Erik Lopez Joins Pels Law Firm as Legal Intern
The Pels Law Firm is proud to sponsor Erik Lopez as a legal intern for 2023.
Pels Law Secures $1.44 Million Victory for Disabled Veteran in Home Construction Case
The Pels Law firm today won a summary judgment against a home contractor for $1.4 million in damages, including treble damages, for the contractor failing to fulfill D.C. licensure requirements prior to performing work on our client's property. The case was filed in the D.C. Superior Court. Attorney's fees also were awarded to our client, [...]
How to Best Protect Your Company During Construction Projects
Pels Law Firm attorney, Maria Olsen, attended the American Arbitration Association’s (“AAA”) 2022 Construction Law Conference this month, at which construction law arbitrators and general counsels from the country’s largest construction firms presented. Maria shares in this post conference takeaways that can help our construction clients protect themselves. Most construction contracts contain mandatory arbitration clauses, [...]
Memorandum Opinion is a Win for Pels Law Client
Pels Law was able to obtain a memorandum opinion in White v Date Trucking, 2018 WL 2462921 and it has since been cited positively six times thus far. In this case, our client, a father of five, was hit in the head due to a negligently placed load bar in an empty truck. A key issue in the [...]
DC Employers: Beware of the Noncompetition Agreement Ban Going into Effect in April 2022
The District of Columbia is creating the broadest ban on noncompetition agreements in the country. The D.C. Council passed The Ban on Non-Compete Agreements Amendment Act (the “Act”) last year, but its applicability date was tied to the approval of the city’s budget. The Act prohibits most post-employment non-compete agreements (it excludes physicians). In addition, [...]
Jon Pels and Pels Law Featured in Bethesda Magazine
The Pels Law firm and Jon Pels was featured in Bethesda Magazine. You can view the full profile on the Bethesda Magazine website.
Pels Law Attorney Maria Leonard Olsen to Speak at TEDxCUNY November 14th 2021
One of our Pels Law attorneys, Maria Leonard Olsen, will take the TEDx stage next week at the City University of New York. As Maria stated on Facebook: So excited to speak at TEDx CUNY next month! I will talk about using your trauma and challenges as forces for doing good in the world. Register [...]
Montgomery County Business Owner Wins Appeal Against Montgomery County’s Rain Tax
For six years, Ben Porto & Son, Ltd. and Tri-State Stone & Building Supply Inc., the last surviving local dimension stone quarry in Montgomery County, has been battling the County to receive credits on the Water Quality Protection Charge (“WQPC”), otherwise known as the “rain tax,” for treatment of their own stormwater. On August 24, [...]
Many Montgomery County Residents and Business Owners Are Needlessly Paying This Tax
In Maryland, most Montgomery County residents and business owners do not realize that they are paying the County the “rain tax,” for the privilege of having impervious surface (like driveways) on their property. The tax, called the Water Quality Protection Charge (WQPC), is tucked into property owners’ tax bills as a line item. It is [...]
Q&A with Pels Lawyer, Maria Olsen
Maria Leonard Olsen is an accomplished attorney, but she makes time to explore other passions. Ms. Olsen graduated from the University of Virginia School of Law in 1988 and began working for one of the largest law firms in Washington, D.C. as a commercial litigator. Maria crossed into the public sector in 1992 when she [...]
Q&A with Pels Lawyer, Amira Kramer
Amira Kramer joined the Pels Law Firm, focusing her practice on a full spectrum of domestic matters. Amira’s practice concentrates on divorce, custody, child support, spousal support, property and asset division, business valuations and protective orders. Amira assists her clients during these highly contentious, often emotional times with compassion and empathy, reaching cost-effective resolutions that [...]