Attorney Profile

Richard A. Finci

Richard Finci

Houlon, Berman, Bergman, Finci, Levenstein & Skok, LLC
7850 Walker Drive, Suite 160
Greenbelt, MD 20770
Contact Contact Richard A. Finci
T: 301-459-8200
F: 301-459-5721

Visit: www.houlonberman.com
Practice areas: Criminal Defense (80%), Criminal Defense: DUI/DWI (10%), Criminal Defense: White Collar (10%)

Profile

There is no substitute for experience and preparation.  With 25 years of criminal defense experience, there are few if any unexpected occurences.  Thorough preparation on the facts and legal issues allow for a controlled and aggressive approach to criminal defense.  All clients care most about results: what will happen to them?  The best possible results are achieved when the time is taken to anticipate, prepare and confer.  You can count on that time being taken at Houlon Berman.  Practicing Criminal Defense in the Federal and State courts of Maryland and the District of Columbia with offices in Greenbelt and Rockville, Maryland.

Selected to:

Maryland Super Lawyers 2009
Washington, D.C. Super Lawyers 2009
Maryland Super Lawyers 2008
Washington, D.C. Super Lawyers 2008
Washington, D.C. Super Lawyers 2007
Maryland Super Lawyers 2007

About Richard Finci

Admitted: 1985, Maryland

Professional Webpage: www.houlonberman.com/richard-a-finci.shtml

Bar/Professional Activity: 2008-09-Chair, Maryland State Bar Association, Criminal Law Section, 2006-08-Officer, Maryland State Bar Association, Criminal Law Section, 2003-05-Elected Member, Maryland State Bar Association, Criminal Law Section, 2000-01- President, Maryland Criminal Defense Attorney Association, 1998-00- Officer, Maryland Criminal Defense Attorney Association, 1990-2001-Chair, Maryland Criminal Defense Attorney Association, Forfeiture Law Subcommittee, 2006-7, Co-Chair, Maryland Criminal Defense Attorney Association, Ethics Sub-committee (testified in Court of Appeals regarding new rules governing escrow accounts, fixed fee retainer agreements and developed new retainer agreement in compliance with new rules for use by criminal defense bar at large)
Pro bono/Community Service: 2003-present, Commissioner on Maryland State Commission on Criminal Sentencing Policy (serving second four year term appointed by Governor O'Malley)
Scholarly Lectures and Writings: 2008- Panelist, University of Baltimore Law School symposium on witness intimidation law (with U.S. Attorney Rod Rosenstein, Montgomery County State's Attorney John McCarthy, and Professor Lynn McClain), 2008-Guest Lecturer, Prince Georges County State's Attorney's Office CLE Seminar, Negotiations and Tactics, 2007-Organizer and Lecturer, Maryland State Bar Association Criminal Law Section CLE, Maryland's New Criminal Discovery Rules, 2007-Lecturer, Baltimore City Bar Association, Ethics, New escrow rules and fixed fee retainer agreements, 2006- Lecturer, MICPEL (continuing legal education), Ethics, New escrow rules, fixed fee and retainer agreements (with Deputy Bar Counsel), 1993, 1999 and 2004-Lecturer, MICPEL,  Maryland Drug Forfeiture Law
Educational Background: 1984- University of Baltimore Law School, Cum Laude and Member of Law Review staff, 1981-University of Maryland, College Park-B.A. U.S. History and minor Psychology
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