Pels Law in the news.
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 [...]
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 [...]
Pels Law firm attorney, Maria Olsen, was a guest on the Grow Your Business and Grow Your Wealth Podcast. Host, Gary Heldt, described the episode as follows: Are you a business owner looking to protect your interests and grow wealth? In this episode of the "Grow Your Business & Grow Your Wealth" podcast, host Gary [...]
Thrive Global's Ben Ari interviewed Pels Law attorney Maria Leonard Olsen. The complete article, entitled "5 Things I Wish Someone Told Me When I First Became an Attorney", can be read on Maria's blog.
One of the funniest (and well liked) actors in Hollywood today John Michael Higgins - he stole the show as a judge in Pitch Perfect and was hilarious in Couples Retreat and the Break Up - among many others. He was kind enough to stop by my office today and allow me to post this [...]
The Pels Law Firm welcomes Megan O’Donnell as a summer associate in our Bethesda office. Megan is a J.D. candidate at the University of Baltimore School of Law, From Kensington, Maryland, Megan graduated from Connolly School of the Holy Child, where she was a multi-sport Varsity athlete, and developed an interest in government and law [...]
