Bruce M. Bender - Rockville, MD

Awards and Honors

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Education

• Legal Education

  • American University, Washington College of Law, Washington, District of Columbia, 1983
    J.D.

• Non Legal Education

  • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, 1979
    B.A.
    Honors: With Distinction
    Major: Ecology
    Major: Economics

Current Employment Position(s)

• Senior Partner

Past Positions

• Circuit Court for Arandel County, Judicial Clerk, 1983 - 1984

Languages

• English (Primary)

• Spanish

Classes and Seminars

• Business Law, Montgomery College, 1987 - 1992
  
• Workers Compensation Law, Lorman Educational Services, 2000 - 2003

Representative Cases

• University Nursing Home v. R.B. Brown
  • Court: Md. App.
  • Year: 1986
• Sigal Construction Constr. v. Stanbury
  • Court: D.C. App.
  • Year: 1991
• Fishman v. Ernst & Young
  • Court: Va.S.Ct.
  • Year: 1993
• Ralph v. Sears Roebuck & Co.
  • Court: Md. App.
  • Year: 1994
• Yale Fishman Associates v. Ralph
  • Court: Md.
  • Year: 1995
• Martin v. ADM Partnership
  • Court: Md. App.
  • Year: 1995
• ADM Partnership v. Martin
  • Court: Md.
  • Year: 1997
• Robert Terrell v. WMATA
  • Court: Benefits Review Board
  • Year: 2000
• Duncan v. WMATA, D.C. Cir.
  • Year: 2001
• Yale Martin v. WMATA
  • Court: D.C. Cir.
  • Year: 2001
• Duncan v. WMATA
  • Court: U.S.
  • Year: 2001
• Moore v. Moore
  • Year: 2002
• Yale M Fishman v. attorney
  • Court: Benefits Review Board
  • Year: 2002
• Moore v. Jacobsen
  • Year: 2003
• Darren Stanger v. Hood College
  • Court: Maryland Court of Special Appeals
• Roosevelt Swain v. Hann & Hann
  • Court: Maryland Court of Special Appeals
• Joan Newton Guy v. Mechanicsville Fire Dept.
  • Court: Maryland Court of Special Appeals
• Thomas Dy v. Safeway Stores
  • Court: D.C. Court of Appeals
• Janice Pepperman v. Montgomery County Public Schools, Maryland Court of Special Appeals
• Janice Pepperman v. Montgomery County Public Schools
  • Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
• Bruce Robertson v. Northcutt
  • Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
• U.S. Fish v. Noordzee
  • Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
• Keith Gibby v. IBM
  • Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
• Carlene Amsbury v. Roberts Oxygen
  • Court: Maryland Court of Special Appeals
• North Washington Limited Partnership v. Kimmel
  • Court: Maryland Court of Special Appeals
• Jeanne Kersting v. Fairfax County Public Schools
  • Court: Virginia Court of Appeals
• Albertus Baker v. WMATA
  • Court: Virginia Court of Appeals
• Vernon McNeill v. WMATA
  • Court: Virginia Court of Appeals
• Paul Washington v. DEC
  • Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
• Charles Lyles v. Mowbray
  • Court: Maryland Court of Special Appeals
• Moustafa v. Moustafa
  • Court: Maryland Court of Special Appeals
• Josephine Quinn v. Dressler
  • Court: Full Virginia Workers Compensation Commission
• Terrence Petty v. Association for Supervision
  • Court: Full Virginia Workers Compensation Commission
• Sandy Ramey v. Washington Adventist Hospital
  • Court: Maryland Court of Special Appeals
• Vivian Barba v. Doctor's Emergency Services, PA
  • Court: Maryland Court of Special Appeals
• Andre Taylor v. Federal Express
  • Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
• Bienkowski v. Brooks
  • Court: Maryland Court of Appeals
• Butler v. James
  • Court: Maryland Court of Appeals
  • Year: 2001
• Heralal v. Grand Hyatt
• Poole v. Coakley & Williams Construction, et. al., 423 Md. 92
  • Year: 2011

Bar Admissions

• Maryland, 1983
• District of Columbia, 1984
• Illinois, 1984
• U.S. District Court District of Maryland, 1985
• U.S. District Court of the District of Columbia, 1985
• U.S. Court of Appeals 4th Circuit, 1985
• U.S. Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit, 1999
• U.S. Supreme Court, 2001

Other Affiliations

• Maryland Association for Justice (Member)
• Montgomery County Bar Association (Member)
• Montgomery County Inns of Court (Member)
• Maryland Bar Association (Member)
• District of Columbia Bar Association