Laura J. Margulies - Rockville, MD

Education

• Legal 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

• Non Legal Education

  • Yeshiva University, New York, New York, 1977
    B.S., Bachelor of Science
    Major: English
    Major: Education

Current Employment Position(s)

• Attorney

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

Classes and Seminars

• Associate Professor, Bankruptcy Law, University of Maryland, University College, 1993 - 1996
  
• Seminar Presenter, Bar Association of Montgomery County
  
• Seminar Presenter, MICPEL
  
• Seminar Presenter, Bankruptcy Bar Association for the District of Maryland
  
• Seminar Presenter, Montgomery County Bar Association

Pro Bono Activities

• American Bankruptcy Institute, Member

Published Works

Articles

• 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

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)
• 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)