Focused on defense litigation and appeals of complex civil cases.
Experienced. Innovative. Effective.
Downs Ward Bender Herzog & Kintigh, P.A.
Our Baltimore location supports our active practice covering all of Maryland, Washington D.C. and Virginia, and the surrounding mid-Atlantic region. Several of our attorneys have experience nationwide.
We are committed to achieving your best results by a proactive approach that begins with learning your objectives. Each step of the litigation path encompasses our dialogue about your goals. Our goal is to provide the personalized, effective, and cost-efficient client service that earns your trust.
As experienced trial lawyers, we are familiar with both the courtroom and the conference room. Our experience and judgment about the right resolution for your case are based on a deep and varied practice of mediations, arbitrations, and trials. Every case is different and the right result must match that case. We make sure you know where your case fits so that, together, we know the right result. In every challenge, we work with you to advance excellence.
NEWS and INSIGHTS
Peggy Fonshell Ward, secures a landmark settlement for Maryland.
Peggy Fonshell Ward Secures Landmark Settlement for Maryland Peggy was one of the three lawyers who negotiated the settlement for the State, in what has been declared “the largest [...]
Congratulations to ADTA member Margaret “Peggy” Fonshell Ward
Congratulations ADTA Member Margaret Fonshell Ward on a historic settlement! Congratulations to ADTA member Margaret “Peggy” Fonshell Ward of Downs Ward Bender Herzog & Kintigh, P.A. on an extraordinary [...]
Margaret Fonshell Ward was part of the team on the Francis Scott Key Bridge Case
Attorney General Brown Announces Final Settlement with Owners and Operators of the M/V Dali in Francis Scott Key Bridge Collapse Case We are proud to share that Margaret Fonshell [...]
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