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Pels Law Firm attorney Katerina Newell successfully convinced the Virginia Supreme Court to hear a case dismissed by a Loudoun County court. Virginia has an eight year statute of repose, which means that if you build a defective building and it collapses and kills someone, you cannot sue the builder if it has been more [...]
The Pels Law Firm is pleased to announce that attorney Stan Doerrer recently participated in a Strafford webinar, "Personal Injury Claims for Uber and Lyft Accidents: Complex Liability and Insurance Coverage Issues." Due to overwhelming popularity, they scheduled an encore presentation for Wednesday, September 2, 1:00pm-2:30pm EDT. Uber and Lyft rideshare services are now firmly [...]
The National Trial Lawyers is pleased to announce that Jon Pels of Pels Law, LLC in Bethesda has been re-selected as a Top 100 Civil Plaintiff Trial Lawyer in MD after his first year as an exceptionally respected member. This honor has been given to Mr. Pels for his superior skills and qualifications in the legal [...]
Jon Pels was elected to the Top 10 Business Tort Trial Lawyers by the National Trial Lawyers Association. It is an an invitation-only professional organization composed of and limited to the top 10 attorneys from each state or region who represent clients on business tort claims. Members are nominated by leading lawyers based on their [...]
Financial Tools and Resources for Your Small Business UPDATE 5/23/2021: Montgomery County has approved another $3.8 million in coronavirus relief aid for struggling food and beverage establishments to cover operating costs and other expenses. Applications are now open for county restaurants, caterers, food trucks, wineries, and breweries. The deadline to apply is 5 p.m. [...]
Pels Law attorney Maria Leonard Olsen, contributed significantly to the new guide to "Representing Yourself in Court", from the site Healing Law. Just one of the many useful bits of information that Maria provided in the guide: When in court, behave respectfully. Do not interrupt the judge when he or she is speaking. Be organized [...]
The Pels Law Firm gained a major victory on behalf of a top urologist against the largest, independent multi-specialty medical group in New York State. In March 2019, Jon D. Pels met with the plaintiff in Manhattan and agreed to take over this case from another law firm. The case arose out of a restrictive covenant [...]
[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 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 [...]
