Clark and Steinhorn, LLC

Long ago, in 1974, Allan Steinhorn and Bob Clark moved into dorm rooms next door to one another in Garrett Hall at the University of Maryland College Park. There they forged a friendship that has endured for the ensuing 47 years and is the origin tale of Clark and Steinhorn, LLC, a Prince Georges County law firm. Clark and Steinhorn, LLC, is located in Laurel, Maryland and is a highly decorated victims rights law firm focused on providing the best representation possible for individuals and their families as a result of car, truck, bus and train crashes. The firm has tried or settled innumerable cases in Maryland and the District of Columbia, and has also been active in providing area lawyers and judges training in best trial practices in cases involving serious crashes. Robert Clark has been trying car and truck crash lawsuits for more than forty years and has also presented numerous seminars for Prince Georges County lawyers on how to get the best trial results for car accident victims. Allan Steinhorn has been trying personal injury cases in Maryland and the District of Columbia for thirty six years. Allan began his legal career as a law clerk for Judge Robert H. Mason at the Circuit Court for Prince Georges County, Maryland. Allan and Bob are former college roommates at the University of Maryland at College Park and as a result provide seamless, team-based legal representation. When you retain Clark and Steinhorn, you get two highly skillful, highly experienced veterans of the Courthouse. It is vitally, important that car and truck accident victims in Maryland and the District of Columbia receive prompt and professional legal advice as the laws of those places are highly inhospitable to the rights of the injured. The difficulties stem from the District of Columbia and Maryland's doctrine of contributory negligence. Contributory negligence stands for the proposition that a driver involved in a crash must be free of negligence in order to recover for their injuries. Which is to say that one can be the victim of a crash and be 1% at fault and the other driver 99% at fault and the 1% person is entitled to no recovery whatsoever! Obviously, how the facts of a car or truck collision are framed becomes extremely important. Retaining an experienced and knowledgeable lawyer before talking to the at-fault parties insurance company is crucial. Proper investigation and effective advocacy can truly be the difference between fair compensation and no compensation. Retaining an experienced and conscientious attorney immediately after the collision can prevent subsequent insurance company misrepresentation of the facts of a crash. Prompt representation serves many desirable ends. First, the injured victim receives attention to their legal needs and reduces the risk that they will say something harmful to their case while unrepresented. Second, professional help with the interplay of different insurances will ensure that vehicles are repaired in a timely manner, health care needs are met and paid for and lost income is reimbursed. It is also vitally important that injured victims of car and truck accidents, retain experienced trial attorneys, who are unafraid of trial. The insurance industry has systematically reduced case values through the use of their own house counsel offices and through cultivating medical "experts", who invariably testify that the injured plaintiff isn't that badly hurt or overtreated for relatively "minor" injuries. At Clark and Steinhorn, LLC we have faced down these experts at trial and revealed to jurors and judges alike, that these doctors are nothing more than hired guns, making hundreds of thousands of dollars testifying to benefit the big insurance companies. So don't hire a lawyer who is afraid to go to trial. Contact us to see what can be accomplished with your case. If you require prompt, respectful and effective representation in a car, truck, bus, motorcycle or train crash, contact Clark and Steinhorn, LLC in Laurel, Maryland at (301) 317-1001 or reach them on the web at Maryland-Law.com. Remember ''Serious Cases Require Serious Lawyers".

Clark and Steinhorn, LLC has investigated, tried and settled a wide variety of medical malpractice and hospital and nursing home negligence cases, through their combined 66 years of trial experience. Cancer misdiagnosis, emergency room negligence, birth injuries and deaths, failure to recognize patient's stroke or heart attack symptoms, and surgical mistakes all have tragically affected the lives of our clients and their loved ones. Many families are confused in the aftermath of an adverse medical outcome and meeting with an experienced and conscientious lawyer can often clarify misunderstandings and reduce or eliminate hard feelings toward healthcare providers. The benefit of obtaining prompt, professional advice cannot be understated. Medical malpractice cases are complicated and what seems like a medical mistake can often be excused as a foreseeable consequence of a complex medical situation. Dreadful results often are excused by patients executing informed consent waivers. The earlier an experienced attorney becomes involved in the investigation of a medical malpractice case, the more likely that a positive result will be obtained. Memories grow stale and doctors mistakes that astonished nurses and other hospital personnel at the time that they occurred have a funny way of fading. Robert Clark tried his first medical negligence case more than 39 years ago and has a record of excellent results. Allan Steinhorn has been involved in the trial and settlement of numerous seven figure medical malpractice matters. Medical negligence cases are expensive and time-consuming to litigate and nationally healthcare providers prevail overwhelmingly at trial. So contact Clark and Steinhorn, LLC to get a comprehensive, common-sense review of your medical malpractice case. If you or your loved ones need an experienced medical malpractice lawyer in Maryland or the District of Columbia please contact us at Clark and Steinhorn, LLC at (301) 317-1001 or reach us on the web at Maryland-Law.com.

