Atty. Christopher L. Beard

• EMPLOYMENT HISTORY Private practice, 1977-present, including associate
• Goudy, Lechowicz & Loney, 1977-1978
• associate, Smith and Wohlgemuth, 1979-1981
• partner, Beard and Mulieri, 1986-1991
• The Honorable Matthew S. Evans Sr., Circuit Court for Anne Arundel County, Law Clerk, 1976-1977
• Maryland Attorney Generals Office, Legal Internship, 1975
• Governor’s Commission to Study Implementation of the Equal Rights Amendment, Legal Internship, Fall 1974
• WORK EXPERIENCE - Electrocution at electrified water fountain in front of restaurant and bar, in suit brought against business and patrons. - Electrocution involving worker at construction site who was using jack hammer which came in contact with underground high voltage line, settlement and workers’ compensation award. - Explosion of hotel’s poorly maintained high energy electrical equipment causing severe burns, among other related injuries, to electrician called by employer to site. - Electric shock of worker resuscitated at the scene who came into contact with undisclosed high voltage line in electrical box. - Electric shock, cafeteria worker came into contact with electrified stove from defective repair of adjacent appliance due to water collection. - Electrocution of painter at residence with old wiring lacking grounding of lighting and at electrical fuse panel. - Work-related claim from electrical shock of utility worker at poorly marked new residential lot. - Electrical explosion and shock using tools of the trade from over-current in pending employee benefit claim in administrative proceedings
• PROFESSIONAL AND CIVIC AWARDS Selected as a Maryland “Super Lawyer” by Baltimore Magazine and Maryland Super Lawyers Magazine in 2012-present
• Award of a Peer Review Rating of AV Preeminent, highest possible rating in both legal ability and ethical standards, Martindale-Hubbell, 2011 – present
• Featured in What’s Up Magazine in 2009 and 2010 as a leading Annapolis lawyer in personal injury law. 1997 Annual Award for Professional Legal Excellence in the Advancement of Professional Competence, presented by the Fellows of the Maryland Bar Foundation
• Maryland Jaycees Executive Board Member of the Year, 1984-85
• Annapolis Jaycee of the Year, 1984-85
• PUBLICATIONS “The Cause of Action in Maryland Arising from Accidental Electrocution – Preparing the Civil Case,” Bar Bulletin, Maryland State Bar Association, February 9, 2018
• Legal Representation and Fee Agreements for the Maryland Lawyer: Forms and Comments

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MICPEL, 1995 (updated), co-author: Richard C. Goodwin. “Written Fee Agreements Can Enhance Client Relations.” Maryland Bar Journal (July-August 1994), co-author: Jacqueline J. Judd