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Board Certified Bankruptcy Lawyers in Columbia, Maryland | What Does Board Certified Mean?

Lawyer Advertising in Maryland Regarding
"Specialization"

Many successful lawyers seek to distinguish themselves by becoming board certified or specialized in various areas of law. The State of Maryland's Rule of Professional conduct Rule 7.4 sets rules for lawyers who wish to advertise that they have a "specialty" or "specialize" in a particular area of law.

Rule 7.4 Communication of Fields of Practice

(a) A lawyer may communicate the fact that the lawyer does or does not practice in particular fields of law, subject to the requirements of Rule 7.1. A lawyer shall not hold himself or herself out publicly as a specialist.
(b) A lawyer admitted to engage in patent practice before the United States Patent and Trademark Office may use the designation "Patent Attorney" or a substantially similar designation.

Though many states allow their members to be certified in areas of law by ABA approved entities, Maryland is in that small minority of jurisdictions that does not permit such a certification. Maryland has chosen not to allow attorneys to become specialized in areas of law through any official program. The state also bars Attorneys from advertising that they are a specialist.

No Maryland attorney is a specialist in any type of Maryland law.

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