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ROBERT C. BONSIB
PARTNER
MARCUSBONSIB LLC
With more than 40 years of experience in criminal practice, including stints as a state and federal prosecutor and, since 1990, a criminal defense attorney based in Greenbelt, Robert C. Bonsib is widely recognized as a state leader on the subject. He is past chairman of the Criminal Law Section of the Maryland State Bar Association.
What’s the most important thing you do in your job?
Most (not all) criminal defense clients are good people who made a bad decision(s) during a difficult time in their lives. To effectively represent a client one needs to spend enough time with the client to not just gain an understanding the facts of his or her case. Equally important is spending enough time to get to know the client as a person, the client’s life story and the reasons that explain why the client are in need of the services of a criminal defense attorney.
What is one aspect of your profession you would like to change?
Spending hours traveling to court for a brief status hearing or other hearings that require little time and that could be conducted just as effectively with a 10- to 15-minute virtual hearing takes time that could be better utilized to service a client’s needs. While some courts still permit such virtual hearings, post-COVID many courts have reverted to requiring in-person appearances.
I you weren’t in this industry, what would you be doing?
Being a traveling food critic would be great.
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This profile is part of The Daily Record's Criminal Law Power List for 2023. Information used in this profile was sourced from the honoree. See the full list at thedailyrecord.com. |