When a train or bus crash happens in Maryland or the District of Columbia it receives a lot of attention and with good reason. Injuries are serious and generally there isn't much disagreement about who was at fault. Metro has developed a horrendous reputation from years of neglect and mismanagement. When major crashes occur lawyers flock like hungry sharks to the victims. The question those unfortunate enough to have been injured should ask themselves is whether their lawyers have ever gone to to toe with Metro and Amtrak in trial before. Clark and Steinhorn, LLC have done so, including the infamous 16th Street crash involving many victims and tried successfully in the Superior Court for the District of Columbia. Bus and train crashes are infrequent but often deadly incidents, which require legal representation of the highest caliber. Clark and Steinhorn, LLC has assisted victims of train and bus crashes involving Metro buses, Ride-On buses, school buses, MARC trains and Amtrak train crashes and derailments. Insurance issues abound in these cases and the sooner one obtains competent, experienced legal help the sooner one can devote attention to getting well. As one can imagine, the transportation companies and their lawyers are highly experienced in exculpating themselves, and blaming the victims. Don't let this happen to you and your loved ones. Contact Clark and Steinhorn, LLC. Identifying the safety failures of public and private transit companies can be a tricky business and the sooner one has an experienced and capable attorney, the more likely one is to receive fair compensation. The unique issues associated with such a crash necessitate having highly experienced attorneys such as our firm, with combined trial experience of sixty five years. Contact Clark and Steinhorn, LLC at (301) 317-1001 or Maryland-Law.com if you have or a loved one has been the victim of a bus, tractor trailer or train crash.

Bob Clark and Allan Steinhorn have been trying cases for more than 66 years combined and have seen a great many lawyer mishaps that have disadvantaged other lawyer's clients. Most of these mistakes have not been the sole reason that clients haven't gotten the outcome they desired but sometimes...well. Lawyers aren't perfect, they make mistakes. Sometimes the mistakes a lawyer makes can't be rectified. When lawyers make serious mistakes and harm their client's lives the only recourse may be a legal malpractice or legal negligence claim. Such cases require experienced lawyers who have litigated these unique and difficult matters and who are willing to do what is necessary to vindicate their clients rights and interests. In our practice we have encountered many types of legal malpractice some of which our client was completely unaware of. Often the only way to understand how a case went wrong is to hire an attorney to investigate. We have worked on cases involving attorneys who failed to file lawsuits within the time allowed by the statute of limitations, permanently foreclosing the rights of their clients for fair compensation. We've seen lawyers who misinterpreted immigration law resulting in their client being thrown out of the country! One lawyer failed to insure a home he was the trustee of and when the house became uninhabitable due to fire, his clients became homeless. We are not here to second guess lawyers as all attorneys make judgments about the best way to proceed on behalf of their clients. We are however happy to serve an important role in the legal community by speaking to people who feel that their attorneys have failed them and have caused them economic harm. Lawyers serve many roles in our society and can do a great deal of good. Unfortunately, our experience at Clark and Steinhorn, LLC is that attorneys will go to great lengths to cover up their mistakes. For a layperson, often they have sense that their lawyer isn't doing what they said they would but only through a detailed investigation can they learn why and what the extent of the harm is. The issues associated with a legal malpractice matter are unique and require the review of an experienced practitioner, unafraid to ruffle the feathers of the organized bar. Often discussing perceived mistakes by lawyers or their assistants reveals the fact that they did everything correctly. Not every case is a winner and most lawyers do their best. However, there are occasions where attorneys take cases they shouldn't. They may be too busy or overworked. They may take a case that is outside their areas of expertise. the bottom-line, lawyers are required to do their best for their clients and when they don't, they must face the music. If you believe that your lawyer has committed malpractice and has permanently and irreparably prejudiced your rights contact Clark and Steinhorn, LLC at (301) 317-1001 or at Maryland-Law-com.

