Thomas J. Maronick Jr

I had over 5 attorneys reassigned to my case in 8 months. This law firm was the most stressful part of my experience. There was no doubt that I was innocent, All I needed was an attorney to execute properly. The level of anxiety to get a new lawyer a few days before court, that knows nothing about yo...ur case. I stayed patient by speaking with Mr. MARONICK JR and expressing my concerns. I truly felt He didn’t care, the only time he did was when I would ask for my money back. Due to having my lawyers being switched like hot potatoes, they were never prepared going into court. After so many postponements due to them being unprepared, the judge expressed there wouldn’t be any more granted. A week before the big day, I contacted my lawyer and he didn’t even remember me. He told me that he was no longer on my case and that MR SEAMON would be picking it up and would be giving me a call. I contacted Mr. MARONICK AGAIN, expressing my concerns about my lawyer being reassigned for the 5th time and that there was no way he would be ready for court. It was a day before court and Mr.SEAMON didn’t reach out until 9pm, THE NIGHT BEFORE COURT. Mr. SEAMON spoke to me as if I was bothering him, he said “what’s the big deal, I’m looking at your case. What are you worried about?” He asked me if I was willing to take a plea, I said no. I expressed to him that I didn’t feel he was prepared to take on this case in such short notice, THERE WAS 11HRS UNTIL COURT. Our plan was to push for postponement. When we got to court that morning. The first thing MR SEAMON did was go to the SA and negotiated a plea. He came to me with the plea and I said no. He became upset and frustrated that I wouldn’t take the plea. He said he knew that SA and worked hard to get it. He felt I was making him look stupid. In my head, I’m thinking “do you work for me or the SA?” I reiterated that I wasn’t taking a plea. He looks me in the face and says “if you don’t take this plea, I wont be representing you anymore.” To me, that meant nothing because he hasn’t even been assigned to my case for a full 24hours but I expressed that I felt pressured and very uncomfortable. MR SEAMON became more frustrated and said “if you’re not comfortable, I’m going to strike my appearance.” At this point, he was threatening me into accepting this plea. I told him that I would call Mr. Maronick, that when he calmed down. He told me our only option was to take it to Circuit court and that he wouldn’t charge me the circuit court fee due to the incompetence of the firm. District court fee=$2500, Circuit court= $10k-$20k We went back into the courtroom and the first thing MR SEAMON said was “well my client doesn’t think I’m capable of trying this case so I’m going to ask for a postponement”, he said this in front of the entire court. The judge denied it, so he told the judge to escalate it to circuit court. After court Mr SEAMON called me upset that I didn’t take the plea. He explained that he had other things to deal with and my case was just another burden. We had the trial date a week later. I showed up to court on time expecting to see MR SEAMON, He was no where to be found. I called him and he told me he sent me an email. He got the court date postponed and didn’t notify me. He also followed through on his threat and struck his appearance and returned my money. KEEP IN MIND, my case was escalated to circuit court so I had a few weeks to find a lawyer to try my case for more than triple of what I was originally supposed to pay. They screwed me over. I found a great lawyer who did such a great job defending me that my case was dismissed BEFORE the trial date. Had I gave into MR SEAMONS threats, I would have taken the blame for something uI didn’t do. My job is to make sure no one gets treated like that again. DO NOT GO TO THIS FIRM.

Tom worked hard to identify my needs on the first call. And from there we started a great working relationship where he was available to help whenever needed, or his amazing team. He scheduled a sit down review of my case before trial and we drove two hours and reviewed the discovery and discussed ou...r game plan to make sure I became a better person in general and everything I needed to do to get the best results in my case and that surely did happen! Tom was early for my trial and we accomplished our goals and got the absolute best outcome possible. Stop your search and hire one of the best out there.

Mr. Maronick was the only lawyer that really knew what to do with the circumstances I was facing. He was informative and extremely helpful and was always available throughout my entire case. He made sure he was present at my trial, which allowed me to feel prepared and confident of my outcome. Mr Mar...onick and his staff were polite, professional, and extremely knowledgeable. I was very happy of the outcome of my case!

Mr. Maronick isnt just an average lawyer, but he's excellent. I will be honest, with the charges I recieved were extremely intense and thank goodness to Avvo, I was quickly able to get ahold of him to seek legal advice. He met up with me shortly after. I Feel like I'm a rare case because I have alway...s wanted to be in law enforcement and before I knew it, a drunken moment with my gf turned into something more than serious living on the eastern shore. I was up against two criminal charges and in order to pursue my career in law enforcement I needed both dropped or at lest a pbj. After what felt like a long process full of stress... Mr. Maronick was able to get my biggest charge down to a stet docket and my other charge an unsupervised probation which from what I hear is extremely difficult. Mom greatful my gf used avvo to connect me with this man because I don't know what I would have done with out him. I can no Pursue a career in law enforcement and move on with my life. Learned from my mistakes. I'm hoping I will never have to reach out to him again under these circumstances, but I will gladly recommend him to any avvvo user, my family and friends around the dc, Baltimore area and over on the eastern shore because I know for a fact had i gone with another lawyer, my story and career patch might have been completely changed. If you are reading this review Thomas, my girlfriend and I cannot ever thank you enough. You gave me a chance to prove myself. From now on you will be the recommended lawyer to anyone and everyone I know that needs one and I will be happy to spread the word.