Larry Allen Nathans | Managing Partner

PRACTICE FOCUS AND EXPERIENCE

Mr. Nathans is one of the leading criminal defense attorneys in Maryland.  In his 26 year legal career, he has successfully represented white collar clients in grand jury investigations, trials and appeals, and has litigated cases in federal courts throughout the country and in almost all Maryland state courts. He is a recognized authority on federal sentencing and is frequently engaged to represent individuals, co-counsel, and serve as a consultant to law firms in criminal proceedings. Mr. Nathans has also won numerous cases on behalf of clients accused of public corruption, attorneys before grievance panels, federal and state narcotics defendants, state post-conviction and federal habeas clients, and individuals charged with a variety of other federal and state felonies and misdemeanors. Prior to entering private practice, Mr. Nathans served as the Chief Assistant Federal Defender for Maryland, an Assistant Public Defender in Florida, and as an Adjunct Trial Practice Professor at Catholic Law School.

AWARDS

Recipient of the 2002 Leadership in Law Award presented by the Daily Record, Maryland's legal publication. The award honors efforts to better the legal system, the community, and mentoring efforts which promote a strong generation of future professional and community leaders.

Elected in 2003 to become a Fellow of the Maryland Bar, an honor reserved for only 1% of the members of the state bar.

Selected by his peers for inclusion in the Best Lawyers in America for 2008, 2009 and 2010 (White Collar and Non-White Collar Criminal Defense).

Selected for inclusion in the Maryland Super Lawyers for 2008, 2009 and 2010 in the area of White Collar Criminal Defense.

Martindale-Hubbell has continually given Mr. Nathans its highest "AV" rating.

LEADERSHIP POSITIONS, PUBLICATIONS & SPEECHES

Mr. Nathans was Chairperson of the ABA's White Collar Crime Subcommittee on Federal Sentencing from 1999 through 2006. He is a past President of the Maryland Criminal Defense Attorneys' Association (MCDAA) and a past Vice-Chair of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyer's (NACDL) Post-Conviction and Sentencing Committee. Mr. Nathans is a former member of the Practitioner's Advisory Group to the Federal Sentencing Commission.

Mr. Nathans is a regular lecturer at national and Maryland criminal defense programs, including serving as a panel moderator at the American Bar Association (ABA) White Collar annual seminar and as the only criminal defense attorney presenter at a seminar for newly appointed Federal District Court Judges. His publication, Federal Sentencing Downward Departures, was the preeminent text on federal sentencing mitigation.

Mr. Nathans lectures include the following topics: Supreme Court and Fourth Circuit Criminal Law; sentencing mitigation; investigating federal criminal cases; dealing with the press in high profile cases; representing cooperating witnesses; attacking search and seizure warrants; detention and pretrial release issues; forging new paths in demonstrative evidence; Bureau of Prisons classification policies; how to impeach the government's witnesses; plea bargaining under the federal sentencing guidelines; and freeing the wrongfully convicted.

Mr. Nathans has appeared on ABC's Good Morning America, Fox National News, Court Television, Black Entertainment Television, National Public Radio and all of the local Baltimore and District of Columbia area television stations.

EDUCATION AND BAR ADMISSIONS

Mr. Nathans is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of the University of Florida, where he earned his B.A. degree in 1978.  He received his J.D. from Northeastern Law School in 1982.

Mr. Nathans is admitted to practice law in Maryland, the District of Columbia, Florida and several federal district and appellate courts.  He has also represented clients in numerous other federal courts throughout the country.