Jon Pels obtained a National Class Certification Memorandum Order today against "claims sharks," following oral argument on January 22, 2025. "I am pleased the Court agreed with us and certified this class action, which we brought on behalf of disabled veterans because we believe they are being charged illegal and excessive fees by uncertified individuals. [...]
The Pels Law firm is very proud of our trial team this past week. We had a 5-day jury trial in the Circuit Court for Montgomery County, MD. A big win for our health care services client defeating the lion's share of a lawsuit with what I will say involved questionable billing practices by the [...]
The Pels Law Firm is pleased to welcome Jason Barnes to our firm. Jason is a Marine Corps veteran and a recent graduate of Syracuse University’s College of Law, with Magna Cum Laude honors. After graduating from the Naval Academy in 2007, Jason received a commission in the Marine Corps and served as a platoon [...]
Pels Law earned a big win this week in the Maryland Court of Appeals for clients in Bethesda against Montgomery County's refusal to grant our clients statutorily mandated credits against the County's "rain tax." Pels Law attorneys Jon Pels and Maria Leonard Olsen have been working on this matter for more than eight years in [...]
The Pels Law Firm has learned that individuals have attempted to impersonate the law firm, sending fake contracts and emails from fake accounts to several people. These fake accounts use "pelslaw" in the name of the email accounts (for example, pelslaw@outlook.com). Pels Law would never send unsolicited contracts or emails to potential clients and the [...]
The Federal Trade Commission is moving forward to attempt to ban employer noncompete agreements nation-wide for most workers. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce has filed a lawsuit challenging the FTC action. Some states, including Maryland, already have passed legislation to ban or severely limit noncompetition agreements in employee contracts. As of the first of this [...]
Pels Law attorney Maria Leonard Olsen is a member of Phi Delta Phi, the oldest legal organization in continuous existence in the United States, predating even the American Bar Association. It is an international legal society founded in 1869 to foster scholarship, civility, and ethical conduct in the legal profession. Phi Delta Phi is considered [...]
From Jon Pels, the founder of Pels Law: "I know there is a lot of talk in the news today about a certain “per curiam“ opinion, which is an opinion delivered by an entire court rather than a single judge. We also obtained today such an opinion, in a business dispute matter. As I tell [...]
On November 14, the founder and head of The Pels Law Firm Jon Pels participated in a press conference on Capitol Hill to shine a spotlight on the predatory practices of some veterans claims companies, which many of the speakers called "claim sharks." Jon described his long-time trial practice, the filing by Pels Law of [...]
Continuing his string of awards and recognitions, Jon D. Pels has been named a "Top Attorney" for 2023 in civil litigation. Congratulations on the latest award, Jon!
Martindale-Hubbell is widely recognized among lawyers as the gold standard in attorney ratings. They conduct a thorough review of attorneys through a secure online peer review survey where a lawyer’s ethical standards and legal ability in a specific area of practice is assessed by their peers. Our managing partner and founder Jon Pels received this [...]