When we are out in public at a shopping mall or sporting event, there is a tendency to feel safe or immune to injury. We are focused on the entertainment or shopping and we let are guard down. As a consequence many people are taken at unawares by criminal activity or injuries resulting from the negligence of the mall or business owner or operator. Sometimes, it doesn't occur to us when we are lying on our back with a broken arm at the grocery store, that this wasn't our fault but was a conscious choice of the store manager not to have enough employees in that day. When we visit our friend's apartment and are attacked by a criminal it doesn't cross our minds that the apartment management may have been in a position to warn us that violent criminal activity had been reported in the parking lot 3 times in the last week. These situations and many more are examples of prospective premises liability cases. What is a premises liability or negligent security injury or death case? It is a case where an innocent party is injured or killed because they did not know that a place they were living at. working at, shopping at or visiting, was far more dangerous than it appeared. Sometimes these cases arise because of hazardous conditions that are known to property managers, mall operators, business or homeowners. These cases can arise because of shoddy workmanship or maintenance but also because of more sinister reasons. We hear of shoppers at malls being assaulted, carjacked and robbed and think "wow they were unlucky." This is often the furthest thing from the truth. Mall owners and apartment complex managers are routinely tuned in to crimes and other incidents on their properties. They hear from the police investigating the incidents but then the question becomes should they share this information with their tenants and patrons? In our experience they often choose to withhold information from the public to avoid scaring off prospective clients or tenants. Hypothetically, if you knew that your apartment complex or neighborhood mall was the scene of sexual assaults or attacks you might move to a safer place or shop at a safer mall, even if it was less convenient or more expensive. This is not lost on the apartment owners/managers and the mall owners/managers. They would rather you stayed at their apartment or mall and consequently are hesitant to tell their customers about dangerous criminal activity on their premises. They choose their profits over your safety. If you knew one place was dangerous and one was less so, you'd pick the safer one. If you knew that one mall had seen multiple criminal attacks in its parking lots you would be on the alert in those parking lots. Unsuspecting victims are shocked when they later learn that this wasn't the first rape or sexual assault at their "safe" apartment complex. Premises security injury and death cases are regrettably becoming more and more common. The owners and operators of hotels, shopping malls, apartment complexes and office buildings are often aware of criminal activities at or near their premises and yet are unwilling to notify the public for fear of scaring off patrons. While this may be a good business practice for the merchants it can be highly dangerous for members of the public. It is vitally important that victims of such attacks receive knowledgeable advice as immediately as possible in order to facilitate an effective claim for monetary damages and to ensure that other members of the public do not fall prey to similar attacks. Clark and Steinhorn, LLC has successfully represented numerous victims of criminal activity in pursuing personal injury and wrongful death cases against responsible parties for failure to warn their patrons and tenants of dangerous criminal activities. If you are the victim of criminal conduct while patronizing a business contact Clark and Steinhorn, LLC at (301) 317-1001 or Maryland-law.com.

More and more Americans are taking advantage of opportunities to enjoy their spare time swimming, boating and using other kinds of watercraft with their families. The problem is that more and more people are sustaining serious and sometimes deadly injuries due to mistakes, alcohol and drug use and inexperience. Recreational use of swimming pools, hot tubs, boats, jet skis and personal watercraft is widespread and unfortunately, so are injuries and deaths associated with them. Clark and Steinhorn, LLC have represented victims of swimming pool drowning cases on multiple occasions and are very familiar with the issues which arise in such cases. Drowning cases in hot tubs, spas and pools are difficult and are complicated by the fact that many victims are young children who are unable to appreciate the dangers they are encountering. Issues involving the legal status of a victim implicate issues concerning trespassers, licensees and social guests. These distinctions require detailed legal analysis. Every state has a unique legal construct governing the duties owed to pool, hot tub and other recreational facility users. Know your rights contact a lawyer! Often, accidents with boats, jet skis and personal watercraft involve alcohol or drugs and insurance companies exploit this fact to avoid responsibility for injuries and wrongful deaths visited upon innocent victims. The mere fact that the victim has been drinking or that the victim knew the operator of the boat or watercraft had been drinking, should not result in the insurance company avoiding its legal responsibility to fairly and fully compensate victims. Finding insurance for catastrophic recreational injuries can be difficult and the sooner one retains an experienced lawyer the more likely you are to obtain fair compensation. Don't be a victim twice. Hire an attorney with experience in such cases. If you or a loved one has been killed or injured in such a cse contact Clark and Steinhorn, LLC at (301) 317-1001 or at Maryland-law.com.

