David Lease | Rockville Criminal Lawyer

David W. Lease is a co-founding member of the firm and chairs the firm's litigation practice. Mr. Lease represents individuals and businesses in diverse criminal and civil matters throughout the region with his practice focused in the areas of criminal law, residential and commercial landlord/tenant matters, appellate practice and commercial litigation, including business, real estate and construction law. Additionally, Mr. Lease serves as a member of the Criminal Justice Act Panel for the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.

Mr. Lease has extensively lectured in the areas of trial practice, landlord/tenant and commercial real estate matters, including seminars for Lorman Educational Services, National Business Institute, Sterling Educational Services and MICPEL. Mr. Lease is active in the Bar Association of Montgomery County and served as chair of the Criminal Law Section, co-chair of the Long Range Planning Committee, Fee Dispute Resolution Committee, and the Membership Benefits Committee, and served on the District Court Bench Bar Committee. Mr. Lease is also active in the Maryland State Bar Association where he has been elected twice to its Board of Governors and currently serves on the Committee on Laws. Mr. Lease is a member of the Maryland Criminal Defense Attorneys' Association and a Master of the Bench on the Montgomery County Inn of Court.

Position	Organization	Location	Duration
Co-founding Member	Smith, Lease & Goldstein, LLC	Rockville, MD	2000 - Present

School	Degree	Major	Graduation
University of Baltimore School of Law	J.D.	Law School	1991
University of Maryland	B.A.		1988

State / Court	Date
Maryland	1991

• -Maryland State Bar Association
  -Bar Association of Montgomery County, Member Benefits Committee
  -Montgomery County Bar Association, Fee Dispute Committee
  -Montgomery County Inn of Court
  -Montgomery County Bar Association, Long Range Planning Committee
  -Montgomery County Bar Association, Criminal Law Section
  -Maryland Criminal Defense Attorney's Association

• -Maryland and DC Super Lawyer Award, Thomson Reuters, 2007 - 2015
  -Avvo.com “Superb 10 Rating”
  -Martindale Hubble, AV Rated for over 14 years
  -Outstanding Section Chair Award, 2003
  -Committee Chair of the Year, 2009

• -United States v. Thorne, 153 F.3d 130 (4th Cir. 1998) -BDC Capital Properties v. Trinh, 307 F.Supp.2d 12 (D.D.C 2004) -Azat v. Farruggio, 162 Md. App. 539, 875 A.2d 778 (2005) -Frasch v. Peguese, 414 F.3d 518 (4th Cir. 2005) -In re Vetal, 433 B.R. 534 (Bankr. D.Md 2010) -Ahmad v. Eastpines Terrace Apartments, 200 Md. App., 362, 28 A.2d 1 (2011) -Saint Annes Dev. Co., LLC v. Trabich, 737 F.Supp.2d 517 (D.Md 2010), aff’d in part & vacated in part,443 Fed.Appx., 829 (4th Cir. 2011) -Sweetney v. State, 423 Md. 610, 33 A.2d 435 (2011) -Jackson v. State, 216 Md. App. 347, 86 A.3d 97 (2014)

• -"Applying the Rules of Evidence: -What Every Attorney Needs to Know" in the National Business Institute Seminar in 2013.
  -"Applying the Rules of Evidence: -What Every Attorney Needs to Know" in the National Business Institute Seminar in 2012.
  -"Commercial Landlord-Tenant Law and Creditor's Rights Issues for Landlord in Maryland" in the Lorman Education Services in 2008.

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