Joppa Appeals & Appellate Lawyers

Mr. Davani has over a decade of experience helping the victims of injustice which he represents. He has represented clients and worked on matters in state, federal and bankruptcy courts around the country, including in Maryland, Mississippi, Washington D.C., New Jersey, California, New Mexico, Massachusetts, Georgia, Virginia, Illinois, Iowa, North Carolina, and New York. (He is licensed in Maryland and has worked in other states on a pro hac vice basis.) Within Maryland, he has represented clients in matters in nearly every county, including Prince George’s County, Frederick County, Anne Arundel County, Baltimore City, Baltimore County, and Montgomery County. He has...

Barry L. Gogel represents professional athletes, politicians, artists, large institutions and litigants of all levels of sophistication. Throughout his career, Mr. Gogel has assisted in the litigation and mediation of a wide variety of complex business torts and employment related lawsuits. His array of experience includes professional malpractice, complex fraud, telecast rights disputes, Lanham Act, automotive product liability, trucking and condemnation acquisition cases.

Mr. Gogel is an adjunct professor of Negotiations and “Sports and the Law” at the University of Maryland Francis Carey King School of Law, where he also coaches the Law School’s Alternate Dispute Resolution Team. Trained in...

Kate Sinclair’s practice involves criminal and civil litigation including business litigation, constitutional challenges, securities enforcement and government compliance, health care fraud defense, criminal defense, and civil and criminal appeals.

Ms. Sinclair’s experience covers a wide-range of civil and criminal matters in Federal and State trial and appellate courts, as well as disputes with government agencies over regulatory enforcement matters.

Matthew A.S. Esworthy is a partner in the Firmâs litigation department. He concentrates on general civil and criminal litigation, including white collar criminal defense, complex commercial litigation, securities litigation, partnership disputes, employment law, and appeals. In recognition of his accomplishments, Martindale-Hubbell awarded Mr. Esworthy its AV Peer-Review Rating, the highest rating available. Mr. Esworthy has achieved favorable results in a number of high profile cases. In recent years, he has successfully defended a Baltimore law firm in a multi-million dollar defamation/invasion of privacy lawsuit brought by a public official; successfully represented minority shareholders of a Fortune 500 company in a complex...

Mr. Sampson has an active law practice. The firm is a general trial and appellate practice in state and federal courts, focusing on complex civil litigation, commercial/business, land use/zoning, defamation, personal injury, product liability, civil rights, constitutional, and criminal law. A newspaper article outlining Adam's recent trial success, entitled "Baltimore Security Firms Wins Coverage Dispute" can be found at http://bit.ly/Vh3L6. In addition to practicing law, Adam serves the Circuit Court of Baltimore County as an appointed mediator, serves his community by appointment to the Baltimore County Planning Board, and serves his colleagues as a member of the...

Nearly 20 years of trial experience at the state and federal level handling complex civil and criminal cases. I have tried hundreds of cases before judges and juries. My current focus is representing railroad workers in personal injury cases under the Federal Employers Liability Act and in whistleblower cases under the the Federal Railroad Safety Act. Admitted to practice in Maryland and the United States District Court for the District of Maryland. Pending admission to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.

David was born and raised in Baltimore. He attended Calvert Hall College High School and Graduated from Towson University with a B.A. in International Studies. After spending over 5 years as a Securities Analyst for a Fortune 500 Financial Firm, he attended the University of Baltimore School of Law. During law school David was a student attorney for three semesters with the University's Family Law Clinic. There, he argued cases for economically disadvantaged clients in the District Court, Circuit Court, and the Court of Special Appeals. David also participated in a campaign to reform Maryland's Domestic Violence laws, and was...

Attorney for leading law firms in Maryland and D.C.