BDBF News and Legal Updates

Let’s face it, thinking about planning your estate isn’t exactly a Saturday night out on the town. It can be stressful and, well, a tad morbid. As estate planning attorneys, we encounter many clients who come to us after a problem has already occurred. Often, those problems could have been eased, if not altogether avoided,...

Summer is here!  Millions of high school and college kids around the country are taking on summer jobs.  Back in the day, BDBF attorneys were in that same summer job market—we weren’t always attorneys!  Here, we share our best and worst summer jobs.   Jeremy Rachlin Best summer job— I spent five summers as the...

Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, nearly every type of dispute involved mediation before a judge would hear the matter in court.  Mediation is when an unbiased third party, typically an attorney or retired judge, helps two parties come to a resolution outside of the courtroom.  As we emerge from COVID-19 and courts face monumental backlogs,...

Although courts are rapidly reopening around the DMV, many courts will continue to hold hearings via remote videoconference over Zoom, Skype, and other similar software.  This will especially be true for matters that can be decided by a judge only (also known as “bench trials”) or pretrial hearings.  Remote court proceedings have proven to be...

There is some good news on the horizon for those who have been injured in auto accidents.  The Maryland General Assembly approved an amendment to the State’s Constitution to make court faster and cheaper for those hurt in auto accidents.  Now, Maryland voters will need to vote to approve the change as well. If the...

At Bulman Dunie, we pride ourselves on preparing our clients and witnesses to come to court and present as their very best.  However, Bar Association events are much more fun (if that’s possible) by swapping stories and gossip about the occasional “courthouse fail” where a party or a witness was their own worst enemy. Below...

While the media excitedly predicted a spike in divorce rates due to the pandemic, the impact of the pandemic on the BDBF family law practice has been much more nuanced. For example, clients who are already divorced re-evaluated alimony and child support obligations due to the loss of one or both parents’ incomes. Custody time-sharing...