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Jon D. Pels
Bethesda, Maryland


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Mr. Pels was born and raised in Maryland and is married with five children.

An additional reported opinion (opinion subject to formal revision before publication) relating to one of Mr. Pels' cases will be published shortly. Jane W. v. Georgetown University Medical Center (mere transmission of a letter from the hospital informing patients that may have contracted an infectious disease does not create a zone of danger for negligent infliction of emotional distress for public policy reasons alone) District of Columbia Court of Appeals No. 02-CV-1289 (December 25, 2004).

Areas of Practice:: Complex Litigation - Personal Injury; Consumer Class Actions; Unfair and Deceptive Acts and Practices; Real Estate Transactions; Bankruptcy (Chapter 11 and consumer - Debtor / Creditor); Construction Defect; Predatory Lending

Litigation Percentage:: 95% of Practice Devoted to Litigation

Bar Admissions:: Maryland, 1993; Virginia, 1996; District of Columbia, 1996; U.S. District Court District of Maryland, 1994

Education:: University of Dayton School of Law, Dayton, Ohio, 1993
J.D.
Honors: Finalist, Honorable Walter J. Rice Moot Court Competition, 1991
Honors: Member, Constitutional Law Moot Court Team,1992
Law Review: University of Dayton Law Review, Member, 1991 - 1992
Law Review: University of Dayton Law Review, Associate Editor, 1992 - 1993; Villanova University, 1990
B.A.

Representative Cases:: Tate v. Bd. of Ed. of PG Cty. (minor can assume the risk of statutory rape as applied to the school from which she was released as opposed to the predator), 155 Md. App. 536; 843 A.2d 890 (Md. App. LEXIS 25 2004)

Honors and Awards:: Chapter Author on "INSIDE THE MINDS, CHAPTER 7 CONSUMER BANKRUPTCY STRATEGIES: LEADING LAWYERS ON COMMUNICATING WITH CLIENTS, EVALUATING ALTERNATIVES, AND UNDERSTANDING THE CURRENT CONSUMER BANKRUTPCY CLIMATE." Aspatore Books, 2009; Recipient, American Jurisprudence Awards in Contracts and Criminal Procedure; Faculty, Introduction to Consumer Bankruptcy, Montgomery County Bar Association, C.L.E., Fall, 1995

Professional Associations and Memberships:: Montgomery County Bar Association; Member, Pro Bono Committee; Bankruptcy Bar Association of Maryland; Association of Trial Lawyers; Member

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Pels Anderson, LLC
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Bethesda, MD 20814
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The law office of Pels Anderson, LLC is located in Bethesda, Maryland. We represent clients in bankruptcy, personal injury, mobile home litigation, and business law from Maryland cities that include Rockville, Chevy Chase, Baltimore, Upper Marlboro, Oxon Hill, and New Carrollton, and from Maryland counties that include Montgomery County, Prince Georges County, Howard County, Frederick County, Baltimore County, and Anne Arundel County. We represent clients throughout the Washington, D.C. area, including Virginia cities that include Alexandria, Fairfax, Arlington, Leesburg, Manassas, Herndon, Vienna, Falls Church, and Woodbridge, and Virginia counties that include Prince William County, Loudoun County, Manassas County, and Herndon County.