Despite the best efforts, many catastrophic injuries take place on construction and building sites. These accidents can involve workers on the site and passers by, who are injured collaterally. Workers on the job site obviously have recourse to workers compensation benefits which can be helpful but often do not fully compensate the injured worker and his family. For injured victims who aren't workers compensation covered employees things can be far more complicated. Who is responsible and how can it be proven? That is where an experienced attorney comes in. If you sustain a job site injury it is imperative that you hire an attorney who can handle your workers compensation claim and look creatively at the possibility of a third-party negligence claim. Clark and Steinhorn, LLC has represented both on-site workers and passers by in cases involving scaffolding collapse, unsafe trenches, negligently operated machinery including cranes and bulldozers, chemical spills, burn injuries and electrical shocks. Often such cases are susceptible to being brought in several different jurisdictions and decisions made at the case's outset must be well thought out or they can effect an injured worker for the rest of their professional life. Serious cases require serious lawyers. Don't make a bad choice and compound your problems. If you or a loved one has sustained such an injury contact us at (301) 317-1001 or at Maryland-Law.com

Many people sustain injuries at work and fail to take the legally required measures to protect themselves and their families. Employers routinely suggest that they will take care "everything" and the injured worker stands passively by expecting to receive their benefits. The next thing you know lost time from work isn't being paid, medical bills aren't being paid and the worker loses his or her job as they can't work. Workers comp accidents also are often susceptible to being brought in more than one state or District and the choice of law may provide the injured workers thousands of dollars more or less in benefits. Don't get hurt twice, call a lawyer promptly and make intelligent decisions! Don't fall victim to this fate. If you have sustained a work-related injury in Maryland or the District of Columbia, contact Clark and Steinhorn at (301) 317-1001 or Maryland-Law.com.

Americans love ATVs.. Getting off our over-crowded highways can be highly liberating. It can also be highly dangerous. A burgeoning field of personal injury crash law involves all terrain vehicles or ATVs. Because of the way ATVs are used by their owners, in off road situations, the incidence of personal injury or death per mile driven is very high. Alcohol and drug use complicate ATV injury crashes on a routine basis. As with car and trucks don't drink and drive ATVs The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission reported in 2015 that more than 350 people died in ATV accidents in 2012 and that more than 100,000 people were estimated to be injured. Interestingly while the majority of personal injuries and deaths occurred off road, 33% happened on paved road ways. Unusual insurance coverage issues arise in ATV crash cases and it is essential to contact an experienced attorney to ensure that victims of such crashes receive fair compensation. Clark and Steinhorn, LLC has handled these cases and effectively engaged the complex insurance issues head-on, providing ample compensation for their clients. Call us at (800)304-2002 or reach us at Maryalnd-Law.com

