 1988
J.D., Doctor of Jurisprudence
Honors: David Gain Merit Scholarship
Law Review: Business Editor, University of Baltimore Law Review, 1986 - 1988 - Yeshiva University, New York, New York
B.S., Bachelor of Science
Major: English
Major: Education
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Articles
Published Works
- Case Note, Midlantic National Bank V. New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection University of Baltimore Law Review, Spring, 1987
- "Bankruptcy: A Crumbling Shelter from the Force of Separation Pacts," Maryland Family Law Monthly, July 1993 at 16-17
- "Women Benefit from Changes in the Bankruptcy Law," Women Today, May 1995, at 6
- "A Creditor's Protection Act? The Real Goal of the Bankruptcy Bill is to Prevent Consumers from Filing", Washington Legal Times, January, 27, 2003 at 30
- Understanding the New Semi-Automatic Stay, ABI Journal, Vol. XXV, No. 2, March, 2006
- "The Need to File Proofs of Claims in a Bankruptcy Case", Maryland State Bar Association Newsletter Bar Bulletin, October 15, pages 10 and 17, 2007
Office Information
Address
8201 Corporate DrSuite 260 Hyattsville, MD 20785
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