Profile:  Leonard A. Orman, Esq.

Leonard A. Orman graduated from the University of Maryland School of Law and has been in active practice both regionally and nationally. His law school honors include being awarded Order of the Coif and selection for the Editorial Board of the Maryland Law Review. After completion of law school he served as law clerk for Frederick W. Brune, Chief Judge of the Maryland Court of Appeals. He was later appointed to the Maryland Legislative Reference Department and worked with the legislators in the creation of bills to be submitted to the Maryland Legislature. He also served on the Governor’s Commission to revise the Maryland Criminal Code.

Mr. Orman is admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court, the United States Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals, the United States Court of Claims, the Maryland Court of Appeals and all courts in the State of Maryland as well as the District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

He has served as President of the Maryland Trial Lawyers Association, as a Governor of the Association of Trial Lawyers of America (ATLA), has served for several terms on the executive committee of ATLA and has been chair of many of the major committees of ATLA. Mr. Orman is board certified as a civil trial advocate by the National Board of Trial Advocacy and is a fellow and trustee of the Roscoe Pound Institute. He is a three time recipient of the prestigious Wideman Wysocki Citation of Excellence Award

Mr. Orman has been listed in numerous Who’s Who directories and enjoys an “AV” rating in his Martindale Hubbell listing. He has been a lecturer on trial tactics and medical legal topics for various law schools and trial lawyer associations including ATLA, MTLA, Maryland Institute for Continuing Professional Education of Lawyers and the Belli Seminars.

Mr. Orman’s practice includes serious auto torts, aviation, medical malpractice, product liability, pharmaceutical liability, insurance bad faith, and class actions.

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