Clark and Steinhorn, LLC are increasingly being contacted by students and their parents concerning student misconduct and academic dishonesty cases which can lead to heavy-handed sanctions from the schools involved. The world of student misconduct cases including Title lX cases, academic dishonesty and sexual misconduct cases, is a fraught one with ever-changing rules and dynamics. This is particularly true with regard to the ability of accused students to confront the witnesses against them. This constitutional entitlement has been utterly impaired by the Department of Education guidelines embodied in the so-called "Dear Colleague letter". Backlash against restrictions on examining evidence and witnesses against accused students has been strong and swift and with the tide in federal courts favoring the accused. Against this backdrop the Department of Education has altered course offering more rights for examining witnesses and evidence in 2017. With an election imminent the rules will likely evolve further and having knowledgeable counsel is essential to pursuit of a successful outcome. So how do these cases generally start? The usual mechanism is contact from the college or universities' Office of Student Conduct. By the time such a notification arrives, our experience is that someone, somewhere has already decided the merits of the case, despite the "procedures" in place to protect the accused student. The fact is that the universities seem to have an aversion to providing their accused students a fair playing field to contest accusations against them. When such cases involve failures of state institutions, provisions of both the Maryland Constitution and the United States Constitution often are implicated and violated. Constitutional violations are highly serious and highly complex matters which require patient and savvy legal analysis. Increasingly these matters involve sexual interactions between students, who are sometimes highly intoxicated. Some victims of sexual assault are unable to consent to sexual interactions and this a serious problem." No means No" but sometimes there is an absence of meaningful communication and those cases can be difficult to fairly sort out. Sometimes the colleges and universities display great insensitivity to victims of sexual assault and efforts to combat this problem are highly necessary and commendable. However, we have seen a number of instances where overzealous pursuit of students engaged in consensual sexual interactions causes permanent harm. A balance of the rights and obligations of all parties is necessary and that is where the involvement of an attorney experienced in such cases can prove essential. Perhaps, it is our proximity to so many universities including the Universities of Maryland at College Park, Baltimore County and Baltimore City, as well as Bowie State University, but if you have a college or university problem make sure you receive expert advice or run the risk of serious problems. At a time when more than 85% of all university students report behavior that would constitute "academic dishonesty" under prevailing student codes, the universities catch a tiny proportion of the student body and make examples out of those they catch with heavy-handed sanctions including expulsion and permanent negative information on the student's transcript. The sanctions can have devastating consequences to the student's job opportunities and graduate school admission prospects. Don't sit back and expect that the college or university to which you have paid tens or hundreds of thousands of dollars to act fairly because you will be vastly disappointed. The student misconduct proceedings routinely ignore any semblance of fairness or due process and often act without providing the student an opportunity to argue their case or muster witnesses. Decisions made on second and even third hand information are common and the fact that the student's behavior did not give rise to criminal prosecution because of insufficient evidence is irrelevant. Colleges and Universities routinely and proudly, promote their student justice systems and yet also routinely fail to follow their own rules. This phenomenon is not obvious to people who haven't spent hours poring over the regulations and practices of such cases. Make sure that your rights are protected! Do not permit you or your child to be overrun by Universities Offices of Student Conduct. They are not benevolent protectors of academic integrity and student safety. A recent case handled by Clark and Steinhorn, LLC vindicated the actions of student athletes in the university investigative process and culminated in the accused receiving $450,000.00 in damages as a result of unfair reporting of the events in a student newspaper! Don't wait contact Clark and Steinhorn, LLC at (301) 317-1001 or Maryland-Law.com

Title IX discrimination cases are increasing in number and variety. Understanding one's rights under the United States Constitution and the Maryland Constitution and Declaration of Rights is imperative to ensure fair and equal treatment. Courts are increasingly moving toward expanding the rights of students in university and college, student academic and sexual misconduct cases. Learn how to protect yourself or your child in an exceedingly fluid environment. If you feel your civil rights have been violated call Clark and Steinhorn, LLC at (301) 317-1001 or reach us on the web at Maryland-Law.com

Robert V. Clark, Jr., Esquire of Clark and Steinhorn, LLC has taken to the airwaves with his weekly radio show "Everyday Law". The show broadcast from the studios of Howard County Community College in Columbia, Maryland, and focuses on practical "everyday" legal concerns. Mr. Clark has attempted to address a host of different legal topics including those that concern his practice and a host of other legal realms. Thus far, these have included bankruptcy, family law, personal injury and malpractice law, juvenile law, families in need of assistance, parental rights, mediation, civil rights law, criminal and traffic law and how to get along with the police. The show can be located at Howard Community College's website and linked at: https://dragondigitalradio.podbean.com/category/everyday-law

Ride-sharing car and truck accident cases are on the rise and Clark and Steinhorn, LLC are in the in the thick of things. Issues concerning the extent of available insurance and whether at fault ride-sharing drivers are actual "employees" of Uber, Lyft and other such entities, will inevitably be of great importance moving forward. Recent lawsuits and settlements inform out actions in this rapidly changing legal environment including a recent seven figure resolution. If you are badly injured while a passenger in an Uber or Lyft vehicle don't leave your case to chance.

Bob Clark has developed a well-regarded podcast Everyday Law broadcast from Howard County Community College in Columbia, Md. The show can be found at your favorite podcast source including itunes, podbean, and Google. The show has focused on practical legal advice but has gradually branched out to include cases of note including those of Adnan Syed and Steven Avery. The show has had the great good fortune to host the attorneys at the heart of both Making A Murderer ( Jerome Buting) and Serial ( C. Justin Brown) as well as the Attorney General of Maryland, Brian Frosh. Mr. Frosh led the state of Maryland's campaign to ensure Mr. Syed's conviction stood and that no new trial was granted. Bob has had attorneys who practice virtually every kind of law one can think of on his show as well as judges from across the state. Stay tuned.

Everyday Law with host, Bob Clark is recorded and broadcast from the studios at Howard County Community College in Columbia, Maryland. In the more than 100 episodes, Bob has interviewed dozens of lawyers, judges, politicians and entrepeneurs