Maryland Attorney, Rene Sandler
Maryland Attorney, Rene Sandler
Rene Sandler has fought on behalf of her clients in courts throughout the State of Maryland for more than a decade. Her zealous advocacy on behalf of her clients and the skills she demonstrates aggressively defending the rights of others has been featured in Washingtonian Magazine, Montgomery County Cable Television, local television and news outlets, and a variety of local and national newspapers and magazines. Ms. Sandler has handled numerous high profile cases in Montgomery County, Maryland where she regularly practices.
An example of Rene Sandler's work was her receipt of the prestigious Panel Attorney of the Year Award received from the Montgomery County Office of the Public Defender. This award recognized Ms. Sandler and another lawyer with whom she worked for possessing outstanding trial skills and commitment to her clients and fighting injustice.
Sandler was enscribed on the Wall of Tolerance at the Southern Poverty Law Center in Montgomery, Alabama where her name appears along with other great lawyers and others with a passion for justice like Rene Sandler.
In addition to her dedication to law, Rene Sandler is the Chair of the School Education Program for the Montgomery County Bar Foundation. As the Chair of this prestigious committee, Ms. Sandler works closely with Montgomery County Public School officials, Montgomery County State's Attorney's Office, and the members of the Montgomery County Bar Association to bring educational programs to the schools on the topics of school violence, gangs, forensic evidence, and introducing students to the legal system.
Education
- University of Maryland,
Bachelor of Science Degree - American University,
Masters of Science Degree in Justice - Comparative Corrections Institute
Imperial College, London, England - District of Columbia School of Law,
Juris Doctor Degree, Magna Cum Laude
Associations
- Member of Maryland State Bar Association
- Montgomery County Bar Association
- Maryland Trial Lawyers Association
- Association of Trial Lawyers of America
- National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
- Maryland Criminal Defense Attorneys Association (former Board of Director)
- Public Defender Panel Attorney for Montgomery County
- American Bar Association
- Former law clerk Sixth Judicial District Montgomery County, Maryland
- Former Assistant State's Attorney for Montgomery County, Maryland
- Adjunct Law Professor, University of the District of Columbia, David Clarke School of Law
- Chair, Montgomery County Bar Foundation, Montgomery County Speakers Bureau for Montgomery County Public Schools
Admitted to Practice in
- State of Maryland
- United States District Court, Maryland
- United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit
- United States District Court, Western District of New York
- United States District Court, District of Colorado
- United States Supreme Court
