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[Originally published in the Montgomery County Sentinel, February 8th, 2019] ROCKVILLE – The Montgomery County Council unanimously approved a financial assurance plan that indicates it is on track to fund certain water-quality programs, to the chagrin of some county residents. The financial assurance plan, or FAP, stated that the county has enough funds to meet [...]
The trial in Boise, Idaho, started on October 2, 2018 and ended on October 18, 2018 and included 343 exhibits related to a business dispute, including allegations of fraud. The jury returned their verdict on Friday, October 19, 2018. “The jury got it," stated Jon D. Pels, who served as lead counsel on the case. "It is rare that you get a 12 to 0 unanimous verdict, but there were tears in the courtroom as the verdict was being read."
A Maryland federal judge on Thursday denied the federal government’s bid to dismiss a suit alleging its failure to maintain the painted white lane line, or fog line, on the side of the Baltimore-Washington Parkway caused an accident that killed a man and injured his fiancee. Jon Pels, representing the plaintiffs, said: "The government tried to argue that they didn't have the resources to put the fog lane lines down," he added. "Obviously we did not find that argument to be well-received by our side and I don't think the court believed it either."
The Pels Law Firm, which is representing 25 Montgomery County property owners in litigation challenging the County's imposition of the Water Quality Protection Charge (WQPC) upon them and/or denying statutorily-required credits against the Charge, testified at the Montgomery County Council's public hearing on March 6 on Bill 1-18, which amends County law regarding what some call the "rain tax." Attorney Maria Leonard Olsen testified at the hearing and suggested additional changes to the WQPC in writing.
The Pels Law Firm is pleased to announce that Katerina Newell has joined our firm. Ms. Newell is a graduate of the University of Virginia School of Law. While at UVA Law, Ms. Newell was an Articles Editor for the Virginia Journal of International Law and clerked at the Legal Aid Justice Center, where she [...]
The following article was originally published in The Daily Record by their Legal Affairs writer, Heather Cobun, on April 21st, 2017: The denial of tax credits to most members of a homeowners’ association in Montgomery County that manages its own stormwater runoff was remanded to an administrative appeal board Thursday where attorneys say they will [...]
Firm attorneys Jon D. Pels and Maria Leonard Olsen have been representing the Lindbergh Park Owner’s Association (LPOA) in their fight against Montgomery County and its “rain tax” policies. On April 20th, 2017, the Montgomery County Circuit Court reversed an earlier decision in a major victory for the LPOA. Montgomery County’s “rain tax” has had [...]
The Pels Law Firm is pleased to announce that Brian West has become "Of Counsel" to the firm. Likewise, Jon D Pels has become "Of Counsel" to the law firm of Sandground, West, Silek & Raminpour, PLC. Brian West began practicing law in 1985 and has a reputation as being one of the toughest [...]
Jon Pels was hired to represent Mrs. Jean Butterfield, who was seriously injured while shopping for groceries. Fox 5 in Washington DC covered the story. Below is the video and story as it originally appeared on the Fox 5 web site: 98-year-old woman seriously injured by stocking cart at Safeway in [...]
Jon D. Pels and Lawrence J. Anderson of the Bethesda law firm Pels Anderson, LLC were selected by the Maryland Trial Lawyers Association as recipients of the Trial Lawyer of the Year Award. This award is given to trial lawyers who have made the greatest contribution to the public interest by trying or settling a [...]
