The Law Offices of Richard Seligman
Representing Individuals and Small Business in the
Washington D.C. Metropolitan Area
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The Law Offices of Richard Seligman Representing Individuals and Small Business in the Washington D.C. Metropolitan Area
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About Richard Seligman
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Richard Seligman, Supreme Court, 1999
EDUCATION: p Juris Doctor, Antioch School of Law, Washington, D.C. - 1979 Honors: Federal Judicial Internship: U.S. District Judge Joseph C. Waddy
p B.A. Law and Behavioral Sciences, Antioch College, Baltimore, Maryland - 1974
Senior Thesis: Criminal Law and Human Rights in Israel
p Loyola College of Montreal 1970-72 PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
p Private Practice - Washington, D.C. 7/82 - present. Established general practice firm with special emphasis on criminal and civil litigation in D.C. and Maryland. Areas of practice include criminal trial and appellate litigation, post conviction litigation, personal injury, medical malpractice, construction contract litigation, wrongful death, employment discrimination, police brutality and civil rights litigation.
p Adjunct Professor/Clinical Supervisor, University of Baltimore School of Law, Baltimore, Maryland. 9/81 - 8/82. Developed a clinical program supervising students representing prisoners in civil rights cases in U.S. District Court in Maryland. Co-taught clinical practice skills course.
p Interim Director/Staff Attorney, Prisoners' Assistance Project, Baltimore, Maryland. 9/79 - 8/81. Established policies and procedures for the delivery of legal services to prisoners and had primary responsibility for litigation of several class action suits challenging conditions of confinement in state jails and prisons. Accomplishments included obtaining a Consent Decree closing the 100-year-old P.G. County Detention Center, successfully litigating a civil rights case on behalf of prisoner raped in P.G. County Detention Center, which touched off a national expose on sexual assaults in jails.
p Student Law Clerk, The National Prison Project of the ACLU, Washington, D.C. 10/77 - 5/79. Accomplishments included participation in litigation that resulted in the largest psychiatric malpractice settlement ($500,000) on behalf of a prisoner crippled by excessive doses of psychotropic medication.
p Paralegal Supervisor, The Prisoner's Rights Project, Boston, Massachusetts 10/74 - 7/76. Supervisor of paralegal staff, law students and volunteers assisting inmates with institutional legal problems; representation at parole revocation and administrative hearings; investigation for class action litigation and post -conviction proceedings.
p Legal Assistant, The Prisoner Assistance Project, Legal Aid Bureau Inc., Baltimore, Maryland 4/74 - 7/74. Interviewing, investigation, administrative intervention and general prisoner advocacy.
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS:
p D.C. Bar Steering Committee Criminal Law and Individual Rights, formerly Co-chair 1987 - 89. p Board of Directors, D.C. Prisoners Legal Services Inc. 1987 -2006. p Board Member ACLU Montgomery County Chapter. 1987 - 1999 p D.C. Bar Steering Committee: Courts Lawyers & Administration of Justice 1998- 2001
PROFESSIONAL LECTURER
p Lecturer and Trainer for Appellate Practice Institute Washington D.C. 1996 & 1997.
BAR MEMBERSHIP
p District of Columbia Court of Appeals--1979 p U.S. District Court - Maryland --1980 (Trial Bar Member 10/22/84) p Maryland Court of Appeals --1981 p U.S. District Court -D.C. --1981 p U.S. Court of Appeals D.C. Circuit 1982 p U.S. Court of Appeals Fourth Circuit 1992 p U.S. Supreme Court - 1988 p U.S. Court of Claims-1998 FAMILY
p Married 1985 to Betsy Biben-Seligman, Forensic & Clinical Social Worker. p Two Children : Daughter and Son.
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