Daniel Willard | Bethesda Real Estate Lawyer

We represented one side in an internal Church dispute. The other filed for an emergency injunction, which we defeated. When the smoke cleared, our client remained as leadership of the ongoing church.

I try to provide fair representation that gets the legal job done without running up an unnecessary bill. Past clients refer friends and come back with new matters even years after an old case because of how they feel they were treated.

An attorney who will cheat for you will also cheat you. Look for an attorney who believes in following the ethics rules. Many lawyers believe as I do that the practice of law is at the same time a business but also more than a business. Find a lawyer who will treat you as he or she would like to be treated.

Local knowledge can be the feather that tips the scale to victory. Yes, it helps to have tried cases before a particular judge. More important than that is a focus on the detail. I often visit clients' businesses and the physical locations where events important to a case have transpired. More than once, I have been in a suit in mud up to my knees to better understand "the action". If I don't understand the action, how do I best explain it to a judge or jury?

We are ethics first. Then, there is no limit to how hard we fight, so long as we remain inside the ethics rules.

I try to settle every case because that helps keep client costs down. When cases cannot settle, I like to fight the court fight on behalf of my clients. I try to represent only the "good guys" and I fight to win.

• Member | Federal Bar Association | 1992 - Present
  Member | Bar Association of the District of Columbia | 1988 - Present
  Member | Maryland State Bar Association | 1986 - Present

• Judicial Nomination Commission for Montgomery County
       Appointed by Maryland Governor
  
  Highest Rating by Martindale Hubbell

• Ficker v. Tuohy 305 F.Supp.2d 569 (2004) Practice Area: Litigation Date: Jan 01, 2004 Outcome: Denial of motion for temporary restraining order Description: Plaintiff Robin K.A. Ficker filed suit against Defendants John Tuohy and John Does 1-10 alleging that Defendants' purchase and use of the domain name "robinficker.com" constitute: (1) violations of the Anti-cybersquatting Consumer Protection Act ("ACPA"); (2) violations of the Lanham Act; (3) common-law misappropriation of the right of publicity; and (4) common-law misappropriation, infringement, and unfair competition. Pending before the Court was Plaintiff's Motion for Temporary Restraining Order. In particular, Plaintiff requested that the Court issue an Order restraining Defendants from using or displaying any and all websites using the domain name "robinficker.com" or any domain name confusingly similar thereto. Upon consideration of the briefs filed in support of and in opposition to the motion, as well as the parties' arguments during a conference call, the Court denied Plaintiff's motion for a temporary restraining order.

• Lorman Education Services publication, Overview of Choices of Entities, 2006
  Lorman Education Services publication, Partnerships, LLCs and LLPs, 2005
  Lorman Education Services publication, LLCs: Advising Small Businesses, 2004
  Montgomery County, MD Bar Foundation, Construction Contracts in Bankruptcy, 2001

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